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. 1988 Mar;72(3):228-30.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.72.3.228.

Image size in the fundus: structural evidence for wide-field retinal magnification factor

A L Holden  1 , F W Fitzke
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Image size in the fundus: structural evidence for wide-field retinal magnification factor

A L Holden et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1988 Mar.

Abstract

A simple geometrical method is described of calculating the retinal magnification factor (micrometres/degree) at the ora serrata of the human eye. At the ora the magnification factor is some 176 microns/deg., whereas at the posterior pole it is 276 microns/deg. This result may be of clinical use in examinations where dimensions of tears and holes near the ora serrata are estimated.

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