An introduction to the log-polar mapping [image sampling]

One interesting feature of the human visual system is the topological transformation of the retinal image into its cortical projection. The excitation of the cortex can be approximated by a log-polar mapping of the eye's retinal image. We describe the log-polar mapping and its main properties.

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