Nonlinear mechanisms and higher-order statistics in biological vision and electronic image processing: Review and perspectives

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-99

  Zetzsche, C ^a   Krieger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL VISION; ELECTRONIC IMAGE PROCESSING; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; VOLTERRA-WIENER SYSTEMS;

STATISTICS; VISION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0035060236     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1333056     Document Type: Article

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