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Author Enric Marti; Carme Julia; Debora Gil
Title A PBL Experience in the Teaching of Computer Graphics Type Conference Article
Year 2007 Publication XVII Congreso Español de Informàtica Gráfica Abbreviated Journal
Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 95-103
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Abstract Project-Based Learning (PBL) is an educational strategy to improve student’s learning capability that, in recent years, has had a progressive acceptance in undergraduate studies. This methodology is based on solving a problem or project in a student working group. In this way, PBL focuses on learning the necessary tools to correctly find a solution to given problems. Since the learning initiative is transferred to the student, the PBL method promotes students own abilities. This allows a better assessment of the true workload that carries out the student in the subject. It follows that the methodology conforms to the guidelines of the Bologna document, which quantifies the student workload in a subject by means of the European credit transfer system (ECTS). PBL is currently applied in undergraduate studies needing strong practical training such as medicine, nursing or law sciences. Although this is also the case in engineering studies, amazingly, few experiences have been reported. In this paper we propose to use PBL in the educational organization of the Computer Graphics subjects in the Computer Science degree. Our PBL project focuses in the development of a C++ graphical environment based on the OpenGL libraries for visualization and handling of different graphical objects. The starting point is a basic skeleton that already includes lighting functions, perspective projection with mouse interaction to change the point of view and three predefined objects. Students have to complete this skeleton by adding their own functions to solve the project. A total number of 10 projects have been proposed and successfully solved. The exercises range from human face rendering to articulated objects, such as robot arms or puppets. In the present paper we extensively report the statement and educational objectives for two of the projects: solar system visualization and a chess game. We report our earlier educational experience based on the standard classroom theoretical, problem and practice sessions and the reasons that motivated searching for other learning methods. We have mainly chosen PBL because it improves the student learning initiative. We have applied the PBL educational model since the beginning of the second semester. The student’s feedback increases in his interest for the subject. We present a comparative study of the teachers’ and students’ workload between PBL and the classic teaching approach, which suggests that the workload increase in PBL is not as high as it seems.
Address Zaragoza; September 2007
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Area Expedition Conference CEDI
Notes (down) IAM;ADAS; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MJG2007a Serial 1603
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Author Enric Marti; Carme Julia; Debora Gil
Title PBL en la docencia de gráficos por computador Type Miscellaneous
Year 2007 Publication VII Jornadas de Aprendizaje Cooperativo (JAC07) Abbreviated Journal
Volume 1 Issue Pages 53-62
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Publisher Place of Publication Valladolid Editor
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Notes (down) IAM;ADAS; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MJG2007b Serial 1604
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Author Enric Marti; Carme Julia; Debora Gil
Title A PBL Experience in the Teaching of Computer Graphics Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Computer Graphics Forum Abbreviated Journal CGF
Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 95-103
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Abstract Project-Based Learning (PBL) is an educational strategy to improve student’s learning capability that, in recent years, has had a progressive acceptance in undergraduate studies. This methodology is based on solving a problem or project in a student working group. In this way, PBL focuses on learning the necessary tools to correctly find a solution to given problems. Since the learning initiative is transferred to the student, the PBL method promotes students own abilities. This allows a better assessment of the true workload that carries out the student in the subject. It follows that the methodology conforms to the guidelines of the Bologna document, which quantifies the student workload in a subject by means of the European credit transfer system (ECTS). PBL is currently applied in undergraduate studies needing strong practical training such as medicine, nursing or law sciences. Although this is also the case in engineering studies, amazingly, few experiences have been reported. In this paper we propose to use PBL in the educational organization of the Computer Graphics subjects in the Computer Science degree. Our PBL project focuses in the development of a C++ graphical environment based on the OpenGL libraries for visualization and handling of different graphical objects. The starting point is a basic skeleton that already includes lighting functions, perspective projection with mouse interaction to change the point of view and three predefined objects. Students have to complete this skeleton by adding their own functions to solve the project. A total number of 10 projects have been proposed and successfully solved. The exercises range from human face rendering to articulated objects, such as robot arms or puppets. In the present paper we extensively report the statement and educational objectives for two of the projects: solar system visualization and a chess game. We report our earlier educational experience based on the standard classroom theoretical, problem and practice sessions and the reasons that motivated searching for other learning methods. We have mainly chosen PBL because it improves the student learning initiative. We have applied the PBL educational model since the beginning of the second semester. The student’s feedback increases in his interest for the subject. We present a comparative study of the teachers’ and students’ workload between PBL and the classic teaching approach, which suggests that the workload increase in PBL is not as high as it seems.
