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	Author	David Geronimo; Angel Sappa; Daniel Ponsa; Antonio Lopez
	Title	2D-3D based on-board pedestrian detection system			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2010	Publication	Computer Vision and Image Understanding	Abbreviated Journal	CVIU
	Volume	114	Issue	5	Pages	583–595
	Keywords	Pedestrian detection; Advanced Driver Assistance Systems; Horizon line; Haar wavelets; Edge orientation histograms
	Abstract	During the next decade, on-board pedestrian detection systems will play a key role in the challenge of increasing traffic safety. The main target of these systems, to detect pedestrians in urban scenarios, implies overcoming difficulties like processing outdoor scenes from a mobile platform and searching for aspect-changing objects in cluttered environments. This makes such systems combine techniques in the state-of-the-art Computer Vision. In this paper we present a three module system based on both 2D and 3D cues. The first module uses 3D information to estimate the road plane parameters and thus select a coherent set of regions of interest (ROIs) to be further analyzed. The second module uses Real AdaBoost and a combined set of Haar wavelets and edge orientation histograms to classify the incoming ROIs as pedestrian or non-pedestrian. The final module loops again with the 3D cue in order to verify the classified ROIs and with the 2D in order to refine the final results. According to the results, the integration of the proposed techniques gives rise to a promising system.
	Address	Computer Vision and Image Understanding (Special Issue on Intelligent Vision Systems), Vol. 114(5):583-595
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	ISSN	1077-3142	ISBN		Medium
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	Call Number	ADAS @ adas @ GSP2010			Serial	1341
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	Author	Olivier Penacchio; C. Alejandro Parraga; Maria Vanrell
	Title	Natural Scene Statistics account for Human Cones Ratios			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2010	Publication	Perception. ECVP Abstract Supplement	Abbreviated Journal	PER
	Volume	39	Issue		Pages	101
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	Abstract	In two previous experiments [Parraga et al, 2009 J. of Im. Sci. and Tech 53(3) 031106; Benavente et al,2009 Perception 38 ECVP Supplement, 36] the boundaries of basic colour categories were measured. In the ﬁrst experiment, samples were presented in isolation (ie on a dark background) and boundaries were measured using a yes/no paradigm. In the second, subjects adjusted the chromaticity of a sample presented on a random Mondrian background to ﬁnd the boundary between pairs of adjacent colours. Results from these experiments showed signiﬁcant dierences but it was not possible to conclude whether this discrepancy was due to the absence/presence of a colourful background or to the dierences in the paradigms used. In this work, we settle this question by repeating the ﬁrst experiment (ie samples presented on a dark background) using the second paradigm. A comparison of results shows that although boundary locations are very similar, boundaries measured in context are signiﬁcantly dierent(more diuse) than those measured in isolation (conﬁrmed by a Student’s t-test analysis on the subject’s answers statistical distributions). In addition, we completed the mapping of colour name space by measuring the boundaries between chromatic colours and the achromatic centre. With these results we completed our parametric fuzzy-sets model of colour naming space.
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	Call Number	CAT @ cat @ PPV2010			Serial	1357
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	Author	Bogdan Raducanu; D. Gatica-Perez
	Title	Inferring competitive role patterns in reality TV show through nonverbal analysis			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2012	Publication	Multimedia Tools and Applications	Abbreviated Journal	MTAP
	Volume	56	Issue	1	Pages	207-226
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	Abstract	This paper introduces a new facet of social media, namely that depicting social interaction. More concretely, we address this problem from the perspective of nonverbal behavior-based analysis of competitive meetings. For our study, we made use of “The Apprentice” reality TV show, which features a competition for a real, highly paid corporate job. Our analysis is centered around two tasks regarding a person's role in a meeting: predicting the person with the highest status, and predicting the fired candidates. We address this problem by adopting both supervised and unsupervised strategies. The current study was carried out using nonverbal audio cues. Our approach is based only on the nonverbal interaction dynamics during the meeting without relying on the spoken words. The analysis is based on two types of data: individual and relational measures. Results obtained from the analysis of a full season of the show are promising (up to 85.7% of accuracy in the first case and up to 92.8% in the second case). Our approach has been conveniently compared with the Influence Model, demonstrating its superiority.
