In the present work, we develop a continuous model based on spline functions, in order to determine the T2 Map in Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The T2 parameter corresponds to the time decay parameter of spin relaxation, which cannot be obtained directly from one image, since it has to be calculated by fitting an exponential decaying functions from series of images. The calculation of the T2 map ...

This paper is concerned with the description of an algorithm for generating the B-nets of box splines and an algorithm based on subdivision of these B-nets for graphically displaying spline surfaces on a three-or four-directional mesh. The combination of these two algorithms is shown to compare favorably over the other existing algorithms for this purpose. 0 1 x1. Introduction It is well known ...

in the present research, implementations of different computational geometry technologies in isogeometric analysis framework for computational fracture mechanics are investigated. nurbs and t-splines are two different computational geometry technologies which are studied in this work. among features of b-spline basis functions the possibility of enhancing a b-spline basis with discontinuities b...

The paper is concerned with computing the B-spline basis of a multi-degree spline space, namely space piecewise functions comprised polynomial segments different degrees. To this aim, we provide general method to work out matrix representation relating sought another one easier compute. This will allow us, for example, calculate multi degree starting from local Bernstein bases degrees or where ...

The main role of a car suspension system is to improve the ride comfort and road holding. The traditional spring-damper suspension is currently being replaced by either a semi-active or active suspension system, because, passive suspension system cannot give better ride comfort and handling property. In order to improve the capability of active suspension systems, a robust Adaptive B-spline Neu...

We study the curvature variation functional, i.e., the integral over the square of arc-length derivative of curvature, along a planar curve. With no other constraints than prescribed position, slope angle, and curvature at the endpoints of the curve, the minimizer of this functional is known as a cubic spiral. It remains a challenge to effectively compute minimizers or approximations to minimiz...

The application of collocation methods using spline basis functions to solve differential model equations has been in use for a few decades. However, the application of spline collocation to the solution of the nonlinear, coupled, partial differential equations (in primitive variables) that define the motion of fluids has only recently received much attention. The issues that affect the effecti...

The P-splines of Eilers andMarx (Stat Sci 11:89– 121, 1996) combine aB-spline basis with a discrete quadratic penalty on the basis coefficients, to produce a reduced rank spline like smoother. P-splines have three properties that make them very popular as reduced rank smoothers: (i) the basis and the penalty are sparse, enabling efficient computation, especially for Bayesian stochastic simulati...

The matrix forms for curves and surfaces were largely promoted in CAD. These formulations are very compact to write, simple to program, and clear to understand. They manifest the desired basis as a matrix transformation of the common power basis. Furthermore, this implementation can be made extremely fast if appropriate matrix facilities are available in either hardware or software. Derivatives...