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Eye Cataract Simulation Using Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Scattering Obstacles

Maris OzolinshGunta Papelba

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationVisual acuityMaterials sciencegenetic structuresbusiness.industryScatteringPolymerCondensed Matter Physicseye diseasesLight scatteringElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsWavelengthOpticschemistryLiquid crystalmedicineChromatic scaleSpatial frequencymedicine.symptombusiness

description

Polymer dispersed liquid crystals with electrically induced variations of light scattering extent similar to that of transparent PLZT ceramics are used for simulation of different development stages of eye cataract. Wavelength dependencies of scattering are determined in the visible spectral range, and human visual response looking through the scattering obstacle to the onset of various spatial frequency stimuli is determined psychophysically and electrophysiologically in order to find correlation between the scattering extent, visual acuity and visual evoked potential VEP chromatic characteristics.

https://doi.org/10.1080/00150190490456790