Flicker sensitivity as a function of spectral density of external white temporal noise

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3767-3774

  Rovamo, Jyrki ^a   Raninen, Antti ^b   Lukkarinen, Sakari ^b   Donner, Kristian ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flicker sensitivity; Human visual system; Modelling; Signal processing; Temporal noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MODEL; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETRY; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0030560868     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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