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Effects of Transmittance of Diffusive Blur on Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity

확산적 흐림의 투과율이 시력과 대비감도에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2015.08.03
  • Accepted : 2015.09.07
  • Published : 2015.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the effects of the transmittance of diffusive blurson visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. Methods: Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were measured by using Optec$^{(R)}$ 6500 in Healthy 30 subjects aged $22.83{\pm}0.50$ (male 13, female 17) who were recruited from university students. Cataract simulator was used as a tool for diffusive blur. Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were measured with varying the transmittance of diffusive blur in order to simulate progression of cataract and concentration in fog. Results: Visual acuity was reduced proportionally with decreasing the transmittance of the diffusive blur as follows: $VA(T)=1.84{\times}10^{-2}T-0.645$. Contrast sensitivity was decreased in all spatial frequencies. Contrast sensitivity in a high spatial frequency band was a greater effect and was off the normal range of contrast sensitivity. The peak of contrast sensitivity was moved in the direction to low frequency. From an intersection point of contrast sensitivity function, we could calculated the transmittance of the diffusive blur being off the normal range and the shift to peak spatial frequency. The peak of contrast sensitivity function was observed to move from 6 to 3 cpd at transmittance of about 78.70%, the contrast sensitivities for all frequencies at transmittance of about 69.71% were deviated from the normal range. Conclusions: The transmittance of diffusive blur causes a reduction in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, a deviation of normal range of contrast sensitivity, and a shift of peak contrast sensitivity. Therefore the more attention is required when suffering from cataracts or driving in fog.

목적: 확산적 흐림의 투과율이 시력과 대비감도에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보았다. 방법: 평균연령 $22.83{\pm}0.50$세의 대학생 30명(남 13명, 여 17명)을 대상으로 Optec$^{(R)}$ 6500으로 시력과 대비감도를 측정하였다. 확산적 흐림의 도구로 백내장 시뮬레이터용 확산필름을 사용하였고, 백내장의 진행 정도나 안개의 농도가 반영될 수 있도록 확산적 흐림의 투과율을 변화시키면서 측정하였다. 결과: 시력과 확산적 흐림의 투과율은 비례식 $VA(T)=1.84{\times}10^{-2}T-0.65$으로 맞춤되었다. 대비감도는 모든 공간주파수에서 감소하였는데, 고공간주파수 대역에서의 대비감도가 더 큰 영향을 받아 정상범위를 먼저 벗어났고 대비감도의 정점은 저공간주파수 방향으로 이동하였다. 대비감도함수들의 교차점으로부터 대비감도가 정상범위를 벗어나는 확산적 흐림의 투과율 및 정점공간주파수의 이동을 산출한 결과, 투과율이 약 78.70%이 되면 대비감도의 정점이 6 cpd에서 3 cpd로 이동하는 것으로, 그리고 약 69.71%이 되면 모든 공간주파수에서의 대비감도가 정상범위를 벗어나는 것으로 평가되었다. 결론: 확산적 흐림의 투과율의 감소는 시력의 저하와 더불어 대비감도의 감소, 정상범위의 이탈 및 정점대비감도 이동 등을 유발시켜 시각적 불편함을 일으킨다는 점에서 백내장이나 안개 운전 시에는 더 많은 주의가 요구된다.

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