Effective contrast of colored stimuli in the mesopic range: A metric for perceived contrast based on achromatic luminance contrast

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

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-28

  Walkey, Helen C ^a   Barbur, John L ^a   Harlow, J Alister ^a   Hurden, Antony ^b   Moorhead, Ian R ^c   Taylor, Julie A F ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Scientific Generics   (United Kingdom)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LUMINANCE CONTRAST; STIMULUS DISCRIMINABILITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 12844252045     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000017     Document Type: Article

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