Coarse scales, fine scales, and their interactions in stereo vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 488-499

  Farell, Bart ^a   Li, Simone ^a   McKee, Suzanne P ^b  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse to fine interactions; Depth perception; Increment thresholds; Stereo vision; Stereoacuity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CALCULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 3843153112     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/4.6.8     Document Type: Article

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