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Publisher Computer Graphics Forum Place of Publication Computer Vision CenterComputer Science Department Escola Tcnica Superior d’Enginyeria (UAB), Edifi Editor
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Notes (down) IAM;ADAS; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MJG2006a Serial 1607
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Author Sergio Vera; Debora Gil; Antonio Lopez; Miguel Angel Gonzalez Ballester
Title Multilocal Creaseness Measure Type Journal
Year 2012 Publication The Insight Journal Abbreviated Journal IJ
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Ridges, Valley, Creaseness, Structure Tensor, Skeleton,
Abstract This document describes the implementation using the Insight Toolkit of an algorithm for detecting creases (ridges and valleys) in N-dimensional images, based on the Local Structure Tensor of the image. In addition to the filter used to calculate the creaseness image, a filter for the computation of the structure tensor is also included in this submission.
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Corporate Author Alma IT Systems Thesis
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Language english Summary Language english Original Title
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Notes (down) IAM;ADAS; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ VGL2012 Serial 1840
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Author Patricia Marquez;Debora Gil;Aura Hernandez-Sabate
Title A Complete Confidence Framework for Optical Flow Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 12th European Conference on Computer Vision – Workshops and Demonstrations Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7584 Issue 2 Pages 124-133
Keywords Optical flow, confidence measures, sparsification plots, error prediction plots
Abstract Medial representations are powerful tools for describing and parameterizing the volumetric shape of anatomical structures. Existing methods show excellent results when applied to 2D objects, but their quality drops across dimensions. This paper contributes to the computation of medial manifolds in two aspects. First, we provide a standard scheme for the computation of medial manifolds that avoid degenerated medial axis segments; second, we introduce an energy based method which performs independently of the dimension. We evaluate quantitatively the performance of our method with respect to existing approaches, by applying them to synthetic shapes of known medial geometry. Finally, we show results on shape representation of multiple abdominal organs, exploring the use of medial manifolds for the representation of multi-organ relations.
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Publisher Springer-Verlag Place of Publication Florence, Italy, October 7-13, 2012 Editor Andrea Fusiello, Vittorio Murino ,Rita Cucchiara
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-33867-0 Medium
Area Expedition Conference ECCVW
Notes (down) IAM;ADAS; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MGH2012b Serial 1991
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Author Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Debora Gil; Jaume Garcia; Enric Marti
Title Image-based Cardiac Phase Retrieval in Intravascular Ultrasound Sequences Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Abbreviated Journal T-UFFC
Volume 58 Issue 1 Pages 60-72
Keywords 3-D exploring; ECG; band-pass filter; cardiac motion; cardiac phase retrieval; coronary arteries; electrocardiogram signal; image intensity local mean evolution; image-based cardiac phase retrieval; in vivo pullbacks acquisition; intravascular ultrasound sequences; longitudinal motion; signal extrema; time 36 ms; band-pass filters; biomedical ultrasonics; cardiovascular system; electrocardiography; image motion analysis; image retrieval; image sequences; medical image processing; ultrasonic imaging
Abstract Longitudinal motion during in vivo pullbacks acquisition of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) sequences is a major artifact for 3-D exploring of coronary arteries. Most current techniques are based on the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal to obtain a gated pullback without longitudinal motion by using specific hardware or the ECG signal itself. We present an image-based approach for cardiac phase retrieval from coronary IVUS sequences without an ECG signal. A signal reflecting cardiac motion is computed by exploring the image intensity local mean evolution. The signal is filtered by a band-pass filter centered at the main cardiac frequency. Phase is retrieved by computing signal extrema. The average frame processing time using our setup is 36 ms. Comparison to manually sampled sequences encourages a deeper study comparing them to ECG signals.
