Most previous works on salient object detection concentrate on 2D images. In this paper, we propose to explore the power of depth cue for predicting salient regions. Our basic assumption is that a salient object tends to stand out from its surroundings in 3D space. To measure the object-to-surrounding contrast, we propose a novel depth feature which works on a single depth map. Besides, we inte...

Salient region detection is a challenge problem in computer vision, which is useful in image segmentation, region-based image retrieval, and so on. In this paper we present a multi-resolution salient region detection method in frequency domain which can highlight salient regions with well-defined boundaries of object. The original image is sub-sampled into three multi-resolution layers, and for...

Background We aimed to identify the hierarchy of rates of decline in 16 physical functioning measures in U.S. and English samples, using a systematic and integrative coordinated data analysis approach. Methods The U.S. sample consisted of 13,612 Health and Retirement Study participants, and the English sample consisted of 5,301 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing participants. Functional los...

A simple, efficient and clean procedure has been developed for the cleavage of imines C=N bond. Deprotection of imines to their parent carbonyl and amine compounds was achieved using p-toluenesulfonic acid in the solid state condition at 25-45 ˚C. The salient features of this methodology are shorter reaction times, cheap processing, high yields of product and easy availability of the catalyst. ...

The paper presents a skeleton-based approach for robust detection of perceptually salient shape features. Given a shape approximated by a polygonal surface, its skeleton is extracted using a three-dimensional Voronoi diagram technique proposed recently by Amenta et al. 3. Shape creases, ridges and ravines, are detected as curves corresponding to skeletal edges. Salient shape regions are extract...