William Neil Charman

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Fluctuations in accommodation: a review (1988) (248)
Visual performance with multifocal intraocular lenses: mesopic contrast sensitivity under distance and near conditions. (2004) (244)
Objective technique for the determination of monochromatic aberrations of the human eye. (1984) (227)
The eye in focus: accommodation and presbyopia (2008) (221)
Dependence of accommodation response on the spatial frequency spectrum of the observed object (1977) (191)
Dynamic changes in the tear film in dry eyes. (2005) (163)
Peripheral Refraction in Orthokeratology Patients (2006) (158)
Temporal changes in optical quality of air-tear film interface at anterior cornea after blink. (2004) (158)
THE DEPTH‐OF‐FOCUS OF THE HUMAN EYE FOR SNELLEN LETTERS* (1975) (153)
Pupil Diameter and the Depth-of-field of the Human Eye as Measured by Laser Speckle (1977) (152)
Subjective Depth-of-Focus of the Eye (1997) (141)
Postblink changes in total and corneal ocular aberrations. (2004) (133)
Developments in the correction of presbyopia I: spectacle and contact lenses (2014) (129)
Wavefront aberration of the eye: a review. (1991) (124)
Aberrations and myopia (2005) (118)
Age, lens transmittance, and the possible effects of light on melatonin suppression. (2003) (115)
Choice of spatial frequency for contrast sensitivity evaluation after corneal refractive surgery. (2001) (109)
MEASUREMENT OF THE AXIAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION OF THE HUMAN EYE (1985) (104)
Developments in the correction of presbyopia II: surgical approaches (2014) (102)
Near vision, lags of accommodation and myopia (1999) (100)
Accommodation and color. (1978) (99)
Power Profiles of Multifocal Contact Lenses and Their Interpretation (2013) (92)
Age-related changes in ocular aberrations with accommodation. (2007) (89)
Reaction and Response Times for Accommodation (1979) (84)
A longitudinal study of the biometric and refractive changes in full-term infants during the first year of life (2001) (82)
Accommodation as a Function of Object Form (1978) (81)
The opitcal system of the goldfish eye. (1973) (81)
Effect of pupil size on steady state accommodation (1985) (78)
The path to presbyopia: straight or crooked? (1989) (76)
Blur limits for defocus, astigmatism and trefoil (2009) (75)
Vision and driving--a literature review and commentary. (1997) (74)
Wavefront technology: past, present and future. (2005) (72)
ON THE POSITION OF THE PLANE OF STATIONARITY IN LASER REFRACTION* (1974) (71)
Microfluctuations in accommodation: an update on their characteristics and possible role (2015) (70)
Problems in the measurement of wavefront aberration for eyes implanted with diffractive bifocal and multifocal intraocular lenses. (2008) (70)
VISUAL STANDARDS FOR DRIVING (1985) (67)
Thomas Young's contribution to visual optics: the Bakerian Lecture "on the mechanism of the eye". (2010) (66)
The Role of Retinal Adaptation in Night Driving (2005) (64)
Dynamics of the accommodation response to abrupt changes in target vergence as a function of age (2001) (63)
Peripheral refraction measurement: does it matter if one turns the eye or the head? (2007) (63)
Mesopic contrast sensitivity function after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. (2002) (62)
Chapter 1 The retinal image in the human eye (1983) (61)
A simple parametric model of the human ocular modulation transfer function (1991) (59)
A longitudinal study of the changes in the static accommodation response (1989) (58)
Assessment of Just-Noticeable Differences for Refractive Errors and Spherical Aberration Using Visual Simulation (2004) (57)
The prospects for super‐acuity: limits to visual performance after correction of monochromatic ocular aberration (2003) (56)
Accommodation responses and ageing. (1999) (55)
Through‐focus performance with multifocal contact lenses: effect of binocularity, pupil diameter and inherent ocular aberrations (2013) (55)
