Detection of bilateral symmetry in complex biological images

Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Evans, Christopher S ^a   Wenderoth, Peter ^a   Cheng, Ken ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0033644909     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2905     Document Type: Article

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