A neural network for scene segmentation by temporal coding

Neurocomputing

Volumn 11, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 123-134

  Stoecker, Michael ^a   Reitboeck, Herbert J ^a   Eckhorn, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain models; Computer vision; Dynamic feature linking; Figure ground separation; Neural networks; Object definition; Pattern recognition; Scene segmentation; Spike synchronization; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DYNAMIC FEATURE LINKING; OBJECT DEFINITION; SCENE SEGMENTATION; SPIKE SYNCHRONIZATION; TEMPORAL CODING; TEMPORAL SIGNAL CORRELATIONS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030175470     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-2312(94)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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