Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Visual Perception: Theory and Practice; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Languages, Processes, and Perception; REFERENCES; PART I: Technology Relevant to Visual Perception; CHAPTER 2. Light and Introductory Optics; 2.1. ON THE NATURE OF LIGHT; 2.2. COMMON LIGHT SOURCES IN VISION RESEARCH; 2.3. INTRODUCTORY OPTICS; 2.4. SOME OPTICAL SYSTEMS; 2.5. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Convolutions and Fourier Methods; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. FOURIER SERIES AND FOURIER TRANSFORM; 3.3 THE DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORM
  • 3.4. LINEAR SYSTEMS, MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS, AND FILTERING3.5. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND THE FOURIER TRANSFORM; 3.6. CONVOLUTIONS, AUTOCORRELATIONS, AND OTHER TRANSFORMS; 3.7. FOURIER TRANSFORM ROUTINES; 3.8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Network Theory and Systems; 4.1. INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKS; 4.2. NETWORKS IN VISION; 4.3. STATISTICAL AND PROBABILITY ANALYSES OF SYSTEMS; 4.4 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. Introduction to Geometric Structures; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. PROJECTIVE AND AFFINE GEOMETRIES; 5.3. VECTOR ANALYSIS AND METRICS
  • 5.4. SOME PROPERTIES OF CURVES5.5. PROPERTIES OF SURFACES; 5.6. TRANSFORMATIONS OF CURVES AND SURFACES; 5.7. SPECIAL TOPICS; 5.8. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; PART II: Applications and Current Approaches to Visual Perception; CHAPTER 6. Spatial Vision; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2. CONTRAST AND INTENSITY PERCEPTION; 6.3. TEXTURE PERCEPTION; 6.4. CONTOURS AND ILLUSIONS (MECHANISMS); 6.5. SPATIAL EQUIVALENCES AND PERCEPTUAL INVARIANTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. The Perception of Motion; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. PSYCHOPHYSICS OF REAL MOTION PERCEPTION-RELATIVISTIC PERSPECTIVE
  • 7.3. TRANSFORMATIONS AND ANALYSIS IN MOTION PERCEPTION-DEPTH EFFECTS7.4. APPARENT MOTION; 7.5. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. Specific Issues in Vision; 8.1. COLOUR VISION; 8.2. STEREOPSIS; 8.3. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. Conclusion; REFERENCES; Index