Simultaneous discrimination of velocity and contrast of drifting gratings

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

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2023-2035

  Müller, Rolf ^a   Greenlee, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0012928690     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002023     Document Type: Article

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