Effect of refractive error in visual tests with sinusoidal gratings. (1979) (53)
Postblink changes in the ocular modulation transfer function measured by a double-pass method. (2005) (53)
Changes in astigmatism with accommodation (2007) (52)
Accommodation, pupil diameter and myopia (2009) (52)
Myopia and peripheral ocular aberrations. (2009) (51)
ON THE USE OF SMALL ARTIFICIAL PUPILS TO OPEN‐LOOP THE ACCOMMODATION SYSTEM (1987) (51)
Simultaneous continuous recording of accommodation and pupil size using the modified Shin‐Nippon SRW‐5000 autorefractor (2004) (49)
Measuring ocular aberrations in the peripheral visual field using Hartmann-Shack aberrometry. (2007) (49)
Visual optics and instrumentation (1991) (49)
Comparison of the depths of focus with the naked eye and with three types of presbyopic contact lens correction (1995) (49)
Age Changes in the Interactions between the Accommodation and Vergence Systems (2001) (48)
Spatial Frequency and the Dynamics of the Accommodation Response (1979) (47)
Hartmann-Shack technique and refraction across the horizontal visual field. (2003) (46)
Effect of accommodation on peripheral ocular aberrations. (2009) (46)
Accommodation and acuity under night-driving illumination levels. (1997) (46)
Theoretical and practical factors influencingthe optical performance of contact lenses for the presbyope (1990) (46)
EFFECTS OF 0.1% CYCLOPENTOLATE OR 10% PHENYLEPHRINE ON PUPIL DIAMETER AND ACCOMMODATION (1986) (46)
Corneal biomechanical properties measured with the Ocular Response Analyser in a myopic population (2011) (44)
The effect of defocus on the contrast and phase of the retinal image of a sinusoidal grating (1989) (42)
Dynamics of accommodative facility in myopes. (2007) (40)
Perceptual detectability of ocular accommodation microfluctuations. (1989) (38)
Depth of Focus and Accommodation for Sinusoidal Gratings as a Function of Luminance (1986) (38)
Vision and driving ‐ a literature review and commentary (1997) (36)
Myopia, posture and the visual environment. (2011) (36)
Night myopia and driving. (1996) (36)
Dynamic retinoscopy and accommodation (1992) (35)
Can Partial Coherence Interferometry be Used to Determine Retinal Shape? (2011) (34)
Changes in the static accommodation response with age (2001) (34)
Effects of monochromatic and chromatic oblique aberrations on visual performance during spectacle lens wear (1992) (33)
Single figure indices for the steady-state accommodative response. (1995) (33)
Effect of target spatial frequency on accommodative response in myopes and emmetropes. (2009) (31)
Modulation dependence of the accommodation response to sinusoidal gratings (1986) (31)
Decentred optical axes and aberrations along principal visual field meridians (2009) (31)
The effect of testing distance on intraocular lens power calculation. (2014) (30)
Keeping the world in focus: how might this be achieved? (2011) (30)
Some experimental measurements of diffraction images in low-resolution microscopy (1963) (29)
Mismatch between flap and stromal areas after laser in situ keratomileusis as source of flap striae (2002) (27)
Changes in dynamics of accommodation after accommodative facility training in myopes and emmetropes (2010) (27)
Accommodation as a function of age and the linearity of the response dynamics (2004) (26)
A Method for Simulation of Foveal Vision During Wear of Corrective Lenses (2004) (26)
Thomas Young's contributions to geometrical optics (2011) (26)
Accommodation dynamics as a function of age (2002) (25)
Analytic Approximation of the Off-axis Modulation Transfer Function of the Eye (1997) (24)
The Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture 2005: Optics of the Human Eye: Progress and Problems (2006) (24)
EFFECT OF TARGET CONTENT AT HIGHER SPATIAL FREQUENCIES ON THE ACCURACY OF THE ACCOMMODATION RESPONSE (1987) (23)
Accommodative responses to anisoaccommodative targets. (1998) (23)
Optical Aspects of Tolerances to Uncorrected Ocular Astigmatism (1993) (23)
