Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Science of Vision

  • Book
  • © 1990

Overview

Editors:
  1. K. N. Leibovic

    1. Department of Biophysical Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Biophysics and Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. The Visual Pathway: An Introduction to Structure and Organization

      • John R. Cotter
      Pages 3-15

    3. Vertebrate Photoreceptors

      • K. N. Leibovic
      Pages 16-52

    4. The Vertebrate Retina

      • Malcolm Slaughter
      Pages 53-83

    5. Nested Maps in Macaque Monkey Visual Cortex

      • Bruce M. Dow
      Pages 84-124

    6. Development of Orderly Connections in the Retinotectal System

      • Susan B. Udin
      Pages 125-150

  3. Psychophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Perceptual Aspects of Spatial and Temporal Relationships

      • K. N. Leibovic
      Pages 153-171

    3. Classical and Modern Psychophysical Studies of Dark and Light Adaptation and Their Relationship to Underlying Retinal Function

      • Thomas E. Frumkes
      Pages 172-210

    4. Human Color Perception

      • Robert M. Boynton
      Pages 211-253

    5. From Visual Structure to Perceptual Function

      • William Maguire, Naomi Weisstein, Victor Klymenko
      Pages 254-310

  4. Theory and Computation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Visual Information: Structure and Function

      • K. N. Leibovic
      Pages 313-331

    3. Computational Vision with Reference to Binocular Stereo Vision

      • Richard P. Wildes
      Pages 332-364

    4. Computer Vision Analysis of Boundary Images

      • Deborah Walters
      Pages 365-397

    5. A Representation for Qualitative 3-D Object Recognition Integrating Object-Centered and Viewer-Centered Models

      • Sven J. Dickinson, Alex P. Pentland, Azriel Rosenfeld
      Pages 398-421

    6. From 2-D Images to 3-D Models

      • Alex P. Pentland
      Pages 422-438

    7. Applied Machine Vision

      • Peter D. Scott
      Pages 439-465

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 466-487
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Converging lines of biological, perceptual and theoretical approaches are brought together in The Science of Vision to give a new perspective on the brain sciences and vision in particular. The book contains contributions from experts in the fields of biophysics, physiology, psychology and computation. While reviewing some basic knowledge, it mainly presents fresh ideas and includes some new results. The topics range from cells through perception to neurocomputing and are treated in depth, taking the specialist to the frontiers of research. At the same time the book is written in a manner understandable to the nonspecialist, in keeping with the multidisciplinary appeal of the subject. A glossary of terms also makes the book easy to read. In our age of specialization, this integrated approach is a welcome addition to the literature which will further interdisciplinary research and shed new light on the vision sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biophysical Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    K. N. Leibovic

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science of Vision

  • Editors: K. N. Leibovic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3406-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7998-3Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3406-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 487

  • Topics: Neurology, Ophthalmology, Zoology, Neurosciences, Animal Physiology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation