M. Ricci, A. Ficola, M. L. Fravolini, L. Battaglini, V. Brunori, A. Palazzi, M. Pastorelli, P. Burrascano, P. Valigi, L. Appolloni, S. Cervo, C. Rocchi
{"title":"Machine vision and magnetic imaging NDT for the on-line inspection of stainless steel strips","authors":"M. Ricci, A. Ficola, M. L. Fravolini, L. Battaglini, V. Brunori, A. Palazzi, M. Pastorelli, P. Burrascano, P. Valigi, L. Appolloni, S. Cervo, C. Rocchi","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295531","url":null,"abstract":"An On-Line Inspection System for stainless steel strip exploiting Machine Vision and Magnetic Imaging apparatuses has been developed at the ThyssenKrupp-Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A.. The main goal of the research is represented by the fusion of the information provided by the two apparatuses that can improve the detection and classification tasks by enlarging the set of detectable defects. Preliminary results and developing perspectives are presented.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"317 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133782130","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 highly efficient mode decision algorithm and architecture for AVS HD Video Encoder","authors":"Shuai Li, Chuang Zhu, Fei Wang, Huizhu Jia, Xiaodong Xie, Wen Gao","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295561","url":null,"abstract":"In Advanced Audio Video coding Standard (AVS), the utilization of variable block size ranging from 16×16 to 8×8 in inter frame encoding improves the coding efficiency significantly compared with a fixed MB partition. Rate distortion optimization (RDO) is the best known mode decision method, but the corresponding extremely high computational complexity limits its application. This paper proposes an algorithm based on the visual perception model and Sobel operator edge detection model to quickly select the best inter mode from 16×16, 16×8, 8×16 and 8×8 just by using the original pixels. We further analyze and redesign the MB level pipeline structure, and give the optimized hardware structure of the encoder. We tested different sequences including cif, 720p and 1080p, and the experimental results show that the coding efficiency is comparable with the traditional RDO method. The proposed hardware structure saves fractional motion estimation (FME) by 60% in areas and reduces the processing time by 200 cycles. Our proposed mode decision architecture can support the real time processing of 1080P@30fps.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"242 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124333661","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}
Pengwei Zhou, Huijie Zhao, Ying Zhang, Chongchong Li
{"title":"Accurate optical design of an acousto-optic tunable filter imaging spectrometer","authors":"Pengwei Zhou, Huijie Zhao, Ying Zhang, Chongchong Li","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295512","url":null,"abstract":"When designing an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) imaging spectrometer, the traditional method used a refractive grating to simulate the effects of the AOTF. We studied the acousto-optic interaction in AOTF with exact analysis and found that simulating AOTF with grating was inaccurate due to angular dependence of grating spacing. We proposed a new method to simulate the diffraction using user defined surface (UDS) function in ZEMAX based on accurate acousto-optic interaction. Optimization and analysis of the optical design for an AOTF imaging spectrometer was carried out with the UDS. The obtained geometric MTF and spectral image indicates that the proposed method is efficient, accurate and feasible for routine design of the AOTF imaging spectrometer.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114921345","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":"Homography-based orientation estimation for capsule endoscope tracking","authors":"E. Spyrou, D. Iakovidis","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295583","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is a developing imaging technology for screening the gastrointestinal system. Tracking of the swallowable capsule endoscope within the human body is typically performed by external sensor arrays enabling approximate localization and detection of its orientation. In this paper we propose a method for capsule orientation estimation based only on image features, without the requirement of any external equipment. The proposed method involves two steps: a) salient point detection and extraction of image features from these points, and b) detection of feature correspondences between consecutive frames and homography estimation. The capsule orientation is estimated by decomposition of the homography matrix into rotation and translation components. The results obtained by the application of this method on WCE video frames indicate its effectiveness and improved performance over the state of the art.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129888091","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}
Baoliang Wang, Sanfu Fu, H. Ji, Zhiyao Huang, Haiqing Li
{"title":"Capacitively coupled electrical resistance tomography system based on quartz crystal series resonance","authors":"Baoliang Wang, Sanfu Fu, H. Ji, Zhiyao Huang, Haiqing Li","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295539","url":null,"abstract":"The direct contact between the electrodes of the electrical resistance tomography and liquid may result in electrode corrosion and polarization, which limits the application of ERT in industry. Based on quartz crystal series resonance principle, this paper develops a capacitively coupled electrical resistance tomography system (CCERT). This system can measure the conductivity of liquid between electrodes without contact with the liquid. A 12-electrodes prototype system is developed and its data acquisition system is designed to implement the resistance measurement. To test the system performance, the experiment is implemented. Experiment results show that the conductivity distribution images inside the pipe can be reconstructed.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128329629","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 dual modality tomography system for particle concentration and charge distribution measurement in dense-phase pneumatic conveyor of pulverized coal","authors":"Jian Li, Heming Gao, Chuanlong Xu, Shimin Wang","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295507","url":null,"abstract":"Process tomography (PT) has been widely investigated and developed to measure the cross-sectional distribution of multiphase flow parameters based on different sensing techniques in the past decades. Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) is a relatively mature method for detecting solid particle concentration while electrostatic tomography(EST) is a new technique to measure the charge distribution carried by particles. In this paper, ECT and EST are combined to measure the particle concentration and charge distribution over the cross-section of a horizontal pipeline with the inner diameter of 10 mm in a dense-phase pneumatic conveying system of pulverized coal under high pressure. The pulverized coal particles with three different sizes are conveyed by nitrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) carriers in the experiments. The particle concentration and charge distribution, along with the relationship between them are presented and analyzed.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127261834","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":"Motion error analysis of 3D coordinates of airborne LIDAR under typical terrains","authors":"T. Peng, Tian Lan, Guoqiang Ni","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295553","url":null,"abstract":"With the expansion of airborne LIDAR application, the requirements of accuracy and reliability for airborne LIDAR are increasing. Therefore it is necessary to analyze the motion errors of airborne LIDAR data in order to correct errors and improve accuracy. In this paper, in connection with five kinds of typical terrains, a method for the analysis of dynamic 3D coordinate errors is proposed and models for motion errors of 3D coordinates under typical terrains are established. By choosing the flight altitude, point cloud spacing, instantaneous scanning angle, and other variables, the static and dynamic simulations are conducted. Then the corresponding simulation results are analyzed comparatively. It is shown that 3D coordinate errors are the smallest under flat terrain. On the other hand, under non-flat terrain, the greater the slop angle, the greater the 3D coordinate errors are. The error along flight direction is greater than that along the other two directions. In addition, dynamic 3D coordinate errors are much greater than static 3D coordinate errors. For example, static elevation error is about 0.16m, while dynamic elevation error is 1.02m. In conclusion, it is favorable to select the appropriate flight altitude, point cloud spacing and instantaneous scanning angle as to improve the measurement accuracy.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129054611","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":"Studying atmospheric turbulence effects on aircraft motion for airborne SAR motion compensation requirements","authors":"Hao Guo, Yang Li, Q. Qu, Peiqing Liu","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295519","url":null,"abstract":"It is necessary to study the influence of atmospheric disturbance on aircraft motion for the motion compensation sensitivity requirements of airborne SAR. Most motion compensation study for airborne SAR is focusing on the effects of assuming motion errors on SAR images from the early years of airborne SAR development. In this paper, based on power spectra density (PSD) method, the spectra of aircraft motion that containing all the response motion information due to atmospheric disturbance can be calculated from the given spectra of the atmospheric turbulence and the transfer function between aircraft motion and atmospheric turbulence. As an example, one common atmospheric turbulence model is applied to get the lateral/longitudinal uncontrolled and controlled aircraft motion. At low frequency domain, our results show that the controlled aircraft motion is suppressed in comparison with the uncontrolled aircraft motion as wished; whereas, at high frequency domain, there is no difference between the spectra of controlled and uncontrolled aircraft motion, i.e., each has a scaling behavior with a scaling exponent corresponding exactly to the atmospheric turbulence model. Based on these aircraft motion analysis, an acceptable residual motion error is predicted from the motion compensation requirements, which suggests that motion compensation for airborne SAR is unavoidable and should pay more attention on the medium frequency range.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130836877","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":"Tracking a phantom's lung tumour target using optical flow algorithm and electronic portal imaging devices","authors":"P. Teo, R. Crow, S. Van Nest, S. Pistorius","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295540","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the feasibility and accuracy of tracking the motion of a lung tumour in a breathing phantom using a computer vision algorithm and electronic portal images. A multi-resolution optical flow algorithm that incorporates weighting based on the differences between frames is used to obtain a set of vectors corresponding to the motion between two frames. A global value representing the average motion is obtained by computing the average weighted mean from the set of vectors. The tracking accuracy of the optical flow algorithm is compared to potentiometer measurements. A self-resetting technique has been used to offset the drift observed in the cumulative position of the target. For a 12 breaths/min motion, a maximum average inter-frame velocity error of (1.06 ± 0.61) mm/s is obtained. A correlation coefficient of 0.97 bounded by a 95% prediction interval of (0.96, 0.98) is established between the optical flow and potentiometer results. Maximum absolute average positional error of 0.42 ± 0.21 mm is achieved. This approach offers the potential of real-time tumour motion tracking.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127847268","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":"Autonomous robotic ground penetrating radar surveys of ice sheets; Using machine learning to identify hidden crevasses","authors":"R. M. Williams, L. E. Ray, J. Lever","doi":"10.1109/IST.2012.6295593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2012.6295593","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents methods to continue development of a completely autonomous robotic system employing ground penetrating radar imaging of the glacier sub-surface. We use well established machine learning algorithms and appropriate un-biased processing, particularly those which are also suitable for real-time image analysis and detection. We tested and evaluated three processing schemes in conjunction with a Support Vector Machine (SVM) trained on 15 examples of Antarctic GPR imagery, collected by our robot and a Pisten Bully tractor in 2010 in the shear zone near McMurdo Station. Using a modified cross validation technique, we correctly classified all examples with a radial basis kernel SVM trained and evaluated on down-sampled and texture-mapped GPR images of crevasses, compared to 60% classification rate using raw data. We also test the most successful processing scheme on a larger dataset, comprised of 94 GPR images of crevasse crossings recorded in the same deployment. Our experiments demonstrate the promise and reliability of real-time object detection and classification with robotic GPR imaging surveys.","PeriodicalId":213330,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129287124","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}