This lecture overviews the Human Visual System that has many applications in understanding image perception and image quality issues. It covers the following topics in detail: Human Visual System (eyes and visual pathway, stereo vision). Retina (rods, cones, ganglion receptive fields, colour theory). Visual Pathway (optic nerves, optic chiasma, optic tract, Lateral Geniculate Nucleus, Corpus Callosum, optic radiation). Visual Cortex: V1 (primary visual cortex) and V2-V6 visual areas. Visual defects, e.g., refractive errors, colour related visual defects, Form visual defects, Motion visual defects.
