In image matching applications such as tracking and stereo matching, it is common to use the sum-of-squareddi erences (SSD) measure to determine the best match for an image template. However, this measure is sensitive to outliers and is not robust to template variations. We describe a robust measure and eÆcient search strategy for template matching with a binary or greyscale template using a ma...

In this article, we provide a template for the practical implementation of the targeted maximum likelihood estimator for analyzing causal effects of multiple time point interventions, for which the methodology was developed and presented in Part I. In addition, the application of this template is demonstrated in two important estimation problems: estimation of the effect of individualized treat...

The main usage of BRAINS constellation modeler is to build a template model as well as a linear estimation model from training datasets for BRAINS constellation detector (in Appendix B). The tool belongs to the BRAINSConstellationDetector project [1] that is one of a series in the BRAINS tool suite registered at NITRC [2]. The models can be simply considered as some statistical information extr...

We use anisotropic diffusion processes to generalize normal distributions to manifolds and to construct a framework for likelihood estimation of template and covariance structure from manifold valued data. The procedure avoids the linearization that arise when first estimating a mean or template before performing PCA in the tangent space of the mean. We derive flow equations for the most probab...

We have proposed the use of the fluorimetric method with 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate (4-MUP) specific substrate for the alkaline phosphatase determination in the neutrophil adhesion assay. We provide evidence that the endogenous neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) activity evaluation is reliable to quantify neutrophil adhesion at a wide range of cell numbers (10(4)-10(6)). The results obta...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate data of quantitative anal sphincter EMG in normal controls and to compare them with patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA). METHODS Quantitative anal sphincter EMG were performed on 100 normal controls and 11 patients with MSA to characterise EMG data in these two groups. RESULTS In the normal controls, there was a trend for increased motor unit potential (MUP) am...