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In this paper the mechanism of the straight line segment detection in the brain of primates is investigated. Specifically, a synaptic pattern model of neuronal small assembly units for segments detection is proposed and some results of its simulation are shown.
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Impedovo, S., Castellano, M., Giannelli, A. (1988). Synaptic Patterns for Straight Line Segment Detection. In: Cantoni, V., Di Gesù, V., Levialdi, S. (eds) Image Analysis and Processing II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1007-5_24
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