Uncertainty relation for resolution in space, spatial frequency, and orientation optimized by two-dimensional visual cortical filters

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 1160-1169

  Daugman, John G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMAL; CATS; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0022098435     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.2.001160     Document Type: Article

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