Effect of background components on spatialfrequency masking

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

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1027-1035

  Yang, Jian ^a   Stevenson, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION;

EID: 0032063315     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.001027     Document Type: Article

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