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Author | Cristina Palmero; Albert Clapes; Chris Bahnsen; Andreas Møgelmose; Thomas B. Moeslund; Sergio Escalera | ||||
Title | Multi-modal RGB-Depth-Thermal Human Body Segmentation | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | International Journal of Computer Vision | Abbreviated Journal | IJCV |
Volume | 118 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 217-239 |
Keywords | Human body segmentation; RGB ; Depth Thermal | ||||
Abstract | This work addresses the problem of human body segmentation from multi-modal visual cues as a first stage of automatic human behavior analysis. We propose a novel RGB–depth–thermal dataset along with a multi-modal segmentation baseline. The several modalities are registered using a calibration device and a registration algorithm. Our baseline extracts regions of interest using background subtraction, defines a partitioning of the foreground regions into cells, computes a set of image features on those cells using different state-of-the-art feature extractions, and models the distribution of the descriptors per cell using probabilistic models. A supervised learning algorithm then fuses the output likelihoods over cells in a stacked feature vector representation. The baseline, using Gaussian mixture models for the probabilistic modeling and Random Forest for the stacked learning, is superior to other state-of-the-art methods, obtaining an overlap above 75 % on the novel dataset when compared to the manually annotated ground-truth of human segmentations. | ||||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @ PCB2016 | Serial | 2767 | ||
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Author | Gerard Canal; Sergio Escalera; Cecilio Angulo | ||||
Title | A Real-time Human-Robot Interaction system based on gestures for assistive scenarios | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Computer Vision and Image Understanding | Abbreviated Journal | CVIU |
Volume | 149 | Issue | Pages | 65-77 | |
Keywords | Gesture recognition; Human Robot Interaction; Dynamic Time Warping; Pointing location estimation | ||||
Abstract | Natural and intuitive human interaction with robotic systems is a key point to develop robots assisting people in an easy and effective way. In this paper, a Human Robot Interaction (HRI) system able to recognize gestures usually employed in human non-verbal communication is introduced, and an in-depth study of its usability is performed. The system deals with dynamic gestures such as waving or nodding which are recognized using a Dynamic Time Warping approach based on gesture specific features computed from depth maps. A static gesture consisting in pointing at an object is also recognized. The pointed location is then estimated in order to detect candidate objects the user may refer to. When the pointed object is unclear for the robot, a disambiguation procedure by means of either a verbal or gestural dialogue is performed. This skill would lead to the robot picking an object in behalf of the user, which could present difficulties to do it by itself. The overall system — which is composed by a NAO and Wifibot robots, a KinectTM v2 sensor and two laptops — is firstly evaluated in a structured lab setup. Then, a broad set of user tests has been completed, which allows to assess correct performance in terms of recognition rates, easiness of use and response times. | ||||
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Publisher | Elsevier B.V. | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @ CEA2016 | Serial | 2768 | ||
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Author | Debora Gil; Sergio Vera; Agnes Borras; Albert Andaluz; Miguel Angel Gonzalez Ballester | ||||
Title | Anatomical Medial Surfaces with Efficient Resolution of Branches Singularities | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2017 | Publication | Medical Image Analysis | Abbreviated Journal | MIA |
Volume | 35 | Issue | Pages | 390-402 | |
Keywords | Medial Representations; Shape Recognition; Medial Branching Stability ; Singular Points | ||||
Abstract | Medial surfaces are powerful tools for shape description, but their use has been limited due to the sensibility existing methods to branching artifacts. Medial branching artifacts are associated to perturbations of the object boundary rather than to geometric features. Such instability is a main obstacle for a condent application in shape recognition and description. Medial branches correspond to singularities of the medial surface and, thus, they are problematic for existing morphological and energy-based algorithms. In this paper, we use algebraic geometry concepts in an energy-based approach to compute a medial surface presenting a stable branching topology. We also present an ecient GPU-CPU implementation using standard image processing tools. We show the method computational eciency and quality on a custom made synthetic database. Finally, we present some results on a medical imaging application for localization of abdominal pathologies. | ||||
