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Contrast Sensitivity

Known as: Sensitivity, Contrast, Sensitivity, Visual Contrast, Visual Contrast Sensitivity 
The ability to detect sharp boundaries (stimuli) and to detect slight changes in luminance at regions without distinct contours. Psychophysical… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Measuring Contrast Sensitivity Under Different Lighting Conditions: Comparison of Three Tests
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate three psychophysical tests for the measurement of contrast sensitivity (CS… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Letter contrast sensitivity changes in early diabetic retinopathy
Purpose: To investigate the discriminative ability of letter contrast sensitivity (CS) and visual acuity (VA) in detecting… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Wavefront analysis in eyes with nuclear or cortical cataract.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Perceptual sensitivity maps within globally defined visual shapes
AN unsolved problem of biology is the processing of global shape in natural vision. The known processes of early vision are… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in relation to falls in an elderly population.
Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were measured in 95 residents of a hostel for the aged (mean age = 83 years) using a dual… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Contrast sensitivity in age-related macular degeneration.
Low-contrast charts were used to investigate the possibility that patients with drusen have visual deficits not detected by… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The influence of temporal frequency and adaptation level on receptive field organization of retinal ganglion cells in cat
1. The discharges of single X and Y ganglion cells (distinguished by a test of linearity of spatial summation) were recorded in… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
AGE VARIATIONS IN NORMAL HUMAN CONTRAST SENSITIVITY
The visual contrast sensitivity (the reciprocal of contrast threshold) was studied as a function of age. Psychophysical… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The role of on and off transients in determining the psychophysical spatial frequency response
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity in Patients with Cerebral Lesions
Spatial contrast sensitivity as a function of spatial frequency was measured in patients with cerebral lesions. In most of these… 
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