Effects of defocus and pupil size on human contrast sensitivity

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-426

  Strang, Niall C ^a   Atchison, David A ^a   Woods, Russell L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MODEL; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; TECHNIQUE;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYDRIATICS; MYOPIA; OPTICS; PUPIL;

EID: 0032841751     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(99)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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