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The approximation to the defocused optical transfer function for an aberration-free system of circular aperture leads to an approximation to the corresponding three-dimensional optical transfer function. Although the former approximation is in good agreement with exact calculations, there is considerable discrepancy for the latter.
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Sheppard et al. (1991) studied this question.
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