Physiological modeling for detecting degree of perception of a color-deficient person. (April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rajalakshmi, T; Prince, Shanthi
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Volume 231:Number 4(2017:Apr.)
• Page Start: 276
• Page End: 285
• Publication Date: 2017-04
• Subjects: Human visual system -- color blindness -- perception -- photoreceptor layer -- outer plexiform layer -- inner plexiform layer; Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Medical instruments and apparatus -- Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1177/0954411917690762
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-4119

Abstract

Physiological modeling of retina plays a vital role in the development of high-performance image processing methods to produce better visual perception. People with normal vision have an ability to discern different colors. The situation is different in the case of people with color blindness. The aim of this work is to develop a human visual system model for detecting the level of perception of people with red, green and blue deficiency by considering properties like luminance, spatial and temporal frequencies. Simulation results show that in the photoreceptor, outer plexiform and inner plexiform layers, the energy and intensity level of the red, green and blue component for a normal person is proved to be significantly higher than for dichromats. The proposed method explains with appropriate results that red and blue color blindness people could not perceive red and blue color completely.