Generic and customised digital image enhancement filters for the visually impaired

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1991-2007

  Leat, Susan J ^a   Omoruyi, Gloria ^b   Kennedy, Andrew ^b   Jernigan, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Digital image processing; Image enhancement; Low vision; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 16844385831     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.01.028     Document Type: Article

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