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Ocular Physiological Phenomena > Visual Acuity > Contrast Sensitivity
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological > Vision Tests > Visual Acuity > Contrast Sensitivity
... > Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Perception > Visual Perception > Visual Acuity > Contrast Sensitivity
... > Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Perception > Space Perception > Form Perception > Contrast Sensitivity

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Contrast Sensitivity  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Sensitivity, Visual Contrast
  • Visual Contrast Sensitivity

Scope note

  • The ability to detect sharp boundaries (stimuli) and to detect slight changes in luminance at regions without distinct contours. Psychophysical measurements of this visual function are used to evaluate VISUAL ACUITY and to detect eye disease.

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  • 89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015350

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