title: Anti-aliasing and dithering in the 'Freiburg Visual Acuity Test'.
abstract: Anti-aliasing is a technique for improving spatial resolution at the cost of luminance resolution. Dithering is a technique for improving luminance resolution at the cost of spatial resolution. These techniques are applied to the testing of visual function in the 'Freiburg Visual Acuity Test': by employing anti-aliasing, spatial resolution was improved. Thus, even the shape of small Landolt-Cs with oblique gaps is adequate, and visual acuities from 5/80 (0.06) up to 5/1.4 (3.6) can be tested at a distance of 5 m. By employing dithering, subthreshold contrast stimuli can be generated on a conventional display having standard 8-bit video resolution. Rapid acquisition of a semi-objective and reliable acuity estimate makes the 'Freiburg Visual Acuity Test' useful for subject screening in vision research, as well as for routine assessments in the ophthalmic practice.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Elektrophysiologisches Labor, Freiburg, Germany. bach@uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bach
mesh_terms: D016288:Computer Terminals; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity