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Visual Optics

  1. Thibos, L.N. (1987) Calculation of the influence of lateral chromatic aberration on image quality across the visual field. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 4, 1673-1680. [THIBOS021]

  2. Howarth, P.A., Zhang, X.X., Bradley, A., Still, D.L. and Thibos, L.N. (1988) Does the chromatic aberration of the eye vary with age? J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 5, 2087-2092. [THIBOS022]

  3. Thibos, L.N., Bradley, A., Still, D.L., Zhang, X. and Howarth, P.A. (1990) Theory and measurement of ocular chromatic aberration. Vision Res. 30, 33- 49. [THIBOS023]

  4. Thibos, L.N. (1990) Optical limitations of the Maxwellian view interferometer. Appl. Opt. 29, 1411-1419. [THIBOS024]

  5. Zhang, X., Bradley, A. and Thibos, L. N. (1991). Achromatizing the human eye: the problem of chromatic parallax. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 8, 686-691 [THIBOS027]

  6. Zhang, X., Thibos, L. N. and Bradley, A. (1991). Relation between the chromatic difference of refraction and chromatic difference of magnification for the reduced eye. Optom. Vis. Sci. 68, 456-458. [THIBOS028]

  7. Bradley, A., Zhang, X. and Thibos, L. N. (1991). Achromatizing the human eye. Optom. Vis. Sci. 68, 608-616. [THIBOS030]

  8. Thibos, L. N., Ye M, Zhang, X, and Bradley, A. (1992) The Chromatic Eye: A new model of ocular chromatic aberration, Applied Optics, 31, 3594-3600. [THIBOS033]

  9. Thibos, L.N. and Bradley, A. (1992) Use of interferometric visual stimulators in optometry. Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 12, 206-208. [THIBOS035]

  10. Bradley, A, Thibos, L.N., Wang, Y., Haggerty, K., and Poorman, A. (1992) Imaging FWC. Opthalmic and Physiological Optics. 12, 18-23. [THIBOS036]

  11. Atchison, D.A., Ye, M., Bradley, A., Collins, M.J., Zhang, X., Rahman, H.A., and Thibos, L.N. (1992) Chromatic aberration and optical power of a diffractive bifocal contact lens. Optom. Vis. Sci., 69, 797-804. [THIBOS038]

  12. Zhang, X, Bradley, A, and Thibos, LN (1993) Experimental determination of the chromatic difference of magnification of the human eye and the location of the anterior nodal point. J. Opt. Soc. Am. 10, 213-220. [THIBOS041]

  13. Rynders, M.C. and Thibos, L.N. (1993) Single channel, sinusoidally modulated signal generator, with variable temporal contrast. J. Opt. Soc. Am. 10, 1642-1650. [THIBOS042]

  14. Atchison, D.A. and Thibos, L.N. (1993) Diffractive properties of the Diffrax® lens. Opthalmic and Physiological Optics. 13, 186-188. [THIBOS043]

  15. Thibos, L.N., Ye, M., Zhang, X., and Bradley, A. (1993) A new optical model of the human eye. Optics News 4/12, 12. [THIBOS046]

  16. Rynders, M., Lidkea, B., Chisholm, W. and Thibos, L.N. (1995) Statistical distribution of foveal transverse chromatic aberration and pupil centrationabout the visual axis in a population of young adult eyes. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 12, 2348-2357 [THIBOS048]

  17. Atchison, D.A., Smith, G., Bradley, A. and Thibos, L.N. (1995) Useful variations of the Badal optometer. Optom. Vis. Scis, 72, 279-284.

  18. Salmon, T. & Thibos, L.N. (1996) A new single-pass method to measure the eye’s MTF OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest.

  19. Thibos, L.N., Wheeler, W. & Horner, D. (1997) Power vectors: an application of Fourier analysis to the description and statistical analysis of refractive error. Optometry & Vision Science 74, 367-375. (Winner of the 2000 Garland Clay Award.)

  20. Thibos, L.N., Ye, M., Zhang, X, & Bradley, A. (1997) Spherical aberration of the reduced schematic eye with elliptical refracting surface. Optometry & Vision Science 74, 548-556.

