Theory of chromatic noise masking applied to testing linearity of S-cone detection mechanisms

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2604-2621

  Giulianini, Franco ^a   Eskew Jr , Rhea T ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETERS; COLORIMETRY; OPTICAL TESTING; PHOTODETECTORS;

CHROMATIC NOISE MASKING; MULTIPLE LINEAR DETECTORS; MULTIPLE LINEAR MECHANISMS; S-CONE DETECTION;

COLOR;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA CONE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 36448989011     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.002604     Document Type: Article

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