Energy model for contrast detection: Spatiotemporal characteristics of threshold vision

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-71

  Manahilov, V ^a,b   Simpson, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROBABILITY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0033162378     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050544     Document Type: Article

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