edited by M. Princeton Nadler, David Miller, Daniel J. Nadler.
New York, NY
Springer New York
1990
(xxvii, 150 pages 114 illustrations, 22 illustrations in color.)
Foreword by A. Edward Maumenee --;Preface --;Contributors --;Terms and Concepts --;1 Contrast Sensitivity: A Viewpoint for Clinicians --;Potential Clinical Applications --;Conclusions --;2 An Introduction to Contrast Sensitivity Testing --;Visual Acuity --;Contrast Sensitivity --;Stimuli for Measuring Contrast Sensitivity --;Methodology of Contrast Sensitivity Testing --;Underlying Mechanisms of Contrast Sensitivity Testing --;Clinical Uses of Contrast Sensitivity Testing --;Clinical Constraints on Psychophysical Methods --;A Note About Glare Testing --;General Conclusions --;3 Light Scattering: Its Relationship to Glare and Contrast in Patients and Normal Subjects --;Glare and Contrast Sensitivity Testing --;Glare Testers --;Contrast and Glare for Normal Eyes --;4 Essential Factors in Testing for Glare --;Terms and Concepts --;Experimental Design Considerations --;5 Contrast Sensitivity and Glare Testing in Corneal Disease --;Basic Mechanisms --;Clinical Applications --;6 Glare and Contrast Sensitivity in Cataracts and Pseudophakia --;Historical Background --;Contrast Sensitivity Testing and Glare Testing for Cataracts --;Nonsurgical Treatment of Cataracts --;Contrast Sensitivity Testing and Glare Testing in Pseudophakia --;7 Diabetes Mellitus and Visual Function --;What Is Visual Function? --;Visual Function and Diabetic Retinopathy --;Case Reports --;Discussion --;Conclusion --;8 New Methods for Diagnosis of Retinal Neural Damage Associated with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma --;Luminance Contrast Sensitivity --;Color Vision --;Pattern Electroretinography --;Conclusion --;9 Overview of Contrast Sensitivity and Neuro-ophthalmic Disease --;Abbreviations Used in This Chapter --;Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity --;Measuring Contrast Sensitivity --;Clinical Applications --;Final Comments --;10 Standards for Contrast Acuity/Sensitivity and Glare Testing --;Contrast Acuity/Sensitivity Testing --;Glare Testing --;Conclusions --;11 Some Basic Concepts and Field Applications for Lighting, Color, and Vision --;Key Aspects of the Visual Stimulus --;Field Application --;Conclusions --;12 Contrast in Photography --;Definitions --;Attributes of Photographic Contrast --;Attributes of the Imaging System --;Viewing Conditions --;Image Quality --;Physical Indices of Contrast --;Optimum Gradient --;Flare --;Conclusion.
It soon became evident that no one could adequately comprehend all of these areas and, therefore, most young trainees today take a year or two of fel- lowship in a specialized area following their three-to five-year residency train- ing.
Medicine.
Ophthalmology.
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C65
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1990
edited by M. Princeton Nadler, David Miller, Daniel J. Nadler.