VISUAL RECOVERY FROM BRIEF EXPOSURES TO VERY HIGH LUMINANCE LEVELS
Abstract
The design and calibration of the apparatus for delivering brief, high intensity flashes from a xenon-filled flash tube are described. A maximum field luminance of 4.6 x 10 to the 5th power lamberts was provided by the flash tube seen by Maxwellian view. A rotating mirror was synchronized with the flash tube discharge to produce exposure durations from 42 Mu sec to 1.4 msec. Field sizes could be varied from a point source to 10 degrees, and an adapting field optical system allowed the subject to be preadapted to various luminance levels before the flash was received. The criterion measure for recovery times following the flash was the correct identification of Sloan-Snellen test letters. Five different letter sizes were provided subtending visual angles from 41.9 to 10.2 minutes of arc. Some data are reported for five exposure durations of the flash and for five field sizes for the 20.3 minutes of arc tests letter at a luminance of 0.066 mL.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0434729
Entities
People
- Glenn A. Fry
- Norma D. Miller
Organizations
- Ohio State University