Aniso‐accommodation as a possible factor in myopia development (2004) (22)
Effects of age on peripheral ocular aberrations. (2010) (22)
Diffraction Images of Circular Objects in High-Resolution Microscopy (1963) (22)
Image quality and visual performance in the peripheral visual field following photorefractive keratectomy. (2002) (22)
Astigmatism, accommodation, and visual instrumentation. (1978) (22)
Mach Effect Associated with Microscope Images (1964) (21)
Reflection of plane-polarized light by the retina. (1980) (21)
Restoring accommodation: a dream or an approaching reality? (2005) (20)
Accommodative Functions with Multifocal Contact Lenses: A Pilot Study (2011) (20)
SOME EXPERIMENTS CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS AND ERRORS IN SIZE MEASUREMENT OF SMALL OBJECTS BY VISUAL MICROSCOPY (1963) (20)
Do small‐aperture presbyopic corrections influence the visual field? (2016) (20)
Accommodation and convergence: effects of lenses and prisms in ‘closed‐loop’ conditions (1988) (20)
Can we measure wave aberration in patients with diffractive IOLs? (2007) (20)
Effect of Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments Spectacle Lens Wear on Visual Function in Myopic Chinese Children (2020) (20)
Refractive changes associated with oblique viewing and reading in myopes and emmetropes. (2007) (20)
Ocular spherical aberration and theoretical through-focus modulation transfer functions calculated for eyes fitted with two types of varifocal presbyopic contact lens. (1997) (19)
Static Accommodation and the Minimum Angle of Resolution (1986) (19)
Ocular chromatic aberration and age (1991) (19)
Accommodative response to peripheral stimuli in myopes and emmetropes (2011) (18)
An exploration of modified monovision with diffractive bifocal contact lenses. (2007) (18)
Ablation design in relation to spatial frequency, depth-of-focus, and age. (2004) (18)
Measurements of cycloplegia and mydriasis induced by three common ophthalmic drugs (1986) (18)
A simple infra-red optometer for accommodation studies. (1975) (17)
Interocular differences in visual latency induced by reduced‐aperture monovision (2013) (17)
Gradients of refractive index in the crystalline lens and transient changes in refraction among patients with diabetes (2012) (17)
Pinholes and presbyopia: solution or sideshow? (2019) (16)
Astigmatism, accommodation, the oblique effect and meridional amblyopia (1993) (16)
Working distance and eye and head movements during near work in myopes and non‐myopes (2011) (15)
Analysis of head position used by myopes and emmetropes when performing a near-vision reading task (2011) (15)
Diffraction haloes resulting from corneal oedema and epithelial cell size (2002) (14)
RETINAL ADAPTATION UNDER NIGHT-TIME DRIVING CONDITIONS (1999) (14)
Some sources of discrepancy between static retinoscopy and subjective refraction. (1975) (14)
Short-Term Stability in Refractive Status Despite Large Fluctuations in Glucose Levels in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and 2 (2012) (14)
THE EFFECTS OF CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL REFRACTION ON CRITICAL FUSION FREQUENCY (1981) (13)
Problems in comparisons of data for the prevalence of myopia and the frequency distribution of ametropia (2015) (13)
Some possible longer‐term ocular changes following excimer laser refractive surgery (2002) (13)
Reduced aperture monovision for presbyopia and the Pulfrich effect. (2012) (13)
Detection, Recognition, and Resolution in Photographic Systems (1964) (13)
On the linearity of accommodation dynamics (2000) (12)
Optics of the human eye: progress and problems. (2006) (12)
Role of lasers in eye care. (1993) (12)
Can diffractive liquid crystal lenses aid presbyopes? (1993) (11)
Virtual Issue Editorial: Presbyopia – grappling with an age‐old problem (2017) (11)
After-images and Ball Lightning (1971) (11)
Optics of the Eye (1995) (11)
