Mechano-optical lens array to simulate insect vision photographically

Imaging Science Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-213

  Dyer, A G ^a,c   Williams, S K ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flowers; Image filtering; Ommatidium; Ray selector camera; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144470694     PISSN: 13682199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136821905X73140     Document Type: Article

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