Visual acuity under combined astigmatism and coma: Optical and neural adaptation effects

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-11

  de Gracia, Pablo ^a   Dorronsoro, Carlos ^a   Marin, Gildas ^b   Hernández, Martha ^b   Marcos, Susana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b Essilor International   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Astigmatism; Coma; Neural adaptation; Optical interactions; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; GLARE; HUMAN; LIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956303827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.2.1     Document Type: Article

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