Section: Application Domains

Applications of vision modeling studies

• Neuroscience research. Making in-silico experiments is a way to reduce the experimental costs, to test hypotheses and design models, and to test algorithms. Our goal is to develop a large-scale simulations platform of impaired retinas, called Macular, allowing to mimic specific degeneracies or pharmacologically induced impairments, as well as to emulate electric stimulation by prostheses. In addition, the platform provides a realistic entry to models or simulators of the thalamus or the visual cortex, in contrast to the entries usually considered in modelling studies.

• Education. Macular is also targeted as a useful tool for educational purposes, illustrating for students how the retina works and responds to visual stimuli.