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The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to those aspects of human vision that are pertinent to the understanding and design of man-made image processing systems. As far as possible, we shall concern ourselves with psychophysics, i.e., the response of observers to visual stimuli, and shall avoid, wherever possible, inferring response from physiology, i.e., the structure of the visual apparatus. We shall even more assiduously avoid inferring structure from psychophysical data. In a few cases where the connection between psychophysics and physiology is well understood, it may be discussed to simplify understanding or just because it is interesting.
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Schreiber, W.F. (1993). Perception of Images. In: Fundamentals of Electronic Imaging Systems. Springer Series in Information Sciences, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77847-6_3
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