The effect of surround luminance on measurements of contrast sensitivity

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 401-414

  Cox, Michael J ^a   Norman, Joanne H ^b   Norman, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Dollond and Aitchison Opticians   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032860377     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1999.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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