title: The extraction of features and disparities from images by a model based on the neurological organisation of the visual system.
abstract: A computational simulation of the early stages of mammalian visual processing, from the retina to the primary visual cortex, is described. The simulation uses elements that are organised according to the anatomical connections of the biological visual system. It explores how observed responses of simple cells of the primary visual cortex can be generated by a small number of stages of the types of processing that are observed in the nervous system. Edge features are extracted from single images and disparities between stereoscopic image pairs are detected with good reliability. An important parameter affecting processing was found to be the strength of the surround inhibition between the elements that represent neurones of the primary visual cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand. robin.harvey@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011601:Psychophysics; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*