Models of the Visual System
Some of the best vision scientists in the world in their respective fields have contributed to chapters in this book. They have expertise in a wide variety of fields, including bioengineering, basic and clinical visual science, medicine, neurophysiology,
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TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL BOOK SERIES Series Editor: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jersey
Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling Suresh R. Devasahayam
Models of the Visual System Edited by George K. Hung and Kenneth J. Ciuffreda
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Models of the Visual System Edited by
George K. Hung Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jersey
and
Kenneth J. Ciuffreda State University of New York New York, New York
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Library of Congres! Cataloging-in-Publication Data Models of the visual systemledited by George K. Hung and Kenenth 1. Ciuffreda p. cm. - (Topics in biomedical engineering international book series) ISBN 978-1-4419-3377-5 ISBN 978-1-4757-5865-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-5865-8
1. Vision-Research-Methodology. 2. Vision-Computer simu1ation. 3. Vision-Mathematical models. 4. Visual pathways-Research-Methodology. 5. Visual cortex-Research-Methodology. 1. Hung, George K. ll. CiufCreda, Kenneth 1.,1947- ID. Series.
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To the memory of my father, Ernest K. Hung, who brought his five children to the United States with $40 in his pockets and a desire to improve our lives; and to my wife, XiaosiYang, for her love, devotion and support. -G.K.H. To my daughters, Gabrielle and Marcelline, for their love, affection and support. -K.J.C. and To our mentor, Larry Stark, for introducing us to bioengineering models of the visual system. -G.K.H. and K.J.C
FOREWORD The co-editors and former students of mine, George K. Hung and Kenneth J. Ciuffreda, have made an explicit commitment to describing phenomena in terms of modeling and detailed quantitative analyses of the visual system in this important new book, "Models of the Visual System". Philosophers, like Plato and Kant, have long speculated that we can have no knowledge of the external "real" world, the chaos outside of our minds. We can only introspect and consider various levels of models and by surviving convince ourselves that these schemas describe the so-called "real world". Bioengineering requires explicit models stated in mathematical form and often addressing cybernetic aspects of, for example, visual mechanisms, which is the topic of this volume.
