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Author Oriol Rodriguez-Leor; J. Mauri; Eduard Fernandez-Nofrerias; C. Garcia; R. Villuendas; Vicente del Valle; Debora Gil; Petia Radeva
Title Reconstruction of a spatio-temporal model of the intima layer from intravascular ultrasound sequences Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication European Heart Journal Abbreviated Journal
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Call Number IAM @ iam @ RMF2003c Serial 1641
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Author Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Antoni Carol; Oriol Rodriguez; Petia Radeva
Title A Deterministic-Statistic Adventitia Detection in IVUS Images Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication ESC Congress Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Electron microscopy; Unbending; 2D crystal; Interpolation; Approximation
Abstract Plaque analysis in IVUS planes needs accurate intima and adventitia models. Large variety in adventitia descriptors difficulties its detection and motivates using a classification strategy for selecting points on the structure. Whatever the set of descriptors used, the selection stage suffers from fake responses due to noise and uncompleted true curves. In order to smooth background noise while strengthening responses, we apply a restricted anisotropic filter that homogenizes grey levels along the image significant structures. Candidate points are extracted by means of a simple semi supervised adaptive classification of the filtered image response to edge and calcium detectors. The final model is obtained by interpolating the former line segments with an anisotropic contour closing technique based on functional extension principles.
Address Stockholm; Sweden; September 2005
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Call Number IAM @ iam @ RMF2005a Serial 1523
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Author Jaume Garcia; Albert Andaluz; Debora Gil; Francesc Carreras
Title Decoupled External Forces in a Predictor-Corrector Segmentation Scheme for LV Contours in Tagged MR Images Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 4805-4808
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Abstract Computation of functional regional scores requires proper identification of LV contours. On one hand, manual segmentation is robust, but it is time consuming and requires high expertise. On the other hand, the tag pattern in TMR sequences is a problem for automatic segmentation of LV boundaries. We propose a segmentation method based on a predictorcorrector (Active Contours – Shape Models) scheme. Special stress is put in the definition of the AC external forces. First, we introduce a semantic description of the LV that discriminates myocardial tissue by using texture and motion descriptors. Second, in order to ensure convergence regardless of the initial contour, the external energy is decoupled according to the orientation of the edges in the image potential. We have validated the model in terms of error in segmented contours and accuracy of regional clinical scores.
Address Buenos Aires (Argentina)
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ISSN 1557-170X ISBN 978-1-4244-4123-5 Medium
Area Expedition Conference (down) EMBC
Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ GAG2010 Serial 1514
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Author Jorge Bernal; F. Javier Sanchez; Fernando Vilariño
Title Impact of Image Preprocessing Methods on Polyp Localization in Colonoscopy Frames Type Conference Article
Year 2013 Publication 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 7350 - 7354
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Abstract In this paper we present our image preprocessing methods as a key part of our automatic polyp localization scheme. These methods are used to assess the impact of different endoluminal scene elements when characterizing polyps. More precisely we tackle the influence of specular highlights, blood vessels and black mask surrounding the scene. Experimental results prove that the appropriate handling of these elements leads to a great improvement in polyp localization results.
Address Osaka; Japan; July 2013
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ISSN 1557-170X ISBN Medium
Area 800 Expedition Conference (down) EMBC
Notes MV; 600.047; 600.060;SIAI Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ BSV2013 Serial 2286
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Author Marta Ligero; Guillermo Torres; Carles Sanchez; Katerine Diaz; Raquel Perez; Debora Gil
Title Selection of Radiomics Features based on their Reproducibility Type Conference Article
Year 2019 Publication 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 403-408
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Abstract Dimensionality reduction is key to alleviate machine learning artifacts in clinical applications with Small Sample Size (SSS) unbalanced datasets. Existing methods rely on either the probabilistic distribution of training data or the discriminant power of the reduced space, disregarding the impact of repeatability and uncertainty in features.In the present study is proposed the use of reproducibility of radiomics features to select features with high inter-class correlation coefficient (ICC). The reproducibility includes the variability introduced in the image acquisition, like medical scans acquisition parameters and convolution kernels, that affects intensity-based features and tumor annotations made by physicians, that influences morphological descriptors of the lesion.For the reproducibility of radiomics features three studies were conducted on cases collected at Vall Hebron Oncology Institute (VHIO) on responders to oncology treatment. The studies focused on the variability due to the convolution kernel, image acquisition parameters, and the inter-observer lesion identification. The features selected were those features with a ICC higher than 0.7 in the three studies.The selected features based on reproducibility were evaluated for lesion malignancy classification using a different database. Results show better performance compared to several state-of-the-art methods including Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Kernel Discriminant Analysis via QR decomposition (KDAQR), LASSO, and an own built Convolutional Neural Network.
