This paper presents a technique to determine optimal window sizes for the computational methods utilized to extract features from textured images. Those features are useful for both texture classification and segmentation. Window sizes are determined in order to outperform two complementary tasks, namely, texture feature evaluation and texture segmentation, which have opposite requirements. Thu...

Various foot complications can be easily avoided by continuously monitoring plantar (foot sole) pressure and temperature at home. Systems which simultaneously measure in real time are still scarce. In this work, the design, characterization, implementation of a Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) based smart insole capable measuring has been reported. The instrumented was tested verified during static g...

13 strains of bacteria were isolated from 12 shoes that were worn by children aged 6 to 12 for more than half a year. Through morphological observation, physiological and biochemical measurements, as well as 16SrRNA sequence analysis, the bacteria were identified as follows: Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis (5 subspecies), Bacillus spore (3 subspecies), Bacillus anthracis, Staphylococc...

Objective: To assess the biomechanic effects of wearing a ateral wedge on the knee joint varus moment during gait in lders with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA). Design: Crossover design whereby subjects walked under 2 ifferent insole conditions: a 0° control wedge and a 6° lateral edge. Setting: A gait laboratory with 3-dimensional motion analsis and force platform equipment. Participants:...

BACKGROUND Shock absorbing insoles are effective in reducing the magnitude and rate of loading of peak impact forces generated at foot strike during running, whereas the foot impact force during running has been considered to be an important cause of intravascular hemolysis in long distance runners. Objective of this study was to evaluate the intravascular hemolysis during running and compare t...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of shoe design on the plantar pressure dynamics of patients with diabetic neuropathy during walking. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Three shoe design categories were tested. Total contact area and biomechanical variables in multiple areas under the foot were measured. RESULTS Shoes with a rocker bottom principle reduced pressure 35-...

Forming micro-dimples nearer to the cutting edge on rack face of tungsten carbide inserts will positively influence machinability. However, it is challenging machine perfect micro-dimple dimensions by utilizing available machining techniques. Finite element analysis can be an efficient way observe dimple-texture area density, size, and various shapes inserts' This paper numerically analyses imp...

Texture as a surface representation is the subject of a wide body of computer vision and computer graphics literature. While texture is always associated with a form of repetition in the image, the repeating quantity may vary. The texture may be a color or albedo variation as in a checkerboard, a paisley print or zebra stripes. Very often in real-world scenes, texture is instead due to a surfac...