% CIEConeFundamentalsFieldSizeTest % % Look at how the quantities in the CIE standard that depend on field size vary with % field size, particularly for field sizes greater than 10-degrees, which % is the outer limit of what the standard sanctions. % % My conclusions are % 1. that since we know macular pigment is declining towards zero with % field size (see refs below) and the CIE expoential formula has this % property, it is resonable to use the CIE formula for macular pigment % density for field sizes greater than 10-degrees. % 2. the CIE formula for pigment optical density asymptotes to a constant % as one extends past 10-degrees. Whether this is true in the retina or % not, I am not sure. But as field size gets larger, using this formula % is going to be no worse than simply using the 10-degree values, since % they are the same. % 3. one needs to take any estimate of the CMFs for large field sizes % with a grain of salt. There is going to be variation across the field, % so any point estimate is likely to be wrong somewhere. The CIE % formulae, extended using the formulae past their bounds, are a good % first guess for the mean field properties, but being aware that there % is variation within the field, as well as individual variation around % the CIE estimates, is important when considering things like the effect % of inadvertant stimulation of cones when one tries to isolate % melanopsin using silent substitution. Note in particular that the CIE % formula is trying to capture large field color matches where subjects % are instructed to ignore the center of the field as best they can. In % a threshold experiment, this might not be how subjects were instructed % and would in any case be rather hard to do. And if you used annular % stimuli, you'd be a bit off and might want to think about how to % estimate the fundamentals from the annulus. Studying the Moreland and % Alexander paper below in detail might help with thinking on that. % % Refs: % Mooreland & Alexander (1997). Effect of macular pigment on color % matching with field sizes in the 1 deg to 10 deg range. Doc. Opth. % Proc. Ser., 59, 363-368. % Moreland and Alexander make color matches for annuli and for % circular fields, and develop a formula for the equivalent macular % pigment density for color matches of various field sizes. In % these matches, observers are instructed to to ignore the central % Maxwell?s spot, I am pretty sure. M&A say the data are consistent % with the idea that obsevers look near the edge of the field but % not quite at it. Their data are for field sizes of 10 degrees, % and the estimates are fit with exponentials. M&A used these data % together with measurements of macular pigment density by Moreland % & Bhatt (1884) to develop an equivalent (for uniform fields) % macular pigment density to be used in predicting color matches % out to 10 degrees. The formula is an exponential decay. % Something like this made it into the CIE standard, although it % may have been tweaked to make sure the color matching data are % consistent with the 10-deg and 2-deg CMFs. I have not thought % hard about the underlying calculations. % % Moreland, J.D. and Bhatt, P. (1984). Retinal distribution ofmacular % pigment. In: Verriest, G. (ed.), Colour Vision Deficiencies VII. Doc. % Ophthalmol. Proc. Ser. 39: 127-132. W. Junk, The Hague. % Uses color-matching data for field sizes out to 18 deg (I think) % to develop estimates of macular pigment density as a function of % eccentricity. Key feature of the data is that density estimates % decline according to an exponential and reach zero at % eccentricity (radius) of about 7 degrees. This paper also % reviews earlier estimates and they all look like decaying % exponentials. % % Putnam and Bland (2014). Macular pigment optical density spatial % distribution measured in a subject with oculocutaneous albinism. % Journal of Optometry, 7, 241-245. % % See ComputeCIEConeFundamentals, CIEConeFundamentalsTest. % % 5/25/16 dhb Wrote it. % 6/1/16 dhb Polished it up a bit, and added to PTB distribution. % Initialize and clear clear; close all; %% Generate field sizes fieldSizesDegrees = 1:1:60; S = 460; %% Macular pigment transmittance % % This looks like it matches Figure 5.1 (p. 17) of the CIE 2006 standard % between 1 and 10 degrees. for ii = 1:length(fieldSizesDegrees) % This is the CIE formula, and presumably gives some sort of effective % macular pigment density over the field, with some sort of exclusion % of the center for 10 degrees. I think this because presumbably these % values are chosen to make the color matching functions produced using % spatially uniform macular pigment density come out right. I believe % this formula comes from Mooreland & Alexander (1997). [macTran(ii),macDen(ii)] = MacularTransmittance(S,'Human','CIE',fieldSizesDegrees(ii)); % Isetbio has a function that provides macular density as a function of % eccentricity. This is probably a different function than the above, % since I believe the above comes from an "equivlent" density % appropriate for a uniform field. But we can at least look at this % too. The original data are in Putnam & Bland (2014). if (exist('macularDensity','file')) macDenIsetbio(ii) = macularDensity(fieldSizesDegrees(ii)); end end macFig = figure; clf; hold on plot(fieldSizesDegrees,macDen,'ro','MarkerSize',8,'MarkerFaceColor','r'); plot(fieldSizesDegrees,macDen,'r'); % This is what the isetbio function returns. Not clear it is really % comparable in exact form. Here multiplicatively scaled to have the % same max as the CIE function, but not clear that is the right thing % to do. When you compare, this falls off faster than the CIE formula, % but this makes a certain amount of sense since the CIE formula is trying % to express an equivalent macular pigment density over a uniform field % (but excluding the very center, which subjects are instructed to ignore % in making large field color matches). if (exist('macularDensity','file')) plot(fieldSizesDegrees,max(macDen(:))*macDenIsetbio/max(macDenIsetbio(:)),'bo','MarkerSize',8,'MarkerFaceColor','b'); plot(fieldSizesDegrees,max(macDen(:))*macDenIsetbio/max(macDenIsetbio(:)),'b'); end ylim([0 1]); xlabel('Field Size (Degrees)'); ylabel('Macular Pigment Density (460 nm)'); %% Photopigment optical density for ii = 1:length(fieldSizesDegrees) % This is the CIE formula, and presumably gives some sort of effective % macular pigment density over the field, with some sort of exclusion % of the center for 10 degrees. I think this because presumbably these % values are chosen to make the color matching functions produced using % spatially uniform macular pigment density come out right. I believe % this formula comes from Mooreland & Alexander (1997). [LPhotopigmentOpticaDensity(ii)] = PhotopigmentAxialDensity('LCone','Human','CIE',fieldSizesDegrees(ii)); [SPhotopigmentOpticaDensity(ii)] = PhotopigmentAxialDensity('SCone','Human','CIE',fieldSizesDegrees(ii)); end photopigFig = figure; clf; hold on plot(fieldSizesDegrees,LPhotopigmentOpticaDensity,'ro','MarkerSize',8,'MarkerFaceColor','r'); plot(fieldSizesDegrees,SPhotopigmentOpticaDensity,'bo','MarkerSize',8,'MarkerFaceColor','b'); plot(fieldSizesDegrees,LPhotopigmentOpticaDensity,'r'); plot(fieldSizesDegrees,SPhotopigmentOpticaDensity,'b'); ylim([0 1]); xlabel('Field Size (Degrees)'); ylabel('Photopigment Density'); legend({'L & M cones','S cones'},'Location','NorthWest');