Effect of window size on detection acuity and resolution acuity for sinusoidal gratings in central and peripheral vision

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 697-706

  Anderson, Roger S ^a   Evans, David W ^a   Thibos, Larry N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Aliasing; Peripheral vision; Undersampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; PUPIL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030114911     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000697     Document Type: Article

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