Occlusion edge blur: A cue to relative visual depth

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

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 681-688

  Marshall, Jonathan A ^a   Burbeck, Christina A ^b   Ariely, Dan ^c   Rollan, Jannick P ^b   Martin, Kevin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION;

EID: 0030115488     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000681     Document Type: Article

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