Foveal optical modulation transfer function of the human eye at various pupil sizes

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

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2504-2513

  Rovamo, Jyrki ^a   Kukkonen, Heljä ^a   Mustonen, Juvi ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUPIL;

EID: 0032159043     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002504     Document Type: Article

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