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Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0885-3010 ISBN Medium
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Notes (down) IAM;ADAS Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ HGG2011 Serial 1546
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Author Enric Marti; Debora Gil; Marc Vivet; Carme Julia
Title Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos en la asignatura de Gráficos por Computador en Ingeniería Informática. Balance de cuatro años de experiencia Type Miscellaneous
Year 2009 Publication 15th Jornadas de Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informatica Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Place of Publication Barcelona, Spain Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume 1 Series Issue Edition
ISSN 978-84-692-2758-9 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference JENUI
Notes (down) IAM;ADAS Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MGV2009 Serial 1596
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Author Enric Marti; Debora Gil; Marc Vivet; Carme Julia
Title Uso de recursos virtuales en Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos. Una experiencia en la asignatura de Gráficos por Computador Type Miscellaneous
Year 2009 Publication 15th Jornadas de Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informatica Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract
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Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Lleida Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Octava Jornada sobre Aprendizaje Cooperativo Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference JENUI
Notes (down) IAM;ADAS Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MRG2009b Serial 1597
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Author Enric Marti; Debora Gil; Marc Vivet ; Carme Julia
Title Balance de cuatro años de experiencia en la implantación de la metodología de Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos en la asignatura de Gráficos por Computador en ingeniería Informática Type Miscellaneous
Year 2008 Publication Actas V Jornadas Internacionales de Innovación Universitaria Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Aprendizaje cooperativo; aprendizaje basado en proyectos; experiencias docentes.
Abstract En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de la aplicación de la metodología del aprendizaje cooperativo a la docencia de dos asignaturas de programación en ingeniería informática. ‘Algoritmos y programación’ y ‘Lenguajes de programación’ son dos asignaturas complementarias que se organizan entorno a un proyecto común que engloba los contenidos de ambas asignaturas. En la docencia de una parte muy importante de estas asignaturas, la metodología del aprendizaje cooperativo se ha adaptado a sus características específicas. Como muestra de esta adaptación presentamos dos ejemplos de las actividades desarrolladas dentro de la docencia de estas asignaturas. Después de tres años de aplicación, el análisis a nivel cualitativo y cuantitativo de los resultados muestra que éstos son muy satisfactorios y que la aplicación del método cooperativo ha mejorado de forma considerable el rendimiento de los alumnos en ambas asignaturas.
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Call Number IAM @ iam @ MGV2008a Serial 1598
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Author Carles Sanchez; Jorge Bernal; F. Javier Sanchez; Antoni Rosell; Marta Diez-Ferrer; Debora Gil
Title Towards On-line Quantification of Tracheal Stenosis from Videobronchoscopy Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery Abbreviated Journal IJCAR
Volume 10 Issue 6 Pages 935-945
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Notes (down) IAM; MV; 600.075 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ SBS2015a Serial 2611
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Author Carles Sanchez; Debora Gil; R. Tazi; Jorge Bernal; Y. Ruiz; L. Planas; F. Javier Sanchez; Antoni Rosell
Title Quasi-real time digital assessment of Central Airway Obstruction Type Conference Article
Year 2015 Publication 3rd European congress for bronchology and interventional pulmonology ECBIP2015 Abbreviated Journal
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Address Barcelona; Spain; April 2015
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Area Expedition Conference ECBIP
Notes (down) IAM; MV; 600.075 Approved no
Call Number SGT2015 Serial 2612
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Author Carles Sanchez; Jorge Bernal; F. Javier Sanchez; Marta Diez-Ferrer; Antoni Rosell; Debora Gil
Title Towards On-line Quantification of Tracheal Stenosis from Videobronchoscopy Type Conference Article
Year 2015 Publication 6th International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions IPCAI2015 Abbreviated Journal
Volume 10 Issue 6 Pages 935-945
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Abstract PURPOSE:
Lack of objective measurement of tracheal obstruction degree has a negative impact on the chosen treatment prone to lead to unnecessary repeated explorations and other scanners. Accurate computation of tracheal stenosis in videobronchoscopy would constitute a breakthrough for this noninvasive technique and a reduction in operation cost for the public health service.
METHODS:
Stenosis calculation is based on the comparison of the region delimited by the lumen in an obstructed frame and the region delimited by the first visible ring in a healthy frame. We propose a parametric strategy for the extraction of lumen and tracheal ring regions based on models of their geometry and appearance that guide a deformable model. To ensure a systematic applicability, we present a statistical framework to choose optimal parametric values and a strategy to choose the frames that minimize the impact of scope optical distortion.
