| Description |
1 online resource (475 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword to Fifth Edition -- Preface to Fifth Edition -- 1. Experimental Approaches -- 2. Introductory Concepts -- Very Basic Ocular Anatomy -- Basic Retinal Anatomy and Postretinal Pathways -- Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Transmission Characteristics of the Eye -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 3. The Duplex Retina -- Basic Distinctions Between Scotopic and Photopic Vision -- Morphological Distinctions Between Rods and Cones -- Photopigments in Rods and Cones -- Retinal Distribution of Photoreceptors -- Dark Adaptation |
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Light Adaptation -- Spatial Resolution and Spatial Summation -- Temporal Resolution and Temporal Summation -- Stiles-Crawford Effect of the First Kind -- Additional Clinical Considerations -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 4. Photometry -- Photometry and Radiometry: Basic Concepts and Units -- Inverse Square Law -- Specification of Light Sources -- Filters -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 5. Color Vision -- Trichromatic Theory -- Molecular Genetics of Cone Photopigments -- Color Labels -- Wavelength Discrimination -- Color Constancy -- Physiological Basis of Color Vision |
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CIE Color System -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 6. Anomalies of Color Vision -- Classification -- Basic Data of Inherited Red-Green Color Vision Anomalies -- Color Labeling -- Inheritance of Anomalous Color Vision -- Molecular Genetics of Red-Green Color Vision Anomalies -- Acquired Color Vision Anomalies -- Achromatopsias -- Chromatopsias -- Color Vision Tests -- Nagel Anomaloscope -- Additional Clinical Considerations -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 7. Spatial Vision -- Sine-Wave Gratings -- Spatial Modulation Transfer Function of a Lens |
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The Human Contrast Sensitivity Function -- CSF High-Frequency Cutoff -- CSF Low-Frequency Drop Off -- The Visual System as a Fourier Analyzer -- Relationship of High-Frequency CSF Cutoff to Snellen Acuity -- High-Pass Visual Acuity -- Clinical Implications of the CSF -- Clinical Determination of the CSF -- Other Forms of Visual Acuity -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 8. Temporal Vision -- Stimulus Considerations -- Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions -- Masking -- Additional Clinical Considerations -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 9. Motion Perception |
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Stimuli Used to Study Motion Perception -- Dorsal Processing Stream -- Roles of Luminance and Color -- Dynamic Visual Acuity -- Saccadic Suppression -- Additional Clinical Considerations -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 10. Depth Perception -- Monocular Depth Cues -- Binocular Depth Cues -- Size Illusions -- Additional Clinical Considerations -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 11. Psychophysical Methodology -- Threshold: Basic Concepts -- Threshold Determination -- Signal Detection Theory -- Weber's Law -- Summary -- Self-Assessment Questions -- 12. Functional Retinal Physiology |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Reading List |
HMO203 recommended text 2024
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HMO701 recommended text 2024
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781259585029 |
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1259585026 |
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