Bone image segmentation is an integral component of orthopedic Xray image analysis that aims at extracting the bone structure from the muscles and tissues. Automatic segmentation of the bone part in a digital X-ray im...
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(纸本)9783642217869
Bone image segmentation is an integral component of orthopedic Xray image analysis that aims at extracting the bone structure from the muscles and tissues. Automatic segmentation of the bone part in a digital X-ray image is a challenging problem because of its low contrast with the surrounding flesh, which itself needs to be discriminated against the background. The presence of noise and spurious edges further complicates the segmentation. In this paper, we propose an efficient entropy-based segmentation technique that integrates several simple steps, which are fully automated. Experiments on several X-ray images reveal encouraging results as evident from a segmentation entropy quantitative assessment (SEQA) metric [Hao, et al. 2009].
This paper proposes a novel biometric authentication method based on the recognition of drivers' dynamic handgrip on steering wheel. A pressure sensitive mat mounted on a steering wheel is employed to collect hand...
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The proceedings contain 175 papers. The topics discussed include: Image browsers - effective and efficient tools for managing large image collections;fast block matching algorithms using frequency domain;a robust iris...
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(纸本)9781612847306
The proceedings contain 175 papers. The topics discussed include: Image browsers - effective and efficient tools for managing large image collections;fast block matching algorithms using frequency domain;a robust iris localization method of facial faces;induction generator rotor faults modeling and diagnosis based on double PQ transformation;HMM-based gait modeling and recognition under different walking scenarios;frequency assignment for cellular mobile systems using a hybrid Tabu search with an adaptive constraint satisfaction technique;a constraint programming based platform for planning assistance and schedule generation: case of small IT projects;eye state analysis using iris detection based on circular Hough transform;explaining how intelligent control has improved the way we live: a survey on the use of fuzzy logic controllers in daily human life;and an efficient new soft-decision decoding algorithm for binary cyclic codes.
A low-order model (LOM) of biological neural networks, which is biologically plausible, is herein reported. LOM is a recurrent hierarchical network composed of novel models of dendritic trees for encoding information,...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424496365
A low-order model (LOM) of biological neural networks, which is biologically plausible, is herein reported. LOM is a recurrent hierarchical network composed of novel models of dendritic trees for encoding information, spiking neurons for computing subjective probability distributions and generating spikes, nonspiking neurons for transmitting inhibitory graded signals to modulate their neighboring spiking neurons, unsupervised and supervised covariance learning and accumulation learning mechanisms, synapses, a maximal generalization scheme, and feedback connections with different delay durations. An LOM with a main network that learns without supervision and clusters similar patterns, and offshoot structures that learn with supervision and assign labels to clusters formed in the main network is proposed as a learning machine that learns and retrieves easily, generalizes maximally on corrupted, distorted and occluded temporal and spatial patterns, and utilizes fully the spatially and temporally associated information.
Transmit beamforming design for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) array is studied. The performance of narrowband transmits beamforming design methods is detailed discussed through simulations. Aiming at wideband ...
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Depending on the representation setting, different combination rules have been proposed for fusing information from distinct sources. Moreover in each setting, different sets of axioms that combination rules should sa...
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Depending on the representation setting, different combination rules have been proposed for fusing information from distinct sources. Moreover in each setting, different sets of axioms that combination rules should satisfy have been advocated, thus justifying the existence of alternative rules (usually motivated by situations where the behavior of other rules was found unsatisfactory). These sets of axioms are usually purely considered in their own settings, without in-depth analysis of common properties essential for all the settings. This paper introduces core properties that, once properly instantiated, are meaningful in different representation settings ranging from logic to imprecise probabilities. The following representation settings are especially considered: classical set representation, possibility theory, and evidence theory which is rich enough to include as particular cases i) sets (when there is one focal element), ii) probabilities (when focal elements are singletons), and iii) possibilities (when focal elements are nested). This unified discussion of combination rules across different settings is expected to provide some fresh look on some old but basic issues in information fusion.
Recently developed appearance descriptors offer the opportunity for efficient and robust facial expression recognition. In this paper we investigate the merits of the family of local binary pattern descriptors for FAC...
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In this paper, we discuss a method for extracting refrained phrases from a music signal by a discrete knowledge discovery processing approach instead of a signal processing approach. The proposed method consists of tw...
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In the central visual pathway originating from the eye, a bridging is required between two hierarchical tasks, that of pixel based information recording by visual pathway at low level on one hand and that of object re...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783642271717
In the central visual pathway originating from the eye, a bridging is required between two hierarchical tasks, that of pixel based information recording by visual pathway at low level on one hand and that of object recognition at high level on the other. Such a bridge which may be designated as a mid-level block-grained integration has here been modeled by a multi-layer flexible cellular neural network (F-CNN). The proposed CNN architecture is validated by different intermediate level tasks involving rigid and deformable patternrecognition. Execution of such tasks by the proposed architecture, it has been shown, is capable of generating valid and significant inputs for the WHERE (dorsal) and WHAT (ventral) pathways in the brain. The model includes the proposal of a feedback (also by CNN architecture) to the lower mid-level from the higher mid-level dorsal and ventral pathways for flexible cell (physiological receptive field) size adjustment in the primary visual cortex towards successful 'where' and 'what' identifications for high-level vision.
We recently developed context-dependent DNN-HMM (Deep-Neural-Net/Hidden-Markov-Model) for large-vocabulary speech recognition. While achieving impressive recognition error rate reduction, we face the insurmountable pr...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781618392701
We recently developed context-dependent DNN-HMM (Deep-Neural-Net/Hidden-Markov-Model) for large-vocabulary speech recognition. While achieving impressive recognition error rate reduction, we face the insurmountable problem of scalability in dealing with virtually unlimited amount of training data available nowadays. To overcome the scalability challenge, we have designed the deep convex network (DCN) architecture. The learning problem in DCN is convex within each module. Additional structure-exploited fine tuning further improves the quality of DCN. The full learning in DCN is batch-mode based instead of stochastic, naturally lending it amenable to parallel training that can be distributed over many machines. Experimental results on both MNIST and TIMIT tasks evaluated thus far demonstrate superior performance of DCN over the DBN (Deep Belief Network) counterpart that forms the basis of the DNN. The superiority is reflected not only in training scalability and CPU-only computation, but more importantly in classification accuracy in both tasks.
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