Journal article
A comparison of three clinical methods of spatial contrast-sensitivity testing in normal subjects
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, Vol.228(1), pp.24-27
01/1990
DOI: 10.1007/BF02764285
PMID: 2311941
Abstract
Three methods clinically used for measuring spatial contrast sensitivity were performed monocularly in normal subjects to compare their sensitivity and applicability. The methods tested were (1) the Von Békésy tracking procedure, (2) the Method of Increasing Contrast, both carried out on a Nicolet CS-2000 automated Vision Tester, and (3) the Vistech Contrast Test System, a photographic test chart. The results show that the threshold sensitivities of the Von Békésy tracking procedure and the Method of Increasing Contrast were not significantly different. For sensitivity to middle and high spatial frequency, the Vistech test chart was found to approximate the Method of Increasing Contrast. With automated testing, a slower rate of contrast progression and a larger visual angle produced lower thresholds of detection of the contrast-sensitivity function. Using a slow rate of contrast progression, both the Vistech test chart and the Method of Increasing Contrast were rapidly conducted, easy to administer, and gave good approximations of the spatial contrast-sensitivity function.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A comparison of three clinical methods of spatial contrast-sensitivity testing in normal subjects
- Creators
- Scott Tweten - Tulane UniversityMichael Wall - Tulane UniversityBarry D Schwartz - Tulane University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, Vol.228(1), pp.24-27
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02764285
- PMID
- 2311941
- ISSN
- 0721-832X
- eISSN
- 1435-702X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984187365202771
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