Effects of contrast and length on vernier acuity explained with noisy templates

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 707-716

  McIlhagga, William ^a   Pääkkönen, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Area; Contrast; Ideal observer; Modelling; Noise; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; HAND; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOISE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0037373402     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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