How we look at photographs as indicated by contrast discrimination performance versus contrast preference

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-326

  Gershoni, S ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LUMINESCENCE;

CONTRAST INCREMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748325715     PISSN: 10623701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.(2006)50:4(320)     Document Type: Article

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