  21. Wang, Y. Z. & Thibos, L.N. (1997) Oblique (off-axis) astigmatism of the reduced schematic eye with elliptical refracting surface. Optometry & Vision Science 74, 557-562.

  22. Zhang, X.X., Thibos, L.N. & Bradley, A. (1997) Wavelength-dependent magnification and polychromatic image quality in eyes corrected for longitudinal chromatic aberration. Optometry & Vision Science 74, 563-569.

  23. Thibos, L. N. & Bradley, A. (1997) Use of liquid-crystal adaptive-optics to alter the refractive state of the eye. Optometry & Vision Science 74, 581-587.

  24. Salmon, T.O., Thibos, L.N., and Bradley, A. (1998) Comparison of the eye’s wavefront aberration measured psychophysically and with the Shack- Hartmann wavefront sensor. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 2457-2465.

  25. Thibos, L.N and Hong, X. (1999) Clinical applications of the Shack- Hartmann aberrometer. Optometry & Vision Science 76, 817-825.

  26. Thibos, L.N.(2000) Principles of Hartmann-Shack aberrometry. In In Vision Science and Its applications. V. Lakshminarayanan, ed. TOPS 35, 163-169. (Optical Society of America). Reprinted in Journal of Refractive Surgery 16, 563-565

  27. Hong, X. and Thibos, L.N (2000) Longitudinal evaluation of optical aberrations following laser in situ keratomileusis surgery. Journal of Refractive Surgery 16, 647-650. Reprinted from Trends in Optics and Photonics, 35, 220-226. (Optical Society of America).

  28. Tutt, R., Bradley, A, Begley, C. and Thibos, L.N. (2000) Optical and visual impact of tear break-up in human eyes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 41, 4117-4123.

  29. Thibos, L.N. and Horner, D.T. (2001) Power vector analysis of the optical outcome of refractive surgery. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 27, 80-85.

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  31. Munson, K., Hong, X. and Thibos, L.N. (2001) Use of a Shack-Hartmann aberrometer to assess the optical outcome of corneal transplantation in a keratoconic eye. Optometry and Vision Science. 78:866-871.

  32. Hong, X., Himebaugh, N. and Thibos, L.N. (2001) On-eye evaluation of optical performance of rigid and soft contact lenses. Optometry and Vision Science. 78:872-880.

  33. Salmon, T.O. and Thibos, L.N. (2002) Videokeratoscope-line-of-sight misalignment and its effect on measurements of corneal and internal ocular aberrations. Journal of the Optical Society of America A19:657-669.

  34. Thibos, L.N., Hong, X., Bradley, A. and Cheng, X. (2002) Statistical variation of aberration structure and image quality in a normal population of healthy eyes. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 19, 2329—2348

  35. Thibos, L.N., Bradley, A. and Hong, X. (2002) A statistical model of the aberration structure of normal, well-corrected eyes. Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics 22:427-433.

  36. Hong, X., Thibos, L.N., Bradley, A., Woods, R.L., and Applegate, R.A. (2003) Comparison of monocular ocular aberrations measured with a cross- cylinder aberroscope and a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor. Optometry and Vision Science. 79: 15-25.

  37. Cheng, X., Bradley, A., Hong, X. and Thibos, L.N. (2003) Relationship between refractive error and monochromatic aberrations of the eye. Optometry and Vision Science. 79: 43-49. (Winner of the 2007 Garland Clay Award.)

  38. Himebaugh, N.L., Wright, A.R., Bradley, A., Begley, C.G., and Thibos, L.N. (2003) Use of retroillumination to visualize optical aberrations caused by tear film break-up. Optometry and Vision Science. 80: 69-78.

  39. Cheng X, Himebaugh NL, Kollbaum PS, Thibos LN, Bradley A. (2003) Validation of a clinical Shack-Hartmann aberrometer. Optom Vis Sci 80:587- 95.

  40. Cheng X, Thibos LN, Bradley A. (2003) Estimating visual quality from wavefront aberration measurements. J Refract Surg 19:S579-84.

