Spinal deformities assessment using 3D ultrasound scanning has limitations in fitting onto different back surface contour as well within the gaps between subject and their spinal brace during bracing assessments. The study proposed a flexible array transducer to overcome these limitations. results demonstrated feasibility of deformity assessments with when arranged four shapes, namely Linear, C...

A divide and conquer strategy in the deformable contour method is presented. An initial inside closed contour is divided into segments, and these segments are allowed to deform separately preserving segments’ connectivity. A deformable contour algorithm is adapted to each contour segment movement. A maximum area threshold, A,,,, is used to stop these outward contour segment marchings. Clear and...

In this paper, I argue that the positional restrictions of contour tones do not result from their bimoraicity requirement for licensing. The arguments come from the licensing advantage of syllables in positions that are not moraically privileged, the extra levels of markedness distinction in contour tones that go beyond the maximum mora count allowed in the theory, the differences among contour...

Background: With advances in medical imaging systems, digital dermoscopy has become one of the major imaging modalities in the analysis of skin lesions. Thus, automated segmentation or border detection has a great impact on the subsequent steps of skin cancer computer-aided diagnosis using demoscopy images. Since dermoscopy images suffer from artifacts such as shading and hair, there is a need ...

to study the effects of scale and tillage management on variability of soil properties in adjacent lands of different tillage type, soil sampling was performed linearly along contour line from the middle position of slope with 5 m intervals. in overall, 45 soil samples were collected from a field with conventional up-down tillage and 40 samples from an adjacent filed with contour tillage. soil ...

In this paper, a new framework for one-dimensional contour extraction from discrete two-dimensional data sets is presented. Contour extraction is important in many scientific fields such as digital image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, etc. This novel framework includes (but is not limited to) algorithms for dilated contour extraction, contour displacement, shape skeleton extr...

Erosion pins are considered a simple and inexpensive way to estimate soil losses due erosion have been used in different environments with degrees types of erosion. Despite the advantages this technique, there is shortage studies that demonstrate how data systematization loss calculations performed using technique. Therefore, study aimed present step-by-step process obtained field calculation l...

BACKGROUND Measurement of muscle fiber size and determination of size distribution is important in the assessment of neuromuscular disease. Fiber size estimation by simple inspection is inaccurate and subjective. Manual segmentation and measurement are time-consuming and tedious. We therefore propose an automated image analysis method for objective, reproducible, and time-saving measurement of ...

Shadowed contour lines vary line width. Illuminated contour lines additionally vary color based on an angle of illumination. Illuminated and shadowed contour lines date back to the midnineteenth century, but their effectiveness compared to conventional contour lines has not been fully examined. Currently, illuminated and shadowed contour lines are not widely used in computer-based cartography b...