Necessity of noise in physiology and medicine

E Sejdić, LA Lipsitz - Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Noise is omnipresent in biomedical systems and signals. Conventional views assume that
its presence is detrimental to systems' performance and accuracy. Hence, various analytic …

Modulation of visual contrast sensitivity with tRNS across the visual system, evidence from stimulation and simulation

W Potok, A Post, V Beliaeva, M Bächinger, AM Cassarà… - eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) has been shown to significantly improve
visual perception. Previous studies demonstrated that tRNS delivered over cortical areas …

Novel classification algorithms inspired by firing rate stochastic resonance

Z Xu, Y Fu, R Mei, Y Zhai, Y Kang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to present a category of novel pattern classification algorithms
inspired by the phenomenon of the firing rate based stochastic resonance in a noisy leaky …

Synaptic clusters function as odor operators in the olfactory bulb

M Migliore, F Cavarretta, A Marasco… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
How the olfactory bulb organizes and processes odor inputs through fundamental
operations of its microcircuits is largely unknown. To gain new insight we focus on odor …

Compact image representation model based on both nCRF and reverse control mechanisms

H Wei, XM Wang, LL Lai - IEEE transactions on neural …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this paper is to construct a bio-inspired hierarchical neural network that could
accurately represent visual images and facilitate follow-up processing. Our computational …

Vasomotion heterogeneity and spectral characteristics in diabetic and hypertensive patients

L Zhao, S Liu, Y Liu, H Tang - Microvascular Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Vasomotion refers to the spontaneous oscillation of blood vessels within a frequency range
of 0.01 to 1.6 Hz. Various disease states, including hypertension and diabetes, have been …

Bioplausible multiscale filtering in retino-cortical processing as a mechanism in perceptual grouping

N Nematzadeh, DMW Powers, TW Lewis - Brain informatics, 2017 - Springer
Why does our visual system fail to reconstruct reality, when we look at certain patterns?
Where do Geometrical illusions start to emerge in the visual pathway? How far should we …

Stochastic resonance in simple analog circuits with a single operational amplifier having a double-well potential

A Utagawa, T Asai, Y Amemiya - Nonlinear Theory and Its …, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In this paper, we demonstrate stochastic resonance (SR) in a double-well potential system
that can easily be implemented by a single operational amplifier. First, we propose a …

Blind image quality assessment with the histogram sequences of high-order local derivative patterns

S Du, Y Yan, Y Ma - Digital Signal Processing, 2016 - Elsevier
Automatic assessment of the perceptual quality of digital image is an important and
challenging issue in computer vision. Although human visual system (HVS) is sensitive to …

Some insights into brightness perception of images in the light of a new computational model of figure–ground segregation

K Ghosh, SK Pal - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The excitatory-inhibitory visual receptive-field model may be looked upon as a classical
structuralist approach to vision that relies upon brightness-contrast information of the image …