RESULTS:
Our method has been tested in 40 cases covering different stenosed tracheas. Experiments report a non- clinically relevant [Formula: see text] of discrepancy in the calculated stenotic area and a computational time allowing online implementation in the operating room.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our methodology allows reliable measurements of airway narrowing in the operating room. To fully assess its clinical impact, a prospective clinical trial should be done.
Address Barcelona; Spain; June 2015
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Area Expedition Conference IPCAI
Notes (down) IAM; MV; 600.075 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ SBS2015b Serial 2613
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Author Debora Gil; F. Javier Sanchez; Gloria Fernandez Esparrach; Jorge Bernal
Title 3D Stable Spatio-temporal Polyp Localization in Colonoscopy Videos Type Book Chapter
Year 2015 Publication Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy. Revised selected papers of Second International Workshop, CARE 2015, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2015 Abbreviated Journal
Volume 9515 Issue Pages 140-152
Keywords Colonoscopy, Polyp Detection, Polyp Localization, Region Extraction, Watersheds
Abstract Computational intelligent systems could reduce polyp miss rate in colonoscopy for colon cancer diagnosis and, thus, increase the efficiency of the procedure. One of the main problems of existing polyp localization methods is a lack of spatio-temporal stability in their response. We propose to explore the response of a given polyp localization across temporal windows in order to select
those image regions presenting the highest stable spatio-temporal response.
Spatio-temporal stability is achieved by extracting 3D watershed regions on the
temporal window. Stability in localization response is statistically determined by analysis of the variance of the output of the localization method inside each 3D region. We have explored the benefits of considering spatio-temporal stability in two different tasks: polyp localization and polyp detection. Experimental results indicate an average improvement of 21:5% in polyp localization and 43:78% in polyp detection.
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
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Area Expedition Conference CARE
Notes (down) IAM; MV; 600.075 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ GSF2015 Serial 2733
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Author Carles Sanchez; Debora Gil; Jorge Bernal; F. Javier Sanchez; Marta Diez-Ferrer; Antoni Rosell
Title Navigation Path Retrieval from Videobronchoscopy using Bronchial Branches Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Workshops Abbreviated Journal
Volume 9401 Issue Pages 62-70
Keywords Bronchoscopy navigation; Lumen center; Brochial branches; Navigation path; Videobronchoscopy
Abstract Bronchoscopy biopsy can be used to diagnose lung cancer without risking complications of other interventions like transthoracic needle aspiration. During bronchoscopy, the clinician has to navigate through the bronchial tree to the target lesion. A main drawback is the difficulty to check whether the exploration is following the correct path. The usual guidance using fluoroscopy implies repeated radiation of the clinician, while alternative systems (like electromagnetic navigation) require specific equipment that increases intervention costs. We propose to compute the navigated path using anatomical landmarks extracted from the sole analysis of videobronchoscopy images. Such landmarks allow matching the current exploration to the path previously planned on a CT to indicate clinician whether the planning is being correctly followed or not. We present a feasibility study of our landmark based CT-video matching using bronchoscopic videos simulated on a virtual bronchoscopy interactive interface.
Address Quebec; Canada; September 2016
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference MICCAIW
Notes (down) IAM; MV; 600.060; 600.075 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ SGB2016 Serial 2885
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Author Sergio Vera; Debora Gil; Agnes Borras; F. Javier Sanchez; Frederic Perez; Marius G. Linguraru
Title Computation and Evaluation of Medial Surfaces for Shape Representation of Abdominal Organs Type Conference Article
Year 2011 Publication Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7029 Issue Pages 223-230
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Abstract Medial representations are powerful tools for describing and parameterizing the volumetric shape of anatomical structures. Existing methods show excellent results when applied to 2D objects, but their quality drops across dimensions. This paper contributes to the computation of medial manifolds in two aspects. First, we provide a standard scheme for the computation of medial manifolds that avoid degenerated medial axis segments; second, we introduce an energy based method which performs independently of the dimension. We evaluate quantitatively the performance of our method with respect to existing approaches, by applying them to synthetic shapes of known medial geometry. Finally, we show results on shape representation of multiple abdominal organs, exploring the use of medial manifolds for the representation of multi-organ relations.
Address Nice, France
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor In H. Yoshida et al
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference ABDI
Notes (down) IAM; MV Approved no
Call Number VGB2011 Serial 2036
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