Using the Freiburg Acuity and Contrast Test to measure visual performance in USAF personnel after PRK

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 516-524

  Dennis, Richard J ^a,f   Beer, Jeremy M A ^b   Baldwin, J Bruce ^c   Ivan, Douglas J ^c   Lorusso, Frank J ^d   Thompson, William T ^e  

^a Karta Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c USAF School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Conceptual Mindworks Inc ^*  (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Freiburg Acuity and Contrast Test (FrACT); Glare; Laser; Photorefractive keratectomy; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; LASERS; POLYCARBONATES;

FREIBURG ACUITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY (PRK);

VISION;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FREIBURG ACUITY AND CONTRAST TEST; GLARE; HAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; UNITED STATES; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3142711447     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200407000-00013     Document Type: Article

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