this study has been designed to compare visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid (via test) with cytology as an accepted method for screening of cervical carcinoma and its precursors. 1200 eligible women were examined by both pap-smear and via tests in imam khomeini hospital, a referral general hospital in tehran, iran. those who had abnormal results in one or both of the screening tests (n...

The usefulness of advanced machine vision techniques for automated inspection is restricted by long development cycles for the inspection software and a lack of general applicability of the resulting system. These difficulties arise because in the majority of cases the particulars of the inspection are embedded in the software structure resulting in severe restrictions on user reconfiguration. ...

On-line carcass inspection of chickens in the United States is currently done using visual (organoleptic) methods. Inspectors from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspect the viscera and carcass and, for older birds, the heads using a sequence of observations and palpations at a postmortem inspection station. The streamlined inspection system (SIS) and the new line speed insp...

A regular rope quality inspection is compulsory for wire ropes in security-relevant applications. Principal procedures of such quality checks are the visual inspection for surface defect detection, the magnetic inspection for a localization of broken wires and the measurement of the rope diameter. However, until today it is hardly possible for the human inspector to measure other important rope...

The robot vision system A prototype robotized vision system has been designed, using a six degrees of freedom anthropomorphic arm, for self-adaptive vision based quality control on an assembly line for washing machines (WM). The robot allows displacing the camera in the workspace so to inspect a washing unit (WU) or a complete WM on a pallet. The vision system is equipped with a 1360x1024 pixel...

This paper presents an algorithm and a system for vertical infrastructure inspection using a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle and shared autonomy. Inspecting vertical structures such as light and power distribution poles is a difficult task that is time-consuming, dangerous and expensive. Recently, micro VTOL platforms (i.e., quad-, hexa- and octa-rotors) have been r...

http://ammtiac.alionscience.com The AMMTIAC Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 3 INTRODUCTION Visual inspection is by far the most common nondestructive testing (NDT) technique [1]. When attempting to determine the soundness of any part or specimen for its intended application, visual inspection is normally the first step in the examination process. Generally, almost any specimen can be visually exami...

In January 2017, a large wind turbine blade was installed temporarily in a city square as a public artwork. At first sight, media photographs of the installation appeared to be fakes - the blade looks like it could not really be part of the scene. Close inspection of the object shows that its paradoxical visual appearance can be attributed to unconscious assumptions about object shape and light...

BACKGROUND There is a general consensus in recognizing that traditional meat inspection is no longer able to address the hazards related to meat consumption. Moreover, it has been shown that invasive procedures, such as palpation and incision, can increase microbial contamination in carcasses. For these reasons, legislations all over the world are changing meat inspection techniques, moving tow...