Visual Multipoles And The Assessment Of Visual Sensitivity To Displayed Images

Stanley Klein

doi:10.1117/12.952706

15 August 1989 Visual Multipoles And The Assessment Of Visual Sensitivity To Displayed Images

Stanley Klein

Proceedings Volume 1077, Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952706
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The contrast sensitivity function (CSF) is widely used to specify the sensitivity of the visual system. Each point of the CSF specifies the amount of contrast needed to detect a sinusoidal grating of a given spatial frequency. This paper describes a set of five mathematically related visual patterns, called "multipoles," that should replace the CSF for measuring visual performance. The five patterns (ramp, edge, line, dipole and quadrupole) are localized in space rather than being spread out as sinusoidal gratings. The multipole sensitivity of the visual system provides an alternative characterization that complements the CSF in addition to offering several advantages. This paper provides an overview of the properties and uses of the multipole stimuli. This paper is largely a summary of several unpublished manuscripts with excerpts from them. Derivations and full references are omitted here. Please write me if you would like the full manuscripts.

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Stanley Klein "Visual Multipoles And The Assessment Of Visual Sensitivity To Displayed Images", Proc. SPIE 1077, Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display, (15 August 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952706

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