Using visual noise to characterize amblyopic letter identification

Journal of Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 904-920

  Pelli, Denis G ^a   Levin, Dennis M ^b   Chung, Susana T L ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Cortical noise; Efficiency; Noise; Pelli Levi Dual Acuity Chart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NOISE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL THRESHOLD; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION TEST; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 17844379308     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/4.10.6     Document Type: Article

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