Local luminance nonlinearity and receptor aliasing in the detection of high-frequency gratings

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

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1139-1151

  He, Sheng ^a   MacLeod, Donald I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030161662     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001139     Document Type: Article

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