Object detection in natural backgrounds predicted by discrimination performance and models

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3225-3235

  Rohaly, Ann Marie ^a   Ahumada Jr , Albert J ^b   Watson, Andrew B ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Modeling; Natural images; Object detection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030730619     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00156-9     Document Type: Article

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