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Author Jaume Garcia; Debora Gil; Luis Badiella; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Francesc Carreras; Sandra Pujades; Enric Marti
Title A Normalized Framework for the Design of Feature Spaces Assessing the Left Ventricular Function Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Abbreviated Journal TMI
Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 733-745
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Abstract A through description of the left ventricle functionality requires combining complementary regional scores. A main limitation is the lack of multiparametric normality models oriented to the assessment of regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMA). This paper covers two main topics involved in RWMA assessment. We propose a general framework allowing the fusion and comparison across subjects of different regional scores. Our framework is used to explore which combination of regional scores (including 2-D motion and strains) is better suited for RWMA detection. Our statistical analysis indicates that for a proper (within interobserver variability) identification of RWMA, models should consider motion and extreme strains.
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ISSN 0278-0062 ISBN Medium
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Call Number IAM @ iam @ GGH2010b Serial 1507
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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)
Corporate Author IEEE EMB Thesis
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ISSN 1557-170X ISBN 978-1-4244-4123-5 Medium
Area Expedition Conference EMBC
Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ GAG2010 Serial 1514
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Author Jaume Garcia; Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate
Title Endowing Canonical Geometries to Cardiac Structures Type Book Chapter
Year 2010 Publication Statistical Atlases And Computational Models Of The Heart Abbreviated Journal
Volume 6364 Issue Pages 124-133
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Abstract International conference on Cardiac electrophysiological simulation challenge
In this paper, we show that canonical (shape-based) geometries can be endowed to cardiac structures using tubular coordinates defined over their medial axis. We give an analytic formulation of these geometries by means of B-Splines. Since B-Splines present vector space structure PCA can be applied to their control points and statistical models relating boundaries and the interior of the anatomical structures can be derived. We demonstrate the applicability in two cardiac structures, the 3D Left Ventricular volume, and the 2D Left-Right ventricle set in 2D Short Axis view.
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Publisher Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor Camara, O.; Pop, M.; Rhode, K.; Sermesant, M.; Smith, N.; Young, A.
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Series Editor Series Title Lecture Notes in Computer Science Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
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Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ GGH2010b Serial 1515
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Author Debora Gil; Jaume Garcia; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Enric Marti
Title Manifold parametrization of the left ventricle for a statistical modelling of its complete anatomy Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication 8th Medical Imaging Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7623 Issue 762304 Pages 304
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Abstract Distortion of Left Ventricle (LV) external anatomy is related to some dysfunctions, such as hypertrophy. The architecture of myocardial fibers determines LV electromechanical activation patterns as well as mechanics. Thus, their joined modelling would allow the design of specific interventions (such as peacemaker implantation and LV remodelling) and therapies (such as resynchronization). On one hand, accurate modelling of external anatomy requires either a dense sampling or a continuous infinite dimensional approach, which requires non-Euclidean statistics. On the other hand, computation of fiber models requires statistics on Riemannian spaces. Most approaches compute separate statistical models for external anatomy and fibers architecture. In this work we propose a general mathematical framework based on differential geometry concepts for computing a statistical model including, both, external and fiber anatomy. Our framework provides a continuous approach to external anatomy supporting standard statistics. We also provide a straightforward formula for the computation of the Riemannian fiber statistics. We have applied our methodology to the computation of complete anatomical atlas of canine hearts from diffusion tensor studies. The orientation of fibers over the average external geometry agrees with the segmental description of orientations reported in the literature.
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Publisher SPIE Place of Publication Editor
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Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ GGH2010a Serial 1522
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Author Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Monica Mitiko; Sergio Shiguemi; Debora Gil
Title A validation protocol for assessing cardiac phase retrieval in IntraVascular UltraSound Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication Computing in Cardiology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 37 Issue Pages 899-902
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Abstract A good reliable approach to cardiac triggering is of utmost importance in obtaining accurate quantitative results of atherosclerotic plaque burden from the analysis of IntraVascular UltraSound. Although, in the last years, there has been an increase in research of methods for retrospective gating, there is no general consensus in a validation protocol. Many methods are based on quality assessment of longitudinal cuts appearance and those reporting quantitative numbers do not follow a standard protocol. Such heterogeneity in validation protocols makes faithful comparison across methods a difficult task. We propose a validation protocol based on the variability of the retrieved cardiac phase and explore the capability of several quality measures for quantifying such variability. An ideal detector, suitable for its application in clinical practice, should produce stable phases. That is, it should always sample the same cardiac cycle fraction. In this context, one should measure the variability (variance) of a candidate sampling with respect a ground truth (reference) sampling, since the variance would indicate how spread we are aiming a target. In order to quantify the deviation between the sampling and the ground truth, we have considered two quality scores reported in the literature: signed distance to the closest reference sample and distance to the right of each reference sample. We have also considered the residuals of the regression line of reference against candidate sampling. The performance of the measures has been explored on a set of synthetic samplings covering different cardiac cycle fractions and variabilities. From our simulations, we conclude that the metrics related to distances are sensitive to the shift considered while the residuals are robust against fraction and variabilities as far as one can establish a pair-wise correspondence between candidate and reference. We will further investigate the impact of false positive and negative detections in experimental data.