Theoretical effect of changes in entrance pupil magnification on wavefront-guided laser refractive corneal surgery. (2005) (11)
Ocular hazards arising from depletion of the natural atmospheric ozone layer: a review. (1990) (11)
Presbyopia: physiology, prevention and pathways to correction (2016) (11)
Small-Aperture Monovision and the Pulfrich Experience: Absence of Neural Adaptation Effects (2013) (11)
Notch in contrast sensitivity function of optical origin: diffraction effects of acrylic filters (1993) (10)
Specifying peripheral aberrations in visual science. (2012) (10)
Presbyopia: Origins, Effects, and Treatment (2012) (10)
Light on the peripheral retina (1989) (10)
Accommodation response to Chinese and Latin characters in Chinese‐illiterate young adults (2015) (10)
Correcting presbyopia: the problem of pupil size (2017) (10)
Influences of reference plane and direction of measurement on eye aberration measurement. (2005) (10)
Theoretical aspects of concentric varifocal lenses. (1982) (10)
Accommodation and the through-focus changes of the retinal image (2000) (9)
Age-dependence of the average and equivalent refractive indices of the crystalline lens. (2013) (9)
Explanation for the observation of isogyres in crystalline lenses viewed between crossed polarizers (1993) (9)
An Objective Assessment of the Effect of Fogging on Accommodation (1987) (9)
Restoring accommodation to the presbyopic eye: how do we measure success? (2003) (9)
Speckle Movement in Laser Refraction. I. Theory (1979) (8)
Accommodation and age-dependent eye model based on in vivo measurements (2018) (8)
Resolving Power and the Detection of Linear Detail (1965) (8)
Optimal spherical focus in the peripheral retina (2008) (8)
Accommodation performance for chromatic displays (1989) (8)
Night myopia and driving (1996) (8)
Optical characteristics of Alvarez variable‐power spectacles (2017) (8)
Baseline peripheral refractive error and changes in axial refraction during one year in a young adult population (2015) (8)
On the reliability of focimeter measurements ofsimultaneous-vision varifocal contact lenses (1992) (7)
Pupil dilation and wavefront aberration. (2004) (7)
Pharmacological Strategies for Presbyopia Correction. (2019) (7)
Size constancy and angular size matching in size perception of near objects. (1999) (7)
Non-surgical treatment options for presbyopia (2018) (7)
Accommodation to perceived depth in stereotests (1998) (7)
Detection of 500 MHz radiation from cosmic-ray air showers (1970) (7)
On‐eye power characteristics of soft contact lenses (1997) (7)
Road traffic accidents: The impact of lighting (1998) (7)
VISUAL FACTORS IN SIZE MEASUREMENT BY MICROSCOPY. (1963) (7)
Visual safety of quartz linear lamps. (1993) (7)
Hyperchromatic lenses as potential aids for the presbyope (1995) (7)
Optical modelling of the possible origins of transient refractive changes in diabetic patients (2012) (7)
CHANGES IN REFRACTIVE ERROR UNDER NIGHT-TIME DRIVING CONDITIONS (1993) (6)
Three-dimensional TV system. (1981) (6)
Erratum: Measuring ocular aberrations in the peripheral visual field using Hartmann-Shack aberrometry (Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision (2007) 24 (2963)) (2008) (6)
The Production of Circular Disks of Known Diameter for Calibration Purposes in High-Resolution Microscopy (1962) (6)
François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741): pioneer in ocular biometry (2016) (6)
Time‐averaged accommodation response to flickering stimuli (1992) (6)
Spatial frequency content of the Cardiff and related acuity tests (2006) (6)
Speckle Motion in Laser Refraction. II. Experimental (1979) (6)
Yves Le Grand and the assessment of retinal acuity using interference fringes. (1997) (5)
Practical Tests of a Microdensitometer System (1965) (5)
Properties of photomultipliers with caesium telluride photocathodes (1969) (5)
Accommodation responses to flickering stimuli. (1996) (5)
Imaging in the 21st century. (1998) (4)
