We describe a comprehensive framework for performing rapid and automatic non-label based nonlinear spatial normalizations. The approach adopted minimizes the residual squared diierence between an image and a template of the same modality. In order to reduce the number of parameters to be tted, the nonlinear warps are described by a linear combination of low spatial frequency basis functions. Th...

Normalization means to adjust microarray data for effects which arise from variation in the technology rather than from biological differences between the RNA samples or between the printed probes. This paper describes normalization methods based on the fact that dye balance typically varies with spot intensity and with spatial position on the array. Print-tip loess normalization provides a wel...

• Many evaluations of spoken dialogue systems are focussed on defining and collecting quantitative measures. • Other studies concentrate on users' perceptions only. • Only a few studies describe quality ratings in terms of both system properties and user judgements. • We used the PARADISE framework (i) to gain insight into the factors affecting the user satisfaction of a spoken dialogue system,...

The aim of this research is to create and to normalize the marital infidelity predictor test. The method used in this study is post-event and it uses the survey technique. The statistical population consists of women residents in Tehran and for investigating the subject and determining the technical characteristics of the questionnaire, 200 individuals are selected, through cluster sampling, wh...

The technology of handwritten Chinese character recognition (HCCR) has seen significant advances in the last two decades owing to the effectiveness of many techniques, especially those for character shape normalization and feature extraction. This chapter reviews the major methods of normalization and feature extraction and evaluates their performance experimentally. The normalization methods i...

MOTIVATION Our goal was to develop a normalization technique that yields results similar to cyclic loess normalization and with speed comparable to quantile normalization. RESULTS Fastlo yields normalized values similar to cyclic loess and quantile normalization and is fast; it is at least an order of magnitude faster than cyclic loess and approaches the speed of quantile normalization. Furth...

Lesion-symptom mapping is a valuable tool for exploring the relation between brain structure and function. In order to perform lesion-symptom mapping, lesion delineations made on different brain CT images need to be transformed to a standardized coordinate system. The preferred choice for this is the MNI152 template image that is based on T1-weighted MR images. This requires a multi-modal regis...