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Publisher IEEE Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 0276-6547 ISBN 978-1-4244-7318-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CINC
Notes IAM; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ HSM2010 Serial 1551
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Author Patricia Marquez
Title Conditions Ensuring Accuracy of Local Optical Flow Schemes Type Report
Year 2010 Publication CVC Tehcnical Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume 157 Issue Pages
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Abstract Accurate computation of optical flow is a key-point in many image processing fields. Detection of anomalous and unpredicted agents (such as pedestrians, bikers or cars) in urban scenes or pathology discrimination in medical imaging sequences, to mention just a two. The above kinds sequences present two main difficulties for standard optical flow techniques. On one hand, variability in acquisition conditions (illuminance, medical imaging modality, ...) force an alterantive representation for images fulfilling the britghtness constancy constrain. On the hand, current variational schemes produce oversmoothed fields unable to properly model discontinuous behaviours such as collisions or functionless pathological areas. This master project explores the abilities and limitations of local and global optical flow approaches. The master student will put especial emphasis in the theoretical grounds behind in order to design a variational framework combining the theoretical advantages of the considered techniques. In particular an optical flow based on Gabor phase tracking (developed in the group for medical imaging) will be generalized to urban scenes.
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Publisher Place of Publication Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain Editor
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Call Number IAM @ iam @ Mar2010 Serial 1582
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Author Ferran Poveda; Jaume Garcia; Enric Marti; Debora Gil
Title Validation of the myocardial architecture in DT-MRI tractography Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication Medical Image Computing in Catalunya: Graduate Student Workshop Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 29-30
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Abstract Deep understanding of myocardial structure may help to link form and funcion of the heart unraveling crucial knowledge for medical and surgical clinical procedures and studies. In this work we introduce two visualization techniques based on DT-MRI streamlining able to decipher interesting properties of the architectural organization of the heart.
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Publisher Place of Publication Girona (Spain) Editor
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Area Expedition Conference MICCAT
Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ PGM2010 Serial 1626
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Author Fernando Vilariño; Panagiota Spyridonos; Petia Radeva; Jordi Vitria; Fernando Azpiroz; Juan Malagelada
Title Method for automatic classification of in vivo images Type Patent
Year 2010 Publication US 2010/0046816 Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract A method for automatically detecting a post-duodenal boundary in an image stream of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The image stream is sampled to obtain a reduced set of images for processing. The reduced set of images is filtered to remove non-valid frames or non-valid portions of frames, thereby generating a filtered set of valid images. A polar representation of the valid images is generated. Textural features of the polar representation are processed to detect the post-duodenal boundary of the GI tract.
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Notes MV;OR;MILAB;SIAI Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ VSR2010 Serial 1702
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Author Miguel Angel Bautista; Sergio Escalera; Xavier Baro; Oriol Pujol; Jordi Vitria; Petia Radeva
Title Compact Evolutive Design of Error-Correcting Output Codes. Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and Applications Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication European Conference on Machine Learning Abbreviated Journal
Volume I Issue Pages 119-128
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Notes MILAB; OR;HUPBA;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ BEB2010 Serial 1775
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Author Carolina Malagelada; F.De Lorio; Fernando Azpiroz; Santiago Segui; Petia Radeva; Anna Accarino; J.Santos; Juan R. Malagelada
Title Intestinal Dysmotility in Patients with Functional Intestinal Disorders Demonstrated by Computer Vision Analysis of Capsule Endoscopy Images Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication 18th United European Gastroenterology Week Abbreviated Journal
Volume 56 Issue 3 Pages A19-20
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Address Barcelona
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Notes MILAB Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ MLA2010 Serial 1779
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Author Sophie Wuerger; Kaida Xiao; Chenyang Fu; Dimosthenis Karatzas
Title Colour-opponent mechanisms are not affected by age-related chromatic sensitivity changes Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Abbreviated Journal OPO
Volume 30 Issue 5 Pages 635-659
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to assess whether age-related chromatic sensitivity changes are associated with corresponding changes in hue perception in a large sample of colour-normal observers over a wide age range (n = 185; age range: 18-75 years). In these observers we determined both the sensitivity along the protan, deutan and tritan line; and settings for the four unique hues, from which the characteristics of the higher-order colour mechanisms can be derived. We found a significant decrease in chromatic sensitivity due to ageing, in particular along the tritan line. From the unique hue settings we derived the cone weightings associated with the colour mechanisms that are at equilibrium for the four unique hues. We found that the relative cone weightings (w(L) /w(M) and w(L) /w(S)) associated with the unique hues were independent of age. Our results are consistent with previous findings that the unique hues are rather constant with age while chromatic sensitivity declines. They also provide evidence in favour of the hypothesis that higher-order colour mechanisms are equipped with flexible cone weightings, as opposed to fixed weights. The mechanism underlying this compensation is still poorly understood.
