Foveal scale-space and the linear increase of receptive field size as a function of eccentricity
Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: This paper addresses the formulation of a foveal scale-space and its relation to the scaling property of receptive field sizes with eccentricity. It is shown how the notion of a fovea can be incorporated into conventional scale-space theory leading to a foveal log-polar scale-space. Natural assumptions about uniform treatment of structures over scales and finite processing capacity imply a linear increase of minimum receptive field size as a function of eccentricity. These assumptions are similar to the ones used for deriving linear scale-space theory and the Gaussian receptive field model for an idealized visual front-end.
Authors: Tony Lindeberg, Luc Florack
Institution: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1482450787