Using scotopic and photopic flicker to measure lens optical density

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-328

  Wooten, Billy R ^a   Hammond, Billy R ^b   Renzi, Lisa M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Flicker photometry; Lens optical density; Lens transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FLICKER PHOTOMETRY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHT VISION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATARACT; DARK ADAPTATION; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 34250748575     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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