Visual segmentation by contextual influences via intra-cortical interactions in the primary visual cortex

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-212

  Li, Zhaoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

CYTOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042826566     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-898X_10_2_305     Document Type: Article

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