Title

A Model of the Avian Retina

Date

1967

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Complete

Report Number

AMRL TR 67-60

Creator

Runge, R. G.

Viglione, S. S.

Uemura, M.

Corporate Author

Astropower Laboratory, Missile & Space Systems Division; A Division of Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.

Laboratory

Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories

Extent

94

Identifier

AD0655907

Access Rights

Distribution of this document is unlimited. It may be released to the Clearinghouse, Department of Commerce, for sale to the general public.

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(615)-3726

DoD Project

7233 - Biological Information Handling Systems and Their Functional Analogs

DoD Task

723305 - Theory of Information Handling

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Abstract

The specific objective of this contract was to construct an electronic model of the avian retina based upon reported physiological and anatomical findings and capable of replicating the specific ganglion functional responses. A critical review of the pertinent physiological and anatomical literature ralting to the retina was performed. The electronic model of the pigeon retina containing the six functional classes of ganglion detectors reported in the literature was constructed. In addition the model incorporates two hypothetical detectors to demonstrate the selective performance that can be achieved with artificial neuron networks. The development of the model has shown that the complex data processing of the retina can be functionally duplicated. The results of this work could lead to the design of an effective visual data preprocessor which would operate into a self-organizing decision network to yield a multilayer optical pattern recognition system.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1967-05

Provenance

RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine

Type

report

Format

1 online resource