The atoms of vision: Cartesian or polar?

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1554-1565

  Zetzsche, Christoph ^a   Krieger, Gerhard ^a   Wegmann, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0005343869     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.001554     Document Type: Article

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