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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
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
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The effect of bilberry nutritional supplementation on night visual acuity and contrast sensitivity.
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of bilberry on night visual acuity (VA) and night contrast… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Visual functions in 6-year-old children in relation to lead and mercury levels.
1994
1994
The development of motion sensitivity during the first year of life
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Comparison of three methods for rapid determination of threshold contrast sensitivity.
Threshold contrast sensitivity functions for 13 subjects were determined on 5 consecutive days using three psychophysical methods… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NORMAL CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FOR STATIC AND DYNAMIC SINUSOIDAL GRATINGS
Contrast sensitivity for moving and stationary sine grating patterns was determined in central and peripheral parts of the visual… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Age, the eye, and the visual channels: contrast sensitivity and response speed.
Age differences in spatial vision were examined by establishing contrast sensitivity functions for young and old adults. In… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Space domain properties of a spatial frequency channel in human vision
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Visual contrast sensitivity of a 6-month-old infant Measured by the evoked potential
THE visual contrast sensitivity of the human infant has previously been measured using behavioural methods, in which… 
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