An Experimental System for Auditory Image Representations

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 112-121

  Meijer, Peter B L ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; COMPUTERS; PROSTHETICS; TELEVISION EQUIPMENT--CAMERAS; VISION--SENSORY AIDS;

AUDITORY IMAGE REPRESENTATIONS; IMAGE-TO-SOUND MAPPING;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER; HEARING;

ACOUSTICS; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; VISION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0026816635     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.121642     Document Type: Article

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