文档介绍：Next Generation Artificial Vision Systems
Reverse Engineering the Human Visual System
Artech House Series
Bioinformatics & Biomedical Imaging
Series Editors
Stephen T. C. Wong, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College
Advances in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound Imaging, Jasjit S. Suri,
Chirinjeev Kathuria, Ruey-Feng Chang, Filippo Molinari, and Aaron Fenster, editors
Biological Database Modeling, Jake Chen and Amandeep S. Sidhu, editors
Biomedical Informatics in Translational Research, Hai Hu, Michael Liebman, and
Richard Mural
Genome Sequencing Technology and Algorithms, Sun Kim, Haixu Tang, and
Elaine R. Mardis, editors
Life Science Automation Fundamentals and Applications, Mingjun Zhang,
Bradley Nelson, and Robin Felder, editors
Microscopic Image Analysis for Life Science Applications, Jens Rittscher,
Stephen T. C. Wong, and Raghu Machiraju, editors
Next Generation Artificial Vision Systems: Reverse Engineering the Human Visual
System, Maria Petrou and Anil Bharath, editors
Systems Bioinformatics: An Engineering Case-Based Approach, Gil Alterovitz and
Marco F. Ramoni, editors
Next Generation Artificial Vision Systems
Reverse Engineering the Human Visual System
Anil Bharath
Maria Petrou
Imperial College London
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