Corresponding Points of the Retinas

Corresponding retinal points (lat. correspondo correspond, from cor- + respondo respond; synonym identical retinal points) are points on the retinas of the left and right eyes that receive images of the same elements of the observed scene.

Due to the slight displacement of the eyes relative to each other, each eye sees the scene from a slightly different angle. Therefore, images of the same objects fall on different but coinciding points of the retinas of the left and right eyes. These points are called corresponding or identical.

Thanks to the presence of corresponding points, information from the left and right eyes merges into a single binocular image. This allows the brain to determine the distance to objects and estimate the depth of a scene.

Thus, the corresponding points of the retina play an important role in binocular vision and depth perception. Their interaction ensures the formation of three-dimensional stereoscopic vision.

What are the corresponding points of the retina? Corresponding retinal points (often called identical retinal points) is a concept used to designate mutually corresponding points in the retina. If we consider the retina as a homogeneous stochastic field, the correlation properties of which vary