The effect of defocus on edge contrast sensitivity

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-132

  Jansonius, N M ^a   Kooijman, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031104662     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(96)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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