Modeling the G-Protein Signaling of the Retina with Fractional Calculus

Antal Martinecz, Mihoko Niitsuma

2015

Abstract

The first part of a cone’s signal transduction is investigated from an image processing perspective in order to find out what differentiates (human) vision from computer vision. We found that the activity of cone opsins— visual pigments that are activated by the impact of a photon—can be described as an approximation of a fractional integrator of order 0.1–0.2 on frequencies between 1–30 Hz. We explore how this affects the output signal and provide examples of how this can be used for noise reduction and image processing. We also present a simplified model since these processes require excessive computational power for computer vision modeling.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Martinecz A. and Niitsuma M. (2015). Modeling the G-Protein Signaling of the Retina with Fractional Calculus . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-122-9, pages 481-488. DOI: 10.5220/0005515304810488

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco15,
author={Antal Martinecz and Mihoko Niitsuma},
title={Modeling the G-Protein Signaling of the Retina with Fractional Calculus},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2015},
pages={481-488},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005515304810488},
isbn={978-989-758-122-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - Modeling the G-Protein Signaling of the Retina with Fractional Calculus
SN - 978-989-758-122-9
AU - Martinecz A.
AU - Niitsuma M.
PY - 2015
SP - 481
EP - 488
DO - 10.5220/0005515304810488