title: The effect of defocus on edge contrast sensitivity.
abstract: The effect of optical blur (defocus) on edge contrast sensitivity was studied. Edge contrast sensitivity detoriates with fairly small amounts of blur (approximately 0.5 D) and is roughly reduced by half for each dioptre of blur. The effect of blur on edge contrast sensitivity equals the effect of blur on sine wave contrast sensitivity for a spatial frequency of approximately 3 cpd.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Jansonius
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kooijman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011601:Psychophysics; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D015349:Vision, Monocular; D014792:Visual Acuity