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Publisher | Elsevier B.V. | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Notes | IAM; 600.060; 600.096; 600.075; 600.145 | Approved | no | ||
Call Number | Admin @ si @ GVB2017 | Serial | 2775 | ||
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Author | Joan M. Nuñez; Jorge Bernal; F. Javier Sanchez; Fernando Vilariño | ||||
Title | Growing Algorithm for Intersection Detection (GRAID) in branching patterns | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2015 | Publication | Machine Vision and Applications | Abbreviated Journal | MVAP |
Volume | 26 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 387-400 |
Keywords | Bifurcation ; Crossroad; Intersection ;Retina ; Vessel | ||||
Abstract | Analysis of branching structures represents a very important task in fields such as medical diagnosis, road detection or biometrics. Detecting intersection landmarks Becomes crucial when capturing the structure of a branching pattern. We present a very simple geometrical model to describe intersections in branching structures based on two conditions: Bounded Tangency condition (BT) and Shortest Branch (SB) condition. The proposed model precisely sets a geometrical characterization of intersections and allows us to introduce a new unsupervised operator for intersection extraction. We propose an implementation that handles the consequences of digital domain operation that,unlike existing approaches, is not restricted to a particular scale and does not require the computation of the thinned pattern. The new proposal, as well as other existing approaches in the bibliography, are evaluated in a common framework for the first time. The performance analysis is based on two manually segmented image data sets: DRIVE retinal image database and COLON-VESSEL data set, a newly created data set of vascular content in colonoscopy frames. We have created an intersection landmark ground truth for each data set besides comparing our method in the only existing ground truth. Quantitative results confirm that we are able to outperform state-of-the-art performancelevels with the advantage that neither training nor parameter tuning is needed. | ||||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @MBS2015 | Serial | 2777 | ||
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Author | Gloria Fernandez Esparrach; Jorge Bernal; Maria Lopez Ceron; Henry Cordova; Cristina Sanchez Montes; Cristina Rodriguez de Miguel; F. Javier Sanchez | ||||
Title | Exploring the clinical potential of an automatic colonic polyp detection method based on the creation of energy maps | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Endoscopy | Abbreviated Journal | END |
Volume | 48 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 837-842 |
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Abstract | Background and aims: Polyp miss-rate is a drawback of colonoscopy that increases significantly in small polyps. We explored the efficacy of an automatic computer vision method for polyp detection.
Methods: Our method relies on a model that defines polyp boundaries as valleys of image intensity. Valley information is integrated into energy maps which represent the likelihood of polyp presence. Results: In 24 videos containing polyps from routine colonoscopies, all polyps were detected in at least one frame. Mean values of the maximum of energy map were higher in frames with polyps than without (p<0.001). Performance improved in high quality frames (AUC= 0.79, 95%CI: 0.70-0.87 vs 0.75, 95%CI: 0.66-0.83). Using 3.75 as maximum threshold value, sensitivity and specificity for detection of polyps were 70.4% (95%CI: 60.3-80.8) and 72.4% (95%CI: 61.6-84.6), respectively. Conclusion: Energy maps showed a good performance for colonic polyp detection. This indicates a potential applicability in clinical practice. |
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Call Number | Admin @ si @FBL2016 | Serial | 2778 | ||
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Author | Francesco Ciompi; Simone Balocco; Juan Rigla; Xavier Carrillo; Josefina Mauri; Petia Radeva | ||||
Title | Computer-Aided Detection of Intra-Coronary Stent in Intravascular Ultrasound Sequences | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Medical Physics | Abbreviated Journal | MP |
Volume | 43 | Issue | 10 | Pages | |
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Abstract | Purpose: An intraluminal coronary stent is a metal mesh tube deployed in a stenotic artery during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), in order to prevent acute vessel occlusion. The identication of struts location and the denition of the stent shape are relevant for PCI planning 15 and for patient follow-up. We present a fully-automatic framework for Computer-Aided Detection
