Nature

An Assessment of the Contrast Sensitivity in Patients with Ametropic and Anisometropic Amblyopia in Achieving the Corrected Visual Acuity of 1.0

Both visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) are important parameters for measuring visual function. In this research, we investigated the CS of patients with ametropic or anisometropic ...
Nature

Correlation of contrast sensitivity with ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer thickness and damage location in glaucoma with varying severity

To investigate the correlation of contrast sensitivity with macular region ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer (GC/IPL) thickness and damage location in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) of varying severity.
Medical Xpress

Light quality found to enhance contrast vision

Prof Sei-ichi Tsujimura of the Nagoya City University and Prof Su-Ling Yeh of National Taiwan University and Kagoshima University, have discovered that our visual acuity (contrast sensitivity) can be ...
Science Daily

Tiny eye movements affect how we see contrast

Researchers previously believed contrast sensitivity function -- the minimum level of black and white that a person needs to detect a pattern -- was mainly dictated by the optics of the eye and ...
MedPage Today

In AMD, Contrast Sensitivity and Microperimetry Helps Assess Visual Function and Activities of Daily Living

Monocular contrast sensitivity and microperimetry are useful indicators of visual function and its impact on activities of daily living in those with AMD. Patients with AMD do not rely on binocular ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

T1D Linked to Worse Contrast Sensitivity Function Among Patients Without Retinopathy

Researchers also found correlations between contrast sensitivity function and age, HbA1c, and type 1 diabetes (T1D) duration under different lighting conditions. Individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) ...
Healio

Embrace next-generation IOL optics to expand patient vision

The historical paradigm of cataract surgery forced an absolute compromise: pristine distance vision with absolute spectacle ...
Healio

Contrast sensitivity test eliminates potential bias due to optical aberrations

In part six of a series from the OSN Technology and Equipment Workshop featured at Hawaiian Eye 2010, Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, FACS, presented a new contrast sensitivity testing device that offers ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Emergent Techniques for Assessment of Visual Performance

Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the OpenBook. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a PDF. Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this ...
Phys.org

Bioinspired phototransistor achieves high-sensitivity detection of low-contrast targets

Drawing inspiration from the remarkable adaptability of the human eye, researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel phototransistor ...
Medical Xpress

Microscopic eye movements affect how we see contrast

It is often difficult for a driver to see a person walking on the side of the road at night—especially if the person is wearing dark colors. One of the factors causing this difficulty is a decrease in ...