Boqiang Liu, Cong Yin, Zhongguo Liu, Zhenwang Zhang, Junbo Gao, Minghui Zhu, J. Gu, Kai Xu
{"title":"Microscopic Image Analysis and Recognition On Pathological Cells","authors":"Boqiang Liu, Cong Yin, Zhongguo Liu, Zhenwang Zhang, Junbo Gao, Minghui Zhu, J. Gu, Kai Xu","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.261","url":null,"abstract":"According to the features of the configuration and color information on the cancer cells, an adaptive automatic threshold segmentation based on the RGB and HIS color spaces is presented, which is available to segment suspected cancer cells and nucleus from the complex backgrounds in the microscopic images. The edges of the suspected cancer cells and nucleus are detected by using Canny operator. Using the technology of eight-chain code tracking, the feature values of suspected cancer cells are extracted. The feature values consists of the perimeter, the area, the height, the width, the circularity, the rectangularity, the extension and the area ratio between the nucleus and the cytolympth. Based on feature values, a two-round recognition scheme combined with morphologic and colourometry is proposed to recognize and classify the pathological and normal cells. The results show that the proposed algorithm can efficiently segment cell images and receive higher accuracy of cancer cell diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126717939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Frequency Locked Phase Estimation","authors":"A. Krieger, J. Salmon","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.146","url":null,"abstract":"A novel method of synchronization is proposed for the estimation of the phase of the fundamental component of harmonically distorted power line voltage. Common phase synchronization techniques involve a multiplication of the line voltage signal with an estimate of the fundamental line voltage component, to measure the discrepancy between the line phase and the estimated phase, and this results in undesired frequency components in the phase error signal. These new frequency components cause ripple in the output phase estimation, which can typically be reduced by low-pass filtering following the phase detection, at the expense of slowing down the overall dynamic response of the synchronization process. To address the harmonic distortion in the line voltage signal, the proposed method measures the phase error by directly subtracting the incoming signal from a one-cycle delayed copy of this same signal. This error signal is then used to adapt the sampling rate to maintain a fixed ratio of sampling to line signal frequencies. For a harmonically distorted signal, this produces a zero steady state phase error signal, and a ripple-free sampling frequency. This sampling clock signal serves to operate a fixed discrete frequency quadrature signal generator, used to perform a sliding correlation of the input signal with the quadrature signals, to extract an estimate of the line voltage fundamental component. The principal feedback loop in the proposed method aims only at frequency tracking, resulting in faster overall response. Simulation results are presented to validate this proposed method.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"467 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115322441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Localization of Electrical Outlet for a Mobile Robot Using Visual Servoing","authors":"L. Bustamante, J. Gu","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.309","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the analysis, design, and the implementation of a system for detecting an electrical outlet that will allow a mobile robot to independently recharge its own energy supply. The system is implemented with a robotic arm, a zoom camera, a standard web camera and a laser distance sensor. Utilizing the eye-in-hand configuration the camera is mounted on end-effectors of the robotic arm. The image-based visual servo will control robot joint angles directly using measured image features. The image analysis is performed using Pattern algorithm. The robotic arm will start scanning the area trying to find an outlet. The system uses a template to be compared with the image coming from the camera; the zoom of the camera moves according to the distance of the object, which allows the system to compare with only one size template. Once the outlet has been identified, the coordinates x, y and z are sent to the robot. The robot will automatically move as close as necessary to the outlet then the robotic arm maneuvers using visual servoing until the plug face is perfectly aligned to the outlet; finally the plug/unplug system will be activated. Some simulation and experimental results will be given in the paper.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117158445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection Schemes for High Sensitivity Electronic Biomolecular Detection","authors":"T. Charania, A. Parameswaran","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.185","url":null,"abstract":"Detection architectures are proposed for high-sensitivity, label-free detection of biomolecules using field-effect devices. In these architectures, the drain current of a field-effect transistor is modulated by the attachment of biomolecules to the transistor and is then converted from an analog signal to a digital signal by means of an oscillator. The time between successive pulses is representative of the magnitude of the drain current of the transistor, and hybridization events can thus be identified. An advantage of such a design is that it can be incorporated into large arrays without concerns of signal degradation, as well as can enable higher sensitivities to be achieved compared to the currently used optical based detection methods.