Image discrimination models predict detection in fixed but not random noise

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

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2471-2476

  Beard, Bettina L ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VISION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORECASTING; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031228333     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002471     Document Type: Article

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