Depth information is essential for depth image-based rendering (DIBR), which is one of the rendering processes for the virtual view using a color image and its corresponding depth map. Although there are several depth estimation methods, more accurate depth estimation is still required. Since inaccurate depth information along object boundaries causes serious rendering errors, depth boundary in...

We address the problem of efficiently annotating labels of objects when they are structured. Often the distribution over labels can be described using a joint potential function over the labels for which sampling is provably hard but efficient maximum a-posteriori (MAP) solvers exist. In this setting we develop novel entropy bounds that are based on the expected amount of perturbation to the po...

In this paper we study existence, uniqueness and solution estimates to the mixed problem r ru = 0 with Dirichlet to Neumann map boundary conditions and Neumann boundary conditions. We then show how this can be used in the reconstruction of , given the relationship between u and its normal derivative on the boundary portion where we do not apply the Dirichlet to Neumann map. A numerical reconstr...

A new method to segment MR volumes has been developed. The method matches elastically a 3D deformable prior model, describing the structures of interest, to the MR volume of a patient. The deformation is done using a deformation grid. Oriented distance maps are utilized to guide the deformation process. Two alternative restrictions are used to preserve the geometrical prior knowledge of the mod...

In this paper we derive a test statistic generating equation (TSGE) from which several statistics suitable for testing parametric restrictions in models estimated by the generalized method of moments (GMM) may be obtained. This statistic presents three main features: it is valid for producing statistics appropriate for testing constraints expressed in very general forms, which may involve not o...

A method is proposed to enhance boundary primitives of multi-part objects of unknown specific shape and appearance in natural images. Its input is a strictly over-segmented constant-curvature contour primitive (CCP) map. Each circular arc or straight-line segment primitive from the map has an unknown origin which may be the closed boundary of a multi-part object, the textured or marked region e...

In this paper, we propose a new method for parameterizing a contractible domain (called the computational domain) which is defined by its boundary. Using a sequence of harmonic maps, we first build a mapping from the computational domain to the parameter domain, i.e., the unit square or unit cube. Then we parameterize the original domain by spline approximation of the inverse mapping. Numerical...

Boundary labeling is a relatively new labeling method. It can be useful in automating the production of technical drawings and medical maps, where it is common to explain certain parts of the drawing with text labels, arranged on its boundary so that other parts of the drawing are not obscured. In boundary labeling, we are given a rectangle R which encloses a set of n sites. Each site si is ass...

We consider global attractors of in nite dimensional dynamical systems given by dissipative partial di erential equations u t = u xx + f(x; u; u x ) on the unit interval 0 < x < 1 under separated, linear, dissipative boundary conditions. Global attractors are called orbit equivalent, if there exists a homeomorphism between them which maps orbits to orbits. The global attractor class is the set ...