Joan M. Nuñez. (2011). Computer vision techniques for characterization of finger joints in X-ray image (Dr. Fernando Vilariño and Dra. Debora Gil, Ed.) (Vol. 165). Master's thesis, , .
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory type of arthritis which mainly affects hands on its first stages. Though it is a chronic disease and there is no cure for it, treatments require an accurate assessment of illness evolution. Such assessment is based on evaluation of hand X-ray images by using one of the several available semi-quantitative methods. This task requires highly trained medical personnel. That is why the automation of the assessment would allow professionals to save time and effort. Two stages are involved in this task. Firstly, the joint detection, afterwards, the joint characterization. Unlike the little existing previous work, this contribution clearly separates those two stages and sets the foundations of a modular assessment system focusing on the characterization stage. A hand joint dataset is created and an accurate data analysis is achieved in order to identify relevant features. Since the sclerosis and the lower bone were decided to be the most important features, different computer vision techniques were used in order to develop a detector system for both of them. Joint space width measures are provided and their correlation with Sharp-Van der Heijde is verified
Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, X-ray, Sharp Van der Heijde, joint characterization, sclerosis detection, bone detection, edge, ridge
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Hany Salah Eldeen. (2009). Colour Naming in Context through a Perceptual Model (Vol. 130). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Naila Murray. (2009). Perceptual Feature Detection (Vol. 131). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Josep M. Gonfaus. (2009). Semantic Segmentation of Images Using Random Ferns (Vol. 132). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Alzate. (2011). Evaluation of spatiotemporal descriptors for pedestrian detection in video sequences (Vol. 166). Master's thesis, , .
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Yainuvis Socarras. (2011). Image segmentation for improving pedestrian detection (Vol. 167). Master's thesis, , .
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Maria del Camp Davesa. (2011). Human action categorization in image sequences (Vol. 169). Master's thesis, , .
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Monica Piñol. (2010). Adaptative Vocabulary Tree for Image Classification using Reinforcement Learning (Vol. 162). Master's thesis, , .
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Lluis Gomez. (2012). Perceptual Organization for Text Extraction in Natural Scenes (Vol. 173). Master's thesis, , .
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Albert Gordo. (2009). A Cyclic Page Layout Descriptor for Document Classification & Retrieval (Vol. 128). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Noha Elfiky. (2009). Enhancing Local Binary Patterns with Spatial Pyramid Kernel: Application to Scene Classification (Vol. 129). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Onur Ferhat. (2012). Eye-Tracking with Webcam-Based Setups: Implementation of a Real-Time System and an Analysis of Factors Affecting Performance (Fernando Vilariño, Ed.) (Vol. 172). Master's thesis, , .
Abstract: In the recent years commercial eye-tracking hardware has become more common, with the introduction of new models from several brands that have better performance and easier setup procedures. A cause and at the same time a result of this phenomenon is the popularity of eye-tracking research directed at marketing, accessibility and usability, among others.
One problem with these hardware components is scalability, because both the price and the necessary expertise to operate them makes it practically impossible in the large scale. In this work, we analyze the feasibility of a software eye-tracking system based on a single, ordinary webcam. Our aim is to discover the limits of such a system and to see whether it provides acceptable performances.
The significance of this setup is that it is the most common setup found in consumer environments, off-the-shelf electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones and tablet computers. As no special equipment such as infrared lights, mirrors or zoom lenses are used; setting up and calibrating the system is easier compared to other approaches using these components.
Our work is based on the open source application Opengazer, which provides a good starting point for our contributions. We propose several improvements in order to push the system's performance further and make it feasible as a robust, real-time device. Then we carry out an elaborate experiment involving 18 human subjects and 4 different system setups. Finally, we give an analysis of the results and discuss the effects of setup changes, subject differences and modifications in the software.
Keywords: Computer vision, eye-tracking, gaussian process, feature selection, optical flow
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David Augusto Rojas. (2009). Colouring Local Feature Detection for Matching (Vol. 133). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Juan Diego Gomez. (2009). Toward Robust Myocardial Blush Grade Estimation in Contrast Angiography (Vol. 134). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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Olivier Penacchio. (2009). Relative Density of L, M, S photoreceptors in the Human Retina (Vol. 135). Master's thesis, , Bellaterra, Barcelona.
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