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Contrast (vision)
About: Contrast (vision) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10379 publications have been published within this topic receiving 221480 citations.
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02 Apr 2001TL;DR: In this article, a method for improving disease diagnosis using contrast enhancement presentation is proposed, which consists of providing an input digital diagnostic image, applying a decomposition filter bank to the input digital image, constructing a tone scale curve from the input image and applying said scale curve to the image to produce a tone-scaled image, generating the contrast weight control signals from the image by extracting the high contrast edge signals at the coarse scale.
Abstract: A method for improving disease diagnosis using contrast enhancement presentation comprising: providing an input digital diagnostic image; applying a decomposition filter bank to the input digital diagnostic image; constructing a tone scale curve from the input digital diagnostic image; applying said tone scale curve to the input digital diagnostic image to produce a tone-scaled image; applying a decomposition filter bank to the tone-scaled image; generating the contrast weight control signals from the input digital diagnostic image by extracting the high contrast edge signals at the coarse scale; adjusting the decomposition outputs from both the input image and the tone-scaled image according to the contrast weight control signals; and applying a reconstruction filter bank to the adjusted signals to produce a contrast enhancement presentation output image.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extended the contrast detection model of human vision to low light levels by taking into account the effect of light-dependent quantal noise, which explained 91-99% of the total variance of the contrast sensitivity data at various spatial frequencies.
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30 Apr 2007TL;DR: In this article, the authors present methods and apparatus for providing a luminous writing surface, whose color, color temperature, and brightness are controlled to achieve a desired contrast between the writing surface and markings removably made thereon.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for providing a luminous writing surface, whose color, color temperature, and/or brightness are controlled to achieve a desired contrast between the writing surface and markings removably made thereon. For example, LED-based light sources and/or LED-based controllable lighting units can be employed to back-light or edge-light a transparent or translucent material thereby providing the luminous writing surface.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the postural stability and gait characteristics of adults with age-related maculopathy and identified the visual factors associated with postural stabilisation.
Abstract: PURPOSE. To assess the postural stability and gait characteristics of adults with age-related maculopathy (ARM) and to identify the visual factors associated with postural stability and gait in this clinical population. METHODS. Participants included 80 individuals with a range of severity of ARM (mean age, 77.2 years). Binocular visual function measures included visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and merged binocular visual fields. Postural stability was assessed on both a firm and a foam surface using center-of-pressure measures derived from a force platform. Forty three of the participants underwent a three-dimensional motion analysis to quantify gait characteristics, including walking velocity, proportion of time spent with both feet in contact with the ground (double-support time), stride length, and step width. RESULTS. After adjustment for age, sex, self-reported physical function, and cataract severity, all the vision measures were significantly associated with postural stability on the foam surface, with contrast sensitivity being the strongest correlate. In the analysis of the gait measures, only contrast sensitivity was significantly associated with walking velocity, step width, or stride length, whereas contrast sensitivity and visual field loss were both significantly associated with double-support time. CONCLUSIONS. Impaired contrast sensitivity was associated with postural instability, slower walking velocity, increased step width, and reduced stride length. Impairments in either contrast sensitivity or visual fields were associated with increased double-support time. This result suggests that loss of contrast sensitivity and visual fields in patients with ARM can lead to balance and mobility problems.
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TL;DR: In this case-series, macular hole surgery appears to have a beneficial effect on patients' subjective perception of visual function and the use of vision-targeted health status questionnaires in conjunction with detailed clinical examination provides a more comprehensive overview of individuals' daily well-being after surgical intervention.
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