Bin Li, Jianzhong Fu, Jiawei Feng, Ce Shang, Zhiwei Lin
{"title":"Review of heterogeneous material objects modeling in additive manufacturing.","authors":"Bin Li, Jianzhong Fu, Jiawei Feng, Ce Shang, Zhiwei Lin","doi":"10.1186/s42492-020-0041-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42492-020-0041-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review investigates the recent developments of heterogeneous objects modeling in additive manufacturing (AM), as well as general problems and widespread solutions to the modeling methods of heterogeneous objects. Prevalent heterogeneous object representations are generally categorized based on the different expression or data structure employed therein, and the state-of-the-art of process planning procedures for AM is reviewed via different vigorous solutions for part orientation, slicing methods, and path planning strategies. Finally, some evident problems and possible future directions of investigation are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"3 1","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7099562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytic time-of-flight positron emission tomography reconstruction: three-dimensional case.","authors":"Gengsheng L Zeng, Ya Li, Qiu Huang","doi":"10.1186/s42492-020-0042-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-020-0042-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, the time-of-flight (TOF) information gives us rough event position along the line-of-response (LOR). Using the TOF information for PET image reconstruction is able to reduce image noise. The state-of-the-art TOF PET image reconstruction uses iterative algorithms. This study introduces an analytic TOF PET algorithm that focuses on three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction. The proposed algorithm is in the form of backprojection filtering, in which the backprojection is performed first by using a time-resolution profile function, and then a 3D filter is applied to the backprojected image. For the list-mode data, the backprojection is carried out in the event-by-event fashion, and the timing resolution determined weighting function is used along the projection LOR. Computer simulations are carried out to verify the feasibility of the proposed algorithm.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"3 1","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42492-020-0042-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid image of three contents.","authors":"Peeraya Sripian, Yasushi Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0036-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0036-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A hybrid image allows multiple image interpretations to be modulated by the viewing distance. Originally, it can be constructed by combining the low and high spatial frequencies of two different images. The original hybrid image synthesis was limited to similar shapes of source images that were aligned in the edges, e.g., faces with a different expression, to produce an effective double image interpretation. In our previous work, we proposed a noise-inserted method for synthesizing a hybrid image from dissimilar shape images or unaligned images. In this work, we propose a novel method for adding an image to be seen from a middle viewing distance. The middle-frequency (MF) image is extracted by a special bandpass filter, which generates ringing while extracting only specified frequency bands. With this method, the middle frequency should be perceived as a meaningless pattern when viewed from a far distance and close up. A parameter tuning experiment was performed to determine the suitable cutoff frequencies for designing the filter for the MF image. We found that ringings of a suitable size could be used to make the middle frequency less noticeable when seen from far away.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"3 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42492-019-0036-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ayaka Kaneko, Akiko Komatsu, Takayuki Itoh, Florence Ying Wang
{"title":"Painting image browser applying an associate-rule-aware multidimensional data visualization technique.","authors":"Ayaka Kaneko, Akiko Komatsu, Takayuki Itoh, Florence Ying Wang","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0040-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0040-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exploration of artworks is enjoyable but often time consuming. For example, it is not always easy to discover the favorite types of unknown painting works. It is not also always easy to explore unpopular painting works which looks similar to painting works created by famous artists. This paper presents a painting image browser which assists the explorative discovery of user-interested painting works. The presented browser applies a new multidimensional data visualization technique that highlights particular ranges of particular numeric values based on association rules to suggest cues to find favorite painting images. This study assumes a large number of painting images are provided where categorical information (e.g., names of artists, created year) is assigned to the images. The presented system firstly calculates the feature values of the images as a preprocessing step. Then the browser visualizes the multidimensional feature values as a heatmap and highlights association rules discovered from the relationships between the feature values and categorical information. This mechanism enables users to explore favorite painting images or painting images that look similar to famous painting works. Our case study and user evaluation demonstrates the effectiveness of the presented image browser.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"3 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7099557/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiuling Pan, Wei Zhu, Xiaolin Zhang, Jincai Chang, Jianzhong Cui
{"title":"Research on a bifurcation location algorithm of a drainage tube based on 3D medical images.","authors":"Qiuling Pan, Wei Zhu, Xiaolin Zhang, Jincai Chang, Jianzhong Cui","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0039-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0039-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on patient computerized tomography data, we segmented a region containing an intracranial hematoma using the threshold method and reconstructed the 3D hematoma model. To improve the efficiency and accuracy of identifying puncture points, a point-cloud search arithmetic method for modified adaptive weighted particle swarm optimization is proposed and used for optimal external axis extraction. According to the characteristics of the multitube drainage tube and the clinical needs of puncture for intracranial hematoma removal, the proposed algorithm can provide an optimal route for a drainage tube for the hematoma, the precise position of the puncture point, and preoperative planning information, which have considerable instructional significance for clinicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"3 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42492-019-0039-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Wei, Rui Jiang, Xing Wei, Yun-An Cheng, Lei Cheng, Cai Wang
{"title":"Novel indoor positioning system based on ultra-wide bandwidth.","authors":"Zhen Wei, Rui Jiang, Xing Wei, Yun-An Cheng, Lei Cheng, Cai Wang","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0038-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0038-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To tackle challenges such as interference and poor accuracy of indoor positioning systems, a novel scheme based on ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) technology is proposed. First, we illustrate a distance measuring method between two UWB devices. Then, a Taylor series expansion algorithm is developed to detect coordinates of the mobile node using the location of anchor nodes and the distance between them. Simulation results show that the observation error under our strategy is within 15 cm, which is superior to existing algorithms. The final experimental data in the hardware system mainly composed of STM32 and DW1000 also confirms the performance of the proposed scheme.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"3 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7099547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Weiguo Cao, Marc J Pomeroy, Yongfeng Gao, Matthew A Barish, Almas F Abbasi, Perry J Pickhardt, Zhengrong Liang