Variation in ocular modulation and phase transfer functions with grating orientation (1992) (4)
Binocular Saccades in Myopes and Emmetropes (2013) (4)
Symptoms in central serous retinopathy (1989) (4)
An interferometric null method for measuring the power distribution across varifocal contact lenses (1993) (4)
Reducing Aberration at the Fovea by Defocus (1993) (4)
Hybrid diffractive–refractive achromatic spectacle lenses (1994) (4)
Optical characteristics of Transpaseal as a partial occluder. (1983) (4)
BALL LIGHTNING: THE UNSOLVED PROBLEM (1982) (3)
The use of a cascade intensifier in coudé spectroscopy. (1968) (3)
Does ocular refraction change with ambient temperature? (2000) (3)
Possible effects of changes in lens pigmentation on the colour balance of an artist's work. (1976) (3)
Physiological optics in 2008: standing on Helmholtz’s shoulders (2009) (3)
Perceptual effects and the reliability of ball lightning reports (1971) (3)
Unwanted Astigmatism in Lenses with a Concentric Variation in Sagittal Power (1982) (3)
Inconsistencies in models of the human ocular modulation transfer function (1994) (3)
A bichromatic laser optometer. (1987) (3)
Ocular hazards arising from depletion of the natural atmospheric ozone layer: a review * (1990) (3)
The visual display of quantitative information E. R. Tufte Graphics Press, Cheshire, Connecticut, 1983, 197 pp., US $34.00 (1988) (2)
Visual Field Coordinates of Pupillary Circular Axis and Optical Axis (2014) (2)
Influence of Stop Position on Spectacle Magnification (2014) (2)
EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF DIFFRACTION IMAGES IN AXIAL INCIDENT ILLUMINATION (1964) (2)
Small-aperture optics for the presbyope: do comparable designs of corneal inlays and intraocular lenses provide similar transmittances to the retina? (2019) (2)
Errors in determining the direction of the visual axis in the presence of defocus. (1998) (2)
Errors in determining the direction of the visual axis in the presence of defocus (1998) (2)
Will wavefront aberrometry become a part of routine optometric practice? (2004) (2)
Do optical treatments for the control of myopia progression produce proportional or absolute reductions in progression rates? (2020) (2)
Image intensifies in microscopy (1966) (2)
Three-dimensional TV system: addendum. (1981) (2)
Longitudinal distribution of čerenkov light from extensive air showers (1970) (2)
A search for differences in size perception of near objects in young myopes corrected by either spectacles or contact lenses. (1998) (2)
A simple technique for detectinga periodicity of unknown value in the signal from an astronomical source. (1968) (2)
Optical quality for keratoconic eyes with conventional RGP lens and simulated, customised contact lens corrections: a comparison (2012) (1)
Mathematical models of the dynamics of the human eye (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, Vol. 34. By ? and ?, 25 figures, 3 tables, 99 pp., Springer, Berlin, 1980, $11.50 (1981) (1)
Macro-interferometry of paper surfaces (1989) (1)
Thomas Young's Investigations in Gradient-Index Optics (2011) (1)
Optics By ? and ?, 638 pp., illus., Association of Dispensing Opticians, London, 1981, £20.00 (1982) (1)
Ocular Aberrations and Their Clinical Implications (1991) (1)
Winners in the 2002 Naylor Prize competition (2003) (1)
The visual sizing of non-periodic objects by microscopy (1961) (1)
Ultraviolet radiation and cataract. (1995) (1)
13 – Rigid Lens Optics (2018) (1)
Effects of Accommodation, Vergence and Pupil Diameter on Size Estimation When Viewing Displays (1995) (1)
Optimal magnification for visual microscopy (1974) (1)
Myopia revisited, 2010–2015 (2015) (1)
Physics and the problems of defective vision (1988) (1)
Accommodative responses to anisoaccommodative targets (1998) (1)
Soft contact lenses and corneal astigmatism. (1994) (1)
Flitcroft's model of refractive development in childhood and the possible identification of children at risk of developing significant myopia. (2021) (1)