  41. Cheng, X. & Thibos, L. N. (2003). Converting wavefront aberration maps to visual quality. Review of Refractive Surgery, 4(8), 15-18.

  42. Thibos LN. (2003) Propagation of astigmatic wavefronts using power vectors. South African Optometrist 62:111-113.

  43. Cheng X, Himebaugh NL, Kollbaum PS, Thibos LN, Bradley A. (2004) Test- retest reliability of clinical Shack-Hartmann measurements. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45: 351-360.

  44. 96. Zhou F, Hong X, Miller DT, Thibos LN, Bradley A. (2004) Validation of a combined corneal topographer and aberrometer based on Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensing. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 21:683-96.

  45. Miller, D.T., Thibos, L.N. and Hong, X. (2005) Requirements for segmented correctors for diffraction-limited performance in the human eye. Optics Express 13:275-289

  46. Barbero, S., Rubinstein, J. and Thibos, L.N. (2006) Wavefront sensing and reconstruction from gradient and Laplacian data measured with a Hartmann-Shack sensor. Optics Letters 31: 1845-7

  47. Barbero, S. and Thibos, L.N. (2006) Error analysis and correction in wavefront reconstruction from the Transport-of-Intensity-Equation. Optical Engineering 45:94001-94006

  48. Teel, D.F., Copland, R.J., Jacobs, R.J., Wells, T., Neal, D.R. and Thibos, L.N. (2008) Design and validation of an infrared badal optometer for laser speckle (IBOLS). Optometry and Vision Science, 85:834-842

  49. Kollbaum, P., Thibos, L.N., and Bradley, A. (2008) Validation of an off-eye contact lens Shack-Hartmann wavefront aberrometer. Optometry and Vision Science, 85:E817-E828

  50. Ravikumar, S., Thibos, L.N. and Bradley, A. (2008) Calculation of retinal image quality for polychromatic light. Journal of Optical Society of America, A 25:2395-2407

  51. Wei, X., & Thibos, L. (2008). Modeling the eye's optical system by ocular wavefront tomography. Opt Express, 16:20490-20502.

  52. Thibos, L.N. (2008) Where is the optimum far-point for a presbyopic eye? Journal of Refractive Surgery. 24 (9), 970-975.

  53. Applegate, R.A., Thibos, L.N., Twa, M., and Sarver, E.J. (2009) The importance of fixation, pupil center, and reference axis in ocular wavefront sensing, videokeratography and retinal image quality. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 35: 139-152

  54. Nam, J., Thibos, LN, and Iskander, R (2009) Zernike radial slope polynomials for wave-front reconstruction and refraction. Journal of Optical Society of America, A. 26:1035-1048.

  55. Shen, J and Thibos, LN (2009) Measuring ocular aberrations and image quality in peripheral vision with a clinical wavefront aberrometer. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 92:212-222

  56. Nam, J., Thibos, LN, and Iskander, R (2009) Describing ocular aberrations with wavefront vergence maps. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 92:194- 205 Winner of J. Lloyd Hewett Award 2010

  57. Thibos, LN (2009) Retinal image quality for virtual eyes generated by a statistical model of ocular wavefront aberrations. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 29:288-291

  58. Iskander, DR, Nam, J, and Thibos, LN (2009) The statistics of refractive error maps: managing wavefront aberration analysis without Zernike polynomials. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 29:292-299

  59. Wei, X., Van Heugten, T., & Thibos, L. (2009). Validation of a Hartmann- Moire wavefront sensor with large dynamic range. Opt Express, 17:14180- 14185.

  60. 118. López-Gil N, Fernández-Sánchez V, Thibos LN and Montés-Micó R. (2009) Objective Amplitude of Accommodation Computed from Optical Quality Metrics Applied to Wavefront Outcomes. J Optom, 2:223-234

  61. Wei, X., & Thibos, L. (2010). Design and validation of a scanning Shack Hartmann aberrometer for measurements of the eye over a wide field of view. Opt Express, 18 (2), 1134-1143.

