Statistical regularities of art images and natural scenes: Spectra, sparseness and nonlinearities

Spatial Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 149-164

  Graham, Daniel J ^a   Field, David J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Natural scenes; Paintings; Power spectrum; Sparseness; Spatial frequency spectrum; Vision

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PAINTING; PIGMENTS; POWER SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ART IMAGES;

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PAINTING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAINTINGS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36549045961     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856808782713771     Document Type: Article

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