Modeling acuity for optotypes varying in complexity

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Watson, Andrew B ^a   Ahumada, Albert J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Chinese characters; Ideal observer; Optotypes; Sloan letters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84870217837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.10.19     Document Type: Article

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