In sensory evaluation, there have been many attempts to obtain responses from the autonomic nervous system (ANS) by analyzing heart rate, body temperature, and facial expressions. However, the methods involved tend to...
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In sensory evaluation, there have been many attempts to obtain responses from the autonomic nervous system (ANS) by analyzing heart rate, body temperature, and facial expressions. However, the methods involved tend to be intrusive, which interfere with the consumers' responses as they are more aware of the measurements. Furthermore, the existing methods to measure different ANS responses are not synchronized among them as they are measured independently. This paper discusses the development of an integrated camera system paired with an Android PC application to assess sensory evaluation and biometric responses simultaneously in the Cloud, such as heart rate, blood pressure, facial expressions, and skin-temperature changes using video and thermal images acquired by the integrated system and analyzed through computer vision algorithms written in Matlab (R), and FaceReader (TM). All results can be analyzed through customized codes for multivariate data analysis, based on principal component analysis and cluster analysis. Data collected can be also used for machine-learning modeling based on biometrics as inputs and self-reported data as targets. Based on previous studies using this integrated camera and analysis system, it has shown to be a reliable, accurate, and convenient technique to complement the traditional sensory analysis of both food and nonfood products to obtain more information from consumers and/or trained panelists.
1. Recent technological development has increased our capacity to study the deep sea and the marine benthic realm, particularly with the development of multidisciplinary seafloor observatories. Since 2006, Ocean Netwo...
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1. Recent technological development has increased our capacity to study the deep sea and the marine benthic realm, particularly with the development of multidisciplinary seafloor observatories. Since 2006, Ocean Networks Canada cabled observatories, have acquired nearly 65 TB and over 90 000 h of video data from seafloor cameras and remotely operated vehicles. Manual processing of these data is time-consuming and highly labour-intensive, and cannot be comprehensively undertaken by individual researchers. These videos are a crucial source of information for assessing natural variability and ecosystem responses to increasing human activity in the deep sea. 2. We compared the performance of three groups of humans and one computervision algorithm in counting individuals of the commercially important sablefish (or black cod) Anoplopoma fimbria, in recorded video from a cabled camera platform at 900 m depth in a submarine canyon in the Northeast Pacific. The first group of human observers were untrained volunteers recruited via a crowdsourcing platform and the second were experienced university students, who performed the task for their ichthyology class. Results were validated against counts obtained from a scientific expert. 3. All groups produced relatively accurate results in comparison to the expert and all succeeded in detecting patterns and periodicities in fish abundance data. Trained volunteers displayed the highest accuracy and the algorithm the lowest. 4. As seafloor observatories increase in number around the world, this study demonstrates the value of a hybrid combination of crowdsourcing and computervision techniques as a tool to help process large volumes of imagery to support basic research and environmental monitoring. Reciprocally, by engaging large numbers of online participants in deep-sea research, this approach can contribute significantly to ocean literacy and informed citizen input to policy development.
Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiogenomics is an emerging area of research that has the potential to directly influence clinical practice. Clinical MRI scanners today are capable of providing excellent temp...
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Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiogenomics is an emerging area of research that has the potential to directly influence clinical practice. Clinical MRI scanners today are capable of providing excellent temporal and spatial resolution, which allows extraction of numerous imaging features via human extraction approaches or complex computer vision algorithms. Meanwhile, advances in breast cancer genetics research has resulted in the identification of promising genes associated with cancer outcomes. In addition, validated genomic signatures have been developed that allow categorization of breast cancers into distinct molecular subtypes as well as predict the risk of cancer recurrence and response to therapy. Current radiogenomics research has been directed towards exploratory analysis of individual genes, understanding tumor biology, and developing imaging surrogates to genetic analysis with the long-term goal of developing a meaningful tool for clinical care. The background of breast MRI radiogenomics research, image feature extraction techniques, approaches to radiogenomics research, and promising areas of investigation are reviewed.
Autonomous driving is a key factor for future mobility. Properly perceiving the environment of the vehicles is essential for a safe driving, which requires computing accurate geometric and semantic information in real...
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(纸本)9781479966837
Autonomous driving is a key factor for future mobility. Properly perceiving the environment of the vehicles is essential for a safe driving, which requires computing accurate geometric and semantic information in real-time. In this paper, we challenge state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms for building a perception system for autonomous driving. An inherent drawback in the computation of visual semantics is the trade-off between accuracy and computational cost. We propose to circumvent this problem by following an offline-online strategy. During the offline stage dense 3D semantic maps are created. In the online stage the current driving area is recognized in the maps via a re-localization process, which allows to retrieve the pre-computed accurate semantics and 3D geometry in real-time. Then, detecting the dynamic obstacles we obtain a rich understanding of the current scene. We evaluate quantitatively our proposal in the KITTI dataset and discuss the related open challenges for the computervision community.
The terrestrial laser scanning is commonly used in different areas, inter alia in modelling architectural objects. One of the most important part of TLS data processing is scans registration. It significantly affects ...
