Multiview 3D face modeling has attracted increasing attention recently and has become one of the potential avenues in future video systems. We aim to make more reliable and robust automatic feature extraction and natural 3D feature construction from 2D features detected on a pair of frontal and profile view face images. We propose several heuristic algorithms to minimize possible errors introdu...

A 3D head modeling method from a sequence of 2D images is described. The views from which the input images are acquired are not calibrated. Therefore, an auto-calibration method for a sequence of images with small rotations and translation is developed. For this purpose, we have modified an already existing auto-calibration algorithm to incorporate known aspect ratio and skew values to make it ...

We present a new method for deforming an object in a static real scene, which interacts with animated synthetic characters. Unlike the existing method making a new synthetic object to substitute for the interacting object in the real scene, we directly deform the object in image space using an image-warping technique with assistance from a simplified 3D sub-model. The deformed image sequence is...

We introduce a novel algorithm for actin filament segmentation in a 2D TIRFM image sequence. We treat the 2D time-lapse sequence as a 3D image volume and propose an over-grown active surface model to segment the body of a filament on all slices simultaneously. In order to locate the two ends of the filament on the over-grown surface, a novel 2D spatiotemporal domain is created based on the resu...

In normal physiological and healthy conditions, red blood cells (RBCs) deform readily as they pass through the microcapillaries and the spleen. In this paper, we examine the effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection and maturation on the large deformation behavior of malaria-infected red blood cells (iRBCs) by means of a three-dimensional (3D) multiscale meshfree method. We numerically simulat...

A new class of dynamic volume completion is introduced, where image elements (e.g., occluding semi-ellipses placed at the edge of an object) can link across a gap between two or more objects, leading to the perception of illusory volumes that deform as those image elements are set into relative motion. These new demonstrations provide further evidence that volume completion is not dictated sole...

In this paper, we introduce a design principle to develop novel soft modular robots based on tensegrity structures and inspired by the cytoskeleton of living cells. We describe a novel strategy to realize tensegrity structures using planar manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing. We use this strategy to develop icosahedron tensegrity structures with programmable variable stiffness that ca...

V. A. Andreyachshenko Faculty of Nanotechnology and Metallurgy, Karaganda state technical University, Karaganda In the paper there is studied stressed-and-strained state formed in a billet by fullering in a tool with movable elements. It is determined that compressing stresses prevail in the studied tool; they improve the quality of the processed billets. Even maximum main normal stresses have ...

We present a segmentation method for vessels using an implicit deformable model with a soft shape prior. Blood vessels are challenging structures to segment due to their branching and thinning geometry as well as the decrease in image contrast from the root of the vessel to its thin branches. Using image intensity alone to deform a model for the task of segmentation often results in leakages at...

Quantifying the 3D deformation of the heart is a necessity for accurate diagnosis of certain heart diseases. For example, the non-uniform contraction of different portions of the heart wall could be a sign of an unhealthy heart. A popular noninvasive method for monitoring the deformation of the heart wall is by tagged Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In a tagged MR image sequence, dark curves,...