  62. Nam, J., Rubinstein, J., & Thibos, L. (2010). Wavelength adjustment using an eye model from aberrometry data. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis, 27 (7), 1561-1574.

  63. Shen, J., Clark, C.A., Soni, P.S., & Thibos, L.N. (2010). Peripheral refraction with and without contact lens correction. Optom Vis Sci, 87 (9), 642-655.

  64. Wei, X., & Thibos, L.N. (2010). Modal estimation of wavefront phase from slopes over elliptical pupils. Optom Vis Sci, 87 (10), E767-777.

  65. Wei, X., & Thibos, L.N. (2010). Designing contact lenses for a wide field of view via ocular wavefront tomography. J Optom, 3 (3), 125-133.

  66. Martin, J., Vasudevan, B., Himebaugh, N., Bradley, A., & Thibos, L. (2011). Unbiased estimation of refractive state of aberrated eyes. Vision Res, 51 (17), 1932-1940.

  67. Nam, J., Thibos, L.N., Bradley, A., Himebaugh, N., & Liu, H. (2011). Forward light scatter analysis of the eye in a spatially-resolved double-pass optical system. Opt Express, 19 (8), 7417-7438.

  68. Shen, J., & Thibos, L.N. (2011). Peripheral aberrations and image quality for contact lens correction. Optom Vis Sci, 1196-1205.134. Autrusseau, F., Thibos, L., & Shevell, S.K. (2011). Chromatic and wavefront aberrations: L-, M- and

  69. S-cone stimulation with typical and extreme retinal image quality. Vision Res, 51 (21-22), 2282-2294.

  70. Thibos, L.N. and Thibos, C.A. (2011) Geometrical optical analysis of defocused retinal images to compute the size of retinal blur circles relative to object size. In US Ophthalmic Review, pp. 104-106.

  71. Himebaugh, N. L., Nam, J., Bradley, A., Liu, H., Thibos, L. N. and Begley, C.

  72. G. (2012) Scale and spatial distribution of aberrations associated with tear breakup. Optom Vis Sci 89, 1590-1600.

  73. Amigo, A., Bonaque, S., Lopez-Gil, N. and Thibos, L. (2012) Simulated effect of corneal asphericity increase (Q-factor) as a refractive therapy for presbyopia. J Refract Surg 28, 413-418.

  74. Thibos, L, Bradley, A and Lopez-Gil, N. (2013) Modeling the impact of spherical aberration on accommodation. Ophthal. Physiol. Optics 33:482-96

  75. López-Gil, N., Martin,J., Liu, T., Bradley, A., Díaz-Muñoz, D. and Thibos, L. (2013) Retinal image quality during accommodation Ophthal. Physiol. Optics 33:497-507

  76. Xu, R., Bradley, A. and Thibos, L (2013) Impact of primary spherical aberration , spatial frequency, and Stiles-Crawford apodization on wavefront-determined refractive-error. Ophthal. Physiol. Optics 33:444-55

  77. Thibos, L., Bradley, A., Liu, T. and López-Gil, N. (2013) Spherical aberration and the sign of defocus. Optometry and Vision Science, 90:1284-91

  78. Sreenivasan, S., Aslakson, E., Kornaus, A. and Thibos, L. (2013) Retinal image quality during accommodation in adult myopic eyes. Submitted to Optometry and Vision Science, 90:1292-303

  79. Kollbaum PS, Bradley A, Thibos LN. (2013) Comparing the optical properties of soft contact lenses on and off the eye. Optom Vis Sci, 90:924-36.

  80. Thibos, L. Wavefront measurement of refractive state - the 2012 Prentice Medal Lecture. Optometry and Vision Science, 90:911-23

Optical Limits to Vision

  1. Cohn, T.E., Thibos, L.N. and Kleinstein, R.N. (1974) Detectability of luminance increment. J. Opt. Soc. Amer., 64, 1321-1327.

  2. Thibos, L.N., Levick, W.R. and Cohn, T.E. (1979) Receiver operating characteristic curves for Poisson signals. Biol. Cybernetics, 33, 57-61.

