Fourier models and the loci of adaptation

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

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2323-2345

  Makous, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; RETINA CONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 0031230253     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002323     Document Type: Article

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