An interferometric null method for measuring the power distribution across concentric varifocal contact lenses (1993) (1)
Scattering properties of Bagolini lenses and their effects on spatial vision (1998) (1)
Relative performance of soft contact lenses having lathe-cut posterior surfaces with and without additional polishing. (2006) (1)
Image intensifiers in microscopy. (1966) (1)
Imaging in the 21st century (1998) (0)
Winners in the 2013 Naylor prize competition (2014) (0)
Night vision: Current research and future directions, working group on night vision National Academy Press, Washington, 1987, 335 pp., US $33.75 (1988) (0)
A youthful accommodation system allows the eye to vary its focus in order to obtain reasonably clear retinal images of objects at different distances , (2014) (0)
Factors affecting image magnification in indirect ophthalmoscopy with Volk or similar lenses and a biomicroscope (2022) (0)
Winners of the 1993 Naylor prize competition (1994) (0)
Eye injuries in sport (1989) (0)
Depth perception in telestereoscopic systems (1996) (0)
Donald FC Loran (1936–2018) (2018) (0)
27 Aging and the eye’s optics (2017) (0)
Measuring ocular aberrations in the peripheral visual field - errata (2009) (0)
Visual and Physiological Optics: where will the journey lead us in 10 years? (2017) (0)
Do direct ophthalmoscopes put the patients' eyes at risk? (1989) (0)
A contact lens centenary (1988) (0)
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AND CATARACT. AUTHOR'S REPLY (1995) (0)
6 – Soft Lens Optics (2018) (0)
Lighting D. C. Pritchard 3rd edn. Longmans, London, 1985, 153 pp., £5.00 (1988) (0)
Letter: Optimal magnification for visual microscopy. (1974) (0)
Accommodation during simulation of 3D visual space from stereoscopic pairs of 2D images (1997) (0)
Ball lightning and bead lightning, extreme forms of atmospheric electricity. By James Dale Barry. Plenum Press, New York and London, 1980. Pp. 298, Illus. $29.50 (2007) (0)
Accommodation responses to flickering stimuli (1996) (0)
Winners in the 2003 Naylor Prize Competition (2004) (0)
Luis W. Alvarez: an appreciation (1989) (0)
Work, aging, and vision: Report of a conference Committee on Vision, National Research Council National Academy Press, Washington, 1987, 68 pp., $14.25 (1988) (0)
Winners in the 2008 Naylor Prize Competition (2009) (0)
Winners in the 2012 Naylor prize competition (2013) (0)
Physiology and Behavior of the Accommodation System (2012) (0)
Radiant energy and the eye By ?, 321 pp., 167 figs, 41 tables, Ballière Tindall, London 1st edition, 1980, £2500 (1981) (0)
Visual fields: A basis for efficient investigation By ?, 219 pp., illus., Butterworths, London, 1982, £16.00 (1983) (0)
Winners of the 1996 Naylor prize competition (1997) (0)
IMAGE QUALITY AND VISUAL PERFORMANCE IN THE PERIPHERAL VISUAL FIELD FOLLOWING PHOTOREFRACTIVE SURGERY.: 1:00-1:20 (2001) (0)
A theoretical analysis of peripheral imaging following excimer laser corneal refractive surgery for myopia (2002) (0)
The nature of light, light sources and detectors (2003) (0)
In the News (1988) (0)
Psychophysical Measurement of the Optical Quality of Varifocal Contact Lenses (1993) (0)
Multifocal contact lenses: Power profiles and their interpretation (2013) (0)
EDITORIAL (1987) (0)
Publications: W. N. Charman (2002) (0)
Results of the 2006 Naylor Prize Competition (2007) (0)
Chapter 9 – Wavefront technology (2004) (0)
Yves Le Grand and the assessment of retinal acuity using interference fringes (1997) (0)
Authors’ Reply (2007) (0)
Diffraction: wavefronts and images (1990) (0)
The basics of light and optical surfaces (2003) (0)
Single figure indices for the steady‐state accommodative response (1995) (0)
Winners of the 1994 Naylor prize competition (1995) (0)
The Effects of Accommodation, Vergence and Pupil Size on Size Estimation. (1997) (0)
Winners of the 1990 Naylor prizes (1991) (0)
3 – Visual Optics (2018) (0)

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