Measuring contrast sensitivity under different lighting conditions: Comparison of three tests

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 290-298

  Bühren, Jens ^a,b   Terzi, Evdoxia ^a   Bach, Michael ^c   Wesemann, Wolfgang ^d   Kohnen, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d School of Optometry (HFAK)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Disability glare; Mesopic vision; Optical quality; Psychophysical test

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; GLARE; OPTICS; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISABILITY GLARE; MESOPIC VISION; OPTICAL QUALITY; PSYCHOPHYSICAL TEST;

LIGHTING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISABILITY GLARE; FEMALE; FRANKFURT FREIBURG CONTRAST AND ACUITY TEST SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ACUITY CONTRAST TEST; GLARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMINANCE; MALE; MESOPIC VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELLI ROBSON CHART; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICAL TEST; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENILE CATARACT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; VISION TESTS;

EID: 33744496020     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000216100.93302.2d     Document Type: Article

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