(CAD) of intra-coronary stents in Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) image sequences. The CAD system is able to detect stent struts and estimate the stent shape. Methods: The proposed CAD uses machine learning to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the local structure of the vessel by means of semantic classication. The output of the classication 20 stage is then used to detect struts and to estimate the stent shape. The proposed approach is validated using a multi-centric data-set of 1,015 images from 107 IVUS sequences containing both metallic and bio-absorbable stents. Results: The method was able to detect structs in both metallic stents with an overall F-measure of 77.7% and a mean distance of 0.15 mm from manually annotated struts, and in bio-absorbable 25 stents with an overall F-measure of 77.4% and a mean distance of 0.09 mm from manually annotated struts. Conclusions: The results are close to the inter-observer variability and suggest that the system has the potential of being used as method for aiding percutaneous interventions. |
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Call Number | Admin @ si @ CBR2016 | Serial | 2819 | ||
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Author | Jean-Pascal Jacob; Mariella Dimiccoli; L. Moisan | ||||
Title | Active skeleton for bacteria modelling | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2017 | Publication | Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization | Abbreviated Journal | CMBBE |
Volume | 5 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 274-286 |
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Abstract | The investigation of spatio-temporal dynamics of bacterial cells and their molecular components requires automated image analysis tools to track cell shape properties and molecular component locations inside the cells. In the study of bacteria aging, the molecular components of interest are protein aggregates accumulated near bacteria boundaries. This particular location makes very ambiguous the correspondence between aggregates and cells, since computing accurately bacteria boundaries in phase-contrast time-lapse imaging is a challenging task. This paper proposes an active skeleton formulation for bacteria modelling which provides several advantages: an easy computation of shape properties (perimeter, length, thickness and orientation), an improved boundary accuracy in noisy images and a natural bacteria-centred coordinate system that permits the intrinsic location of molecular components inside the cell. Starting from an initial skeleton estimate, the medial axis of the bacterium is obtained by minimising an energy function which incorporates bacteria shape constraints. Experimental results on biological images and comparative evaluation of the performances validate the proposed approach for modelling cigar-shaped bacteria like Escherichia coli. The Image-J plugin of the proposed method can be found online at http://fluobactracker.inrialpes.fr. | ||||
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Group | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @JDM2017 | Serial | 2784 | ||
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Author | A.S. Coquel; Jean-Pascal Jacob; M. Primet; A. Demarez; Mariella Dimiccoli; T. Julou; L. Moisan; A. Lindner; H. Berry | ||||
Title | Localization of protein aggregation in Escherichia coli is governed by diffusion and nucleoid macromolecular crowding effect | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2013 | Publication | Plos Computational Biology | Abbreviated Journal | PCB |
Volume | 9 | Issue | 4 | Pages | |
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Abstract | Aggregates of misfolded proteins are a hallmark of many age-related diseases. Recently, they have been linked to aging of Escherichia coli (E. coli) where protein aggregates accumulate at the old pole region of the aging bacterium. Because of the potential of E. coli as a model organism, elucidating aging and protein aggregation in this bacterium may pave the way to significant advances in our global understanding of aging. A first obstacle along this path is to decipher the mechanisms by which protein aggregates are targeted to specific intercellular locations. Here, using an integrated approach based on individual-based modeling, time-lapse fluorescence microscopy and automated image analysis, we show that the movement of aging-related protein aggregates in E. coli is purely diffusive (Brownian). Using single-particle tracking of protein aggregates in live E. coli cells, we estimated the average size and diffusion constant of the aggregates. Our results provide evidence that the aggregates passively diffuse within the cell, with diffusion constants that depend on their size in agreement with the Stokes-Einstein law. However, the aggregate displacements along the cell long axis are confined to a region that roughly corresponds to the nucleoid-free space in the cell pole, thus confirming the importance of increased macromolecular crowding in the nucleoids. We thus used 3D individual-based modeling to show that these three ingredients (diffusion, aggregation and diffusion hindrance in the nucleoids) are sufficient and necessary to reproduce the available experimental data on aggregate localization in the cells. Taken together, our results strongly support the hypothesis that the localization of aging-related protein aggregates in the poles of E. coli results from the coupling of passive diffusion-aggregation with spatially non-homogeneous macromolecular crowding. They further support the importance of “soft” intracellular structuring (based on macromolecular crowding) in diffusion-based protein localization in E. coli. | ||||
