function mm = DegreesToRetinalMM(degs,eyeLengthMM,fulltrig) % mm = DegreesToRetinalMM(degs,eyeLengthMM,[fulltrig]) % % Convert foveal extent in degrees to mm of retina in the fovea. % % This is implemented by default as a simple linear scaling based on the % appropriate conversion for small angles. It does not take the % non-linearity of the tangent for larger angles into account, nor the % actual shape and optics of the eye. Interestingly, although the trig % calculation would be exactly correct for pinhole camera and a planar % retina oriented orthogonal to the optical axis, it deviates more from % what the real eye does than the linear approximation. % % In addition, this routine and RetinalMMToDegrees are implemented as the % exact inverses of each other in this default mode. % % If optional argument fulltrig is passed as true (it is false by default), % then it uses the inverse tangent on the actuall passed mm. This was the % behavior prior to July 2015. This behavior does not exactly self invert % with RetinalMMToDegrees. Nor does it account for the shape and optics of % the eye. % % Routine EyeLength returns posterior nodal eye lengths for various species % and sources. Use 'Human' and 'Rodieck' to get the eye lenght implicit in % RetinalEccentricityMMToDegrees and DegreesToRetinalEccentricityMM for % human, and similarly 'Rhesus' and 'PerryCowey' for rhesus. % % See also: RetinalMMToDegrees, EyeLength, RetinalEccentricityMMToDegrees, DegreesToRetinalEccentricityMM % % 7/15/03 dhb Wrote it. % 7/01/15 dhb Update comments, change default behavior, preserve old behavior optionally. % Default args if (nargin < 3 || isempty(fulltrig)) fulltrig = false; end if (~fulltrig) factor = 2*tan((pi/180)*1/2)*eyeLengthMM; mm = factor*degs; else mm = 2*tan((pi/180)*degs/2)*eyeLengthMM; end