Contribution of motion parallax to segmentation and depth perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Yoonessi, Ahmad ^a   Baker, Curtis L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D surface and shape perception; Active vision; Motion parallax; Motion 3D; Segmentation; Shape and contour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OPTIC FLOW; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FORM PERCEPTION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTIC FLOW; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80054710269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.9.13     Document Type: Article

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