Local contrast in natural images: Normalisation and coding efficiency

Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1041-1055

  Brady, Nuala ^a   Field, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033641971     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2996     Document Type: Article

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