NERS/BIOE 481
Lecture 13
Observer Performance

IX. Human Visual Perception(Detailed Syllabus)

  1. Contrast Sensitivity of the Human Eye
  2. Human Vision & Display
  3. Detection of targets in noise
  4. Statistical performance of observers
Reading (pdf):
Assigned Flynn, 2003 5 pgs Visual Performance.
Assigned Turner, 1978 8 pgs Intuitive Approach to ROC Curve Analysis.
Optional Barten, 1999 14 pgs Contrast sensitivity of the human eye, Ch3.
Optional Metz, 1978 16 pgs Basic Principles of ROC Analysis.
Optional Rose, ch1 25 pgs Image noise and visual detection.
Resource Birdsall 1953 25 pgs Signal Detectability Theory, UoM ERI-TN13
Lecture Material:

slides(pdf,3.3MB) , printview(pdf,1.6MB)

Links
WEBVISION Retina & Vision System, Kolb et.al., Univ. of Utah
CSF Chart Cambell-Robson CSF chart (I.Ohzawa, Osaka Univ.)
UN Med. Ctr. Interpreting Diagnostic Tests, T. G. Tape M.D.
MIPS Medical Image Perception Society
ROC ROC SOFTWARE, Kurt Rossman Lab, Univ. of Chicago
FROC FROC SOFTWARE, Dev Chakraborty, UPMC