The visual system integrates discrete but aligned local stimuli to form percept of global contours. Previous experiments using "snake" contours showed that contour integration was mainly present in foveal vision but absent or greatly weakened in peripheral vision. In this study, we demonstrated that, for contour stimuli such as circles and ellipses, which bore good Gestalt properties, contour i...

Contour pixels distinguish objects from the background. Tracing and extracting contour pixels are widely used for smart/wearable image sensor devices, because these are simple and useful for detecting objects. In this paper, we present a novel contour-tracing algorithm for fast and accurate contour following. The proposed algorithm classifies the type of contour pixel, based on its local patter...

A divide and conquer deformable contour method is presented with an initial inside closed contour being divided into arbitrary segments, and these segments are allowed to deform separately preserving the segments' connectivity. A maximum area threshold, A/sub max/, is used to stop these outward contour segments' marching. Clear and blur contour points are then identified to partition the whole ...

An active-contour-interpolation approach is proposed for semi-automatic video object generation. In this approach, user can de ne the contour of the same video object on multiple frames and the computer interpolates the missing contours automatically. Typical active contour model is adapted and the contour interpolation problem is decomposed into two directional contour tracking problems and a ...

background and aims. digital radiographs have some advantages over conventional ones. application of digital receptors is not routine yet. therefore, there is a need for digitizing conventional radiographs. the aim of the present study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of digitized conventional radiographs by scanner and camera in detection of proximal caries. material and methods. three h...

proximal humerus fractures are common, but associated injury of the axillary artery is uncommon. the majority of published blunt traumatic axillary artery injuries are associated with anterior glenohumeral dislocation; a few are associated with isolated proximal humerus fractures or fracture-dislocation. experience within our institution demonstrates that axillary artery injury is often unrecog...