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THE MINIMUM ANGLE OF RESOLUTION VS ANGLE OF REGARD FUNCTION AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENT TARGETS *
Author(s) -
Roy Gscenter C.,
Kandel Gillray L.,
Bedell Harold E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1981.tb00142.x
Subject(s) - visual angle , monotonic function , reciprocal , luminance , resolution (logic) , function (biology) , optics , range (aeronautics) , viewing angle , nonlinear system , mathematics , physics , mathematical analysis , computer science , artificial intelligence , materials science , linguistics , philosophy , evolutionary biology , liquid crystal display , composite material , biology , quantum mechanics
Although the minimum angle of resolution (reciprocal visual acuity) may be well approximated as a linear function of angle of regard, a fresh look at past research using several target types and spanning a wide luminance range indicate that a small but distinct monotonic nonlinearity exists in the function.