14 research outputs found

    A Review of Automatic Driving System by Recognizing Road Signs Using Digital Image Processing

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    In this review, the paper furnishes object identification's relationship with video investi-gation and picture understanding, it has pulled in much exploration consideration as of late. Customary item identification strategies are based on high-quality highlights and shallow teachable models. This survey paper presents one such strategy which is named as Optical Flow method. This strategy is discovered to be stronger and more effective for moving item recognition and the equivalent has been appeared by an investigation in this review paper. Applying optical stream to a picture gives stream vectors of the focus-es comparing to the moving items. Next piece of denoting the necessary moving object of interest checks to the post preparation. Post handling is the real commitment of the review paper for moving item identification issues. Their presentation effectively deteri-orates by developing complex troupes which join numerous low-level picture highlights with significant level setting from object indicators and scene classifiers. With the fast advancement in profound learning, all the more useful assets, which can learn semantic, significant level, further highlights, are acquainted with address the issues existing in customary designs. These models carry on contrastingly in network design, preparing system, and advancement work, and so on In this review paper, we give an audit on pro-found learning-based item location systems. Our survey starts with a short presenta-tion on the historical backdrop of profound learning and its agent device, in particular Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

    Mass segmentation using a combined method for cancer detection

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death for women all over the world and mammography is thought of as one of the main tools for early detection of breast cancer. In order to detect the breast cancer, computer aided technology has been introduced. In computer aided cancer detection, the detection and segmentation of mass are very important. The shape of mass can be used as one of the factors to determine whether the mass is malignant or benign. However, many of the current methods are semi-automatic. In this paper, we investigate fully automatic segmentation method.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In this paper, a new mass segmentation algorithm is proposed. In the proposed algorithm, a fully automatic marker-controlled watershed transform is proposed to segment the mass region roughly, and then a level set is used to refine the segmentation. For over-segmentation caused by watershed, we also investigated different noise reduction technologies. Images from DDSM were used in the experiments and the results show that the new algorithm can improve the accuracy of mass segmentation.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The new algorithm combines the advantages of both methods. The combination of the watershed based segmentation and level set method can improve the efficiency of the segmentation. Besides, the introduction of noise reduction technologies can reduce over-segmentation.</p

    Computer-aided detection and diagnosis of breast cancer in 2D and 3D medical imaging through multifractal analysis

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    This Thesis describes the research work performed in the scope of a doctoral research program and presents its conclusions and contributions. The research activities were carried on in the industry with Siemens S.A. Healthcare Sector, in integration with a research team. Siemens S.A. Healthcare Sector is one of the world biggest suppliers of products, services and complete solutions in the medical sector. The company offers a wide selection of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and information systems. Siemens products for medical imaging and in vivo diagnostics include: ultrasound, computer tomography, mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, magnetic resonance, equipment to angiography and coronary angiography, nuclear imaging, and many others. Siemens has a vast experience in Healthcare and at the beginning of this project it was strategically interested in solutions to improve the detection of Breast Cancer, to increase its competitiveness in the sector. The company owns several patents related with self-similarity analysis, which formed the background of this Thesis. Furthermore, Siemens intended to explore commercially the computer- aided automatic detection and diagnosis eld for portfolio integration. Therefore, with the high knowledge acquired by University of Beira Interior in this area together with this Thesis, will allow Siemens to apply the most recent scienti c progress in the detection of the breast cancer, and it is foreseeable that together we can develop a new technology with high potential. The project resulted in the submission of two invention disclosures for evaluation in Siemens A.G., two articles published in peer-reviewed journals indexed in ISI Science Citation Index, two other articles submitted in peer-reviewed journals, and several international conference papers. This work on computer-aided-diagnosis in breast led to innovative software and novel processes of research and development, for which the project received the Siemens Innovation Award in 2012. It was very rewarding to carry on such technological and innovative project in a socially sensitive area as Breast Cancer.No cancro da mama a deteção precoce e o diagnóstico correto são de extrema importância na prescrição terapêutica e caz e e ciente, que potencie o aumento da taxa de sobrevivência à doença. A teoria multifractal foi inicialmente introduzida no contexto da análise de sinal e a sua utilidade foi demonstrada na descrição de comportamentos siológicos de bio-sinais e até na deteção e predição de patologias. Nesta Tese, três métodos multifractais foram estendidos para imagens bi-dimensionais (2D) e comparados na deteção de microcalci cações em mamogramas. Um destes métodos foi também adaptado para a classi cação de massas da mama, em cortes transversais 2D obtidos por ressonância magnética (RM) de mama, em grupos de massas provavelmente benignas e com suspeição de malignidade. Um novo método de análise multifractal usando a lacunaridade tri-dimensional (3D) foi proposto para classi cação de massas da mama em imagens volumétricas 3D de RM de mama. A análise multifractal revelou diferenças na complexidade subjacente às localizações das microcalci cações em relação aos tecidos normais, permitindo uma boa exatidão da sua deteção em mamogramas. Adicionalmente, foram extraídas por análise multifractal características dos tecidos que permitiram identi car os casos tipicamente recomendados para biópsia em imagens 2D de RM de mama. A análise multifractal 3D foi e caz na classi cação de lesões mamárias benignas e malignas em imagens 3D de RM de mama. Este método foi mais exato para esta classi cação do que o método 2D ou o método padrão de análise de contraste cinético tumoral. Em conclusão, a análise multifractal fornece informação útil para deteção auxiliada por computador em mamogra a e diagnóstico auxiliado por computador em imagens 2D e 3D de RM de mama, tendo o potencial de complementar a interpretação dos radiologistas

