Text quality metrics for visual display units: I. Methodological aspects

Displays

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-43

  Roufs, Jacques A J ^a   Boschman, Martin C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Luminance contrast; Scaling; VDU; Visual comfort; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TESTING; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYE PROTECTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

LUMINANCE CONTRAST; VISUAL COMFORT;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0031560573     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(97)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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