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Scotopic
Scotopic Dim light conditions where only rods are functional.
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Rods
The rods are the visual cells of the retina that are important for night vision and peripheral vision. The rods are the first affected in rod-cone degenerations such as RP.
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Scotland County Memorial Hospital
The Scotland County Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Memphis, Missouri, United States.
Scotland Memorial Hospital
Scotland Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Laurinburg, North Carolina (USA).
Scotoma
An absence of vision in part of the visual field. It is present in such conditions as glaucoma, or in more serious diseases within the brain. Often detected by a visual field test.
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Scott and White Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Temple, Texas (USA).
Scott Memorial Hospital
The Scott Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
Scottsdale doctors
All doctors near Scottsdale, the United States of America. Doctors who can assist a patient in Scottsdale.
Scottsdale Memorial Health System
Scottsdale Memorial Health System is a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona (USA).
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Surrogate mother
A woman who bears a child for a couple. Usually the surrogate is artificially inseminated with the man's sperm, though in some cases an embryo is implanted in a surrogate.
Sweat test
The standard diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis, which measures the amount of salt in a person's sweat. A high level of salt indicates cystic fibrosis.
Symbiotic stage
The early, close relationship between mother and child.
S cones
Short wavelength sensitive cones (blue). Are most sensitive to a wavelength of approximately 419nm. (See also L Cones and M Cones).
Saturation
The richness of hue. Indicates how much a color has been diluted by grayness.
Scotopic
Second-Order statistics
Captures differences in granularity and slope.
Second-Order motion mechanisms
Capture motion information from moving properties such as a moving are of flicker in which there is no difference in mean luminance between target and background.
Sensitivity
1. The reciprocal of the minimum stimulus strength required for the stimulus to be detected reliably (1/threshold) May be related to noise and other mechanisms.
2. Physiologically measured sensitivity averaged over many stimulus/response cycles. A measure of gain. Noise free.
Sensitivity control
Adjustment of eye sensitivity to compensate for a change in illumination.
Sensory fusion
The combining of drawing together of two images which fall on different points in the two retinas without changing the vergence of the two eyes.
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