Several algorithms for segmenting multifrequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) complex data into regions of similar and homogeneous backscattering characteristics are presented. The image model is composed of two mod...
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Several algorithms for segmenting multifrequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) complex data into regions of similar and homogeneous backscattering characteristics are presented. The image model is composed of two models, one for the multifrequency complex amplitudes (i.e., speckle), and the other for the region labels. The speckle model is derived from SAR physics. The corresponding analysis illustrates the importance of having a good knowledge of the characteristics of the SAR imaging and processingsystems to correctly model the high order statistics of speckle. The region model, on the other hand, uses a multilevel Ising model (a Markov random field) to represent the grouping of pixels into regions. The two models are combined using Bayes' rule to define an optimal region labeling of the scene given the multifrequency complex amplitudes. Two alternatives are presented that can be implemented on an optimization network. The performance of the segmentation technique is illustrated.< >
An adaptive VLSI neuroprocessor based on vector quantization algorithm has been developed for real-time high-ratio image compression applications. This VLSI neural-network-based vector quantization (NNVQ) module combi...
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An adaptive VLSI neuroprocessor based on vector quantization algorithm has been developed for real-time high-ratio image compression applications. This VLSI neural-network-based vector quantization (NNVQ) module combines a fully parallel vector quantizer with a pipelined codebook generator for a broad area of data compression applications. The NNVQ module is capable of producing good-quality reconstructed data at high compression ratios more than 20. The vector quantizer chip has been designed, fabricated, and tested. It contains 64 inner-product neural units and a high-speed extendable winner-take-all block. This mixed-signal chip occupies a compact silicon area of 4.6*6.8 mm/sup 2/ in a 2.0- mu m scalable CMOS technology. The throughput rate of the 2- mu m NNVQ module is 2 million vectors per second and its equivalent computation power is 3.33 billion connections per second.< >
The frequency-sensitive competitive learning (FSCL) algorithm and its associated VLSI neuroprocessor have been developed for adaptive vector quantisation (AVQ). Simulation results show that the FSCL algorithm is capab...
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The frequency-sensitive competitive learning (FSCL) algorithm and its associated VLSI neuroprocessor have been developed for adaptive vector quantisation (AVQ). Simulation results show that the FSCL algorithm is capable of producing a good-quality codebook for AVQ at high compression ratios of more than 20 in real time. This VLSI neural-network-based vector quantization design includes a fully parallel vector quantizer and a pipelined codebook generator to provide an effective data compression scheme. It provides a computing capability as high as 3.33 billion connections per second. Its performance can achieve a speedup of 750 compared with SUN-3/60 and a compression ratio of 33 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 23.81 dB.< >
Neural activity in the brain produces weak dynamic electromagnetic fields that can be measured by an array of sensors. Using a spatiotemporal modeling framework, a novel approach to localization of multiple neural sou...
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Neural activity in the brain produces weak dynamic electromagnetic fields that can be measured by an array of sensors. Using a spatiotemporal modeling framework, a novel approach to localization of multiple neural sources has been developed. This approach is based on the MUSIC algorithm originally developed for estimating the direction of arrival of signals impinging on a sensor array. The authors present applications of this technique to magnetic field measurements of a phantom and of a human evoked somatosensory response. The results of the somatosensory localization are mapped onto the brain anatomy obtained from magnetic resonance images.< >
An array of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) biomagnetometers may be used to measure the spatio-temporal neuromagnetic field or magnetoencephalogram (MEG) produced by the brain in response to a give...
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An array of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) biomagnetometers may be used to measure the spatio-temporal neuromagnetic field or magnetoencephalogram (MEG) produced by the brain in response to a given sensory stimulus. A popular model for the neural activity that produces these fields is a set of current dipoles. It is assumed that the location, orientation, and magnitude of the dipoles are unknown. The authors show how the problem may be decomposed into the estimation of the dipole locations using nonlinear minimization followed by linear estimation of the associated moment time series. The methods described are demonstrated in a simulated application to a three dipole problem. Cramer-Rao lower bounds are derived for the white Gaussian noise case.< >
The medical, military, scientific and industrial communities have come to rely on imaging and computer graphics for solutions to many types of problems. systems based on imaging technology are used to acquire and proc...
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Many image compression techniques involve segmentation of a gray level image. With such techniques, information is extracted that describes the regions in the segmented image, and this information is then used to form...
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