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Elements of Early Vision for Computer Graphics

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James A. FerwerdaAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Volume 21, Issue 5

Pages 22 - 33

Published: 01 September 2001 Publication History

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Visually based techniques in computer graphics have blossomed. Important advances in perceptually driven rendering, realistic image display, high-fidelity visualization, and appearance-preserving geometric simplification have all been realized by applying knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of human visual processing. Much of this work is grounded in the physiology and psychophysics of early vision, which focuses on how visual mechanisms transduce and code the patterns of light arriving at the eye. The article surveys some of the fundamental findings in the study of early vision including basic visual anatomy and physiology, optical properties of the eye, light sensitivity and visual adaptation, and spatial vision

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Index Terms

Elements of Early Vision for Computer Graphics
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
  2. Computer graphics
    1. Image manipulation
      1. Image processing
2. General and reference
  1. Document types
    1. Surveys and overviews

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IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Volume 21, Issue 5

September 2001

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