Phase congruency: A low-level image invariant

Psychological Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-148

  Kovesi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FORM PERCEPTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034567795     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260000024     Document Type: Article

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