spect detects γ-rays from administered radiopharmaceutical within the patient body. γ-rays pass through different tissues before reaching detectors and are attenuated. attenuation can cause artifacts; therefore different methods are used to minimize attenuation effects. in our study efficacy of chang method was evaluated for attenuation purpose, using a custom made heart phantom. due to differe...

the objective of this research was to develop a suitable method for color sorting of fruits. accordingly, a color-sorting system was designed and a prototype developed and then tested. this system includes an optic head which is designed to develop a reflection of the fruit. output of the head is then processed in an electronic control system which generates the appropriate signal for ejection ...

Category recognition is important to access visual information on the level of objects. A common approach is to compute image descriptors first and then to apply machine learning to achieve category recognition from annotated examples. As a consequence, the choice of image descriptors is of great influence on the recognition accuracy. So far, intensity-based (e.g. SIFT) descriptors computed at ...

Nowadays, the underwater researches become one of the distinguish researches since the ocean are considered as the lungs of this world. Therefore, underwater image processing researches should be encouraged especially in the differences of color analysis between underwater and on the air objects. The colors of objects are changed when the objects are put underwater. This is due to discoloration...

The effect of color on orthonasal and retronasal odor intensities was investigated. When odorants were smelled orthonasally (i.e., through the nostrils), color enhanced odor intensity ratings, consistent with previous reports. However, when odorants were smelled retronasally (i.e., the odorous solution was put in the mouth), color reduced odor intensity ratings. These different effects of color...

An innovative technique for the enhancement of digital color images captured under extremely nonuniform lighting conditions is proposed in this paper. The key contributions of this technique are adaptive intensity enhancement, contrast enhancement and color restoration. Simultaneous enhancement of extreme dark and bright intensity regions in an image is performed by a specifically designed Loca...

Subwavelength gratings with electroactive polymers such as poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene-phenylene) (P(ProDOT-Ph)) controlled the color intensity for various visible colors of diffracted light in a single device. Under the illumination of a white light, at a fixed angle of incidence, the color intensity of the diffracted light was reversibly switched from th...