Optimal halftoning for tactile imaging

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-227

  Nayak, Amit ^a   Barner, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Halftoning; Tactile graphics; Tactile imaging; Texturing

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

MICROCAPSULE PAPERS; TACTILE GRAPHICS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROCAPSULE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; READING; SENSORY AIDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOUCH;

EID: 2942642810     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2003.819885     Document Type: Article

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