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117237188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A QoS Negotiation Framework for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks","authors":"A. Hasib, A. Fapojuwo","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.197","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a user-centric end-to-end QoS negotiation framework for heterogeneous wireless networks. The three key features of the framework are: the coordination between intra-domain QoS Broker (QoSB) and common radio resource management (CRRM) module, the QoS negotiation between QoSBs of source and destination radio access networks (RANs), and user-centric bandwidth allocation to achieve maximum user satisfaction with respect to cost. A QoS signaling procedure for the proposed QoS negotiation framework is presented. The delay associated with the signaling procedure is analyzed. It is found that the signaling procedure has no negative effect on network QoS performance.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124889225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Muraleetharan, W. Fernando, W. Weerakkody, Nandana Rajatheva
{"title":"MIMO Wireless Channel for Video Communications using Distributed Video Coding","authors":"K. Muraleetharan, W. Fernando, W. Weerakkody, Nandana Rajatheva","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.403","url":null,"abstract":"The research on distributed video coding (DVC) has been increasingly popular in recent times due to its promising features. DVC primarily has a modified complexity balance between the encoder and decoder, in contrast to conventional video codecs. In video communications over wireless channels, the noise and multipath fading effects have a significant effect on the perceptual video quality experienced at the decoder. However, it is noted that in all the research literature on DVC, an error-free ideal communication channel is assumed between the encoder and decoder. In this paper, we take into account the effects of noise and fading in a wireless channel on the performance of a DVC codec with necessary modifications to the decoding algorithm while proposing a higher order (4x4) MIMO based diversity scheme to take advantage of the multipath propagation effects to improve the performance. Simulation results show that the proposed DVC system outperform the state of the art H.264 video codec at low SNR levels.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124895950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Python-Based MPI Framework for Exploring an Adaptive Fuzzy-Agent Approach to Simulating Large-Scale Non-Cooperative Games","authors":"E. Millman, C. Budakoglu, S. Neville","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.348","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we describe how to construct a large scale simulation system using the standard message passing interface (MPI) framework which can effectively explore the simulated players' strategy search spaces (i.e., to identify \"good\" strategies within particular \"games\" out of large sets of potential strategies) using genetic algorithms. We demonstrate how to create \"intelligent\" players who are capable of adapting their behaviors as the game evolves, given the problematic nature of identifying \"good\" strategies a priori using fuzzy logic. We prove these two concepts by building a scalable predator and prey simulation framework.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125026562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spanning Tree Protocol Interoperability with Other Loop Prevention Algorithms","authors":"G. S. Antonova","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.280","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses interoperability issues between IEEE Spanning Tree-based protocols and other loop prevention algorithms. Description of such protocols, interoperability issues between them and suggestion on how to resolve these issues are presented.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115025242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Improved Defense Scheme Against Attacks On Wireless Security","authors":"Hua Li, D. Reizvikh, L. Lei","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.252","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new defense scheme for wireless security is presented considering the security features of IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. We explained all kinds of the wireless attacks that have been performed on a wireless network in the past. Based on analyzing the weakness that all attacks are focused on, an improved scheme for wireless network is implemented. The experiment indicate that it is an effective scheme for protecting wireless network.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115056478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peer Review As a V&V Standard Compliance Technique: An Aviation Industry Case Study","authors":"O. Gendreau, P. Robillard, P. Labrèche","doi":"10.1109/CCECE.2007.174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.174","url":null,"abstract":"RTCA DO-178B standard provides guidelines about software development for airborne systems and equipment in order to satisfy airworthiness safety requirements. Software development process is affected by the criticality level determination of the software to produce, particularly for software verification, software configuration management and software quality assurance. This paper explores how CMC Electronics Inc., a high-technology electronics products designer and manufacturer involved in the aviation field, uses peer reviews as a software verification technique. The various peer review approaches are presented. A specific peer review approach is chosen depending on the criticality of an application and the type of work product to review. An example of a peer review type matrix is presented for various application criticalities.","PeriodicalId":183910,"journal":{"name":"2007 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116568654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}