Retinal contrast losses and visual resolution with obliquely incident light

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

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2692-2703

  McMahon, Matthew J ^a   MacLeod, Donald I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PHOTORECEPTORS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RETINA; VISION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RETINA; VISION;

EID: 0035512267     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002692     Document Type: Article

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