Into the twilight zone: The complexities of mesopic vision and luminous efficiency

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-239

  Stockman, Andrew ^a   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Destructive interference; Flicker sensitivity; Luminance; Luminous efficiency functions; Mesopic; Phase delays; Photopic; Scotopic

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINANCE; MESOPIC VISION; NIGHT VISION; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VISION; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 33646705622     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00325.x     Document Type: Review

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