{"title":"Multi-scale characterizations of colon polyps via computed tomographic colonography.","authors":"Weiguo Cao, Marc J Pomeroy, Yongfeng Gao, Matthew A Barish, Almas F Abbasi, Perry J Pickhardt, Zhengrong Liang","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0032-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0032-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Texture features have played an essential role in the field of medical imaging for computer-aided diagnosis. The gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM)-based texture descriptor has emerged to become one of the most successful feature sets for these applications. This study aims to increase the potential of these features by introducing multi-scale analysis into the construction of GLCM texture descriptor. In this study, we first introduce a new parameter - stride, to explore the definition of GLCM. Then we propose three multi-scaling GLCM models according to its three parameters, (1) learning model by multiple displacements, (2) learning model by multiple strides (LMS), and (3) learning model by multiple angles. These models increase the texture information by introducing more texture patterns and mitigate direction sparsity and dense sampling problems presented in the traditional Haralick model. To further analyze the three parameters, we test the three models by performing classification on a dataset of 63 large polyp masses obtained from computed tomography colonoscopy consisting of 32 adenocarcinomas and 31 benign adenomas. Finally, the proposed methods are compared to several typical GLCM-texture descriptors and one deep learning model. LMS obtains the highest performance and enhances the prediction power to 0.9450 with standard deviation 0.0285 by area under the curve of receiver operating characteristics score which is a significant improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"2 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42492-019-0032-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facial expression recognition using three-stage support vector machines.","authors":"Issam Dagher, Elio Dahdah, Morshed Al Shakik","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0034-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0034-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herein, a three-stage support vector machine (SVM) for facial expression recognition is proposed. The first stage comprises 21 SVMs, which are all the binary combinations of seven expressions. If one expression is dominant, then the first stage will suffice; if two are dominant, then the second stage is used; and, if three are dominant, the third stage is used. These multilevel stages help reduce the possibility of experiencing an error as much as possible. Different image preprocessing stages are used to ensure that the features attained from the face detected have a meaningful and proper contribution to the classification stage. Facial expressions are created as a result of muscle movements on the face. These subtle movements are detected by the histogram-oriented gradient feature, because it is sensitive to the shapes of objects. The features attained are then used to train the three-stage SVM. Two different validation methods were used: the leave-one-out and K-fold tests. Experimental results on three databases (Japanese Female Facial Expression, Extended Cohn-Kanade Dataset, and Radboud Faces Database) show that the proposed system is competitive and has better performance compared with other works.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"2 1","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42492-019-0034-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytic time-of-flight positron emission tomography reconstruction: two-dimensional case.","authors":"Gengsheng L Zeng, Ya Li, Qiu Huang","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0035-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-019-0035-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, the time-of-flight (TOF) information gives us rough event position along the line-of-response (LOR). Using the TOF information for PET image reconstruction is able to reduce image noise. The state-of-the-art TOF PET image reconstruction uses iterative algorithms. Analytical image reconstruction algorithm exits for TOF PET which emulates the iterative Landweber algorithm. This paper introduces such an algorithm, focusing on two-dimensional (2D) reconstruction. The proposed algorithm is in the form of backprojection filtering, in which the backprojection is performed first, and then a 2D filter is applied to the backprojected image. For the list-mode data, the backprojection is carried out in the event-by-event fashion, and a profile function may be used along the projection LOR. The 2D filter depends on the TOF timing resolution as well as the backprojection profile function. In order to emulate the iterative algorithm effects, a Fourier-domain window function is suggested. This window function has a parameter, k, which corresponds to the iteration number in an iterative algorithm.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"2 1","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s42492-019-0035-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37795164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Menglin Guo, Mei Zhao, Allen M Y Cheong, Houjiao Dai, Andrew K C Lam, Yongjin Zhou
{"title":"Automatic quantification of superficial foveal avascular zone in optical coherence tomography angiography implemented with deep learning.","authors":"Menglin Guo, Mei Zhao, Allen M Y Cheong, Houjiao Dai, Andrew K C Lam, Yongjin Zhou","doi":"10.1186/s42492-019-0031-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42492-019-0031-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An accurate segmentation and quantification of the superficial foveal avascular zone (sFAZ) is important to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of many retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. We proposed a method based on deep learning for the automatic segmentation and quantification of the sFAZ in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images with robustness to brightness and contrast (B/C) variations. A dataset of 405 OCTA images from 45 participants was acquired with Zeiss Cirrus HD-OCT 5000 and the ground truth (GT) was manually segmented subsequently. A deep learning network with an encoder-decoder architecture was created to classify each pixel into an sFAZ or non-sFAZ class. Subsequently, we applied largest-connected-region extraction and hole-filling to fine-tune the automatic segmentation results. A maximum mean dice similarity coefficient (DSC) of 0.976 ± 0.011 was obtained when the automatic segmentation results were compared against the GT. The correlation coefficient between the area calculated from the automatic segmentation results and that calculated from the GT was 0.997. In all nine parameter groups with various brightness/contrast, all the DSCs of the proposed method were higher than 0.96. The proposed method achieved better performance in the sFAZ segmentation and quantification compared to two previously reported methods. In conclusion, we proposed and successfully verified an automatic sFAZ segmentation and quantification method based on deep learning with robustness to B/C variations. For clinical applications, this is an important progress in creating an automated segmentation and quantification applicable to clinical analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":52384,"journal":{"name":"Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art","volume":"2 1","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7099561/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37796399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}