A multichip aVLSI system emulating orientation selectivity of primary visual cortical cells

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 972-979

  Shimonomura, Kazuhiro ^a   Yagi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analog very large scale integrated (aVLSI); Image processing; Orientation selectivity; Silicon retina; Simple cell; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTICHIP MODULES; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY; SILICON RETINA; SIMPLE CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

COMPUTER VISION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMIMETICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SEMICONDUCTOR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RETINA; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 23044447856     PISSN: 10459227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNN.2005.849845     Document Type: Article

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