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	Publisher	Elsevier	Place of Publication		Editor
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	ISSN	1380-7501	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	OR;MV			Approved	no
	Call Number	BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ RaG2012			Serial	1360
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	Author	Neus Salvatella; E Fernandez-Nofrerias; Francesco Ciompi; Oriol Rodriguez-Leor; H. Tizon; Xavier Carrillo; Josefina Mauri; Petia Radeva
	Title	Radial Artery Volume Changes After Administration Of Two Different Intra-arterial Drug Regimens. Assessment by Intravascular Ultrasound			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2010	Publication	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	Abbreviated Journal	JACC
	Volume	56	Issue	13s1	Pages	B119
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	Call Number	BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ SFC2010b			Serial	1364
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	Author	Daniel Ponsa; Joan Serrat; Antonio Lopez
	Title	On-board image-based vehicle detection and tracking			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2011	Publication	Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control	Abbreviated Journal	TIM
	Volume	33	Issue	7	Pages	783-805
	Keywords	vehicle detection
	Abstract	In this paper we present a computer vision system for daytime vehicle detection and localization, an essential step in the development of several types of advanced driver assistance systems. It has a reduced processing time and high accuracy thanks to the combination of vehicle detection with lane-markings estimation and temporal tracking of both vehicles and lane markings. Concerning vehicle detection, our main contribution is a frame scanning process that inspects images according to the geometry of image formation, and with an Adaboost-based detector that is robust to the variability in the different vehicle types (car, van, truck) and lighting conditions. In addition, we propose a new method to estimate the most likely three-dimensional locations of vehicles on the road ahead. With regards to the lane-markings estimation component, we have two main contributions. First, we employ a different image feature to the other commonly used edges: we use ridges, which are better suited to this problem. Second, we adapt RANSAC, a generic robust estimation method, to fit a parametric model of a pair of lane markings to the image features. We qualitatively assess our vehicle detection system in sequences captured on several road types and under very different lighting conditions. The processed videos are available on a web page associated with this paper. A quantitative evaluation of the system has shown quite accurate results (a low number of false positives and negatives) at a reasonable computation time.
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	Call Number	ADAS @ adas @ PSL2011			Serial	1413
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	Author	Xavier Otazu; C. Alejandro Parraga; Maria Vanrell
	Title	Towards a unified chromatic inducction model			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2010	Publication	Journal of Vision	Abbreviated Journal	VSS
	Volume	10	Issue	12:5	Pages	1-24
	Keywords	Visual system; Color induction; Wavelet transform
	Abstract	In a previous work (X. Otazu, M. Vanrell, & C. A. Párraga, 2008b), we showed how several brightness induction effects can be predicted using a simple multiresolution wavelet model (BIWaM). Here we present a new model for chromatic induction processes (termed Chromatic Induction Wavelet Model or CIWaM), which is also implemented on a multiresolution framework and based on similar assumptions related to the spatial frequency and the contrast surround energy of the stimulus. The CIWaM can be interpreted as a very simple extension of the BIWaM to the chromatic channels, which in our case are defined in the MacLeod-Boynton (lsY) color space. This new model allows us to unify both chromatic assimilation and chromatic contrast effects in a single mathematical formulation. The predictions of the CIWaM were tested by means of several color and brightness induction experiments, which showed an acceptable agreement between model predictions and psychophysical data.
