An approach to integration of software and hardware for image production closely coupled with real-time control of an instrument is described. Image production includes reconstruction, processing, display, archiving a...
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(纸本)0819403059
An approach to integration of software and hardware for image production closely coupled with real-time control of an instrument is described. Image production includes reconstruction, processing, display, archiving and export. Feedback of information from images to instrument control is an essential feature, often with a human operator in the loop. Real-time control requires guaranteed response to external events, support for multiple processors and a variety of interfaces to instrumentation. Image production involves implementation of reconstruction and processingalgorithms, a windows system, and network support. Both functions need a consistent user interface and an adaptable programming environment. The UNIX operating system running on a network of workstations meets the needs of image production and is very well suited to user interface and software development for both imaging and control. However, high performance real-time control is not possible under most available UNIX systems, but can be accomplished using a real-time kernel running on separate hardware. This suggests a multi-processor approach based on inter-process communication between the workstation and control environments. The architecture consists of three hardware layers (UNIX workstations, board-level microcomputers, and digital signal processors) and four software layers. The real-time software layers are DSP microcode and the microprocessor code. The lower layer of workstation software is a multi-tasked command-driven program tailored for instrument control and image production. The top layer of workstation software consists of an icon or menu driven user interface. A research instrument for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging will serve as an example of this approach.
A cross-correlation algorithm for determining image correspondence is described. As is typical for such algorithms, correct determination of correspondence at a fairly high level of accuracy is relatively easy to achi...
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(纸本)081940344X
A cross-correlation algorithm for determining image correspondence is described. As is typical for such algorithms, correct determination of correspondence at a fairly high level of accuracy is relatively easy to achieve. The problem addressed in the algorithm is the development of consistency checking mechanisms that enable the detection and correction of the remaining relatively small number of incorrect match and non-match determinations. The image matching algorithm and its proposed consistency checking mechanism differ from more traditional relaxation-based methods in two ways: 1. the algorithm takes a more 'committed' approach in terms of actively making discrete inferences about match and non-match hypotheses based on relatively local support, even at the earliest stages of the algorithm, and 2. the consistency checking mechanisms permit the detection and isolation of sets of match and non-match hypotheses that are inconsistent with neighboring hypotheses. Within the context of graph matching - with nodes being detected image features and edges the spatial relationship between features - the algorithm 'commits' itself by crating 'virtual' nodes, which function as hypotheses about where missing features should appear. The criterion for consistency embodies the notion that the result of the comparison process should consist of match information which represents the construction of the union out of the initial two graphs being compared - in contrast to the continuity criterion embodied in relaxation methods. The comparison algorithm should be of interest in areas of application where image differences are reconcilable, e.g., when missing features on one image may not have been detected correctly initially, but might be found via more focused processing. Model-based matching may be a candidate application. Preliminary results are presented on the application of this consistency methodology to the comparison of biological images of two-dimensional electrophoretic
As the volume of data collected by an increasing number of satellites escalates, it has become of paramount importance that methods of coping with and making best use of this information are developed. Current trends ...
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As the volume of data collected by an increasing number of satellites escalates, it has become of paramount importance that methods of coping with and making best use of this information are developed. Current trends are moving towards automatic and knowledge-based analysis systems particularly for monitoring applications where the same kinds of interpretation task must be repeated many times. The MuSIP project, part funded by the European ESPRIT programme for research information, aims to develop a software demonstrator for the automatic fusion and analysis of multisource data. The project recognises this need across all computer vision applications and so will test the demonstrator on two dissimilar applications, one in the field of remote sensing and one in the field of medical image analysis. The target remote sensing application is the monitoring of forestry using a dataset of radar and optical imagery, map and ground data. This paper introduces the modules that comprise the demonstrator that is: a supervisor with its associated knowledge bases, algorithms and the databases. Attention is focussed in particular on the role of knowledge bases and the methods of data fusion.< >
The inherent ambiguities in recovering 3-D motion information from a single optical flow field are studied using a statistical model. These ambiguities are quantified using the Cramer-Rao lower bound, which is a lower...
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The inherent ambiguities in recovering 3-D motion information from a single optical flow field are studied using a statistical model. These ambiguities are quantified using the Cramer-Rao lower bound, which is a lower bound for the error variances of motion parameter estimates. This performance bound is independent of the motion estimation algorithms, and can always be computed for any arbitrary 3-D motion of a rigid surface by inverting a 5*5 matrix. For the general motion of an arbitrary surface, it turns out that not every pixel gives information regarding 3-D motion estimation. It is shown that the aperture problem in computing the optical flow restricts the nontrivial information about the 3-D motion to a sparse set of pixels at which both components of the flow velocity are observable. Computer simulations are used to study the dependence of the inherent ambiguities on the underlying motion, the field of view, and the number of feature points for the motion in front of a nonplanar environment. It is shown that introducing a smoothness constraint by fitting local patches gives even lower bounds and thus is a justified technique for stabilizing the ill-posed motion estimation problem.< >
An architecture and the algorithms for matrix multiplication using opticalflip-flops (OFFs) in optical processors are proposed based on residuearithmetic. The proposed system is capable of processing all elements ofma...
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An architecture and the algorithms for matrix multiplication using opticalflip-flops (OFFs) in optical processors are proposed based on residuearithmetic. The proposed system is capable of processing all elements ofmatrices in parallel utilizing the information retrieving ability of opticalFourier processors. The employment of OFFs enables bidirectional data flowleading to a simpler architecture and the burden of residue-to-decimal (orresidue-to-binary) conversion to operation time can be largely reduced byprocessing all elements in parallel. The calculated characteristics of operationtime suggest a promising use of the system in a real time 2-D lineartransform.
A wide range of modern informationprocessing applications that are not easily amenable to solution by conventional sequential processingalgorithms and machines or even by parallel multiprocessor architectures with a...
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(纸本)1557520860
A wide range of modern informationprocessing applications that are not easily amenable to solution by conventional sequential processingalgorithms and machines or even by parallel multiprocessor architectures with a limited degree of interconnection capability are identified. The potential of opticalinformationprocessing and computing systems for these applications is discussed, focusing on the need to develop the necessary components. A number of recent advances in advanced integrated optical signal processors, photorefractive volume holographic optical elements, and optical disks used as reconfigurable spatial light modulators are examined.
It has been recently shown that linearly indexed Assignment Codes can be efficiently used for coding several problems especially in signal processing and matrix algebra. In fact, mathematical expressions for many algo...
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Adaptive filters for broadband beamforming are two-dimensional filters with one dimension being space and the other dimension being time. The filtering in the time dimension is a simple convolution, hence fast algorit...
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Many efficient signal subspace algorithms have been published on direction finding of narrow-band sources, e.g. MUSIC, ESPRIT. The difficulty of extending these methods to the wide-band cases lies in the fact that the...
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ESPRIT is a recently developed and patented technique for high-resolution estimation of signal parameters. It exploits an invariance structure designed into the sensor array to achieve a reduction in computational req...
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