Neural and optical limits to visual performance in myopia

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3707-3722

  Atchison, David A ^a   Schmid, Katrina L ^a   Pritchard, Nicola ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Myopia; Neural limits; Optics of the human eye; Refractive error; Spatial summation; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748437365     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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