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e-mail: Miguel Eckstein, PhD
Computational models of human visual processing, perceptual decisions and occulomotor behavior during visual search, detection in complex backgrounds, psychophysical evaluation of medical image quality, computer observer models for automated evaluation and optimization of medical image quality.
PROJECTSUniversity of California, Berkeley B.S. 1990 Physics & Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles M.A. 1991 Cognitive Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. 1994 Vision
1. Eckstein, M.P., Ahumada, A.J., Watson, A.B. Visual signal detection in structured backgrounds. II. Effect of contrast gain control, background variations and white noise. J. of the Opt. Soc. of Am A. Special issue on visual contrast sensitivity (in press, 1997). 2. Eckstein, M.P., Ahumada, A.J., Watson, A.B., Whiting, J.S. What is degrading human performance in natural medical image backgrounds?. Preceedings to SPIE Medical Imaging, 3036, 50-62 (1997). 3. Abbey, C.K., Barrett, H.H., Eckstein, M.P. Practical issues and methodology for using model observers as metrics of image quality. Proceedings to SPIE, Medical Imaging. The Physics of Medical Imaging, 3032, 182-194 (1997). 4. Eckstein, M.P., Ahumada, A.J., Watson, A.B. Image discrimination models predict visual detection in natural medical image backgrounds. Proceedings to SPIE Electronic Imaging, Human Vision & Applications, 3016, 44-56 (1997). 5. Whiting, J.S., Eckstein, M.P., Morioka, C.A., Honig, D., Eigler, N. Human performance and response time for visual signal detection in noisy image sequences. Medical Physics, accepted (1997). 6. Eckstein M.P., Whiting J.S., Thomas J.P., The role of knowledge in human visual temporal integration in spatiotemporal noise. Journal Opt. Soc. Am A, 13, 1960-1968,(1996). 7. Eckstein M.P., Whiting J.S., Visual Signal Detection in structured backgrounds I: Effect of number of possible spatial locations and signal contrast. Journal of the Opt. Soc. Am. A, 13, 1777-1787,(1996). 8. Eckstein M.P, Whiting, J.S. Thomas, J.P. Detection and discrimination of moving signals in Gaussian uncorrelated noise, in Medical Imaging, Image Perception. Eds Harold Kundel. Proc. SPIE 2712, 9-25 (1996). 9. Whiting, J.S. Eckstein, M.P., Morioka, C.A., Eigler, N. Effect of additive noise, signal contrast and feature motion on signal detection in structured noise, in Medical Imaging, Image Perception, , Eds Harold Kundel, Proc. SPIE 2712, 39-47(1996). 10. Morioka, C.A., Whiting, J.S., Eckstein, M.P., Shaw, K. Multiframe quantitative coronary arteriography, in Medical Imaging. Proc. SPIE, 2710, 94-102 (1996). 11. Eckstein, M.P., Whiting, J.S. Lesion detection in structured noise. Academic Radiology, 3, 249-253 (1995). 12. Eckstein, M.P., Morioka, C.A., Whiting, J.S., Eigler, N. Psychophysical evaluation of the effect of JPEG, Full-frame DCT and Wavelet image compression on signal detection in medical image noise. Proc. to the Int. Soc. of Opt. Eng. Medical Imaging Annual Meeting, Medical Image Perception. Eds Hal Kundel, 2436, 79-89 (1995) 13. Eigler, N., Eckstein, M.P., Honig, D., Whiting, J.S. Improving detection of coronary morphologic features from digital angiograms: Effect of stenosis stabilized display, Circulation (1994).
1. Eckstein, M.P., Thomas, J.P., Palmer, J, Shimozaki, S.S., A signal detection model predicts the effects of set-size in visual search accuracy for feature, conjunction and disjunction displays, (1997) Perception and Psychophysics 2. Eckstein, M.P., The lower efficiency for conjunctions is due to noise and not limited capacity visual attention, (1997) Psychological Science
1. Eckstein, M.P., Stone, L.S., Beutter, B.R. The visual efficiency of eye movements during search. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. (1997). 2. Eckstein, M.P., Thomas, J.P., Whiting, J.S. Predicting visual search accuracy in symbolic displays and medical images. Perception, 25,5 (1996). 3. Eckstein, M.P., Thomas, J.S., Palmer, J., Shimozaki, S.S. Further predictions of Signal Detection Theory on visual search accuracy: conjunction, triple conjunctions and disjunctions. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37 p 15 (1996). 4. Eckstein M.P. Thomas J.P., Shimozaki S.S., Whiting J.S. Signal Detection Theory explains many aspects of visual search efficiency. Invest. Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 36, p 2994, (1995). 5. Eckstein M.P., Whiting, J.S., Shah K. Recent Advances in visual signal detection in spatiotemporal noise: Can human observers perform matched filtering through time? Seventh Far West Image Perception Conference, Philadelphia (1995). 6. Whiting J.S., Eckstein M.P., Recent Advances in visual signal detection in structured noise: Effect of number of possible locations and signal contrast. Seventh Far West Image Perception Conf., (1995). 7. Eckstein M.P., Whiting J.S., Thomas J.P., Burgess A.E., Shimozaki S.S. Signal positional uncertainty and signals in dynamic noise, Optics & Photonic News. Vol. 5, No 8, OSA ((suppl), pg 128(1994). 8. Eckstein M.P., Whiting J.S., Thomas J.P., Shimozaki S.S., Motion Compensated temporal integration and motion energy models, 17th European Conference on Visual Perception, (1994). 9. Eckstein M.P., Whiting J.S. Using computer observer models to predict the effect of JPEG image compression on human lesion detection. Optics & Photonic News, Vol. 5, No 8 OSA (suppl), 128 (1994). 10. Whiting J.S., Eckstein M.P., Eigler N. Effect o Frame rate and Dose Saving in dynamic sequences. Society of Biomedical Engineering Annual Meeting (1994). 11. Eckstein M.P., Thomas J.P., Shimozaki S.S., Whiting J.S. Is motion compensated temporal integration computed prior to the non-linearity and opponency stages, at the Association Research in Visual Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, (1994). 12. Eckstein M.P., Shimozaki S.S. Whiting J.S. , Thomas J.P. Efficiency of Motion Compensated Temporal Integration in the Human Visual System, in OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest, 1993 (Optical Society of America, Washington D.C. 1993) Vol. 16 pp 155. 13. Eckstein M.P., Thomas, Shimozaki S.S., Whiting J.S. Motion Compensated Temporal Integration from spatiotemporal filters, in Perception Supplement. Vol 22 p 93 (1993). 14. Eckstein M.P. Whiting J.S. Non-prewhitening Matched Filter vs. Hotelling algorithms in noise-limited automated edge detection. presented at the Far West Image Perception Conference, Rhode Island. (1993). 15. Eckstein M.P., Whiting J.S., Goldschmidt A. Mathced Filter vs. Hotelling algorithms in noise limited automated edge detection. presented at the 22nd Applied Image Pattern Recognition Workshop (Interdisciplinary Computer Vision Applications and Changing Needs), 1993.
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