Relations between the statistics of natural images and the response properties of cortical cells

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

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1987, Pages 2379-2394

  Field, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0023492118     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.4.002379     Document Type: Article

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