The role of early retinal lateral inhibition: More than maximizing luminance information

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-89

  Balboa, Rosario M ^a   Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast estimation; Edge localization; Horizontal Cells; Information Theory; Natural images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHILOSOPHY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA;

EID: 0034108447     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800171081     Document Type: Article

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