  3. Bradley, A., Thibos, L. N. and Still, D. L. (1990). Visual acuity measured with clinical Maxwellian-view systems: effects of beam entry location. Optom. Vis. Sci. 67, 811-817

  4. Thibos, L. N., Bradley, A. and Still, D. (1991). Interferometric measurement of visual acuity and the effect of ocular chromatic aberration. Appl. Opt. 30, 2097-2087.

  5. Thibos, L. N., Bradley, A. and Zhang, X. (1991). The effect of ocular chromatic aberration on monocular visual performance. Optom. Vis. Sci. 68, 599-607.

  6. Ye, M., Bradley, A., Thibos, L.N. and Zhang, X. (1991) Interocular differences in transverse chromatic aberration determine chromostereopsis for small pupils. Vision Res. 31, 1787-1796.

  7. Bradley, A., Zhang, X., and Thibos, L.N. (1992) Failures of isoluminance caused by ocular chromatic aberrations. Applied Optics 31, 3657-3667.

  8. Ye, M., Bradley, A., Thibos, L.N., and Zhang, X., (1992) The effect of pupil size on chromostereopsis and chromatic diplopia: Interaction between the Stiles-Crawford Effect and chromatic aberrations. Vision Research 32, 2121- 2128.

  9. Zhang, X., Bradley, A., Ye, M. and Thibos, L. N. (1992) An experimental model of bifocal vision. Optical Society of America Technical Digest (1992 Ophthalmic and Visual Optics Topical Meeting) 3, 102-105.

  10. Applegate, R.A., Bradley, A, and Thibos, L.N. (1992) Visual acuity and pupil size in Maxwellian and free view systems with and without refractive error. Optical Society of America Technical Digest (1992 Non-invasive Assessment of the Visual System Topical Meeting) 1, 170-174.

  11. Wang, Y. Z., Thibos, L. N., Lopez, N., Salmon, T. & Bradley, A. (1996). Subjective refraction of the peripheral field using contrast detection acuity. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 67, 584-589.

  12. Winn, B., Bradley, A., Strang, N. C., McGraw, P. V. & Thibos, L. N. (1995). Reversals of the color-depth illusion explained by ocular chromatic aberration. Vision Research, 35, 2675-2684.

  13. Wang, Y. Z., Thibos, L. N. & Bradley, A. (1997) Effects of refractive error on detection acuity and resolution acuity in peripheral vision. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38, 2134-2143.

  14. Zhang, X, Ye, M., Bradley, A. and Thibos, L.N. (1999) Apodization by the Stiles-Crawford effect moderates the visual impact of retinal image defocus. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 16, 812-820.

  15. Demirel, S., Johnson, C.A. and Thibos, L.N. (1999) Age and eccentricity effects on grating detection and grating resolution automated perimetry. In: Wall, M and Wild, J.M. (Eds.) Perimetry Update: Proceedings of the XIIIth International Perimetric Society Meeting, Kluger Press.

  16. Thibos, L.N., Qi, X. and Miller, D.T. (1999) Vision through a liquid crystal spatial light modulator. In Adaptive Optics for Industry & Medicine, G. Love (ed.), World Scientific Press. p.57-62

  17. Miller, D.T. Hong, X. and Thibos, L.N. (1999) Requirements for segmented spatial light modulators for diffraction-limited imaging through aberrated eyes. In Adaptive Optics for Industry & Medicine, G. Love (ed.), World Scientific Press. p.63-68

  18. Thibos, L.N (2000) The prospects for perfect vision. Journal of Refractive Surgery 16, 540-546. Reprinted from Trends in Optics and Photonics. 35, 163-169. (Optical Society of America).

  19. Thibos LN, Hong X, Bradley A, Applegate RA. (2004) Accuracy and precision of methods to predict the results of subjective refraction from monochromatic wavefront aberration maps. J Vision 4:329-51.

  20. Cheng X, Bradley A, Thibos LN. (2004) Predicting subjective judgment of best focus with objective image quality metrics. J Vision 4:310-21.

