Layered image representations and the computation of surface lightness

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Barton L ^a   Winawer, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth; Lightness brightness perception; Perceptual organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 46749124705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.7.18     Document Type: Article

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