Comparison of letter and Vernier acuities with dioptric and diffusive blur

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Bedell, Harold E ^a   Patel, Saumil ^a   Chung, Susana T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blur; Vernier acuity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

LENSES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OSCILLOGRAPHS;

DIFFUSIVE BLUR; DIOPTRIC BLUR; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LENS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISIBILITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0033082661     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199902000-00019     Document Type: Article

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