    A Review of Object Visual Detection for Intelligent Vehicles

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    This paper contains the details of different object detection (OD) techniques, object iden-tification's relationship with video investigation, and picture understanding, it has pulled in much exploration consideration as of late. Customary item identification strat-egies are based on high-quality highlights and shallow teachable models. This survey paper presents one such strategy which is named as Optical Flow method (OFM). This strategy is discovered to be stronger and more effective for moving item recognition and the equivalent has been appeared by an investigation in this review paper. Applying optical stream to a picture gives stream vectors of the focuses comparing to the moving items. Next piece of denoting the necessary moving object of interest checks to the post-preparing. Post handling is the real commitment of the review paper for moving item identification issues. Their presentation effectively deteriorates by developing com-plex troupes which join numerous low-level picture highlights with significant level set-ting from object indicators and scene classifiers. With the fast advancement in profound learning, all the more useful assets, which can learn semantic, significant level, further highlights, are acquainted with address the issues existing in customary designs. These models carry on contrastingly in network design, preparing system, and advancement work, and so on in this review paper, we give an audit on profound learning-based item location systems. Our survey starts with a short presentation on the historical backdrop of profound learning and its agent device, in particular, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and region-based convolutional neural networks (R-CNN)

    Computer-aided diagnosis for osteoporosis based on trabecular bone analysis using panoramic radiographs

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    Background: Mandibular bone on panoramic radiographs has been proven to be useful for identifying postmenopausal women with low skeletal bone mineral density. One of the important parts of mandibular bone is trabecular bone. Trabecular bone architecture is one of the factors that governs bone strength and may be categorized as a contributor to bone quality. Purpose: The purposes of this study were to develop a computer-aided system for measuring trabecular bone line strength on panoramic radiographs in identifying postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and to clarify the diagnostic efficacy of the system. Methods: Reduction and expansion of trabecular bone sample images using a two level Gaussian pyramid for removing noises and small segments were first introduced. Then, line strength at each pixel was calculated based on its existence on the trabecular bone with emphasizes line segment which has similar orientation with the root of tooth. The density was measured with respect to line strength of segment structure which has similar orientation with the root of tooth, either on the left and the right in the mandibular bone. Number of pixels in the line segment area was compared with a threshold value to determine whether normal or osteoporosis. Results: From experiment on 100 data, the accuracy of 88%, sensitivity of 92%, and specificity of 86.7% were achieved. Conclusion: The computer-aided system of trabecular bone analysis may be useful for detecting osteoporosis using panoramic radiographs.Latar belakang: Tulang mandibula pada panoramik radiografi telah banyak diteliti dan terbukti mampu digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi wanita pasca menopause dengan menggunakan bone mineral density rendah. Salah satu bagian tulang mandibula yang penting adalah tulang trabekula. Arsitektur tulang trabekula merupakan salah satu dari faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kekuatan tulang dan dapat digolongkan sebagai kontributor bagi kualitas tulang. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membangun sebuah sistem dengan bantuan komputer untuk mengukur kekuatan garis pada tulang trabekula dan menggunakannya untuk mendeteksi osteoporosis pada wanita postmenopause. Metode: Dilakukan sampling pada sebagian tulang mandibular yang menghasilkan sebuah sampel citra. Sampel citra ini selanjutnya diperbaiki dari derau (noise) dengan menggunakan piramida Gaussian dua level. Kekuatan garis pada tiap piksel dihitung berdasarkan orientasi segmen garis tulang trabekula yang sejajar dengan akar gigi. Setelah dilakukan binerisasi, luasan segmen yang dihasilkan dihitung dan dibandingkan dengan sebuah nilai ambang. Bila luasan melebihi nilai threshold maka dikategorikan sebagai normal. Sebaliknya bila luasan dibawah nilai threshold, dikategorikan sebagai osteoporosis. Hasil: Berdasarkan eksperimen terhadap 100 data, sistem mampu mencapai akurasi identifikasi sebesar 88%, sensitivitas 92%, dan spesifisitas 86,7%. Kesimpulan: Sistem analisa trabecular bone dengan bantuan komputer ini dapat digunakan oleh para dokter gigi untuk mendeteksi osteoporosis menggunakan panoramik radiografi.</p
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