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Notes DAG; IF: 1.259 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ WXF2010 Serial 1826
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Author Koen E.A. van de Sande; Theo Gevers; C.G.M. Snoek
Title Evaluating Color Descriptors for Object and Scene Recognition Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Abbreviated Journal TPAMI
Volume 32 Issue 9 Pages 1582 - 1596
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Abstract Impact factor: 5.308
Image category recognition is important to access visual information on the level of objects and scene types. So far, intensity-based descriptors have been widely used for feature extraction at salient points. To increase illumination invariance and discriminative power, color descriptors have been proposed. Because many different descriptors exist, a structured overview is required of color invariant descriptors in the context of image category recognition. Therefore, this paper studies the invariance properties and the distinctiveness of color descriptors (software to compute the color descriptors from this paper is available from http://www.colordescriptors.com) in a structured way. The analytical invariance properties of color descriptors are explored, using a taxonomy based on invariance properties with respect to photometric transformations, and tested experimentally using a data set with known illumination conditions. In addition, the distinctiveness of color descriptors is assessed experimentally using two benchmarks, one from the image domain and one from the video domain. From the theoretical and experimental results, it can be derived that invariance to light intensity changes and light color changes affects category recognition. The results further reveal that, for light intensity shifts, the usefulness of invariance is category-specific. Overall, when choosing a single descriptor and no prior knowledge about the data set and object and scene categories is available, the OpponentSIFT is recommended. Furthermore, a combined set of color descriptors outperforms intensity-based SIFT and improves category recognition by 8 percent on the PASCAL VOC 2007 and by 7 percent on the Mediamill Challenge.
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ISSN 0162-8828 ISBN Medium
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Notes ALTRES;ISE Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ SGS2010 Serial 1846
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Author N. Serrano; L. Tarazon; D. Perez; Oriol Ramos Terrades; S. Juan
Title The GIDOC Prototype Type Conference Article
Year 2010 Publication 10th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 82-89
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Abstract Transcription of handwritten text in (old) documents is an important, time-consuming task for digital libraries. It might be carried out by first processing all document images off-line, and then manually supervising system transcriptions to edit incorrect parts. However, current techniques for automatic page layout analysis, text line detection and handwriting recognition are still far from perfect, and thus post-editing system output is not clearly better than simply ignoring it.

A more effective approach to transcribe old text documents is to follow an interactive- predictive paradigm in which both, the system is guided by the user, and the user is assisted by the system to complete the transcription task as efficiently as possible. Following this approach, a system prototype called GIDOC (Gimp-based Interactive transcription of old text DOCuments) has been developed to provide user-friendly, integrated support for interactive-predictive layout analysis, line detection and handwriting transcription.

GIDOC is designed to work with (large) collections of homogeneous documents, that is, of similar structure and writing styles. They are annotated sequentially, by (par- tially) supervising hypotheses drawn from statistical models that are constantly updated with an increasing number of available annotated documents. And this is done at different annotation levels. For instance, at the level of page layout analysis, GIDOC uses a novel text block detection method in which conventional, memoryless techniques are improved with a “history” model of text block positions. Similarly, at the level of text line image transcription, GIDOC includes a handwriting recognizer which is steadily improved with a growing number of (partially) supervised transcriptions.
Address Funchal, Portugal
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ISSN ISBN 978-989-8425-14-0 Medium
Area Expedition Conference PRIS
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ STP2010 Serial 1868
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Author Monica Piñol
Title Adaptative Vocabulary Tree for Image Classification using Reinforcement Learning Type Report
Year 2010 Publication CVC Technical Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume 162 Issue Pages
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Address Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Corporate Author Computer Vision Center Thesis Master's thesis
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Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ Piñ2010 Serial 1936
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Author Jean-Marc Ogier; Wenyin Liu; Josep Llados (eds)
Title Graphics Recognition: Achievements, Challenges, and Evolution Type Book Whole
Year 2010 Publication 8th International Workshop GREC 2009. Abbreviated Journal
Volume 6020 Issue Pages
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Address La Rochelle
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Publisher Springer Link Place of Publication Editor Jean-Marc Ogier; Wenyin Liu; Josep Llados
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Series Editor Series Title Lecture Notes in Computer Science Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-13727-3 Medium
Area Expedition Conference GREC
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ OLL2010 Serial 1976
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