Spatial-scale contribution to the detection of mirror symmetry in fractal noise

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

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2112-2123

  Rainville, Stéphane J M ^a   Kingdom, Frederick A A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ARTIFACTS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033192739     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002112     Document Type: Article

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