Raster-scan cathode-ray tubes for vision research -limits of resolution in space, time and intensity, and some solutions

Spatial Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-414

  Bach, Michael ^a   Meigen, Thomas ^b   Strasburger, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; DISPLAY DEVICES; VISION;

RASTER SCAN TECHNIQUES; VISUAL STIMULUS PRESENTATION;

CATHODE RAY TUBES;

ARTIFACT; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030612817     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856897X00311     Document Type: Article

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