Effect on target detection of isolating the target bearing area on a waterfall display with a neutral filter / S.M. Luria ; Joseph DiVita ; and Kelly Johnson.
| Author/creator | Luria, S. M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Groton, CT : Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, [1991] |
| Description | 1 online resource (iii, 4 pages, 2 unnumbered pages). |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo29249 |
| Supplemental Content | http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA249268 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | DiVita, Joseph, 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Kelly. |
| Other author/creator | United States. Naval Medical Research and Development Command. |
| Other author/creator | Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory. |
| Series | Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory report ; no. 1176 Report (Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory) ; no. 1176. ^A469993 |
| Abstract | DiVita and Hanna (1987) have shown that target detection on a waterfall display suffers, and performance is improved if the pixels of the target bearing are displayed in red without, however, adding any additional target information. The reason appears to be that the operator has difficulty in keeping the relevant bearing isolated. We tested the effect on target detection of isolating a target bearing with a neutral density filter on the face of the CRT, which dimmed the surround slightly but kept a narrow area about three pixels wide around the target bearing at full luminance. Although this improved the performance of 9 out of 12 subjects, the difference was not statistically significant. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 3, 2012). |
| General note | "30 December 1991." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 4). |
| Access restriction | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. |
| Report note | Interim rept. |
| Funding information | Naval Medical Research and Development Command 65856N M0100.001-5003 |
| Issued in other form | Print version: United States. Dept. of the Navy. Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory. Effect on target detection of isolating the target bearing area on a waterfall display with a neutral filter |
| Technical rpt# | NSMRL-1176 |
| GPO item number | 0385-C (online) |
| Govt. docs number | D 206.10:1176 |