Variations in photoreceptor directionality across the central retina

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2033–2040 (1997)
• Stephen A. Burns, Shuang Wu, Ji Chang He, and Ann E. Elsner

Effects of spatial frequency, duration, and contrast on discriminating motion directions

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2041–2048 (1997)
• Jian Yang and Scott B. Stevenson

Simulation of white-light adaptation characteristics with use of nonlinear neural principal component analysis

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2049–2056 (1997)
• Kari Mantere, Jussi Parkkinen, and Timo Jaaskelainen

Lateral interactions in peripherally viewed texture arrays

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2057–2068 (1997)
• Frances Wilkinson, Hugh R. Wilson, and Dave Ellemberg

Temporal integration characteristics of chromatic response as determined by use of the isoluminant double-pulse method

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2069–2080 (1997)
• Tatsuya Yoshizawa and Keiji Uchikawa

Role of second- and third-order statistics in the discriminability of natural images

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2081–2090 (1997)
• Mitchell G. A. Thomson and David H. Foster

Color constancy in the nearly natural image. 1. Asymmetric matches

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2091–2110 (1997)
• David H. Brainard, Wendy A. Brunt, and Jon M. Speigle

Perceptual-error measure and its application to sampled and interpolated single-edged images

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2111–2127 (1997)
• M. R. M. Nijenhuis and F. J. J. Blommaert

Mathematical analysis of motion-opponent mechanisms used in the determination of heading and depth

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2128–2143 (1997)
• Constance S. Royden

Range estimation with a panoramic visual sensor

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2144–2151 (1997)
• J. S. Chahl and M. V. Srinivasan

Separation of texture and shape in images of faces for image coding and synthesis

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2152–2161 (1997)
• Thomas Vetter and Nikolaus F. Troje

Comparison of the performance of linear and nonlinear filters in the presence of nonergodic noise

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2162–2167 (1997)
• Rafal Kotynski, François Goudail, and Philippe Réfrégier

Electron holography of individual DNA molecules

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2168–2172 (1997)
• Hans-Werner Fink, Heinz Schmid, Eugen Ermantraut, and Torsten Schulz

Synthesis of all-pass filters by codirectional grating couplers

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2173–2179 (1997)
• E. Peral, J. Capmany, and J. Marti

Numerically efficient modal decomposition approach to self-writing processes

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2180–2189 (1997)
• Tanya M. Monro, L. Poladian, and C. Martijn de Sterke

Accumulated Gouy phase shift in Gaussian beam propagation through first-order optical systems

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2190–2194 (1997)
• M. Fatih Erden and Haldun M. Ozaktas

Fast estimation of transverse fields in high-finesse optical cavities

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2195–2202 (1997)
• Partha Saha

Scattering of TE-polarized waves by a finite grating:giant resonant enhancement of the electric field within the grooves

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2203–2211 (1997)
• O. Mata-Mendez and J. Sumaya-Martinez

Scattering from groove patterns in a perfectly conducting surface

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2212–2222 (1997)
• Guy A. Schiavone, K. O’Neill, and K. D. Paulsen

Programmable multilayer diffractive optical elements

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2223–2230 (1997)
• H. Hamam

Spatial Fourier transform approach to the study of polarization changing and beam profile deformation of light during Bragg acousto-optic interaction with longitudinal and shear ultrasonic waves in isotropic media

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2231–2242 (1997)
• Chen-Wen Tarn

Generalized method for evaluating scattering parameters used in radiative transfer models

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2243–2252 (1997)
• William E. Vargas and Gunnar A. Niklasson

Intensity of diffuse radiation in particulate media

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2253–2262 (1997)
• William E. Vargas and Gunnar A. Niklasson

Low-coherence interferometry of particles distributed in a dielectric medium

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2263–2268 (1997)
• Anatol Brodsky, Paul H. Shelley, Simonida R. Thurber, and Lloyd W. Burgess

Imaging in scattering media by use of laser speckle

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2269–2277 (1997)
• C. A. Thompson, K. J. Webb, and A. M. Weiner

Light scattering by hexagonal ice crystals: solutions by a ray-by-ray integration algorithm

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2278–2289 (1997)
• Ping Yang and K. N. Liou

Jones-matrix formalism as a representation of the Lorentz group

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2290–2298 (1997)
• D. Han, Y. S. Kim, and Marilyn E. Noz

Approach to dielectric tensor slice-type tomography

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2299–2313 (1997)
• Hayao Kubo

Form-birefringence limits of Fourier-expansion methods in grating theory: arbitrary angle of incidence

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2314–2316 (1997)
• Jari Turunen, Markku Kuittinen, and Pasi Vahimaa

Form-birefringence limits of Fourier-expansion methods in grating theory: errata

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2317–2317 (1997)
• Jari Turunen

Fourier models and the loci of adaptation

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2323–2345 (1997)
• W. L. Makous

End stopping and length tuning in psychophysical spatial filters

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2346–2354 (1997)
• Cong Yu and Dennis M. Levi

Contrast adaptation and the spatial structure of natural images

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2355–2366 (1997)
• Michael A. Webster and Eriko Miyahara

Rapid sensitivity changes on flickering backgrounds: tests of models of light adaptation

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2367–2378 (1997)
• Shuang Wu, Stephen A. Burns, Ann E. Elsner, Rhea T. EskewJr., and Jichang He

Model of visual contrast gain control and pattern masking

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2379–2391 (1997)
• Andrew B. Watson and Joshua A. Solomon

Contrast gain control and fine spatial discriminations

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2392–2405 (1997)
• James P. Thomas and Lynn A. Olzak

Visual signal detection in structured backgrounds. II. Effects of contrast gain control, background variations, and white noise

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2406–2419 (1997)
• Miguel P. Eckstein, Albert J. Ahumada, and Andrew B. Watson

Visual signal detectability with two noise components: anomalous masking effects

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2420–2442 (1997)
• Arthur E. Burgess, Xing Li, and Craig K. Abbey

Contrast discrimination function: spatial cuing effects

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2443–2448 (1997)
• Joshua A. Solomon, Nilli Lavie, and Michael J. Morgan

Motion thresholds can be predicted from contrast discrimination

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2449–2470 (1997)
• Bettina L. Beard, Stanley A. Klein, and Thom Carney

Image discrimination models predict detection in fixed but not random noise

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2471–2476 (1997)
• Albert J. Ahumada, Jr. and Bettina L. Beard

Psychophysical signatures associated with magnocellular and parvocellular pathway contrast gain

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2477–2486 (1997)
• Joel Pokorny and Vivianne C. Smith

Suppressive rod–cone interactions: evidence for separate retinal (temporal) and extraretinal (spatial) mechanisms in achromatic vision

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2487–2498 (1997)
• Gudrun Lange, Noreen Denny, and Thomas E. Frumkes

Dynamics of adaptation at high luminances: Adaptation is faster after luminance decrements than after luminance increments

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2499–2508 (1997)
• L. Poot, H. P. Snippe, and J. H. van Hateren

Transient lumanopia: the invisibility of flicker in early dark adaptation

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2509–2516 (1997)
• Adam Reeves and Shuang Wu

Surround effects on the shape of the temporal contrast-sensitivity function

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• JOSA A, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pp. 2517–2525 (1997)
• Branka Spehar and Qasim Zaidi