Segmentation of the Human Body: How Does the Visual System Define Body Parts?

Curvature-based Human Body Parts Segmentation in Physiotherapy

Analysing human sports activity in computer vision requires reliable segmentation of the human body into meaningful parts, such as arms, torso and legs. Therefore, we present a novel strategy for human body segmentation. Firstly, greyscale images of human bodies are divided into smooth intensity patches with an adaptive region growing algorithm based on low-degree polynomial fitting. Then, the ...

Does body adiposity index evaluate percentage of body fat?

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the novel marker, body adiposity index (BAI), is accurate to measure percentage of body fat (PBF). Materials and methods: Seventy-eight males were undergone anthropometric examination. PBF was calculated by BAI and measured using InBody 3.0.   Results: Significant correlation was found between BAI and PBF (r = 0.751; P < ...

Pharmacokinetics: How Does the Body Handle Drugs?

How does the body representation system develop in the human brain?

Exploration of the body representation system (BRS) from kinaesthetic illusions in fMRI has revealed a complex network composed of sensorimotor and frontoparietal components. Here, we evaluated the degree of maturity of this network in children aged 7-11 years, and the extent to which structural factors account for network differences with adults. Brain activation following tendon vibration at ...

the effect of using visual aids on the development of speech act of disagreement among iranian intermediate efl learners

abstract the present study tried to investigate the effect of visual aids (films) on the development of the speech act of disagreement among iranian efl intermediate learners. to this end, the researcher selected 40 homogeneous intermediate learners based on their scores on oxford placement test. .the subjects then divided into control group and experimental group. both classes were tested by ...