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The Perception of Visual Information

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. William R. Hendee

    1. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

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  2. Peter N. T. Wells

    1. Bristol General Hospital, Bristol, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Physiological Optics

    • Peter F. Sharp, Russell Philips
    Pages 1-32

  3. Detection of Vision Information

    • Charles A. Kelsey
    Pages 33-55

  4. Quantification of Visual Capability

    • Arthur P. Ginsburg, William R. Hendee
    Pages 57-86

  5. A Multiscale Geometric Model of Human Vision

    • Bart M. Ter Haar Romeny, Luc Florack
    Pages 87-126

  6. Human Response to Visual Stimuli

    • Alastair G. Gale
    Pages 127-147

  7. Cognitive Interpretation of Visual Signals

    • William R. Hendee
    Pages 149-175

  8. Visual Data Formatting

    • Ulrich Raff
    Pages 177-222

  9. Image Manipulation

    • Ronald R. Price
    Pages 223-249

  10. Physical and Psychophysical Measurement of Images

    • Kevin S. Berbaum, Donald D. Dorfman, Mark Madsen
    Pages 251-295

  11. Computer Vision and Decision Support

    • Henry A. Swett, Maryellen L. Giger, Kunio Doi
    Pages 297-342

  12. Architecture and Ergonomics of Imaging Workstations

    • Paul S. Cho, H. K. Huang
    Pages 343-360

  13. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Medicine

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 361-390

  14. Problems and Prospects in the Perception of Visual Information

    • Peter N. T. Wells
    Pages 391-400

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 401-409
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About this book

The presentation and interpretation of visual information is essential to almost every activity in human life and most endeavors of modern technology. This book examines the current status of what is known (and not known) about human vision, how human observers interpret visual data, and how to present such data to facilitate their interpretation and use. Written by experts who are able to cross disciplinary boundaries, the book provides an educational pathway through several models of human vision; describes how the visual response is analyzed and quantified; presents current theories of how the human visual response is interpreted; discusses the cognitive responses of human observers; and examines such applications as space exploration, manufacturing, surveillance, earth and air sciences, and medicine. The book is intended for everyone with an undergraduate-level background in science or engineering with an interest in visual science. This second edition has been brought up to date throughout and contains a new chapter on "Virtual reality and augmented reality in medicine."

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

    William R. Hendee

  • Bristol General Hospital, Bristol, UK

    Peter N. T. Wells

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Perception of Visual Information

  • Editors: William R. Hendee, Peter N. T. Wells

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1836-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-94910-9Published: 27 June 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7306-6Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1836-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 409

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Pattern Recognition

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