History and current status of a physiologically based system of photometry and colorimetry

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1610-1621

  Boynton, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromaticity; CIE; Color vision; Colorimetry; Cones; Luminance; Photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010160182     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001609     Document Type: Article

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