Great amount of data under varying intrinsic features is thought of as high dimensional nonlinear manifold in the observation space. How to analyze the mapping relationship between the high dimensional manifold and the corresponding intrinsic low dimensional one quantitatively is important to machine learning and cognitive science. In this paper, we propose SVD (singular value decomposition) ba...

BACKGROUND While interspinous motion analysis is commonly used to determine the status of an anterior cervical fusion, the accuracy of this technique is unclear. We believed that three questions needed to be answered. What degree of image magnification is ideal? How much motion should be considered "adequate" for making dynamic radiographs? What is the optimal amount of interspinous motion for ...

abstract background and aim: considering the widespread development of implants in dental treatment plans, linear measurements on panoramic radiography are of especial importance. in the present study we investigated the effect of head misalignment up to 15° around vertical and horizontal axes on the magnification rate of digital panoramic radiography in each part of upper and lower jaws. mater...

The dynamic response of a guyed mast is relatively larger than for other structures. Thus a proper evaluation of the dynamic response is of major importance. The proposed simplified method separates the dynamic response into a low-frequency, background region and a high-frequency, resonant region. The background response has been estimated using patch loading. The resonant responses can be take...

An alternating method, in conjunction with the finite element method and a newly developed analytical solution for an elliptical crack in an infinite solid, is used to determine stress intensity factors for semi-elliptical surface flaws in cylindrical pressure vessels. The present finite element alternating method leads to a very inexpensive procedure for routine evaluation of accurate stress i...

In previous papers from this laboratory, Pierce et al described a method of measuring lung volumes from routine chest radiographs. The images on the film are magnified, and this was taken into account in their calculations. Their findings have recently been confirmed by Rodenstein et al. It is important to measure magnification accurately because errors in linear dimensions are cubed when volum...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the magnification factor of the radiographic image in angular, linear and proportional measurements. METHODS From a dried human skull where metallic spheres with predetermined size were fixed (1.0 mm), 14 radiographs were obtained in devices from three different manufacturers: Panoura, Instrumentarium and Tomeceph. The Pears...