Visual signal detectability with two noise components: Anomalous masking effects

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

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2420-2442

  Burgess, Arthur E ^a   Li, Xing ^b   Abbey, Craig K ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031230648     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002420     Document Type: Article

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