A two-dimensional model of brightness perception based on spatial filtering consistent with retinal processing

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1199-1219

  McArthur, Judith A ^a   Moulden, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brightness induction; Brightness perception; Cornsweet Craik O'Brien illusion; Mach bands; Retinal mechanisms; Two dimensional model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTRAST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA;

EID: 0033036529     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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