Band-limited contrast in natural images explains the detectability of changes in the amplitude spectra

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3203-3215

  Tolhurst, D J ^a   Tadmor, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude spectra; Band limited contrast; Blur; Contrast discrimination; Local contrast; Natural images; Second order statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030732483     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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