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Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems

Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems

Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems

Laurence R. Harris, York University, Toronto
Michael R. M. Jenkin, York University, Toronto
March 2007
Hardback
9780521862608
$140.00
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Hardback

    Computational vision deals with the underlying mathematical and computational models for how visual information is processed. Whether the processing is biological or machine, there are fundamental questions related to how the information is processed. How should information be represented? How should information be transduced in order to highlight features of interest while suppressing noise and other artefacts of the image capture process? Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems address these and other questions in 13 chapters, divided into three sections, which overlap between biological and computational systems: dynamical systems; attention, motion, and eye-movements; and stereovision. The editors have brought together the best and brightest minds in the field of computational vision, combining research from both biology and computing and enhancing the developing synergy between computational and biological visual modelling communities. Aimed at researchers and graduate students in computational or biological vision, neuroscience, and psychology.

    • Not only multidisciplinary but interdisciplinary, linking both biology and computing
    • Considers not only theoretical principles but gives real-world applications and examples
    • DVD containing supplemental material, movies and colour versions of all figures

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    Product details

    March 2007
    Hardback
    9780521862608
    336 pages
    253 × 180 × 20 mm
    0.825kg
    138 b/w illus. 1 table
    Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Computational vision in neural and machine systems Michael Jenkin and Laurence Harris
    • Part I. Dynamical Systems:
    • 2. Exploring contrast-controlled adaptation processes in human vision (with help from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Norma Graham and S. SabinaWolfson
    • 3. Image comparison and motion detection by a contrario methods Frédéric Cao, Thomas Veit and Patrick Bouthemy
    • 4. Computer vision in the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission Larry Matthies, Mark Maimone, Yang Cheng, Andrew Johnson and Reg Willson
    • 5. Calibration and shape recovery from videos of dynamic scenes Marc Pollefeys, Sudipta Sinha and Jingyu Yan
    • 6. Specular planar target surface recovery via coded target stereopsis Arlene Ripsman, Piotr Jasiobedzki and Michael Jenkin
    • 7. Neural construction of objects from parts Charles E. Connor
    • Part II. Attention, Motion and Eye Movements:
    • 8. Attention and action James J. Clark, Ziad M. Hafed and Li Jie
    • 9. Cueing visual search in clutter Preeti Verghese
    • 10. Transsaccadic memory of visual features Steven L. Prime, Matthias Niemeier and J. Douglas Crawford
    • 11. Modeling what attracts human gaze over dynamic natural scenes Laurent Itti and Pierre Baldi
    • Part III. Stereo:
    • 12. Global stereo in polynomial time Carlo Tomasi
    • 13. Computational analysis of binocular half occlusions Mikhail Sizintsev and Richard P.Wildes
    • 14. Speed versus quality – measuring and optimizing Stereo for Telepresence Jane Mulligan
    • 15. Binocular combination: measurements and a model Jian Ding and George Sperling
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • Michael Jenkin, Laurence Harris, Norma Graham, S. SabinaWolfson, Frédéric Cao, Thomas Veit, Patrick Bouthemy, Larry Matthies, Mark Maimone, Yang Cheng, Andrew Johnson, Reg Willson, Marc Pollefeys, Sudipta Sinha, Jingyu Yan, Arlene Ripsman, Piotr Jasiobedzki, Charles E. Connor, James J. Clark, Ziad M. Hafed, Li Jie, Preeti Verghese, Steven L. Prime, Matthias Niemeier, J. Douglas Crawford, Laurent Itti, Pierre Baldi, Carlo Tomasi, Mikhail Sizintsev, Richard P. Wildes, Jane Mulligan, Jian Ding, George Sperling