Is image quality a function of contrast perception?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8651, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Haun, Andrew M ^a   Peli, Eli ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC IMAGING; HUMAN VISION; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY MEASURE; IMAGE QUALITY METRICS; POINTS OF CONTACT; VISION SCIENCE;

ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 84878735402     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2008620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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