[MURG] Non-invasive 3-D Scanning

[Yan King Yin]

>>I said that because the smallest axons/dendrites
>>in humans are > ~0.1um.
>
>Right, but it's not enough to just-barely resolve the axons and 
>dendrites.  Without being able to clearly resolve the synapses, you 
>can't tell what's connected to what.  Just because an axon seems to 
>pass by (or even end) near a dendrite, doesn't mean there's a 
>connection there, or tell you anything about it.

A learning algorithm may be able to take care
of that, if the total number of potential synapses is
not overwhelming. False synapses will simply end
up having zero strengthes. I think if the potential
number is under 100 times the number of real synapses
it'll still be OK. I need to run some simulations first
to get familiar with it (highly simplistic ones).

YKY


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