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In most instances, multiple-modality visualization of pathologies will present advantages over single-modality studies. For many medical imaging procedures, it is desirable to produce a “fused” output that simultaneously exhibits characteristics of the data from each individual modality to reduce the difficulty of the decision-making process for radiologists. Preprocessing for most data fusion ...

Modality translation, which aims to translate images from a source modality target one, has attracted growing interest in the field of remote sensing recently. Compared translation problems multimedia applications, often suffers inherent ambiguities, i.e., single input image could correspond multiple possible outputs, and results may not be valid following interpretation tasks, such as classifi...

This article describes requirements and a prototype system for a flexible multimodal human-machine interaction in two substantially different mobile environments, namely pedestrian and car. The system allows an integrated trip planning using multimodal input and output. Motivated by the specific safety and privacy requirements in both environments, we present a framework for flexible modality c...

Age-related decline in executive functions and postural control due to degenerative processes in the central nervous system have been related to increased fall-risk in old age. Many studies have shown cognitive-postural dual-task interference in old adults, but research on the role of specific executive functions in this context has just begun. In this study, we addressed the question whether p...

Fine-grained image retrieval (FGIR) enables a user to search for a photo of an object instance based on a mental picture. Depending on how the object is described by the user, two general approaches exist: sketch-based FGIR or text-based FGIR, each of which has its own pros and cons. However, no attempt has been made to systematically investigate how informative each of these two input modaliti...

One of the highlights of the meeting was a presentation by Julie Payette, an astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency, who discussed the use of speech recognition in space travel. Some of the reasons why voice input and output are potentially valuable in space include the naturalness of the speech modality, the need to have hands and eyes available for performing applications tasks, and the over...

These days, a human-controlled multimodal system equipped with multimodal interfaces is possible, allowing for a more natural and more efficient interaction between man and machine. In such a system, users can take advantage of the modalities to communicate or exchange information with applications. The use of multimodal applications, integrated with natural modalities, is an effective solution...

Maintaining an upright stance represents a complex task, which is achieved by integrating sensory information from the visual, vestibular and somatosensory systems. When one of these sensory inputs becomes unavailable and/or inaccurate and/or unreliable, postural control generally is degraded. One way to solve this problem is to supplement and/or substitute limited/altered/missing sensory infor...

This work explores the properties of different output modalities as notification mechanisms in the context of messaging. In particular, the olfactory (smell) modality is introduced as a potential alternative to visual and auditory modalities for providing messaging notifications. An experiment was performed to compare these modalities as secondary display mechanisms used to deliver notification...