The downhill filter is an elegant and efficient single pass reconstruction algorithm which demonstrates fast and consistent performance. It operates through a controlled process of region growing by ordered aggregation of surface pixels onto an expanding shell. 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

We present a simple and efficient dense matching method based on region growing techniques, which can be applied to a wide range of globally textured images like many outdoor scenes. Our method can deal with non-rigid scenes and large camera motions. First a few highly distinctive features like points or areas are extracted and matched. These initial matches are then used in a correlation-based...

We propose an automatic procedure for the correct segmentation of grey and white matter in MR data sets of the human brain. Our method exploits general anatomical knowledge for the initial segmentation and for the subsequent refinement of the estimation of the cortical grey matter. Our results are comparable to manual segmentations.

A spread pattern of a tumor in medical images is an important factor for classification of the tumor. The spread pattern is generally not considered when we use only one segment for classification. In order to include the spread pattern for tumor analysis, we propose an approach for classification of tumors in mammograms using two segments for a mass. The proposed approach is performed in two s...

The cardiac conduction system (CCS) has been in the spot light of the clinical and modeling community in recent years because of its fundament role in physiology and pathophysiology of the heart. Experimental research has focused mainly on investigating the electrical properties of the Purkinje-ventricular-junctions (PVJs). The structure of the PVJs has only been described through schematic dra...