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(纸本)9781628416886
The terrestrial laser scanning is commonly used in different areas, inter alia in modelling architectural objects. One of the most important part of TLS data processing is scans registration. It significantly affects the accuracy of generation of high resolution photogrammetric documentation. This process is time consuming, especially in case of a large number of scans. It is mostly based on an automatic detection and a semi-automatic measurement of control points placed on the object. In case of the complicated historical buildings, sometimes it is forbidden to place survey targets on an object or it may be difficult to distribute survey targets in the optimal way. Such problems encourage the search for the new methods of scan registration which enable to eliminate the step of placing survey targets on the object. In this paper the results of target-based registration method are presented The survey targets placed on the walls of historical chambers of the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanow and on the walls of ruins of the Bishops Castle in Ilza were used for scan orientation. Several variants of orientation were performed, taking into account different placement and different number of survey marks. Afterwards, during next research works, raster images were generated from scans and the SIFT and SURF algorithms for image processing were used to automatically search for corresponding natural points. The case of utilisation of automatically identified points for TLS data orientation was analysed. The results of both methods for TLS data registration were summarized and presented in numerical and graphical forms.
Medical imaging techniques offer novel visualization and analysis methods of the vocal folds during phonation and automatic computation of indices aiding the phoniatrist in a more precise diagnosis of voice disorders....
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(纸本)9788360810668
Medical imaging techniques offer novel visualization and analysis methods of the vocal folds during phonation and automatic computation of indices aiding the phoniatrist in a more precise diagnosis of voice disorders. The aim of this study is to apply computer vision algorithms for qualitative and quantitative analysis of vocal folds' vibrations. Videostroboscopic examinations of the larynx were carried out for 30 patients. Image pre-processing and image segmentation algorithms were applied to compute the glottis area during phonation. The glottovibrograms which are spatio-temporal visualizations of the vibrating vocal folds were also built. The proposed indices allow for a quantitative and comparative analysis of normal and disordered phonatory processes. The conducted pilot study has confirmed the validity of the computer aided imaging methods for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the videostroboscopic images of the phonatory motions of the vocal folds.
Work in navigational autonomy for planetary exploration rovers has focused on achieving safe and efficient path-planning through unknown, rocky terrain. computervision is playing an important role in increasing auton...
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(纸本)9781467312608
Work in navigational autonomy for planetary exploration rovers has focused on achieving safe and efficient path-planning through unknown, rocky terrain. computervision is playing an important role in increasing autonomy of both spacecraft and robotic vehicles, however due to their increased computational complexity, they are rarely implemented onto conventional computing systems. This problem becomes far more severe whenever real-time constraints have also to be considered. This paper addresses progress on rover path planning for high mobility mars rover missions. More specifically, at SPARTAN project, a demonstrator is being developed that meets ESA's specifications for the problem of rover Localization. This problem accounts for the generation of location estimates. This process involves four distinct applications: Imaging, 3D-Reconstruction, Visual Odometry (VO) and Visual Simultaneous Localization and Map reconstruction (SLAM). On supporting these functions we developed a novel HW/SW co-design methodology that extracts parallelism in higher algorithmic level, and thus allows the simultaneous execution of computational intensive kernels on a FPGA device, while the control flow is maintained by a low-performance CPU. Experimental results show that our implementation achieves the scopes of SPARTAN project.
Stroke is the main cause of motor and cognitive disabilities requiring therapy in the world. Therefor it is important to develop rehabilitation technology that allows individuals who had suffered a stroke to practice ...
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(纸本)9781424441242
Stroke is the main cause of motor and cognitive disabilities requiring therapy in the world. Therefor it is important to develop rehabilitation technology that allows individuals who had suffered a stroke to practice intensive movement training without the expense of an always-present therapist. We have developed a low-cost vision-based system that allows stroke survivors to practice arm movement exercises at home or at the clinic, with periodic interactions with a therapist. The system integrates a virtual environment for facilitating repetitive movement training, with computer vision algorithms that track the hand of a patient, using an inexpensive camera and a personal computer. This system, called Gesture Therapy, includes a gripper with a pressure sensor to include hand and finger rehabilitation;and it tracks the head of the patient to detect and avoid trunk compensation. It has been evaluated in a controlled clinical trial at the National Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico City, comparing it with conventional occupational therapy. In this paper we describe the latest version of the Gesture Therapy System and summarize the results of the clinical trail.
This article presents a vision-based system for monitoring crowded urban scenes. The approach combines an effective detection scheme based on optical flow and background removal that can locate vehicles, individual pe...
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This article presents a vision-based system for monitoring crowded urban scenes. The approach combines an effective detection scheme based on optical flow and background removal that can locate vehicles, individual pedestrians, and crowds. The detection phase is followed by the tracking phase that tracks all the detected entities. Traffic objects are not simply tracked but a wealth of information (position, velocity, acceleration/deceleration, bounding rectangle, and shape features) is gathered about them also. Potential applications of the methods include intersection control, traffic data collection, and even crowd control after athletic events. Extensive experimental results for a variety of weather conditions are presented. Future work would focus on methods to deal with shadows and occlusions.
Video surveillance has a large market as the number of installed cameras around us can show. There are immediate commercial needs for smart video surveillance systems that can make use of the existing camera net-work ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0780393856
Video surveillance has a large market as the number of installed cameras around us can show. There are immediate commercial needs for smart video surveillance systems that can make use of the existing camera net-work (e.g. CCTV) for more intelligent security systems and to contribute in more applications (beside or) rather than security applications. This work introduces a new classification for smart video surveillance systems depending on their commercial applications. This paper highlights different links between the research and the commercial applications. The work reported here has both research and commercial motivations. Our goals are first to define a generic model of smart video surveillance systems that can meet requirements of strong commercial applications. Our second goal is to categorize different smart video surveillance applications and to relate capabilities of computer vision algorithms to the requirement of commercial application.
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