In this paper the real time virtual dress-up system has been proposed. The proposed system consists of multiple tasks including extraction of different body parts, torso detection, resizing input dress images and dress up using blending and re-blending techniques over the subject. The coexistence of different clothing and cluttering backgrounds is the main difficulty for accurate body extractio...

INTRODUCTION Clostridial necrotizing soft tissue infections are often fatal. Myonecrosis of the torso is a particularly lethal combination given the classic need for radical debridement of the abdominal and thoracic walls, and therefore total exposure of the intraperitoneal and intrathoracic viscera. This case is unusual do to our ability to preserve anatomical separation between the viscera an...

BACKGROUND To report the lengths of key torso vascular and to develop regression models that will predict these lengths, based on an external measure of torso height (EMTH, sternum to pubis) in the development of a fluoroscopy-free balloon occlusion system for hemorrhage control. METHODS We conducted a prospective, observational study at a Combat Support Hospital in Southern Afghanistan using...

The Torso pathway patterns the ends of the Drosophila embryo. Now, it has been found to control axis elongation in the short germ insect Tribolium. This result raises the issue of the ancestral function of the Torso pathway and its evolution.

Compensation for respiratory motion has been identified as a crucial factor in achieving high resolution Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging. Many motion correction approaches have been studied and they are seen to have advantages over simpler approaches such as respiratory gating. However, all motion correction approaches rely on an assumption or estimation of respiratory motion. This paper builds u...

This article presents a wearable system that localizes people in the indoor environment, using data from inertial sensors. The sensors measure parameters of human motion, tracking movements torso and foot. For this purpose, they were integrated with shirt shoe insole. values acceleration measured by are sent via Bluetooth to smartphone. localization algorithm implemented on smartphone, presente...

This paper introduces a novel kinematic model for tendon-driven compliant torso mechanism humanoid robots, which describes the complex behaviour of system characterised by interaction element with rigid bodies and actuation tendons. Inspired human spine, proposed is based on flexible backbone whose shape controlled two pairs antagonistic First, structure analysed to identify main modes motion. ...

It is posted here for your personal use. No further distribution is permitted. Technique and knee loads in sidestep cutting 2 Abstract Purpose: To identify the effect of modifying sidestep cutting technique on knee loads and predict what impact such change would have on the risk of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury. Methods: A force platform and motion analysis system were used to r...

BACKGROUND In some cases, it may be necessary to combine distinct finite element meshes into a single system. The present work describes a scheme for coupling a finite element mesh, which may have curvilinear elements, to a voxel based finite element mesh. METHODS The method is described with reference to a sample problem that involves combining a heart, which is defined by a curvilinear mesh...

this paper evaluates a new and simple controller design method based on qft (quantitative feedback theory) for a two-link manipulator whose first link is rigid and the second is flexible. a piezoelectric patch is attached to the surface of the flexible link for vibration suppression of it. this system is modeled as a nonlinear multi-input multi-output (mimo) control systems whose inputs are two...