About the data set

ModelFest - contrast detection

ModelFest is a standard data set created to calibrate and validate visual metrics. It contains 43 small detection targets at a uniform background of 30 cd/m².

More about this dataset can be found in: Watson, A.B., and A.J. Ahumada Jr. "A standard model for foveal detection of spatial contrast". Journal of Vision 5, no. 9 (2005): link.

From the ModelFest website:

Since 1996, the annual meeting of the Optical Society of America has hosted a symposium entitled ModelFest. Conceived originally as a workshop in which those involved in the development of models of early human vision would demonstrate and discuss their work, it has more recently adopted as part of its program the establishment of a public, communal set of data. The purpose of the data set would be twofold: 1) to calibrate and 2) to test vision models. The data set was required to be large and varied enough to adequaltely serve both purposes. It was also hoped that the complete data set would be collected by a number of different labs, to enhance both the generality and accuracy of the data set. Thus the data set was constrained to be small enough that a large enough number of labs would volunteer. Acting through consensus, the informal group decided upon an inital effort (Phase 1) consisting of 44 two-dimensional monochromatic patterns confined to an area of approximately two by two degrees.

Stimuli list

All stimuli shown at the detection threshold magnified x10. The visible banding (quantization) is due to 8-bit image files and display panel and is not present in the actual data.

GaborPatch1

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch2

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch3

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch4

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch5

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch6

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch7

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch8

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch9

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch10

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch11

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch12

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch13

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborPatch14

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

ElongatedGabor15

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

ElongatedGabor16

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

ElongatedGabor17

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Baguette18

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Baguette19

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Baguette20

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Baguette21

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Subthreshold22

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Subthreshold23

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Subthreshold24

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Subthreshold25

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Gaussians26

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Gaussians27

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Gaussians28

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Gaussians29

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Edge30

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Line31

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Dipole32

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborString33

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

GaborString34

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Noise35

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Orientation36

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Orientation37

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Plaids38

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Plaids39

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Disk40

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Bessel41

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

Checkerboard42

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30

NaturalScene43

mean luminance = 30 cd/m²
pixels_per_degree = 120
viewing_distance = 2
rgb_display = crt
surround_l = 30