Measuring contrast sensitivity of the human eye with modified siemens stars

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 501-512

  Grein, Hans Juergen ^a,b   Jungnickel, Hendrik ^a   Strohm, Katja ^a   Gebhardt, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK RING; CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FUNCTION; DARK STRIPE; HUMAN EYE; PC MONITORS; RING TEST; SIEMENS; SINUSOIDAL LUMINANCE PATTERNS; TEST PATTERN; TESTING PROCEDURE;

ROTATION; STARS;

TESTING;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; VISION TESTS;

EID: 77954624691     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181e1feb3     Document Type: Article

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