Temporal and spatial frequencies interact in the contrast transfer function of the pattern electroretinogram

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1992-1999

  Ben Shlomo, G ^a   Bach, M ^b   Ofri, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Check size; Contrast; Contrast transfer characteristic; Linearity; Pattern ERG; PERG; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

EID: 34250183812     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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