Statistics of spatial cone-excitation ratios in natural scenes

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

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1484-1490

  Nascimento, Sérgio M C ^a   Ferreira, Flávio P ^a   Foster, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COLOR VISION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SURFACES;

NATURAL SCENES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIGHT; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RETINA CONE; STATISTICS;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIGHT; NATURE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036675246     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001484     Document Type: Article

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