The effect of non-linear human visual system components on linear model observers

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 31-41

  Zhang, Yani ^a   Pham, Binh T ^a   Eckstein, Miguel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHIC; CHENNELIZED HOTELLING OBSERVER (CHO); COMPRESSION ALGORITHMS; VISUAL DETECTION;

VISION;

EID: 12144281720     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.534357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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