Binocular combination in anisometropic amblyopia

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Huang, Chang Bing ^a   Zhou, Jiawei ^b   Lu, Zhong Lin ^a   Feng, Lixia ^c   Zhou, Yifeng ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Binocular combination; Contrast experience; Contrast gain control; Effective contrast; Effective contrast ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049084126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.17     Document Type: Article

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