Contrast discrimination with pulse trains in pink noise

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

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1259-1266

  Henning, G B ^a   Bird, C M ^b,d   Wichmann, F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

PULSE TRAINS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036631475     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001259     Document Type: Article

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