Spatial frequency sweep pattern reversal VER acuity vs Snellen visual acuity: Effect of optical defocus

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 903-909

  Katsumi, Osamu ^a   Arai, Mikki ^a   Wajima, Ryohei ^a   Denno, Sachiko ^a   Hirose, Tatsuo ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defocus; Evoked potential; Snellen; Spatial; Sweep; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029958865     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00187-5     Document Type: Letter

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