TOWARDS A UNIFIED MODEL FOR THE RETINA - Static vs Dynamic Integrate and Fire Models

Pedro Tomás, João Martins, Leonel Sousa

2008

Abstract

Many models have been proposed to describe the visual processing mechanisms in the retina. The spike generation mechanism of the models is typically performed by a Poisson process. Alternatively, a more realistic approach can be used by implementing an integrate and fire mechanism. In this paper we show that the Stochastic Leaky Integrate and Fire (SLIF) model is equivalent to a non-linear Poisson-based model. Furthermore, it proposes a dynamic model for the retina visual processing path, achieved through modulations. For estimating this model a two-step approach is proposed: i) an initial estimation is computed by using a spike-triggered analysis, and ii) the likelihood of the spike train is maximised by gradient ascent.

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in Harvard Style

Tomás P., Martins J. and Sousa L. (2008). TOWARDS A UNIFIED MODEL FOR THE RETINA - Static vs Dynamic Integrate and Fire Models . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 2: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-18-0, pages 528-533. DOI: 10.5220/0001067905280533

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals08,
author={Pedro Tomás and João Martins and Leonel Sousa},
title={TOWARDS A UNIFIED MODEL FOR THE RETINA - Static vs Dynamic Integrate and Fire Models},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 2: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={528-533},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001067905280533},
isbn={978-989-8111-18-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 2: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2008)
TI - TOWARDS A UNIFIED MODEL FOR THE RETINA - Static vs Dynamic Integrate and Fire Models
SN - 978-989-8111-18-0
AU - Tomás P.
AU - Martins J.
AU - Sousa L.
PY - 2008
SP - 528
EP - 533
DO - 10.5220/0001067905280533