Address Berlin; Alemanya; July 2019
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Notes IAM; 600.139; 600.145 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ LTS2019 Serial 3358
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Author Florin Popescu; Stephane Ayache; Sergio Escalera; Xavier Baro; Cecile Capponi; Patrick Panciatici; Isabelle Guyon
Title From geospatial observations of ocean currents to causal predictors of spatio-economic activity using computer vision and machine learning Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication European Geosciences Union General Assembly Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue Pages
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Abstract The big data transformation currently revolutionizing science and industry forges novel possibilities in multimodal analysis scarcely imaginable only a decade ago. One of the important economic and industrial problems that stand to benefit from the recent expansion of data availability and computational prowess is the prediction of electricity demand and renewable energy generation. Both are correlates of human activity: spatiotemporal energy consumption patterns in society are a factor of both demand (weather dependent) and supply, which determine cost – a relation expected to strengthen along with increasing renewable energy dependence. One of the main drivers of European weather patterns is the activity of the Atlantic Ocean and in particular its dominant Northern Hemisphere current: the Gulf Stream. We choose this particular current as a test case in part due to larger amount of relevant data and scientific literature available for refinement of analysis techniques.
This data richness is due not only to its economic importance but also to its size being clearly visible in radar and infrared satellite imagery, which makes it easier to detect using Computer Vision (CV). The power of CV techniques makes basic analysis thus developed scalable to other smaller and less known, but still influential, currents, which are not just curves on a map, but complex, evolving, moving branching trees in 3D projected onto a 2D image.
We investigate means of extracting, from several image modalities (including recently available Copernicus radar and earlier Infrared satellites), a parameterized presentation of the state of the Gulf Stream and its environment that is useful as feature space representation in a machine learning context, in this case with the EC’s H2020-sponsored ‘See.4C’ project, in the context of which data scientists may find novel predictors of spatiotemporal energy flow. Although automated extractors of Gulf Stream position exist, they differ in methodology and result. We shall attempt to extract more complex feature representation including branching points, eddies and parameterized changes in transport and velocity. Other related predictive features will be similarly developed, such as inference of deep water flux long the current path and wider spatial scale features such as Hough transform, surface turbulence indicators and temperature gradient indexes along with multi-time scale analysis of ocean height and temperature dynamics. The geospatial imaging and ML community may therefore benefit from a baseline of open-source techniques useful and expandable to other related prediction and/or scientific analysis tasks.
Address Vienna; Austria; April 2016
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Area Expedition Conference (down) EGU
Notes HuPBA;MV; Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ PAE2016 Serial 2772
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Author Jordi Roca; C. Alejandro Parraga; Maria Vanrell
Title Categorical Focal Colours are Structurally Invariant Under Illuminant Changes Type Conference Article
Year 2011 Publication European Conference on Visual Perception Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 196
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Abstract The visual system perceives the colour of surfaces approximately constant under changes of illumination. In this work, we investigate how stable is the perception of categorical \“focal\” colours and their interrelations with varying illuminants and simple chromatic backgrounds. It has been proposed that best examples of colour categories across languages cluster in small regions of the colour space and are restricted to a set of 11 basic terms (Kay and Regier, 2003 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 100 9085\–9089). Following this, we developed a psychophysical paradigm that exploits the ability of subjects to reliably reproduce the most representative examples of each category, adjusting multiple test patches embedded in a coloured Mondrian. The experiment was run on a CRT monitor (inside a dark room) under various simulated illuminants. We modelled the recorded data for each subject and adapted state as a 3D interconnected structure (graph) in Lab space. The graph nodes were the subject\’s focal colours at each adaptation state. The model allowed us to get a better distance measure between focal structures under different illuminants. We found that perceptual focal structures tend to be preserved better than the structures of the physical \“ideal\” colours under illuminant changes.
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Series Editor Series Title Perception 40 Abbreviated Series Title
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Area Expedition Conference (down) ECVP
Notes CIC Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RPV2011 Serial 1867
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Author Xim Cerda-Company; C. Alejandro Parraga; Xavier Otazu
Title Which tone-mapping is the best? A comparative study of tone-mapping perceived quality Type Abstract
Year 2014 Publication Perception Abbreviated Journal
Volume 43 Issue Pages 106
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Abstract Perception 43 ECVP Abstract Supplement
High-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging refers to the methods designed to increase the brightness dynamic range present in standard digital imaging techniques. This increase is achieved by taking the same picture under di erent exposure values and mapping the intensity levels into a single image by way of a tone-mapping operator (TMO). Currently, there is no agreement on how to evaluate the quality
of di erent TMOs. In this work we psychophysically evaluate 15 di erent TMOs obtaining rankings based on the perceived properties of the resulting tone-mapped images. We performed two di erent experiments on a CRT calibrated display using 10 subjects: (1) a study of the internal relationships between grey-levels and (2) a pairwise comparison of the resulting 15 tone-mapped images. In (1) observers internally matched the grey-levels to a reference inside the tone-mapped images and in the real scene. In (2) observers performed a pairwise comparison of the tone-mapped images alongside the real scene. We obtained two rankings of the TMOs according their performance. In (1) the best algorithm
was ICAM by J.Kuang et al (2007) and in (2) the best algorithm was a TMO by Krawczyk et al (2005). Our results also show no correlation between these two rankings.
