CS332 Visual Processing in Computer and Biological Vision Systems

Early Processing
in the Human Visual System

Reading:

Palmer, Stephen E. (1999) Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

This handout includes two excerpts from Palmer's book, covering pages 23-38 and 147-153. The parts that you should read are highlighted with a dark bar along the left side of the text. These excerpts provide background information on the structure and function of the early stages of the human visual system, focusing on the following topics: the structure of the human eye and the processing that takes place in the retina, the structure of neurons, the visual pathway from the eye to the brain, and the nature of the processing that takes place in primary visual cortex.