Oculo-auriculovertebral spectrum (OAVS) or the Goldenhar syndrome is a rare developmental disorder with plethora of congenital anomalies which mostly affects structures arising from the fi rst and the second branchial arches. The affected structures include cheekbone, jaws, mouth eyes, ear and vertebrae. The case which we are presenting here had classical features such as microsomia, unilateral...

This paper describes recent research concerning the Active Stereo Probe (ASP) stereo vision system that combines animate oculo-motor reflexes with a novel active illumination source. Two methods for accurate surface recovery from stereo at rates approaching real time are described. Results using texture projection combined with a fast sub-pixel matching algorithm are presented. The development ...

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a complex genodermatosis inherited in an X-linked dominant pattern, associating multistadial cutaneous manifestations with an oculo-dento-cerebral syndrome, which affects only female newborns, as the disorder is lethal in males since intrauterine period. We report on a case of incontinentia pigmenti with an atypical debut consisting of tonic-clonic seizures which ...

Goldenhar syndrome (Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Spectrum) (OAVS) is a rare congenital condition characterized by craniofacial abnormalities associated with anomalies of the spine, heart, kidney, central nervous and gastrointestinal system. Craniofacial abnormalities include the incomplete development of the eye, ear, nose, soft palate, lips and jaw. We report a case of Goldenhar syndrome in a 14-y...

The Wildervanck (or cervico-oculo-acoustic) syndrome consists of the characteristic triad of Klippel-Feil anomaly, abducens nerve palsy, and congenital deafness. It is a rare "disorder of polygenic heredity with sex limitation predominant to the female" (female-male ratio is 10: 1) ( 1 ). Hearing loss is most commonly neurosensory due to developmental inner ear anomalies. Only a single case of ...

We present a male infant with hypertelorism, severe myopia and sensorineural deafness, diaphragmatic hernia, and proteinuria. This patient combines features of two distinct genetic conditions, the syndrome of diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos, absent corpus callosum, hypertelorism, myopia, and sensorineural deafness (MIM 222448), and the facio-oculo-acoustico-renal syndrome (MIM 227290), which i...

Goldenhar syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum) is a rare congenital anomaly of unclear etiology and characterized by craniofacial anomalies such as hemifacial microsomia, auricular, ocular and vertebral anomalies. In many cases, this syndrome goes unnoticed due to a lack of knowledge about its features and because of its associated wide range of overlapping anomalies. Herewith, we prese...

Whereas humans continuously adapt their behaviour within a dynamic environment, robots have traditionally been rigidly programmed to perform prede ned tasks. A new approach, learning by imitation, has recently been proposed to enable robots to learn novel behaviours by observing other agents { be they human or robot { operating in their environment. Our paper focuses on how a robot agent can de...