  21. Marsack JD, Thibos LN, Applegate RA. (2004) Metrics of optical quality derived from wave aberrations predict visual performance. J Vision 4:322-8.

  22. Thibos, L.N. (2004). Unresolved issues in the prediction of subjective refraction from wavefront aberration maps. J Refract Surg, 20 (5), S533-536.

  23. Pesudovs, K., Marsack, J.D., Donnelly, W.J., 3rd, Thibos, L.N., & Applegate, R.A. (2004). Measuring visual acuity--mesopic or photopic conditions, and high or low contrast letters? J Refract Surg, 20 (5), S508-514.

  24. Applegate, R.A., J.D. Marsack, and L.N. Thibos (2006) Metrics of retinal image quality predict visual performance in eyes with 20/17 or better visual acuity. Optom Vis Sci. 83(9): p. 635-40

  25. Cheng, X., Bradley, A., Ravikumar, S., & Thibos, L.N. (2010). Visual impact of Zernike and Seidel forms of monochromatic aberrations. Optom Vis Sci, 87 (5), 300-312.

  26. Kirschen, D.G., Laby, D.M., Kirschen, M.P., Applegate, R., & Thibos, L.N. (2010). Optical aberrations in professional baseball players. J Cataract Refract Surg, 36 (3), 396-401.

  27. Liu, H., Thibos, L., Begley, C.G., & Bradley, A. (2010). Measurement of the time course of optical quality and visual deterioration during tear break-up. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 51 (6), 3318-3326.

  28. Ravikumar, S., Bradley, A., & Thibos, L. (2010). Phase changes induced by optical aberrations degrade letter and face acuity. J Vis, 10 (14), 18.

  29. Sawides, L., Marcos, S., Ravikumar, S., Thibos, L., Bradley, A., & Webster, M. (2010). Adaptation to astigmatic blur. J Vis, 10 (12), 22.

  30. Aaron, M.T., Applegate, R.A., Porter, J., Thibos, L.N., Schallhorn, S.C., Brunstetter, T.J., & Tanzer, D.J. (2010). Why preoperative acuity predicts postoperative acuity in wavefront-guided LASIK. Optom Vis Sci, 87 (11), 861- 866.

  31. Lopez-Gil, N., Peixoto-De-Matos, S. C., Thibos, L. N. and Gonzalez- Meijome, J. M. (2012) Shedding light on night myopia. J Vis 12, 4.

Visual Neuroscience

  1. Freeman, R.D. and Thibos, L.N. (1973) Electrophysiological evidence that abnormal early visual experience can modify the human brain. Science, 180, 876-878. [THIBOS001]

  2. Thibos, L.N. and Werblin, F.S. (1978) The response properties of the steady antagonistic surround in the mudpuppy retina. J. Physiol., 278, 79-99.

  3. Thibos, L.N. and Werblin, F.S. (1978) The properties of surround antagonism elicited by spinning windmill patterns in the mudpuppy retina. J. Physiol., 278, 101-116.

  4. Levick, W.R., Thibos, L.N. and Morstyn, R. (1980) Retinal ganglion cells and optic decussation of white cats. Vision Res., 20, 1001-1006.

  5. Thibos, L.N., Levick,W.R. and Morstyn, R. (1980) Ocular pigmentation in white and Siamese cats. Invest Ophthalmol. Visual Sci., 19, 475-486.

  6. Levick, W.R. and Thibos, L.N. (1980) Orientation bias of cat retinal ganglion cells. Nature, 286, 389-390.

  7. Vaney, D.I., Levick, W.R. and Thibos, L.N. (1981) Rabbit retinal ganglion cells: receptive field classification and axonal conduction latency. Exp. Brain Res., 44, 27-33.

  8. Thibos, L.N. and Levick, W.R. (1982) Astigmatic visual deprivation in cat: behavioral, optical and retinophysiological consequences. Vision Res., 22, 43- 53.

  9. Levick, W.R. and Thibos, L.N. (1982) Analysis of orientation bias in cat retina. J. Physiol., 329, 243-261.

  10. Thibos, L.N. and Levick, W.R. (1983) Spatial frequency characteristics of brisk and sluggish ganglion cells of the cat’s retina. Exp. Brain Res., 51, 16-22.

