Creating descriptors for trajectories has many applications in robotics/human motion analysis and video copy detection. Here, we propose a novel descriptor for 2D trajectories: Histogram of Oriented Displacements (HOD). Each displacement in the trajectory votes with its length in a histogram of orientation angles. 3D trajectories are described by the HOD of their three projections. We use HOD t...

The anatomical arrangement of the Achilles tendon (AT), with distinct fascicle bundles arising from the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, may facilitate relatively independent behavior of the triceps surae muscles. A reduced capacity for sliding between adjacent tendon fascicles with age may couple gastrocnemius and soleus muscle behavior, thereby potentially contributing to diminished plantarf...

Previous studies [e.g. Baker & Hess, 1998. Vision Research, 38, 1211-1222] have shown that perceived direction in displays composed of multiple, limited-lifetime, Gabor micropatterns (G) is influenced by movement both at the fine spatial scale of the internal luminance modulation (first-order motion) and the coarse spatial scale of the Gaussian, contrast window (second-order motion). However it...

We have been studying coand postseismic displacements from large earthquakes since mid-2006, using ALOS PALSAR images acquired before and after these events. Due to its wavelength, coherence is high even in heavily vegetated areas or steep ranges. We can estimate slip distribution of these earthquakes based on the observed interferograms using a nonlinear inversion scheme. So far, we could not ...

A region in an alternated pair of random-dot patterns was uniiormty displaced. It U:E perceiled ‘1s a segregated. coherently moving shape only if the displacement was smdii. The hmit on the displacement was Its absolute size (maximum about 15’) rather than the number of elements’ widths. Segregation due to apparent motion did not occur if the two patterns were exposed to diKerent eyes. These co...

Implanted radiofrequency transponders were used for real-time monitoring of the intrafraction prostate displacement between patients in the prone position and the same patients in the supine position. Thirteen patients had three transponders implanted transperineally and were treated prone with a custom-fitted thermoplastic immobilization device. After collecting data from the last fraction, pa...

Miscible non-isothermal flow displacements in homogeneous porous media are modeled and analyzed in flows that involve step-profile velocities that alternate between injection and extraction. The viscosity is assumed to vary with both the concentration and the temperature. The flow is governed by the continuity equation, Darcy's law and the convection-diffusion equations for the concentration an...