Suprathreshold contrast matching in maculopathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3419-3424

  Mei, Ming ^a   Leat, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 34548107399     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0731     Document Type: Article

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