  11. Levick, W.R., Thibos, L.N., Cohn, T.E., Catanzaro, D. and Barlow, H.B. (1983) Performance of cat retinal ganglion cells at low light levels. J.Gen. Physiol., 82, 405-426.

  12. Thibos, L.N. and Levick, W.R. (1983) Bimodal receptive fields of cat retinal ganglion cells. Vision Res., 23, 1561-1572.17. Thibos, L.N. and Levick, W.R. (1985) The orientation bias of brisk-transient (Y) ganglion cells is different for alternating and drifting gratings. Exp. Brain. Res. 58, 1-10.

  13. Thibos, L.N. and Levick, W.R. (1987) Quantum efficiency and performance of retinal ganglion cells. Vision: Coding and Efficiency. A symposium for H.B. Barlow.

  14. 44. Levick, W.R and Thibos, L.N. (1993) Neurophysiology of central retinal degeneration in cat, Visual Neuroscience.10, 499-509.

  15. 64. Bradley, A., Zhang, H., Applegate, R.A., Thibos, L.N., and Elsner, A.E. (1998) Entoptic image quality of the retinal vasculature. Vision Research 38, 2685- 2696.

Neural Limits to Vision

  1. Freeman, R.D. and Thibos, L.N. (1975) Contrast sensitivity in humans with abnormal visual experience. J. Physiol., 247, 687-710.

  2. Freeman, R.D. and Thibos, L.N. (1975) Visual evoked responses in humans with abnormal visual experience. J. Physiol., 247, 711-724.

  3. Thibos, L.N. Walsh, D.J. and Cheney, F.E. (1987) Vision beyond the resolution limit: aliasing in the periphery. Vision Res. 27, 2193-2197.

  4. Thibos, L.N., Cheney, F.E. and Walsh, D.J. (1987) Retinal limits to the detection and resolution of gratings. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 1524-1529.

  5. 32. Anderson, R. A., Wilkinson, M. O. & Thibos, L. N. (1992). Psychophysical localization of the human visual streak. Optom. Vis. Sci., 69, 171-174.

  6. 45. Thibos, L.N. and Bradley, A. (1993) New methods for discriminating neural and optical losses of vision. Optom. Vis. Sci. 70, 279-287.

  7. Thibos, L. N., Still, D. L. & Bradley, A. (1996). Characterization of spatial aliasing and contrast sensitivity in peripheral vision. Vision Research, 36, 249- 258.

  8. Wang, Y. Z., Thibos, L. N. & Bradley, A. (1996). Undersampling produces non-veridical motion perception, but not necessarily motion reversal, in peripheral vision. Vision Research, 36, 1737-1744.

  9. Anderson, R.S., Evans, D.W., & Thibos, L.N. (1996) Effect of window size on detection acuity and resolution acuity for sinusoidal gratings in central and peripheral vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 13, 697-706.

  10. Wang, Y. Z., Bradley, A. & Thibos, L. N. (1997). Aliased frequencies enable the discrimination of compound gratings in peripheral vision. Vision Research, 37, 283-290.

  11. Wang, Y. Z., Bradley, A. & Thibos, L. N. (1997). Interaction between sub- and supra-Nyquist spatial frequencies in peripheral vision. Vision Research, 37, 2545-2552.

  12. Rynders, M.C., Thibos, L.N., Bradley, A. (1996) Apodization neutralization: a new technique for investigating the impact of the Stiles-Crawford effect on visual function. In: Basic and Clinical Applications of Vision Science, Lakshminarayanan, V. (ed), Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 57-61

  13. 65. Thibos, L.N. (1998) Acuity perimetry and the sampling theory of visual resolution: The 1998 Glenn A. Fry Award Lecture. Optometry & Vision Science 75, 399-406.

  14. Anderson, R.S. and Thibos, L.N. (1999) Relationship between acuity for gratings and for tumbling-E letters in peripheral vision J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 16, 2321-2333

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