Effect of increased ambient lighting on detectability - A psychophysical study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6516, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chawla, Amarpreet S ^a   Pollard, Benjamin ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   Hashimoto, Noriyuki ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE LEVELS; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LUMINANCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

LIGHTING;

EID: 35148855094     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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