We propose a novel sparsity-based method for cartoon and texture decomposition based on Convolutional Sparse Coding (CSC). Our method first learns a set of generic filters that can sparsely represent cartoon and texture type images. Then using these learned filters, we propose a sparsity-based optimization framework to decompose a given image into cartoon and texture components. By working dire...

In this paper, the image is decomposed into two parts which are the smooth components (cartoon) and the oscillatory components (texture) using a linear model which reduces to a low-pass /high-pass filter .The paper also involves the one of the applications of decomposed image i.e., edge detection,background detection and pixel value observation . The edge detection of images using canny mask an...

BACKGROUND In 1995 the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) was developed as a tool to allow quality of life assessment of children with skin conditions. This initial questionnaire was in a written format. OBJECTIVES Using the same validated questions, a full-colour cartoon version has been developed. The aim of this study was to validate this against the initial written question...

Background: Intravenous injection is a medical procedure, often accompanied by pain and distress in children. Thus the reduction of such pain and distress becomes the responsibility of health care professionals to an extent as possible while maintaining patient safety by using various pharmacological and non pharmacological interventions. Method: A quasi experimental study was undertaken on chi...

We present in this article a detailed analysis and implementation of the cartoon+texture decomposition algorithm proposed in [A. Buades, J.L. Lisani, “Directional filters for color cartoon + texture image and video decomposition”, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 2015]. This method follows the approach proposed by [A. Buades, T. Le, J-M. Morel, L. Vese, “Cartoon+Texture Image Decompo...

Motion blur is a well-established technique which prevents strobing by making fast moving objects appear blurred. In cel animation however, different methods are used and this paper presents a new technique to emphasise the motion of cartoon objects through the application of geometry. We term the involved non-photorealistic motion blur as ‘cartoon blur’. In order to express cartoon blur, we ha...

BACKGROUND Correct use of intranasal corticosteroid (INCS) and compliance with treatment is very important for the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR). An animated cartoon-aided teaching method for INCS administration was created to decrease the workload of health care professionals. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of children with AR in using INCS between a group who were ...

This paper proposes a method for capturing the drawing style of cartoon from the original comic book. Given a concept drawing image of the specific comic book, our approach recovers not only the color scheme, but also the color ratio. The main technical contribution of this paper is a shading model capture and a stylized cartoon rendering. For the shading model capture, we collect RGB statistic...

This paper proposes a novel method to retrieve cartoon character images in a database or network. In this method, partial features of an image, defined as Regions and Aspects, are used as keys to identify cartoon character images. The similarities between a query cartoon character image and the images in the database are computed by using these features. Based on the similarities, the cartoon i...