DocumentCode :
3509618
Title :
To See or Not to See...
Author :
Fink, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
fYear :
2008
fDate :
1-8 March 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Vision is the primary sense used in daily life. How do we "see" the world? Do we actually "see" it or rather "perceive" it? Or is it one and the same thing? How do people with optical eye defects perceive the world? Can normally sighted people partake in their experience? If you are blind or become blind, are you blind forever? On Earth and in the spaceflight environment, there are many effects and conditions that may impair your vision or lead to irreversible vision loss or blindness, especially if undetected. The human eye and vision system can be likened to a camera consisting of an optical lens system (cornea and eye lens), film or sensor (retina), and an image-processing unit (retina and visual cortex). The malfunctioning of only one of these components will impair your vision. This paper will touch on the above topics and have (some of) the answers.
Keywords :
aerospace biophysics; space research; vision defects; blindness; human vision; impaired vision; spaceflight environment; vision loss; Blindness; Cameras; Earth; Humans; Lenses; Machine vision; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Retina;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
ISSN :
1095-323X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526226
Filename :
4526226
Link To Document :
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