Toward the neurocomputer: Image processing and pattern recognition with neuronal cultures

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-383

  Ruaro, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Bonifazi, Paolo ^a   Torre, Vincent ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term potentiation; Multielectrode array; Neuronal culture; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DATA PROCESSING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SILICON;

MULTIELECTRODE ARRAYS (MEA); NEUROCOMPUTERS; NEURONS; SILICON DEVICES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIONICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 14844287066     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.842975     Document Type: Article

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