This paper presents a public domain implementation of the Active Appearance Model framework and gives examples using it for segmentation and analysis of medical images. The software is open source, designed with efficiency in mind, and has been thoroughly tested and evaluated in several medical and non-medical applications.

This paper describes the integration of information sources to support the exploration of source code and documentation of Java programs. There are many public domain tools that are available for extracting information and documentation from Java programs. We describe how data integration and presentation integration were used to enable the visualization of this information within a software ex...

Modularization is a strategy used for handling the demand external complexity with less internal complexity, which leads to higher profits and more efficient product development processes. However, modularity often driven in silos, not crossing into engineering fields of mechanics, electronics, software. Therefore, we present MESA (Mechanics, Electronics, Software Architecture) tool—a tool that...

Abstract In this study, we present self-organizing maps and discuss their role in the analysis and visualization of software modules in the space of software measures. We reveal how self-organizing maps create a user-friendly and interactive visualization tool that helps user/software designer inspect various alternatives and get a thorough insight into the structure of the clusters of the soft...

BACKGROUND Notifiable disease surveillance in the United States is predominantly a passive process that is often limited by poor timeliness and low sensitivity. Interoperable tools are needed that interact more seamlessly with existing clinical and laboratory data to improve notifiable disease surveillance. DESCRIPTION The Public Health Surveillance Knowledgebase (PHSkb) is a computer databas...

next to mechanisms, methods and instruments and classic public bodies to administer, there are new independent administrative and public authorities equipped with various skills and attribution, composed of soft law and hard law to regulate the public fields. the multiplicity of forms of regulation show the composite nature of regulation, which is between the private and public domain: laws, co...

The development of software tools is a collaborative process involving both the domain experts and engineers. This requires efficient communication considering different expertise perspectives. Additionally, two groups utilize language in disparate ways. This, turn, may lead to hidden misunderstandings requirement analysis phase potentially result implementation problems later on, that difficul...