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Flicker Sensitivity

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Handbook of Visual Display Technology

Abstract

The visual system is sensitive to temporal changes in stimuli. The image appears to be continuous as the visual system integrates the responses with respect to time. A crucial factor is the CFF – critical flicker fusion frequency – and refers to the temporal frequency beyond which flicker is no longer perceived. CFF is a measure of the minimum temporal interval that can be resolved by the visual system. This chapter discusses the CFF and the effect of various parameters such as luminance, refresh rate of the monitor, wavelength, and retinal eccentricity on flicker perception.

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Abbreviations

CFF:

Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency

CSF:

Contrast Sensitivity Function

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  1. School of Optometry, Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, N2l 3G1, Canada

    Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

  2. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Lakshminarayanan, V. (2012). Flicker Sensitivity. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_7

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