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	Call Number	CAT @ cat @ OPV2010			Serial	1450
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	Author	Jose Manuel Alvarez; Theo Gevers; Antonio Lopez
	Title	Learning photometric invariance for object detection			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2010	Publication	International Journal of Computer Vision	Abbreviated Journal	IJCV
	Volume	90	Issue	1	Pages	45-61
	Keywords	road detection
	Abstract	Impact factor: 3.508 (the last available from JCR2009SCI). Position 4/103 in the category Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence. Quartile Color is a powerful visual cue in many computer vision applications such as image segmentation and object recognition. However, most of the existing color models depend on the imaging conditions that negatively affect the performance of the task at hand. Often, a reflection model (e.g., Lambertian or dichromatic reflectance) is used to derive color invariant models. However, this approach may be too restricted to model real-world scenes in which different reflectance mechanisms can hold simultaneously. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to derive color invariance by learning from color models to obtain diversified color invariant ensembles. First, a photometrical orthogonal and non-redundant color model set is computed composed of both color variants and invariants. Then, the proposed method combines these color models to arrive at a diversified color ensemble yielding a proper balance between invariance (repeatability) and discriminative power (distinctiveness). To achieve this, our fusion method uses a multi-view approach to minimize the estimation error. In this way, the proposed method is robust to data uncertainty and produces properly diversified color invariant ensembles. Further, the proposed method is extended to deal with temporal data by predicting the evolution of observations over time. Experiments are conducted on three different image datasets to validate the proposed method. Both the theoretical and experimental results show that the method is robust against severe variations in imaging conditions. The method is not restricted to a certain reflection model or parameter tuning, and outperforms state-of-the-art detection techniques in the field of object, skin and road recognition. Considering sequential data, the proposed method (extended to deal with future observations) outperforms the other methods
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	Publisher	Springer US	Place of Publication		Editor
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0920-5691	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	ADAS;ISE			Approved	no
	Call Number	ADAS @ adas @ AGL2010c			Serial	1451
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	Author	Jose Manuel Alvarez; Antonio Lopez
	Title	Road Detection Based on Illuminant Invariance			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2011	Publication	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	Abbreviated Journal	TITS
	Volume	12	Issue	1	Pages	184-193
	Keywords	road detection
	Abstract	By using an onboard camera, it is possible to detect the free road surface ahead of the ego-vehicle. Road detection is of high relevance for autonomous driving, road departure warning, and supporting driver-assistance systems such as vehicle and pedestrian detection. The key for vision-based road detection is the ability to classify image pixels as belonging or not to the road surface. Identifying road pixels is a major challenge due to the intraclass variability caused by lighting conditions. A particularly difficult scenario appears when the road surface has both shadowed and nonshadowed areas. Accordingly, we propose a novel approach to vision-based road detection that is robust to shadows. The novelty of our approach relies on using a shadow-invariant feature space combined with a model-based classifier. The model is built online to improve the adaptability of the algorithm to the current lighting and the presence of other vehicles in the scene. The proposed algorithm works in still images and does not depend on either road shape or temporal restrictions. Quantitative and qualitative experiments on real-world road sequences with heavy traffic and shadows show that the method is robust to shadows and lighting variations. Moreover, the proposed method provides the highest performance when compared with hue-saturation-intensity (HSI)-based algorithms.
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	Notes	ADAS			Approved	no
	Call Number	ADAS @ adas @ AlL2011			Serial	1456
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	Author	Ariel Amato; Mikhail Mozerov; Xavier Roca; Jordi Gonzalez
	Title	Robust Real-Time Background Subtraction Based on Local Neighborhood Patterns			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2010	Publication	EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing	Abbreviated Journal	EURASIPJ
	Volume		Issue		Pages	7
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	Abstract	Article ID 901205 This paper describes an efficient background subtraction technique for detecting moving objects. The proposed approach is able to overcome difficulties like illumination changes and moving shadows. Our method introduces two discriminative features based on angular and modular patterns, which are formed by similarity measurement between two sets of RGB color vectors: one belonging to the background image and the other to the current image. We show how these patterns are used to improve foreground detection in the presence of moving shadows and in the case when there are strong similarities in color between background and foreground pixels. Experimental results over a collection of public and own datasets of real image sequences demonstrate that the proposed technique achieves a superior performance compared with state-of-the-art methods. Furthermore, both the low computational and space complexities make the presented algorithm feasible for real-time applications.
