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TEXTURE AND LOCAL KEYPOINTS ANALYSIS FOR ADVANCED IMAGE INSPECTION

2012

Bringing Building Data on Construction Site for Virtual Renovation Works

2013

Déjà sur HAL mais sans le fichier pdf; In this study we aimed at evaluating the benefit of managing a digital mock-up for renovation operations in an ancient building. Focusing on thermal efficiency, the renovation proposal dealt with the great windows. We compared three methodologies dedicated to the project planning and management We first address the issue of the renovation of old buildings and come up with a workflow that connects the digital building to its lifecycle; then we focus on an instance of onsite handling of such data, in an augmented reality context, by elaborating the notion of “BIM in situ” as described in the papers of [3] as well as in [4]. Results reveal that handling B…

Centrifugal spreading : motion blurred images to determine the three components of fertiliser outlet velocity

2006

In the optical control of centrifugal spreading, the use of a single CCD camera to measure the outlet velocity is not limited to flat discs and 2D motion estimation. Combining the kinetic study of the fertiliser motion on the vane and the geometric analysis of image acquisition, the 3D components of the outlet velocity can be deduced from motion blurred images in the case of a traditional concave disc. The estimation of the horizontal and vertical outlet velocities is useful to predict spread patterns using ballistic flight models. This opens up the possibility to implement simple spreader test tools for quality diagnoses or sensors for feedback loop adjustments.

Quantification of atelectatic lung volumes in two different porcine models of ARDS.

2006

BACKGROUND: Cyclic recruitment during mechanical ventilation contributes to ventilator associated lung injury. Two different pathomechanisms in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are currently discussed: alveolar collapse vs persistent flooding of small airways and alveoli. We compare two different ARDS animal models by computed tomography (CT) to describe different recruitment and derecruitment mechanisms at different airway pressures: (i) lavage-ARDS, favouring alveolar collapse by surfactant depletion; and (ii) oleic acid ARDS, favouring alveolar flooding by capillary leakage. METHODS: In 12 pigs [25 (1) kg], ARDS was randomly induced, either by saline lung lavage or oleic acid (…

Software zur automatischen Quantifizierung von Belüftungszuständen bei akutem Lungenversagen in dynamischen CT-Aufnahmen der Lunge1

2001

Purpose: Density measurements in dynamic CT image series of the lungs allow one to quantify ventilated, hyperinflated, and atelectatic pulmonary compartments with high temporal resolution. Fast automatic segmentation of lung parenchyma and a subsequent evaluation of it's respective density values are a prerequisite for any clinical application of this technique. Material and Methods: For automatic lung segmentation in thoracic CT scans, an algorithm was developed which uses (a) different density masks, and (b) anatomic knowledge to differentiate heart, diaphragm and chest wall from ventilated and atelectatic lung parenchyma. With Animal Care Committee approval, the automated technique was t…

Le bon soignant en soins palliatifs et les définitions du patient

2010

National audience; L'hôpital n'est pas un milieu homogène : les pratiques et les représentations professionnelles divergent d'un service à l'autre, mais se présentent toutes comme étant au service du soin. Dès lors, chaque service défend, entre autres, une définition de ce que sont un bon soignant et un bon patient. L'auteur, sociologue, aborde ici la figure du « bon soignant » en soins palliatifs puis, dans un second temps, passe rapidement sur la figure du « bon patient », avant de s'attarder sur celles construites par les professionnels, leur permettant de bien faire leur travail, à savoir deux grands types de patients : le mourant et l'agonisant.

Objective Amplitude of Accommodation Computed from Optical Quality Metrics Applied to Wavefront Outcomes

2009

Purpose: We studied the accuracy and precision of 32 objective wavefront methods for finding the amplitude of accommodation obtained in 180 eyes. Methods: Ocular accommodation was stimulated with 0.5 D steps in target vergence spanning the full range of accommodation for each subject. Subjective monocular amplitude of accommodation was measured using two clinical methods, using negative lenses and with a custom Badal optometer. Results: Both subjective methods gave similar results. Results obtained from the Badal optometer where used to test the accuracy of the objective methods. All objective methods showed lower amplitude of accommodation that the subjective ones by an amount that varied …

Image Based Modeling Technique for Pavement Distress surveys: a Specific Application to Rutting

2016

Image-based modeling (IBM) is a well-known technique to obtain high quality 3D models based on multi view images. IBM started being used in several applications such as inspection, identification of objects and visualization, due to the user-friendly approach, the low cost and highly automated technique. This paper focuses on the investigation of the potential application of IBM in the diagnosis of road pavement distresses and in particular rutting. Indeed, the evaluation of the rutting distress is a fundamental step to define the whole state of a pavement as demonstrated by the calculation of Present Serviceability Index (PSI). Currently, the permanent deformation is measured monitoring vi…

Accurate estimation of retinal vessel width using bagged decision trees and an extended multiresolution Hermite model.

2012

We present an algorithm estimating the width of retinal vessels in fundus camera images. The algorithm uses a novel parametric surface model of the cross-sectional intensities of vessels, and ensembles of bagged decision trees to estimate the local width from the parameters of the best-fit surface. We report comparative tests with REVIEW, currently the public database of reference for retinal width estimation, containing 16 images with 193 annotated vessel segments and 5066 profile points annotated manually by three independent experts. Comparative tests are reported also with our own set of 378 vessel widths selected sparsely in 38 images from the Tayside Scotland diabetic retinopathy scre…

Wooden panel paintings investigation: An air-coupled ultrasonic imaging approach

2007

In this paper, a method for the study of wooden panel paintings using air-coupled acoustical imaging is presented. In order to evaluate the advantages of the technique, several samples were made to mimic panel paintings along with their typical defects. These specimens were tested by means of both single-sided and through-transmission techniques using planar transducers. Image data were processed by means of a two-dimensional (2-D)-fast Fourier transform-based algorithm to increase the S/N ratio and 2-D representations (C-scans) were generated. The simulated defects were imaged using both configurations. Investigations were undertaken on four antique paintings from a private collection. The…