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      "identify aberration types in images",
      "choose corrected lenses",
      "correct aberrations in software",
      "understand eye aberrations in general terms"
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      "Image imperfection from optics",
      "Several distinct types",
      "Reduced by lens design",
      "Measured with test targets or wavefront sensors"
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    "visual_identification": [
      "Purple or green fringes at edges",
      "Soft corners or comet-shaped stars",
      "Aberration of starlight in astronomy is a different effect"
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      },
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        "quantity": "Image spot diameter",
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        "note": "Measure the image of a point source at a specified focus, field position and wavelength using a stated diameter criterion."
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        "quantity": "Geometric distortion",
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        "note": "Measure image position error relative to the ideal projection at a specified field position."
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        "Image quality matters for diagnosis, navigation and science.",
        "Buyers rely on honest specifications."
      ],
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        "Users of optical instruments",
        "Patients whose images are read"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
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        "name": "Type",
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        "rationale": "Types look different.",
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            "id": "identify",
            "name": "Identify",
            "description": "Symptoms.",
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                "name": "Identify",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which aberration is visible in this image?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where in the frame does it appear?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "cause",
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            "description": "Optics.",
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                    "text": "What in the optical design causes it?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does aperture change it?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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                    "text": "Which lens designs reduce this aberration?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What are the trade-offs?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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                "id": "software-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Can software lens profiles correct it?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What is lost?",
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                  }
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              }
            ]
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which test target or method measures it?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What values indicate good performance?",
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                  }
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              }
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                    "text": "How are aberrations described with Zernike polynomials?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which instrument measures them?",
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                  }
                ]
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          }
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                "id": "vision-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "How do aberrations of the eye affect vision, in general terms?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Should an optometrist assess vision problems?",
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                  }
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is stellar aberration or a deviation from normal meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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    "Should each aberration be a separate entry?",
    "How should Zernike terms be linked?",
    "How should the astronomy sense be split off?"
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