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Articlei-Perception

Blur Unblurred-A Mini Tutorial.

Hans Strasburger, Michael Bach, Sven P Heinrich

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Article in i-Perception. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. VEP estimation of visual acuity: a systematic review.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2021
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  3. Dioptric blur is not fully reflected by VEP-based visual acuity estimates.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2025
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  4. The FreiBurger: a new optotype for P300-based acuity estimation.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2024
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  12. Effects of glaucoma on detection and discrimination of image blur.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hans StrasburgerInstitute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany; Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7156-5111
Michael BachSection for Functional Vision Research, Eye Center at Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Sven P HeinrichSection for Functional Vision Research, Eye Center at Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical blur from defocus is quite frequently considered as equivalent to low-pass filtering. Yet that belief, although not entirely wrong, is inaccurate. Here, we wish to disentangle the concepts of

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accommodationacuityblurdioptersopticsoptometryspurious resolution

Identifiers

PMID29770182
PMCPMC5946648

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