A commentary on 'Amplitude spectra of natural images'. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tolhurst, David J.
• Is Part Of: Ophthalmic and physiological optics. Volume 35:Number 6(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 628
• Page End: 630
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; Physiological optics -- Periodicals; Optometry -- Periodicals; Optics -- Periodicals; Vision -- Periodicals; 617.75
• DOI: 10.1111/opo.12251
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-5408

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="opo12251-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Tolhurst, Tadmor and Tang Chao (Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 1992; 12: 229‐232)published their analyses of the Fourier spectra of 135 digitised monochrome photographs of everyday scenes. In 2015, this would be a trivial exercise, but in 1992, this stretched emerging computer technology to its desktop limits. The short paper made an impact because it provided a handle for extending vision science beyond laboratory stimuli such as sinewave gratings into a real world of real visual scenes and real visual tasks.</p> </abstract>