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Publisher | Place of Publication | Editor | : Stanislav Shvartsman, Princeton University, United States of America | ||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @CJP2013 | Serial | 2786 | ||
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Author | Mariella Dimiccoli; Benoît Girard; Alain Berthoz; Daniel Bennequin | ||||
Title | Striola Magica: a functional explanation of otolith organs | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2013 | Publication | Journal of Computational Neuroscience | Abbreviated Journal | JCN |
Volume | 35 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 125-154 |
Keywords | Otolith organs ;Striola; Vestibular pathway | ||||
Abstract | Otolith end organs of vertebrates sense linear accelerations of the head and gravitation. The hair cells on their epithelia are responsible for transduction. In mammals, the striola, parallel to the line where hair cells reverse their polarization, is a narrow region centered on a curve with curvature and torsion. It has been shown that the striolar region is functionally different from the rest, being involved in a phasic vestibular pathway. We propose a mathematical and computational model that explains the necessity of this amazing geometry for the striola to be able to carry out its function. Our hypothesis, related to the biophysics of the hair cells and to the physiology of their afferent neurons, is that striolar afferents collect information from several type I hair cells to detect the jerk in a large domain of acceleration directions. This predicts a mean number of two calyces for afferent neurons, as measured in rodents. The domain of acceleration directions sensed by our striolar model is compatible with the experimental results obtained on monkeys considering all afferents. Therefore, the main result of our study is that phasic and tonic vestibular afferents cover the same geometrical fields, but at different dynamical and frequency domains. | ||||
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Publisher | Springer US | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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ISSN | 1573-6873. 2013 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @DBG2013 | Serial | 2787 | ||
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Author | Miguel Oliveira; Victor Santos; Angel Sappa; P. Dias; A. Moreira | ||||
Title | Incremental Scenario Representations for Autonomous Driving using Geometric Polygonal Primitives | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Abbreviated Journal | RAS |
Volume | 83 | Issue | Pages | 312-325 | |
Keywords | Incremental scene reconstruction; Point clouds; Autonomous vehicles; Polygonal primitives | ||||
Abstract | When an autonomous vehicle is traveling through some scenario it receives a continuous stream of sensor data. This sensor data arrives in an asynchronous fashion and often contains overlapping or redundant information. Thus, it is not trivial how a representation of the environment observed by the vehicle can be created and updated over time. This paper presents a novel methodology to compute an incremental 3D representation of a scenario from 3D range measurements. We propose to use macro scale polygonal primitives to model the scenario. This means that the representation of the scene is given as a list of large scale polygons that describe the geometric structure of the environment. Furthermore, we propose mechanisms designed to update the geometric polygonal primitives over time whenever fresh sensor data is collected. Results show that the approach is capable of producing accurate descriptions of the scene, and that it is computationally very efficient when compared to other reconstruction techniques. | ||||
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Publisher | Elsevier B.V. | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Notes | ADAS; 600.086, 600.076 | Approved | no | ||
Call Number | Admin @ si @OSS2016a | Serial | 2806 | ||
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Author | Angel Sappa; P. Carvajal; Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; Miguel Oliveira; Dennis Romero; Boris X. Vintimilla | ||||
Title | Wavelet based visible and infrared image fusion: a comparative study | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
Volume | 16 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 1-15 |
Keywords | Image fusion; fusion evaluation metrics; visible and infrared imaging; discrete wavelet transform | ||||
