Mesopic visual efficiency I: Detection threshold measurements

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-334

  Freiding, A ^a   Eloholma, M ^b   Ketomaki J ^b   Halonen, L ^b   Walkey, H ^c   Goodman, Teresa ^d   Alferdinck, J ^e   Vàrady, Geza ^f   Bodrogi, P ^f  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LUMINANCE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACHROMATIC THRESHOLDS; QUASI-MONOCHROMATIC TARGETS;

LIGHTING;

EID: 37249039430     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477153507080917     Document Type: Article

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