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Directional selectivity and its use in early visual processing

Marr, D., Ullman, S.·1981·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rspb.1981.0001
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The construction of directionally selective units, and their use in the processing of visual motion, are considered. The zero crossings of ∇2G(x, y) ∗ I(x, y) are located, as in Marr & Hildreth (1980). That is, the image is filtered through centre-surround receptive fields, and the zero values in the output are found. In addition, the time derivative ∂[∇2G(x, y) ∗ l(x, y)]/∂t is measured at the zero crossings, and serves to constrain the local direction of motion to within 180°. The direction of motion can be determined in a second stage, for example by combining the local constraints. The second part of the paper suggests a specific model of the information processing by the X and Y cells of the retina and lateral geniculate nucleus, and certain classes of cortical simple cells. A number of psychophysical and neurophysiological predictions are derived from the theory.

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Authors
Marr, D., & Ullman, S.
Venue
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
1981-03-06
Volume
211
Issue
1183
Pages
151-180
ISSN
  • 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
  • 2053-9193
DOI
10.1098/rspb.1981.0001
OpenAlex
W2074798463
Cited by
638
References
67
FWCI
11.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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