image denoising by block matching and threedimensionaltransform filtering (bm3d) is a two steps state-ofthe-art algorithm that uses the redundancy of similar blocks innoisy image for removing noise. similar blocks which can havesome overlap are found by a block matching method and groupedto make 3-d blocks for 3-d transform filtering. in this paper wepropose a new block grouping algorithm in th...

Image denoising by block matching and threedimensionaltransform filtering (BM3D) is a two steps state-ofthe-art algorithm that uses the redundancy of similar blocks innoisy image for removing noise. Similar blocks which can havesome overlap are found by a block matching method and groupedto make 3-D blocks for 3-D transform filtering. In this paper wepropose a new block grouping algorithm in th...

when shareholders have agreement about divestiture of company’s share in stock exchange, they decide to change and improve their business ownership structure and the presence of a large shareholder to help divestiture. the present study was aimed to investigate the effect of presence of large shareholder to tends firm to divestiture by a new approach. for this purpose, the propensity score a sa...

introduction: in this study, a computer analysis method based on a block matching algorithm is presented to extract the longitudinal movement of the carotid artery wall using consecutive ultrasonic images. a window (block) is selected as the reference block in the first frame and the most similar block to the reference one is found in the subsequent frames. material and methods: the program was...

In this work, binary block-to-block distribution matching is considered. m independent and uniformly distributed bits are mapped to n output bits resembling a target product distribution. A rate R is called achieved by a sequence of encoder-decoder pairs, if for m,n → ∞, (1) m/n → R, (2) the informational divergence per bit of the output distribution and the target distribution goes to zero, an...

background: radial movement of the arterial wall is a well-known indicator of the mechanical properties of arteries in arterial disease examinations. in the present study, two different motion estimation methods, based on the block-matching and maximum-gradient algorithms, were examined to extract the radial displacement of the carotid artery wall. methods: each program was separately implement...

Background & Aims: One of the important aims of quantitative cardiac image processing is the clarification of myocardial motions in order to derive biomechanical behavior of the heart in the disease condition. In this study we presented a computerized analysis method for detecting the instantaneous myocardial changes by using 2D echocardiography images. Methods: The analysis was performed on th...