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	ISSN	1110-8657	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	ISE			Approved	no
	Call Number	ISE @ ise @ AMR2010			Serial	1463
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	Author	Francesc Carreras; Jaume Garcia; Debora Gil; Sandra Pujadas; Chi ho Lion; R.Suarez-Arias; R.Leta; Xavier Alomar; Manuel Ballester; Guillem Pons-Llados
	Title	Left ventricular torsion and longitudinal shortening: two fundamental components of myocardial mechanics assessed by tagged cine-MRI in normal subjects			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2012	Publication	International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging	Abbreviated Journal	IJCI
	Volume	28	Issue	2	Pages	273-284
	Keywords	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Tagging MRI; Cardiac mechanics; Ventricular torsion
	Abstract	Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Cardiac MRI) has become a gold standard diagnostic technique for the assessment of cardiac mechanics, allowing the non-invasive calculation of left ventric- ular long axis longitudinal shortening (LVLS) and absolute myocardial torsion (AMT) between basal and apical left ventricular slices, a movement directly related to the helicoidal anatomic disposition of the myocardial fibers. The aim of this study is to determine AMT and LVLS behaviour and normal values from a group of healthy subjects. A group of 21 healthy volunteers (15 males) (age: 23–55 y.o., mean:30.7 ± 7.5) were prospectively included in an obser- vational study by Cardiac MRI. Left ventricular rotation (degrees) was calculated by custom-made software (Harmonic Phase Flow) in consecutive LV short axis planes tagged cine-MRI sequences. AMT was determined from the difference between basal and apical planes LV rotations. LVLS (%) was determined from the LV longitudinal and horizontal axis cine-MRI images. All the 21 cases studied were interpretable, although in three cases the value of the LV apical rotation could not be determined. The mean rotation of the basal and apical planes at end-systole were -3.71° ± 0.84° and 6.73° ± 1.69° (n:18) respectively, resulting in a LV mean AMT of 10.48° ± 1.63° (n:18). End-systolic mean LVLS was 19.07 ± 2.71%. Cardiac MRI allows for the calculation of AMT and LVLS, fundamental functional components of the ventricular twist mechanics conditioned, in turn, by the anatomical helical layout of the myocardial fibers. These values provide complementary information about systolic ventricular function in relation to the traditional parameters used in daily practice.
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	Publisher	Springer Netherlands	Place of Publication		Editor
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1569-5794	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	IAM;			Approved	no
	Call Number	IAM @ iam @ CGG2012			Serial	1496
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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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	Notes	IAM			Approved	no
	Call Number	IAM @ iam @ GGH2010b			Serial	1507
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	Author	Enrique Cabello; Cristina Conde; Angel Serrano; Licesio Rodriguez; David Vazquez
	Title	Empleo de sistemas biométricos para el reconocimiento de personas en aeropuertos			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2006	Publication	Instituto Universitario de Investigación sobre Seguridad Interior (IUSI 2006)	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Surveillance; Face detection; Face recognition
	Abstract	El presente proyecto se desarrolló a lo largo del año 2005, probando un prototipo de un sistema de verificación facial con imágenes extraídas de las cámaras de video vigilancia del aeropuerto de Barajas. Se diseñaron varios experimentos, agrupados en dos clases. En el primer tipo, el sistema es entrenado con imágenes obtenidas en condiciones de laboratorio y luego probado con imágenes extraídas de las cámaras de video vigilancia del aeropuerto de Barajas. En el segundo caso, tanto las imágenes de entrenamiento como las de prueba corresponden a imágenes extraídas de Barajas. Se ha desarrollado un sistema completo, que incluye adquisición y digitalización de las imágenes, localización y recorte de las caras en escena, verificación de sujetos y obtención de resultados. Los resultados muestran, que, en general, un sistema de verificación facial basado en imágenes puede ser una ayuda a un operario que deba estar vigilando amplias zonas.
