/vanessen

programmatic generation of a classic figure

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A recreation of the Van Essen primate visual system figure from:

"Information processing in the primate visual system: an integrated systems perspective."
Van Essen DC, Anderson CH, Felleman DJ.

Science. 1992 Jan 24;255(5043):419-23. Review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1734518

primate

This uses data (XML) provided via Neuroptikon which does not unfortunately generate vector graphics for publication. This code is licensed according to the license in LICENSE.janelia.txt. Everything else is MIT Licensed.

Note this is all done in matplotlib, so you can tweak aspect ratio, exact placement, etc. Pull requests welcome!