This paper presents a new missing data detection algorithm that is robust to Pathological Motion (PM). PM causes clean image data to be misdiagnosed as missing data, resulting in damage to the image during restoration. The proposed algorithm uses a probabilistic framework to jointly detect PM and missing data. It builds on an existing technique of using five frames for detection instead of the ...

Real-time tumor tracking in external radiotherapy can be achieved by diagnostic (kV) X-ray imaging with a dynamic flat-panel detector (FPD). The purpose of this study was to address image lag in target tracking and its influence on the accuracy of tumor tracking. Fluoroscopic images were obtained using a direct type of dynamic FPD. Image lag properties were measured without test devices accordi...

The objective of this work is to provide image quality evaluation for intraonly H.264/AVC High Profile (HP) standard versus JPEG2000 standard. Here, we review the structure of the two standards and the coding algorithms in the context of subjective and objective assessments. Simulations were performed on a test set of monochrome and color image. As a result of simulations, we observed that the ...

With the recent advancements in image processing techniques and the increasing availability of high resolution satellite imagery, one has an increased ability to characterize human attributes. This paper will study the effects that image fusion has on the classification of Quickbird satellite imagery over a rural area in Eastern India. Two panchromatic sharpening algorithms will be used and com...

Vegetation studies helps to develop a profile on extensive areas affected by vegetation changes. Image processing techniques does manipulation of digital images for various applications. The satellite image processing is increasingly used for vegetation mapping. Now a day‟s both multi spectral sensors and hyper spectral sensors are used for vegetation monitoring. General Terms Remote sensing, V...

The way people communicate is changing very fast. Few years ago, mobile phones were used exclusively for voice calls. Today the mobile terminal usage is no longer restricted to voice communication only. In Finland, it is widely accepted among youngsters to use a GSM phone for sending SMS messages, to chat with friends or to play games. Adults may be more interested in checking their stocks or p...

Rail inspection is an important task in railway maintenance. The speed and loads of trains have been increasing greatly in recent years, and these factors inevitably raise the risk of producing rail defects. Mainly the discrete surface defects impact the riding quality and safety of a railway system. However, it is a challenge to inspect such defects in a vision system because of illumination i...

In this thesis we consider in general image structures and more specifically, image gradients and contours. They have been proven useful in recent years for various computer graphics applications, such as Augmented Reality (AR), image and video stylization. The goal of analyzing image structures is to describe a high level understanding of image contents and to provide a powerful support to imp...

In this paper, a new hybrid classification method using both range profile (RP) and time-frequency image is proposed. The time-frequency image is obtained using the short-time Fourier transform before calculating the RP and this image is used for classification. 2-Dimensional Principal Components Analysis (2DPCA) is used to further compress the time-frequency image and to derive useful features...