Mechanisms for spatial integration in visual detection: a model based on lateral interactions

Spatial Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-209

  Usher, Marius ^a   Bonneh, Yoram ^b   Sagi, Dov ^b   Herrmann, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY;

PROBABILITY SUMMATION MODELS; VISUAL DETECTION;

COMPUTER VISION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL CORTEX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033237825     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856899X00111     Document Type: Article

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