title: An algorithmic approach to modelling the retinal receptor topography.
abstract: Based on published research results on the structure of the human retina and the initial assumption of tight hexagonal packing of cones, the mean cone-distance function is derived. Disorder in the cone lattice is explained as the superposition of increasing topological distortion in the hexagonal lattice (providing a possible explanation for observed systematic lattice distortions) and local jitter of neighbor-to-neighbor distances, for which a simple statistical model is provided. These individual results are incorporated into a proposed algorithm for simulating the cone receptors' topography in 3D-space. Finally, possible software and hardware applications of the algorithmically defined retina model are briefly touched.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto College of Art, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hild
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D012160:Retina / Q000033:anatomy & histology*