A unified formula for light-adapted pupil size

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Watson, Andrew B ^a   Yellott, John I ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Contrast sensitivity function; Light adaptation; Pupil diameter; Pupil reflex; Retinal illuminance; Senile miosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PUPIL;

EID: 84870208731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.10.12     Document Type: Article

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