Image Enhancement of Real-Time Television to Benefit the Visually Impaired

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wolffsohn, James S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Ditipriya ^a   Rubinstein, Martin ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 34548229868     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.05.031     Document Type: Article

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