Visual tracking is very challenging due to the existence of several sources of variations, such as partial occlusion, deformation, scale variation, rotation, and background clutter. A model-free tracking method based on fusing accelerated features using fast explicit diffusion in nonlinear scale spaces (AKAZE) and KLT features is presented. First, matching-keypoints are generated by finding cor...

background motor intervention plays an important role in reducing the disabilities of down syndrome (ds). a lack of balance and postural control has created motor problems in ds patients. therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of backward walking on postural stability of ds patients. materials and methods sixteen ds children with 8-10 age range were selected by convenience s...

‎in this paper a nonlinear backward parabolic problem in one‎ ‎dimensional space is considered‎. ‎using a suitable iterative‎ ‎algorithm‎, ‎the problem is converted to a linear backward parabolic‎ ‎problem‎. ‎for the corresponding problem‎, ‎the backward finite‎ ‎differences method with suitable grid size is applied‎. ‎it is shown‎ ‎that if the coefficients satisfy some special conditions‎, ‎th...

Building an atlas from a set of anatomical data relies on (1) the construction of a mean anatomy (called template or prototype) and (2) the estimation of the variations of this template within the population. To avoid biases introduced by separate processing, we jointly estimate the template and its deformation, based on a consistent statistical model. We use here a forward model that considers...

rndetermination of rock mass deformation modulus is very important in different projects, especially in civil and mining engineering works. in-situ measurements such as dilatometer, plate load and flat jack methods may be applied to determine the deformation modulus. however, these methods are very expensive and time- consuming. analytical methods are very useful approaches which can also be us...

In this article we propose a cardiac motion estimation technique that uses non-rigid registration to compute the dense cardiac displacement eld from 2D ultrasound sequences. Our method employs a semi-local deformation model which provides controlled smoothness. We apply a multiresolution optimization strategy for better speed and robustness. To further improve the accuracy, the sequence is regi...

Dynamical systems can often be decomposed into loosely coupled subsystems. The system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) modelling such a problem can then be partitioned corresponding to the subsystems, and the loose couplings can be exploited by special integration methods to solve the problem using a parallel computer or just solve the problem more efficiently than by standard methods....

We introduce an approach for the continuous deformation of implicit surfaces which considers properties of all isosurfaces of a volume data set simultaneously. This is achieved by integrating divergence-free vector fields which is carried out by an efficient backward Lagrangian integration scheme. Our deformation guarantees volume preservation inside each isosurface as well as the preservation ...