Foveal contour interaction: Detection and discrimination

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

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-216

  Ehrt, Oliver ^a,b   Hess, Robert F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONTOUR INTERACTION; FLANK POLARITY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13644265997     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000209     Document Type: Article

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