Simply Bells and Whistles?

Face Detection without Bells and Whistles

Face detection is a mature problem in computer vision. While diverse high performing face detectors have been proposed in the past, we present two surprising new top performance results. First, we show that a properly trained vanilla DPM reaches top performance, improving over commercial and research systems. Second, we show that a detector based on rigid templates similar in structure to the V...

More whistles and bells for fly hearing.

A mplification of sensory input is a common theme for almost all sensory modalities. Once a sensory signal is received, be it a photon or a molecule of saccharin, the receptor cell will append an amplifying second-messenger cascade onto the initial transduction event. Amplification of sound by hair cells within the cochlea also follows this rule, but with an important caveat: the hair cells pro...

Bells and whistles of convection parameterization

Remote magnetic catheter navigation: more than just bells and whistles ?

Catheter ablation is nowadays an established treatment modality for both atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Manual navigation of the ablation catheter can be challenging in patients with a complex cardiac anatomy due to, for example, (surgically corrected or palliated) congenital heart defects, resulting in a long procedure time and excessive X-ray exposure. In the past decades, sophistic...

Beyond all the bells and whistles of linking software.

T e re are still kinks in the links. Despite being we l l established as a category of medical software , systems that link physician offices and laboratories continue to encounter pro b l e m s . Physician office-lab link, or POLL, software can o ffer a high level of functionality, allowing physicians and their staff to order laboratory assays, collect and label laboratory specimens, ro u t e ...