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Spatial information capacity of eyes: Roles of Na+channels and photon noise in photoreceptor

✍ Scribed by B. D. Gupta


Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
431 KB
Volume
50
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-1200

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✦ Synopsis


The spatial information capacity of the human eye for photopic vision has been determined taking into account the intensity response function of the photoreceptor. It has been found that spatial information capacity increases with the mean luminance upto a certain value of mean luminance and after that it starts decreasing. The decrement occurs below the damage threshold. These results are in agreement with the reported experimental observations. It has been concluded that the limited number of Na+ channels in the photoreceptor outer segment and the photon noise are responsible for the fall in the information capacity below the damage threshold.