Albert J. Ahumada

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Albert J. Ahumada is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert J. Ahumada has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 32 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Albert J. Ahumada's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (37 papers), Color Science and Applications (20 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (14 papers). Albert J. Ahumada is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (37 papers), Color Science and Applications (20 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (14 papers). Albert J. Ahumada collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Belgium. Albert J. Ahumada's co-authors include Andrew B. Watson, Heidi A. Peterson, Miguel P. Eckstein, Bettina L. Beard, Joyce Farrell, Lauren Scharff, Ann Marie Rohaly, Jeffrey B. Mulligan, Terry L. Jernigan and Leslie M. Zatz and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Express, Vision Research and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

In The Last Decade

Albert J. Ahumada

69 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Model of human visual-motion sensing

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert J. Ahumada United States	23	2.0k	1.3k	489	329	304	72	3.1k
R.J. Watt United Kingdom	29	3.0k 1.5×	850 0.7×	466 1.0×	184 0.6×	178 0.6×	66	3.5k
Joshua A. Solomon United Kingdom	29	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	574 1.2×	177 0.5×	213 0.7×	97	3.3k
Norma Graham United States	26	3.0k 1.5×	569 0.4×	1.0k 2.1×	323 1.0×	152 0.5×	60	3.5k
Daniel Kersten United States	36	3.7k 1.8×	895 0.7×	592 1.2×	203 0.6×	111 0.4×	129	4.5k
Ennio Mingolla United States	34	3.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.0×	838 1.7×	493 1.5×	243 0.8×	107	4.9k
Mark A. Georgeson United Kingdom	34	3.6k 1.8×	656 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	456 1.4×	332 1.1×	121	4.1k
Jacob Nachmias United States	25	3.2k 1.6×	504 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	374 1.1×	275 0.9×	45	3.8k
K. Prazdny United States	16	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	208 0.4×	133 0.4×	255 0.8×	32	2.2k
John P. Frisby United Kingdom	23	1.3k 0.6×	733 0.6×	301 0.6×	101 0.3×	210 0.7×	60	1.9k
Frederick A. A. Kingdom Canada	31	3.2k 1.6×	581 0.5×	1.1k 2.3×	249 0.8×	126 0.4×	145	3.8k

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Ahumada, Albert J. & Andrew B. Watson. (2011). Updating the Standard Spatial Observer for contrast detection. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 1879–1879. 1 indexed citations

Watson, Andrew B. & Albert J. Ahumada. (2011). Blur clarified: A review and synthesis of blur discrimination. Journal of Vision. 11(5). 10–10. 71 indexed citations

Watson, Andrew B. & Albert J. Ahumada. (2010). 14.2: Visible Motion Blur: A Perceptual Metric for Display Motion Blur. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 41(1). 184–187. 4 indexed citations

Ahumada, Albert J., Mary K. Kaiser, & Jeffrey B. Mulligan. (2009). The dynamic range of visual imagery in space. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7240. 72400M–72400M. 2 indexed citations

Ahumada, Albert J.. (2002). Classification image weights and internal noise level estimation. Journal of Vision. 2(1). 8–8. 161 indexed citations

Krebs, William K. & Albert J. Ahumada. (2001). Air Traffic Control Weather Radar Displays: Validation of a Masking Metric for Prediction of Text Block Identification. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 45(18). 1328–1332. 2 indexed citations

Beard, Bettina L. & Albert J. Ahumada. (1998). <title>Technique to extract relevant image features for visual tasks</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3299. 79–85. 85 indexed citations

Eckstein, Miguel P., Albert J. Ahumada, & Andrew B. Watson. (1997). Visual signal detection in structured backgrounds II Effects of contrast gain control, background variations, and white noise. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 14(9). 2406–2406. 120 indexed citations

Rohaly, Ann Marie, Albert J. Ahumada, & Andrew B. Watson. (1997). Object detection in natural backgrounds predicted by discrimination performance and models. Vision Research. 37(23). 3225–3235. 61 indexed citations

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Ahumada, Albert J. & Bettina L. Beard. (1996). <title>Object detection in a noisy scene</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2657. 190–199. 4 indexed citations

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Watson, Andrew B., et al.. (1994). A Modular, Portable Model of Image Fidelity. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Andrew B., et al.. (1994). Visibility of DCT Quantization Error: Effects of Display Resolution. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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Watson, Andrew B., et al.. (1994). DCT BASIS FUNCTION VISIBILITY: EFFECTS OF VIEWING DISTANCE AND CONTRAST MASKING. 5 indexed citations

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Ahumada, Albert J. & Cynthia H. Null. (1993). Image quality: a multidimensional problem. MIT Press eBooks. 141–148. 40 indexed citations

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Ahumada, Albert J. & Heidi A. Peterson. (1993). A visual detection model for DCT coefficient quantization. 12 indexed citations

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Mulligan, Jeffrey B. & Albert J. Ahumada. (1992). Principled halftoning based on human vision models. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1666. 109–109. 50 indexed citations

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Ahumada, Albert J. & Jeffrey B. Mulligan. (1990). <title>Learning receptor positions from imperfectly known motions</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1249. 124–134. 4 indexed citations

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Ahumada, Albert J. & John I. Yellott. (1989). Reconstructing Irregularly Sampled Images by Neural Networks. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1077. 228–228. 2 indexed citations

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Poirson, Allen & Albert J. Ahumada. (1986). Model for space-varying cone placement in the fovea. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. WG52–WG52. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Andrew B., Albert J. Ahumada, & Joyce Farrell. (1986). Window of visibility: a psychophysical theory of fidelity in time-sampled visual motion displays. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 3(3). 300–300. 189 indexed citations

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