We present a new particle image correlation technique for resolving nanoparticle flow velocity using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The two primary issues that complicate nanoparticle scanning laser image correlation (SLIC)–based velocimetry are (1) the use of diffusion-dominated nanoparticles as flow tracers, which introduce a random decorrelating error into the velocity estimate, ...

Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) is relatively a new technology to examine the entire GI trace. During an examination, it captures more than 55,000 frames. Reviewing all these images is time-consuming and prone to human error. It has been a challenge to develop intelligent methods assisting physicians to review the frames. The WCE frames are captured in 8-bit color depths which provides enough ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Until the advent of singleincision laparoscopic surgery, few advances were aimed at improving cosmesis with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Criticisms of the single-incision laparoscopic surgery technique include a larger incision and increased incidence of wound-related complications. We present our initial experience with a novel technique aimed at performing strategic...

STUDY DESIGN  Interobserver and intraobserver reliabilityObjective: To measure and compare the interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the cervical spine injury severity score (CSISS), the subaxial injury classification (SLIC) and severity scale, and the Allen-Ferguson system in patients with subaxial cervical spine injuries presenting to the emergency department. METHODS  Five examine...

In the works of K.A. Pericak-Spector and S. Spector [9, 10] a class of self-similar solutions are constructed for the equations of radial isotropic elastodynamics that describe cavitating solutions. Cavitating solutions decrease the total mechanical energy and provide a striking example of non-uniqueness of entropy weak solutions (for polyconvex energies) due to pointsingularities at the cavity...

Superpixels are becoming increasingly popular for use in computer vision applications. However, there are few algorithms that output a desired number of regular, compact superpixels with a low computational overhead. We introduce a novel algorithm that clusters pixels in the combined five-dimensional color and image plane space to efficiently generate compact, nearly uniform superpixels. The si...

Superpixel segmentation is widely used in the preprocessing step of many applications. Most of existing methods are based on a photometric criterion combined to the position of the pixels. In the same way as the SLIC method, based on k-means segmentation, a new algorithm is introduced. The main contribution lies on the definition of a new distance for the construction of the superpixels. This d...

The one–dimensional differential equations for the conservation mixture mass and mixture momentum coupled by a relative velocity conservation equation have been solved for an isentropic mixture of gas and liquid two–phase flow. Under certain restrictions the resulting system of partial differential equations is hyperbolic and allow discontinuous solutions. These equations have been solved by th...

Huntington's disease, the most common inherited neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by a dramatic loss of deep-layer cortical and striatal neurons, as well as morbidity in midlife. Human genetic studies led to the identification of the causative gene, huntingtin. Recent genomic advances have also led to the identification of hundreds of potential interacting partners for huntingtin prot...

The Single-Pass Language-Driven Incremental Compilation (SLIC) strategy uses a series of model-to-model (M2M) transformations to compile a model or program to a specified target. Tool developer and modeler can inspect the result of each transformation step, using a familiar, graphical syntax of the successively transformed model, which is made possible by harnessing automatic layout. Previous w...