Abstract | This paper evaluates different wavelet-based cross-spectral image fusion strategies adopted to merge visible and infrared images. The objective is to find the best setup independently of the evaluation metric used to measure the performance. Quantitative performance results are obtained with state of the art approaches together with adaptations proposed in the current work. The options evaluated in the current work result from the combination of different setups in the wavelet image decomposition stage together with different fusion strategies for the final merging stage that generates the resulting representation. Most of the approaches evaluate results according to the application for which they are intended for. Sometimes a human observer is selected to judge the quality of the obtained results. In the current work, quantitative values are considered in order to find correlations between setups and performance of obtained results; these correlations can be used to define a criteria for selecting the best fusion strategy for a given pair of cross-spectral images. The whole procedure is evaluated with a large set of correctly registered visible and infrared image pairs, including both Near InfraRed (NIR) and Long Wave InfraRed (LWIR). | ||||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @SCA2016 | Serial | 2807 | ||
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Author | Angel Sappa; Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; Juan A. Carvajal Ayala; Miguel Oliveira; Dennis Romero; Boris X. Vintimilla; Ricardo Toledo | ||||
Title | Monocular visual odometry: A cross-spectral image fusion based approach | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Abbreviated Journal | RAS |
Volume | 85 | Issue | Pages | 26-36 | |
Keywords | Monocular visual odometry; LWIR-RGB cross-spectral imaging; Image fusion | ||||
Abstract | This manuscript evaluates the usage of fused cross-spectral images in a monocular visual odometry approach. Fused images are obtained through a Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) scheme, where the best setup is empirically obtained by means of a mutual information based evaluation metric. The objective is to have a flexible scheme where fusion parameters are adapted according to the characteristics of the given images. Visual odometry is computed from the fused monocular images using an off the shelf approach. Experimental results using data sets obtained with two different platforms are presented. Additionally, comparison with a previous approach as well as with monocular-visible/infrared spectra are also provided showing the advantages of the proposed scheme. | ||||
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Publisher | Elsevier B.V. | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Call Number | Admin @ si @SAC2016 | Serial | 2811 | ||
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Author | Alejandro Gonzalez Alzate; David Vazquez; Antonio Lopez; Jaume Amores | ||||
Title | On-Board Object Detection: Multicue, Multimodal, and Multiview Random Forest of Local Experts | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2017 | Publication | IEEE Transactions on cybernetics | Abbreviated Journal | Cyber |
Volume | 47 | Issue | 11 | Pages | 3980 - 3990 |
Keywords | Multicue; multimodal; multiview; object detection | ||||
Abstract | Despite recent significant advances, object detection continues to be an extremely challenging problem in real scenarios. In order to develop a detector that successfully operates under these conditions, it becomes critical to leverage upon multiple cues, multiple imaging modalities, and a strong multiview (MV) classifier that accounts for different object views and poses. In this paper, we provide an extensive evaluation that gives insight into how each of these aspects (multicue, multimodality, and strong MV classifier) affect accuracy both individually and when integrated together. In the multimodality component, we explore the fusion of RGB and depth maps obtained by high-definition light detection and ranging, a type of modality that is starting to receive increasing attention. As our analysis reveals, although all the aforementioned aspects significantly help in improving the accuracy, the fusion of visible spectrum and depth information allows to boost the accuracy by a much larger margin. The resulting detector not only ranks among the top best performers in the challenging KITTI benchmark, but it is built upon very simple blocks that are easy to implement and computationally efficient. | ||||
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Notes | ADAS; 600.085; 600.082; 600.076; 600.118 | Approved | no | ||
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Author | Maria Elena Meza-de-Luna; Juan Ramon Terven Salinas; Bogdan Raducanu; Joaquin Salas | ||||
Title | Assessing the Influence of Mirroring on the Perception of Professional Competence using Wearable Technology | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing | Abbreviated Journal | TAC |
