Function of the pupil in vision and information capacity of retinal image

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 48-57

  Hirata, Yutaka ^a,d   Yamaji, Kazutsuna ^b   Sakai, Hiroyuki ^c   Usui, Shiro ^c  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye optical system; Natural image; Pupil; Retinal image; Visual cell arrangement

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CYBERNETICS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

RETINAL IMAGES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038342693     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.10344     Document Type: Article

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