Geometry of shadows

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

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3216-3232

  Knill, David C ^a   Mamassian, Pascal ^b   Kersten, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0031441469     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.003216     Document Type: Article

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