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A graph-based mathematical morphology reader
This survey paper aims at providing a "literary" anthology of mathematical
morphology on graphs. It describes in the English language many ideas stemming
from a large number of different papers, hence providing a unified view of an
active and diverse field of research
A framework for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) scene retrieval from medical simulation videos based on object and activity detection.
In this thesis, we propose a framework to detect and retrieve CPR activity scenes from medical simulation videos. Medical simulation is a modern training method for medical students, where an emergency patient condition is simulated on human-like mannequins and the students act upon. These simulation sessions are recorded by the physician, for later debriefing. With the increasing number of simulation videos, automatic detection and retrieval of specific scenes became necessary. The proposed framework for CPR scene retrieval, would eliminate the conventional approach of using shot detection and frame segmentation techniques. Firstly, our work explores the application of Histogram of Oriented Gradients in three dimensions (HOG3D) to retrieve the scenes containing CPR activity. Secondly, we investigate the use of Local Binary Patterns in Three Orthogonal Planes (LBPTOP), which is the three dimensional extension of the popular Local Binary Patterns. This technique is a robust feature that can detect specific activities from scenes containing multiple actors and activities. Thirdly, we propose an improvement to the above mentioned methods by a combination of HOG3D and LBP-TOP. We use decision level fusion techniques to combine the features. We prove experimentally that the proposed techniques and their combination out-perform the existing system for CPR scene retrieval. Finally, we devise a method to detect and retrieve the scenes containing the breathing bag activity, from the medical simulation videos. The proposed framework is tested and validated using eight medical simulation videos and the results are presented
Multiple Instance Learning: A Survey of Problem Characteristics and Applications
Multiple instance learning (MIL) is a form of weakly supervised learning
where training instances are arranged in sets, called bags, and a label is
provided for the entire bag. This formulation is gaining interest because it
naturally fits various problems and allows to leverage weakly labeled data.
Consequently, it has been used in diverse application fields such as computer
vision and document classification. However, learning from bags raises
important challenges that are unique to MIL. This paper provides a
comprehensive survey of the characteristics which define and differentiate the
types of MIL problems. Until now, these problem characteristics have not been
formally identified and described. As a result, the variations in performance
of MIL algorithms from one data set to another are difficult to explain. In
this paper, MIL problem characteristics are grouped into four broad categories:
the composition of the bags, the types of data distribution, the ambiguity of
instance labels, and the task to be performed. Methods specialized to address
each category are reviewed. Then, the extent to which these characteristics
manifest themselves in key MIL application areas are described. Finally,
experiments are conducted to compare the performance of 16 state-of-the-art MIL
methods on selected problem characteristics. This paper provides insight on how
the problem characteristics affect MIL algorithms, recommendations for future
benchmarking and promising avenues for research
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