Modelling spatial contrast sensitivity functions for chromatic and luminance-modulated gratings

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2387-2398

  Rovamo, Jyrki M ^a   Kankaanpää, Mia I ^a   Kukkonen, Heljä ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Equiluminous chromatic gratings; Lateral inhibition; Luminance gratings; Modelling human spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GRATING; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LUMINANCE; MODEL; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033044332     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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