Modelling the power spectra of natural images: Statistics and information

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2759-2770

  Van der Schaaf, A ^a   Van Hateren, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast; Orientation; Power spectrum; Spatial frequency; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030247744     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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