News tagged with vision researchers

Visualization provides decision-makers with the big picture

The human brain is not very well-equipped for analysing multidimensional data. In his doctoral dissertation, Mikko Berg, M.Sc. (Tech.) examined how graphical visualizations can help people to understand complex data. One ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

R&D collaboration focuses on new system for measuring and improving human vision

With research and development assistance from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and seed funding from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), an Atlanta-based company is developing what it hopes will ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How the brain recognizes objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research have developed a new mathematical model to describe how the human brain visually identifies objects. The model accurately predicts ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More evidence on benefits of high blood pressure drugs in diabetic eye disease

Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure drugs may be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Now you see it, now you don't'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Queen Mary scientists have, for the first time, used computer artificial intelligence to create previously unseen types of pictures to explore the abilities of the human visual system.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

From outer space to the eye clinic: New cataract early detection technique

A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0