The spectral sensitivity of the human short-wavelength sensitive cones derived from thresholds and color matches

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2901-2927

  Stockman, Andrew ^a   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^b   Fach, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Forschungsstelle fur Experimentelle Ophthalmologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue cone monochromacy; Color matching; Cone fundamental; Lens pigment; Macular pigment; Photopigment; S cones; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0033046813     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00225-9     Document Type: Article

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