Region grouping in natural foliage scenes: Image statistics and human performance

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Ing, Almon D ^a   Wilson, J Anthony ^a   Geisler, Wilson S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Perceptual organization; Spatial vision; Structure of natural images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA CONE;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; FEEDBACK; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956397732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.4.10     Document Type: Article

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