For rigid body POSE estimation, any relative movement of the tracking markers on a segment is often referred to as an artefact; however this may be an important part of the signal within breast biomechanics. This study aimed to quantify differences in breast range of motion when calculated relative to the torso segment using either direct or segment optimised POSE estimation algorithms. Markers...

Volumetric acquisition with anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) is necessary to obtain accurate representations of the tissue structure and to account for asymmetries of the anterior eye anatomy. Additionally, recent interest in imaging of anterior segment vasculature and aqueous humor flow resulted in application of OCT angiography techniques to generate en face and 3D micro-...

Extremely large optical telescopes are being designed with primary mirrors composed of hundreds of segments. The "out-of-plane" piston, tip, and tilt degrees of freedom of each segment are actively controlled using feedback from relative height measurements between neighboring segments. The "in-plane" segment translations and clocking (rotation) are not actively controlled; however, in-plane mo...

Biomechanical analyses on lumbar spine under compressive load and flexion torque were performed using a nonlinear three-dimensional finite element method to evaluate the stability of artificial disc replacement. We prepared a validated intact lumbar L4-L5 motion segment and artificial disc inserted motion segment by replacing intact disc with the artificial disc which is being developed. Effect...

2. American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th Edition, p98 , 1993. Loss of motion segment integrity is defined as an antero-posterior motion or slipping of one vertebra over another greater than 3.5mm for a cervical vertebra...or a difference in the angular motion of two adjacent motion segments greater that 11 degrees in response to spine flexion and ext...

OBJECTIVE Posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF) is a motion-preserving surgical technique. The objective was to determine whether PCF alter cervical motion as a long-term influence. METHODS Thirty one patients who followed up more than 36 months after PCF for cervical radiculopathy from January 2004 to September 2008 were enrolled in this study. The range of motion (ROM) of whole cervical spi...

For 3-D video applications, dense depth maps are required. We present a segment-based structure-from-motion technique. After image segmentation, we estimate the motion of each segment. With knowledge of the camera motion, this can be translated into depth. The optimal depth is found by minimizing a suitable error norm, which can handle occlusions as well. This method combines the advantages of ...

Inspired by the generalized motor program (GMP) theory, this study presents a symbolic motion structure representation (SMSR) algorithm that identifies a basic spatial-temporal structure of a human motion. The algorithm resolves each joint angle-time trajectory of a multi-joint motion into a sequence of elemental motion segments and labels each motion segment with a symbol representing its shap...

Can the motion system selectively process elements at a particular depth? We attempted to answer this question using global coherence tasks in which signal and noise elements could be given different disparities. In experiment 1 we found that, if all the signal elements had a disparity different from that of the noise elements, performance was far better than when they had the same disparity (a...

t I I Study Design. For in vitro studies, there is no basis t for choosing a "load control study" over a "displace: ment control" study. This study qualitatively compared f results from in vitro and in vivo tests, allowing the au€ : thors to address the experimental assumptions that in vitro testing contributes to the understanding of the in vivo condition. Objectives. To compare motion changes...