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Notes NEUROBIT; 600.074 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ CPO2014 Serial 2527
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Author Olivier Penacchio; Xavier Otazu; A. wilkins; J. Harris
Title Uncomfortable images prevent lateral interactions in the cortex from providing a sparse code Type Conference Article
Year 2015 Publication European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP2015 Abbreviated Journal
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Address Liverpool; uk; August 2015
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Notes NEUROBIT; Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ POW2015 Serial 2633
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Author Arash Akbarinia; C. Alejandro Parraga
Title Biologically Plausible Colour Naming Model Type Conference Article
Year 2015 Publication European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP2015 Abbreviated Journal
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Address Liverpool; UK; August 2015
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Notes NEUROBIT; 600.068 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ AkP2015 Serial 2660
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Author Ivet Rafegas; Maria Vanrell
Title Colour Visual Coding in trained Deep Neural Networks Type Abstract
Year 2016 Publication European Conference on Visual Perception Abbreviated Journal
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Address Barcelona; Spain; August 2016
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Notes CIC Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RaV2016b Serial 2895
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Author Arash Akbarinia; C. Alejandro Parraga
Title Dynamically Adjusted Surround Contrast Enhances Boundary Detection, European Conference on Visual Perception Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication European Conference on Visual Perception Abbreviated Journal
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Address Barcelona; Spain; August 2016
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Notes NEUROBIT Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ AkP2016b Serial 2900
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Author Arash Akbarinia; C. Alejandro Parraga; Marta Exposito; Bogdan Raducanu; Xavier Otazu
Title Can biological solutions help computers detect symmetry? Type Conference Article
Year 2017 Publication 40th European Conference on Visual Perception Abbreviated Journal
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Address Berlin; Germany; August 2017
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Call Number Admin @ si @ APE2017 Serial 2995
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Author C. Alejandro Parraga; Xavier Otazu; Arash Akbarinia
Title Modelling symmetry perception with banks of quadrature convolutional Gabor kernels Type Conference Article
Year 2019 Publication 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 224-224
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Abstract Mirror symmetry is a property most likely to be encountered in animals than in medium scale vegetation or inanimate objects in the natural world. This might be the reason why the human visual system has evolved to detect it quickly and robustly. Indeed, the perception of symmetry assists higher-level visual processing that are crucial for survival such as target recognition and identification irrespective of position and location. Although the task of detecting symmetrical objects seems effortless to us, it is very challenging for computers (to the extent that it has been proposed as a robust “captcha” by Funk & Liu in 2016). Indeed, the exact mechanism of symmetry detection in primates is not well understood: fMRI studies have shown that symmetrical shapes activate specific higher-level areas of the visual cortex (Sasaki et al.; 2005) and similarly, a large body of psychophysical experiments suggest that the symmetry perception is critically influenced by low-level mechanisms (Treder; 2010). In this work we attempt to find plausible low-level mechanisms that might form the basis for symmetry perception. Our simple model is made from banks of (i) odd-symmetric Gabors (resembling edge-detecting V1 neurons); and (ii) banks of larger odd- and even-symmetric Gabors (resembling higher visual cortex neurons), that pool signals from the 'edge image'. As reported previously (Akbarinia et al, ECVP2017), the convolution of the symmetrical lines with the two Gabor kernels of alternative phase produces a minimum in one and a maximum in the other (Osorio; 1996), and the rectification and combination of these signals create lines which hint of mirror symmetry in natural images. We improved the algorithm by combining these signals across several spatial scales. Our preliminary results suggest that such multiscale combination of convolutional operations might form the basis for much of the operation of the HVS in terms of symmetry detection and representation.
Address Leuven; Belgium; August 2019
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Notes NEUROBIT; 600.128 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ POA2019 Serial 3371
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Author Fernando Vilariño
Title Citizen experience as a powerful communication tool: Open Innovation and the role of Living Labs in EU Type Conference Article
Year 2017 Publication European Conference of Science Journalists Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract The Open Innovation 2.0 model spearheaded by the European Commission introduces conceptual changes in how innovation processes should be developed. The notion of an innovation ecosystem, and the active participation of the citizens (and all the different actors of the quadruple helix) in innovation processes, opens up new channels for scientific communication, where the citizens (and all actors) can be naturally reached and facilitate the spread of the scientific message in their communities. Unleashing the power of such mechanisms, while maintaining control over the scientific communication done through such channels presents an opportunity and a challenge at the same time.

This workshop will look into key concepts that the Open Innovation 2.0 EU model introduces, and what new opportunities for communication they bring about. Specifically, we will focus on Living Labs, as a key instrument for implementing this innovation model at the regional level, and their potential in creating scientific dissemination spaces.
Address Copenhagen; June 2017
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Notes MV; 600.097;SIAI Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ Vil2017a Serial 3032
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