Analysis of the retinex theory of color vision

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

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1651-1661

  Brainard, David H ^a   Wandell, Brian A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ALGORITHMS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022796752     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.3.001651     Document Type: Article

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