Metrics of retinal image quality predict visual performance in eyes with 20/17 or better visual acuity

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 635-640

  Applegate, Raymond A ^a   Marsack, Jason D ^a   Thibos, Larry N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; VISION; WAVEFRONTS;

LUMINANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINANCE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTOMETRY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VARIANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748805202     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000232842.60932.af     Document Type: Article

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