BIOPHYSICS
cod. 00065

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica applicata (a beni culturali, ambientali, biologia e medicina) (FIS/07)
Field
Scienze propedeutiche
Type of training activity
Basic
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF BINOCULAR VISION

Learning objectives

<br />To know the psychophysical techniques for studying colour vision.

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Course unit content

<br />Elements of physiology of the visual system. CIE standard illuminants and standard light sources .<br />radiometric quantities (International System). Photometric quantities (CIE 1924 and CIE 1988 standard photometric observers). Tristimulus space and conventional observers (CIE31, CIE64and VOS) and reference frames (RGB, XYZ, LMS, .). Psychometric systems CIE 1976 (CIELAB and CIELUV). Spectral reflectance factor measurement. Colorimetric computations. Screen plate printing. Television, computer monitor, digital camera, scanner (sRGB standard). Fluorescent colours. Colour atlases (Munsell, DIN, OSA-UCS, NCS). <br />Dichromats and related tests. Colour filters and human color vision.

Full programme

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Bibliography

C. Oleari editor, Misurare il colore, Hoepli, Milano 1998

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