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	Call Number	ADAS @ adas @ CCS2006a			Serial	1672
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	Author	Debora Gil; Jose Maria-Carazo; Roberto Marabini
	Title	On the nature of 2D crystal unbending			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2006	Publication	Journal of Structural Biology	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	156	Issue	3	Pages	546-555
	Keywords	Electron microscopy
	Abstract	Crystal unbending, the process that aims to recover a perfect crystal from experimental data, is one of the more important steps in electron crystallography image processing. The unbending process involves three steps: estimation of the unit cell displacements from their ideal positions, extension of the deformation field to the whole image and transformation of the image in order to recover an ideal crystal. In this work, we present a systematic analysis of the second step oriented to address two issues. First, whether the unit cells remain undistorted and only the distance between them should be changed (rigid case) or should be modified with the same deformation suffered by the whole crystal (elastic case). Second, the performance of different extension algorithms (interpolation versus approximation) is explored. Our experiments show that there is no difference between elastic and rigid cases or among the extension algorithms. This implies that the deformation fields are constant over large areas. Furthermore, our results indicate that the main source of error is the transformation of the crystal image.
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	ISSN	1047-8477	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	IAM;			Approved	no
	Call Number	IAM @ iam @ GCM2006			Serial	1519
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	Author	Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Oriol Rodriguez; Josepa Mauri; Petia Radeva
	Title	Statistical Strategy for Anisotropic Adventitia Modelling in IVUS			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2006	Publication	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	25	Issue	6	Pages	768-778
	Keywords	Corners; T-junctions; Wavelets
	Abstract	Vessel plaque assessment by analysis of intravascular ultrasound sequences is a useful tool for cardiac disease diagnosis and intervention. Manual detection of luminal (inner) and mediaadventitia (external) vessel borders is the main activity of physicians in the process of lumen narrowing (plaque) quantification. Difficult definition of vessel border descriptors, as well as, shades, artifacts, and blurred signal response due to ultrasound physical properties trouble automated adventitia segmentation. In order to efficiently approach such a complex problem, we propose blending advanced anisotropic filtering operators and statistical classification techniques into a vessel border modelling strategy. Our systematic statistical analysis shows that the reported adventitia detection achieves an accuracy in the range of interobserver variability regardless of plaque nature, vessel geometry, and incomplete vessel borders. Index Terms–-Anisotropic processing, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), vessel border segmentation, vessel structure classification.
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	Call Number	IAM @ iam @ GHR2006			Serial	1525
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	Author	Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Mireia Brunat;Steven Jansen; Jordi Martinez-Vilalta
	Title	Structure-preserving smoothing of biomedical images			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2011	Publication	Pattern Recognition	Abbreviated Journal	PR
	Volume	44	Issue	9	Pages	1842-1851
	Keywords	Non-linear smoothing; Differential geometry; Anatomical structures; segmentation; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Computerized tomography
	Abstract	Smoothing of biomedical images should preserve gray-level transitions between adjacent tissues, while restoring contours consistent with anatomical structures. Anisotropic diffusion operators are based on image appearance discontinuities (either local or contextual) and might fail at weak inter-tissue transitions. Meanwhile, the output of block-wise and morphological operations is prone to present a block structure due to the shape and size of the considered pixel neighborhood. In this contribution, we use differential geometry concepts to define a diffusion operator that restricts to image consistent level-sets. In this manner, the final state is a non-uniform intensity image presenting homogeneous inter-tissue transitions along anatomical structures, while smoothing intra-structure texture. Experiments on different types of medical images (magnetic resonance, computerized tomography) illustrate its benefit on a further process (such as segmentation) of images.
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	ISSN	0031-3203	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	IAM; ADAS			Approved	no
	Call Number	IAM @ iam @ GHB2011			Serial	1526
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