Importance of color in the segmentation of variegated surfaces

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1240-1251

  Li, Andrea ^a   Lennie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

COLOR; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LUMINESCENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS;

VISUAL SYSTEMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0035378441     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001240     Document Type: Article

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