Massively parallel networks for edge localization and contour integration - Adaptable relaxation approach

Neural Networks

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 411-425

  Kubota, Toshiro ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive system; Contour integration; Feature extraction; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDGE DETECTION;

MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 1642349420     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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