Retinal Prosthesis Dissertation - Student Home Pages
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quantified by number of cycles present in the stimulus of a 1º visual angle. [198], the<br />
size referred to here is in terms of the centre radius compared to the peripheral radius<br />
[199]. So for a centre radius (r c ) the surround radius (r s ) will be 2r c giving an area of<br />
centre of πr 2 c and an outer area of π(2r c ) 2 giving an annulus area of 4πr 2 c - πr 2 c i.e. 3<br />
πr 2 c meaning the relationship between centre area and annulus is 3 (Figure 2).<br />
Destination of signals On centre ganglion cell field Off centre ganglion cell field<br />
Converging signals impinging<br />
on surround only<br />
Converging signals impinging<br />
on centre only<br />
No signals reaching centre or<br />
surround<br />
Signals reaching centre and<br />
surround<br />
ganglion cell axon does not fire<br />
ganglion cell axon fires rapidly<br />
ganglion cell axon does not fire<br />
low frequency firing<br />
contentious but an off-bipolar<br />
cell field would fire<br />
contentious but an off-bipolar<br />
cell field would not fire<br />
ganglion cell axon does not fire<br />
low frequency firing<br />
Table 5 Receptive ON/OFF operation<br />
Diamete<br />
r 3.36µm<br />
When r surround equals 2r centre annulus area<br />
equals 6.65µm 2 Receptive field<br />
+<br />
+<br />
Diamete<br />
r 1.68µm<br />
function<br />
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