Volume | 9 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 161-175 |
Keywords | Mirroring; Nodding; Competence; Perception; Wearable Technology | ||||
Abstract | Nonverbal communication is an intrinsic part in daily face-to-face meetings. A frequently observed behavior during social interactions is mirroring, in which one person tends to mimic the attitude of the counterpart. This paper shows that a computer vision system could be used to predict the perception of competence in dyadic interactions through the automatic detection of mirroring
events. To prove our hypothesis, we developed: (1) A social assistant for mirroring detection, using a wearable device which includes a video camera and (2) an automatic classifier for the perception of competence, using the number of nodding gestures and mirroring events as predictors. For our study, we used a mixed-method approach in an experimental design where 48 participants acting as customers interacted with a confederated psychologist. We found that the number of nods or mirroring events has a significant influence on the perception of competence. Our results suggest that: (1) Customer mirroring is a better predictor than psychologist mirroring; (2) the number of psychologist’s nods is a better predictor than the number of customer’s nods; (3) except for the psychologist mirroring, the computer vision algorithm we used worked about equally well whether it was acquiring images from wearable smartglasses or fixed cameras. |
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Call Number | Admin @ si @ MTR2016 | Serial | 2826 | ||
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Author | Sumit K. Banchhor; Tadashi Araki; Narendra D. Londhe; Nobutaka Ikeda; Petia Radeva; Ayman El-Baz; Luca Saba; Andrew Nicolaides; Shoaib Shafique; John R. Laird; Jasjit S. Suri | ||||
Title | Five multiresolution-based calcium volume measurement techniques from coronary IVUS videos: A comparative approach | Type ![]() |
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Year | 2016 | Publication | Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine | Abbreviated Journal | CMPB |
Volume | 134 | Issue | Pages | 237-258 | |
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Fast intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) video processing is required for calcium volume computation during the planning phase of percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) procedures. Nonlinear multiresolution techniques are generally applied to improve the processing time by down-sampling the video frames. METHODS: This paper presents four different segmentation methods for calcium volume measurement, namely Threshold-based, Fuzzy c-Means (FCM), K-means, and Hidden Markov Random Field (HMRF) embedded with five different kinds of multiresolution techniques (bilinear, bicubic, wavelet, Lanczos, and Gaussian pyramid). This leads to 20 different kinds of combinations. IVUS image data sets consisting of 38,760 IVUS frames taken from 19 patients were collected using 40 MHz IVUS catheter (Atlantis® SR Pro, Boston Scientific®, pullback speed of 0.5 mm/sec.). The performance of these 20 systems is compared with and without multiresolution using the following metrics: (a) computational time; (b) calcium volume; (c) image quality degradation ratio; and (d) quality assessment ratio. RESULTS: Among the four segmentation methods embedded with five kinds of multiresolution techniques, FCM segmentation combined with wavelet-based multiresolution gave the best performance. FCM and wavelet experienced the highest percentage mean improvement in computational time of 77.15% and 74.07%, respectively. Wavelet interpolation experiences the highest mean precision-of-merit (PoM) of 94.06 ± 3.64% and 81.34 ± 16.29% as compared to other multiresolution techniques for volume level and frame level respectively. Wavelet multiresolution technique also experiences the highest Jaccard Index and Dice Similarity of 0.7 and 0.8, respectively. Multiresolution is a nonlinear operation which introduces bias and thus degrades the image. The proposed system also provides a bias correction approach to enrich the system, giving a better mean calcium volume similarity for all the multiresolution-based segmentation methods. After including the bias correction, bicubic interpolation gives the largest increase in mean calcium volume similarity of 4.13% compared to the rest of the multiresolution techniques. The system is automated and can be adapted in clinical settings. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated the time improvement in calcium volume computation without compromising the quality of IVUS image. Among the 20 different combinations of multiresolution with calcium volume segmentation methods, the FCM embedded with wavelet-based multiresolution gave the best performance. |
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Call Number | Admin @ si @ BAL2016 | Serial | 2830 | ||
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