Shape from shading: New perspectives from the Polo Mint stimulus

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Gerardin, Peggy ^a   de Montalembert, Marie ^a   Mamassian, Pascual ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Assumed light source position; Convexity prior; Shape from shading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 34548398131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.11.13     Document Type: Article

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