Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Influence of Stiles–Crawford effect apodization on spatial visual performance

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The Stiles–Crawford effect is often invoked by vision scientists when predictions of the effects of aberrations and defocus on spatial visual performance are not borne out experimentally. Modeling the Stiles–Crawford effect as an apodization, we investigated the expected influence that it would have on spatial visual performance in the presence of 1-diopter primary spherical aberration at the edge of a 6-mm-diameter centered pupil. The changes in refraction produced by a high Stiles–Crawford effect, according to various criteria, were small at approximately 0.10 diopter. The Stiles–Crawford effect has only a small capability to compensate for defocus and spherical aberration. These results indicate that the Stiles–Crawford effect has little influence on spatial visual performance in the case of centered pupils. We suggest that the faith that has often been placed in the Stiles–Crawford effect to account for discrepancies between experimental results and expected results is not justified, at least for well-centered pupils and Stiles–Crawford effects.

© 1998 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Influence of Stiles–Crawford effect apodization on spatial visual performance with decentered pupils

David A. Atchison, Dion H. Scott, Anthony Joblin, and George Smith
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18(6) 1201-1211 (2001)

Apodization by the Stiles–Crawford effect moderates the visual impact of retinal image defocus

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Ming Ye, Arthur Bradley, and Larry Thibos
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16(4) 812-820 (1999)

Influence of Stiles–Crawford apodization on visual acuity

David A. Atchison, Dion H. Scott, Niall C. Strang, and Pablo Artal
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19(6) 1073-1083 (2002)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (8)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (26)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved