Minimally invasive robotic interventions have highlighted the need to develop efficient techniques to measure forces applied to the soft tissues. Since the last decade, many scholars have focused on micro-scale and ma...
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Minimally invasive robotic interventions have highlighted the need to develop efficient techniques to measure forces applied to the soft tissues. Since the last decade, many scholars have focused on micro-scale and macro-scale robotic manipulations. Early articles used the model of soft tissue mathematically and tracked the displacement of the contour of the object in the vision system to provide the corresponding force to the user. Lack of knowledge of different materials and the computational complexity led to a transition from model-based to learning-based approaches to interpret the relation between object deformations, extracted from the vision system, and the real forces applied to the object. The dramatic growth of machine learning techniques and its integration with computer vision has brought novel learning-based visual data processing methods to the area. The application of the image-based force estimation methods in a controlled medical intervention has also received significant attention in the last five years. A decent number of surveys have been published on micromanipulation in recent years, especially for cell microinjection. However, the state of the art in meso- and macro-scale medical robotic interventions has not been reviewed. The aim and contribution of this paper are to fill the stated gap by reviewing the recent advances in image-based force estimation in robotic interventions. The survey shows that learning-based force estimation methods are growing significantly by using deep learning-based methods. The survey will encourage researchers and surgeons to apply learning-based algorithms to real-time medical and health-related operations.
A combination of optical analog computing and nanophotonic design is attractive due to its fast-processing times, large data processing rates, and high integration with modern imaging systems. However, most of the pro...
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A combination of optical analog computing and nanophotonic design is attractive due to its fast-processing times, large data processing rates, and high integration with modern imaging systems. However, most of the proposed nano-photonics designs for this purpose have static functionality, which limits their applicability. By modulating the Green's function response of the thin film nanocavity using phase change properties of Sb2S3, we propose tunable bright and dark-field imaging. We optimize the nano-cavity for the bright field in a crystalline and dark field in the amorphous phase of Sb2S3. The proposed design shows a near-unity numerical aperture which enables the resolution of the system to similar to 500 nm. Lastly, we examine the potential integration of this cavity into a standard interferometric setup and scattering microscopy, leveraging the tunable modulation capability of the proposed cavity as a substrate in reflection mode scheme. This ultrathin, on-chip, and real-time tunable lithographic-free imaging system can play a crucial role in a host of applications such as machinevision, medical imaging, and sensing.
Line detection in images has always been one of the important research fields of artificial intelligence computer vision for image *** transform (HT) is one of the most extensive detection algorithms in image processi...
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(数字)9781510647251
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(纸本)9781510647251;9781510647244
Line detection in images has always been one of the important research fields of artificial intelligence computer vision for image *** transform (HT) is one of the most extensive detection algorithms in imageprocessing and machinevisionapplications, and has the advantages of anti-noise. However, it involves a huge amount of computation and too much *** view of its shortcomings, it is recommended to improve its performance. In this paper, a new detection method is cited, and the statistical probability Hough line transformation is *** first step is to use the Canny operator to obtain the edge information of the gray image and use the improved method to detect the straight line segment in the image. This algorithm enhances the accuracy of edge detection and optimizes the extraction of the straight line. At the same time, it has the simplicity and wide applicability of Hough transform.
Gait recognition has broad application prospects in intelligent security monitoring. However, due to the variability of human walking states and the complexity of external conditions during sample collection, gait rec...
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Gait recognition has broad application prospects in intelligent security monitoring. However, due to the variability of human walking states and the complexity of external conditions during sample collection, gait recognition is still facing many challenges. Among them, gait recognition algorithms based on shallow learning are hard to achieve the correct recognition rate required by many applications, while the amount of gait training data cannot meet the needs of model training based on deep learning. To solve the above problem, this paper presents a novel gait recognition scheme based on sparse linear subspace. First, frame-by-frame gait energy images (ffGEIs) are extracted as primary gait features and sparse linear subspace technology is used to represent them for dimension reduction. Second, a new gait classification algorithm based on support vector machine is presented, which adopts Gaussian radial basis function (RBF) kernels to achieve cross-view gait recognition. Finally, the proposed gait recognition approach is evaluated on two open-accessed gait databases to demonstrate its performance.
With the advent of deep learning in recent years, the integration of computer vision with natural language processing has garnered a lot of attention. Generating descriptions from images is one of the most intriguing ...
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With the rapid development of automation control field, machinevision technology is becoming more and more mature and has won more and more extensive applications in various fields. By processing the image informatio...
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Efficient Intelligent detection is a key technology in automatic harvesting robots. However, citrus detection is still a challenging task because of varying illumination, random occlusion and colour similarity between...
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Efficient Intelligent detection is a key technology in automatic harvesting robots. However, citrus detection is still a challenging task because of varying illumination, random occlusion and colour similarity between fruits and leaves in natural conditions. In this paper, a detection method called Lemon-YOLO (L-YOLO) is proposed to improve the accuracy and real-time performance of lemon detection in the natural environment. The SE_ResGNet34 network is designed to replace DarkNet53 network in YOLOv3 algorithm as a new backbone of feature extraction. It can enhance the propagation of features, and needs less parameter, which helps to achieve higher accuracy and speed. Moreover, the SE_ResNet module is added to the detection block, to improve the quality of representations produced from the network by strengthening the convolutional features of channels. The experimental results show that the proposed L-YOLO has an average accuracy(AP) of 96.28% and a detection speed of 106 frames per second (FPS) on the lemon test set, which is 5.68% and 28 FPS higher than the YOLOv3, respectively. The results indicate that the L-YOLO method has superior detection performance. It can recognize and locate lemons in the natural environment more efficiently, providing technical support for the machine's picking lemon and other fruits.
Every year, the number of skin cancer cases has been increasing which, consequently, increases the strain on the health care systems around the globe. With the growth of processing power and camera quality on smartpho...
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(纸本)9783031206634;9783031206641
Every year, the number of skin cancer cases has been increasing which, consequently, increases the strain on the health care systems around the globe. With the growth of processing power and camera quality on smartphones, the investment in telemedicine and the development of mobile teledermatology applications can, not only contribute to the standardization of image acquisitions but also, facilitate early diagnosis. This paper presents a new process for real-time automated image acquisition of macroscopic skin images with the merging of an automated focus assessment feature-based machine learning algorithm with conventional computer vision techniques to segment dermatological images. Three datasets were used to develop and evaluate the proposed methodology. One comprised of 3428 images acquired with a mobile phone for this purpose and 1380 from the other two datasets which are publicly available. The best focus assessment model achieved an accuracy of 88.3% and an F1-Score of 86.8%. The segmentation algorithm obtained a Jaccard index of 85.81% for the SMARTSKINS dataset and 68.59% for the Dermofit dataset. The algorithms were deployed to a mobile application, available in Android and iOS, without causing any performance hindrances. The application was tested in a real environment, being used in a 10-month pilot study with six General and Family Medicine doctors and one Dermatologist. The easiness to acquire dermatological images, image quality, and standardization were referred to as the main advantages of the application.
Real-time objection detection is becoming more important and critical in all application areas, including Smart Transport and Smart City. From safety/security to resource efficiency, real-time imageprocessing approac...
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United States Air Force (USAF) vision screening tests have remained largely unchanged since WWII and it is unclear whether current standards are applicable for users of new human-machine interfaces (e.g., stereoscopic...
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