Iris segmentation is considered as the most difficult and fundamental step in an iris recognition system. While iris boundaries are largely approximated by two circles or ellipses, other methods define more accurately the iris resulting in better recognition results. In this paper we propose an iris segmentation method using Hough transform and active contour to detect a circular approximation ...

Background—Iris cysts in children are uncommon and there is relatively little information on their classification, incidence, and management. Methods—The records of all children under age 20 years who were diagnosed with iris cyst were reviewed and the types and incidence of iris cysts of childhood determined. Based on these observations recommendations were made regarding management of iris cy...

BACKGROUND There is limited data on the epidemiology of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in rural sub-Saharan Africa. A prospective observational cohort study was conducted to assess the incidence, clinical characteristics, outcome and predictors of IRIS in rural Mozambique. METHODS One hundred and thirty-six consecutive antiretroviral treatment (ART)-naïve HIV-1-infected pa...

In general, iris recognition can be performed to identify users based on the unique iris patterns between their pupils and scleras. The main function of iris is to control the size of the pupil according to the amount of environmental light. Therefore, the iris patterns dilate and contract based on changing lighting conditions. To guarantee robust recognition accuracy in spite of these deformed...

Iris-based biometric authentication is gaining importance in recent times. Iris biometric processing however, is a complex process and computationally very expensive. In the overall processing of iris biometric in an iris-based biometric authentication system, feature processing is an important task. In feature processing, we extract iris features, which are ultimately used in matching. Since t...

Taxonomic treatments, sections of publications documenting the features or distribution a related group organisms (called “taxon”, plural “taxa”) in ways adhering to highly formalized conventions, and published scientific journals, shape our understanding global biodiversity (Catapano 2019). Treatments are building blocks evolving consensus on taxonomic entities. The semantics these treatments ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the image quality (IQ) is improved with iterative reconstruction in image space (IRIS), and whether IRIS can be used for radiation reduction in chest CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Standard dose chest CT (SDCT) in 50 patients and low dose chest CT (LDCT) in another 50 patients were performed, using a dual-source CT, with 120 kVp and same reference mAs (50 mAs for SDC...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of radiation dose and reconstruction algorithms on radiologists' preferences, and whether an iterative reconstruction in image space (IRIS) can be used for dose reduction in chest CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Standard dose chest CT (SDCT) in 50 patients and low dose chest CT (LDCT) in another 50 patients were performed, using a dual-source CT, with 120 kVp and sa...

purpose : to report a rare case of large vascularized astrocytoma on optic disc. case report : a 12-year-old boy with history of decreased vision in the left eye since 5-6 months ago was referred to the ocular oncology service at rassoul akram hospital with provisional diagnosis of retinoblastoma. on examination, visual acuity was counting fingers at 50 cm, and a 3+ relative afferent pupillary ...

viral symptoms indicative of iris yellow spot virus (iysv) were observed on onion in several fields near chenaran in khorasan razavi province. mechanical inoculation of herbaceous hosts with onion sap extracts from symptomatic plants showed similar symptoms to those described for iysv. the mechanically transmitted virus reacted only with antisera specific to iysv in das-elisa but not with antis...