shape-from-focus methods
Focus on Advances in Shape from Focus
... image from a sequence of images acquired at varying focus ...ranging from feature detection to texture analysis and image ...filter from a linear combination of the basis filters; this sets ...
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Visual Methods for the Design of Shape Changing Interfaces
... to shape-changing interfaces. This is because current shape-changing interface design is not targeted at solving a particular problem, or trying to design specic hardware or interaction we are purely ...
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Image analysis framework with focus evaluation for in situ characterisation of particle size and shape attributes
... the focus level does not represent a significant problem since objects are placed at or close to the focal length of the instrument and remain static during image ...in focus. Particles that are ...
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Preface: Focus on imaging methods in granular physics
... ence from granular ...better shape detection algorithms and keep- ing track of more descriptive variables, and the reconstruction of 3D force distributions requires new detection and fitting algorithms as ...
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About Shape Identification Methods of Objects Invariant to Projective Transformations
... defined from the first equation (3) is significantly smaller (average = ...obtained from each other under projective transformations (average = ...obtained from the reference one using projective ...
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Three-dimensional rockfall shape back analysis: methods and implications
... selected from the overall database for further ...ranged from 1 up to 130 m 3 , which was the largest event recorded during this ...selected from the full ...their shape could be made ...
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Comparative Study of Combinatorial 3D Reconstruction Algorithms
... Surface reconstruction techniques can be classified into two main approaches: the combinatorial approach and the adjustment approach of a predefined model. A large number of combinatorial methods have the ...
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Blackbox reduced-basis output bound methods for shape optimisation
... As we can see from Table 1, even for small N , the accuracy is very good; further- more, convergence with N is quite rapid. This is particularly noteworthy given the high-dimensional parameter space; even with N = ...
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Mathematical Analysis and Overview on Shape Matching Technique
... received from cameras/sensors placed on satellites, aircrafts or photos taken in traditional everyday life for varied ...Also Shape analysis methods play an important role in systems for object ...
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Cancer Detection from Histopathology Images
... In general, increasing the saturation component of an image helps to improve the image quality and emphasize objects of interest. Moreover, tissue folds are distin- guishable with their high saturation and low intensity. ...
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Physician payment methods: a focus on quality and cost control
... The challenge is that the implementation of APPs in Canada has typically been introduced to augment special- ties with lower-than-average FFS incomes or remunerate physicians in low population regions. This has ...
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On Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Three Parameter Gamma Distribution Based on Left Censored Samples
... data from an independent and identically distributed scheme of ...alternatives methods recently available in the literature: the location and scale parameters free maximum likelihood estimators (LSPF-MLE) ...
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Expectations and perceptions of primary healthcare professionals regarding their own continuous education in Catalonia (Spain): a qualitative study
... ceive from 3 to 5 courses/workshops related to CE in their own health centers and, additionally, 3 to 4 other courses from the more than 200 ones offered by the Catalan Health ...
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Shifting the focus: sequential methods of analysis with qualitative data
... using methods that draw on different theoretical assumptions (Guba & Lincoln, 1994)—the approach taken in this study means that we did not have to contend with these ...Both methods of data analysis ...
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Parameter estimations and copula methods for burr type III and type XII distributions
... interest from researchers to use in many fields for practice or application ...will focus on the characteristics of 2- and 3-parameter Burr Type III and XII distributions including simulation and estimation ...
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<p>Women’s Perspectives On Provider Education Regarding Opioid Use</p>
... This study adds to the body of literature regarding women ’ s experiences with their providers in the context of pain and opioid use. Overall, both quantitative and qualitative fi ndings indicate that participants felt ...
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Shape on shape on shape
... comes from within” (Bolton, Frankel, Blanks, & Sundsbø, 2011, ...sociocultural focus and although small changes are happening, still stereotypical figures and ideals of beauty are predominant throughout ...
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The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as collaborative working: a case study in shared practice and collective purpose
... adapted from (Walsh & Kahn, ...a focus on connections helps us to address bias that might result from two members of a network playing up its ...
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Nonprofit governance: The shape of board organisation communication
... The evidence from this study is that the board should determine what works with reference to particular contextual variables. This should not be driven by the CEO alone. The board has a responsibility to establish ...
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Comparing Shape and Image Reconstruction in Electrical Capacitance Tomography
... number, shape, size and, perhaps, contrast of a collection of anomalous ...inversion methods, which move away from the estimation of a dense collection of pixel values and concentrate processing ...
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