A method was proposed in order to process and classify CT slices representing funnel chest deformities. A manually chosen CT slice was processed to detect the inner curvature of the chest for characterization. Normali...
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A method was proposed in order to process and classify CT slices representing funnel chest deformities. A manually chosen CT slice was processed to detect the inner curvature of the chest for characterization. Normalized data from the detected inner curvature was gained and saved next to a manually-given deformity type for further classifications. Based on the multiple correlations of the values gained from the inner curvature, a hierarchical classification was performed on 199 patient data. Results have shown that the calculated values gained from the inner curvature can accurately characterize the deformity type of the chest. Since minimal user interaction was necessary to detect and characterize the inner curvature, our method is considered to be an effective automated procedure for funnel chest deformity classifications.
We present a new cellular automata model for one-lane traffic flow. In this model, we consider the driver prejudgment according to the state of the leading car. We also consider that the vehicle deceleration capabilit...
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We present a new cellular automata model for one-lane traffic flow. In this model, we consider the driver prejudgment according to the state of the leading car. We also consider that the vehicle deceleration capability is finite and the braking distance of the high-speed running cars cannot be ignored, which is not considered in most models. Furthermore, comfortable driving is considered, too. Using computer simulations we obtain some basic qualitative results and the fundamental diagram of the proposed model. In comparison with the known models, we find that the fundamental diagram of the proposed model is more realistic than that of the known models.
In this paper an approach for reconstructing the position of an object from a pair of stereo images that allows for a fast and effective hand tracking and 3D gesture reconstruction is presented. The algorithm will ser...
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In this paper, we address the problem of multimodal registration of coronary vessels by developing a 3D parametrical model of vessel trees from computer tomography data and registering it to angiography images during ...
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In this paper, we address the problem of multimodal registration of coronary vessels by developing a 3D parametrical model of vessel trees from computer tomography data and registering it to angiography images during intervention. Thus, the interventionist takes profit from 3D data otherwise only available before the intervention. This facilitates orientation in ambiguous radiographs, interactive visualization of all vessel structures to estimate their mutual position and navigation within the vessel system and ultimately reduces the radiation the patient and the physicians are exposed to. The model is build by exploring the branching vessel tree starting from a single position and successively expanding through the vessels guided by a local deformable surface. The result is a tree of cylindrical segments each adapted to the vessel walls that is registered to angiography images in a fast and robust way. Validation on 8 patients confirms the robustness of our method.
Discrete tomography (DT) deals with the reconstruction of a function from its projections, when the function has a known discrete range. The knowledge of the discrete range, possibly together with some prior informati...
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The proper usage and creation of transfer functions for time-varying data sets is an often ignored problem in volume visualization. Although methods and guidelines exist for time-invariant data, little formal study fo...
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Three-dimensional rotational angiography (3DRA) is a promising imaging technique which yields high-resolution isotropic 3D images of vascular structures. Raw 3DRA images, however, usually suffer from a high noise leve...
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Point sets obtained from computer vision techniques are often noisy and non-uniform. We present a new method of surface reconstruction that can handle such data sets using anisotropic basis functions. Our reconstructi...
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Point sets obtained from computer vision techniques are often noisy and non-uniform. We present a new method of surface reconstruction that can handle such data sets using anisotropic basis functions. Our reconstruction algorithm draws upon the work in variational implicit surfaces for constructing smooth and seamless 3D surfaces. Implicit functions are often formulated as a sum of weighted basis functions that are radially symmetric. Using radially symmetric basis functions inherently assumes, however that the surface to be reconstructed is, everywhere, locally symmetric. Such an assumption is true only at planar regions, and hence, reconstruction using isotropic basis is insufficient to recover objects that exhibit sharp features. We preserve sharp features using anisotropic basis that allow the surface to vary locally. The reconstructed surface is sharper along edges and at corner points. We determine the direction of anisotropy at a point by performing principal component analysis of the data points in a small neighborhood. The resulting field of principle directions across the surface is smoothed through tensor filtering. We have applied the anisotropic basis functions to reconstruct surfaces from noisy synthetic 3D data and from real range data obtained from space carving.
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