Effects of contour enhancement on low-vision preference and visual search

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Satgunam, Premnandhini ^a   Woods, Russell L ^a   Luo, Gang ^a   Bronstad, P Matthew ^a   Reynolds, Zachary ^a   Ramachandra, Chaithanya ^b   Mel, Bartlett W ^b   Peli, Eli ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

central vision loss; contrast sensitivity; image enhancement; visual search

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CENTRAL VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; OBJECT CONTOUR; ORIGINAL IMAGES; RESPONSE RATE; SEARCH PERFORMANCE; SEARCH TASKS; SEARCH TIME; STATIC IMAGES; VISION IMPAIRMENTS; VISUAL SALIENCY; VISUAL SEARCH;

HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84865781468     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318266f92f     Document Type: Article

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