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Michael P. Majurski, Christopher Zheng, Joe Chalfoun, Alden A. Dima, Mary C. Brady
New microscope technologies are enabling the acquisition of large volumes of live cell image data. Accurate temporal object tracking is required to facilitate the analysis of this data. One principle component of cell tracking is correspondence, matching
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microspectroscopy has demonstrated significant potential for biological and materials imaging. To date, however, the primary mechanism of disseminating CARS spectroscopic information is through pseudocolor
This paper presents a comparative study of six methods for the retrieval and classification of tex- tured 3D models, which have been selected as represen- tative of the state of the start and evaluated through 17 runs. To better analyse and control how
Password management is the ubiquitous struggle of the modern human. Despite usability playing a vital role in authentication, many password policies and requirements focus on security without sufficient consideration of human factors. In fact, security and
Texture compression is widely used in real-time rendering to reduce storage and bandwidth requirements. Recent research in compression algorithms has explored both reduced fixed bit rate and variable bit rate algorithms. The results are evaluated at the
This paper presents an effective and simple image resizing method. Our method is an improved version of seam carving that changes the backtracking basis of seam carving. We use a Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) feature in our method. SIFT key
Image retargeting attempts to adapt images to different devices while preserving the salient contents. Most existing methods address retargeting of a single image. In this paper, we propose a novel image retargeting method for resizing a pair of stereo
Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, Michael Garris, John Grantham, Frederick R. Byers
The document describes the procedure by which applications of JPEG 2000 CODECs will be evaluated with respect to conformance to the NIST guidance for compression of 1000 ppi friction ridge images as detailed in NIST Special Publication 500-289 [NIST5]
Bonita V. Saunders, Brian Antonishek, Qiming Wang, Bruce R. Miller
In 1997 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) embarked on a huge project to replace one of the most cited resources for mathematical, physical and engineering scientists, the Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and
The objective of the SHREC'15 Range Scans based 3D Shape Retrieval track is to evaluate algorithms that match range scans of real objects to complete 3D mesh models in a target dataset. The task is to retrieve a rank list of complete 3D models that are of
Nathan A. Hotaling, Kapil Bharti, Haydn Kriel, Carl G. Simon Jr.
Despite the growing use of nanofiber scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, there is not a validated, readily available (commercial or open source) solution for rapid, automated analysis of nanofiber diameter from scanning electron microscope (SEM)
We propose a novel shape optimization algorithm for region-based active contour models. Region-based active contours are preferred for many segmentation problems, because they incorporate more global information by aggregating cues or statistics over the
Wesley N. Griffin, Luis D. Catacora, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Judith E. Terrill
We have created an integrated interactive visualization and analysis environment that can be used immersively or on the desktop to study a simulation of microstructure development during hydration or degradation of cement pastes and concrete. Our
Wesley N. Griffin, Judith E. Terrill, Garnett W. Bryant, Jian Chen, Henan Zhao
We designed and evaluated SplitVector, a new vector field display approach to enable scientists to perform new discrimination tasks related to showing scientific data in virtual environments (VEs). Our SplitVector design is motivated by the challenges of
Large-scale 3D shape retrieval has become an important research direction in content-based 3D shape retrieval. To promote this research area, two Shape Retrieval Contest (SHREC) tracks on large scale comprehensive and sketch-based 3D model retrieval have
Jian Chen, Judith E. Terrill, Henan Zhao, Guohao Zhang, Keqin Wu, Alexander Garbrino, Yongnan Zhu
We present three ongoing research projects (funded by NST and NIST) on behalf of the Interactive Visual Computing Lab at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. This lab exhibition presentation summarizes the design challenges we are currently
We propose a novel iterative algorithm for segmentation of multiphase images by curve evolution. Specifically, we address a multiphase version of the Chan-Vese piecewise constant segmentation energy. Our algorithm is efficient: it is based on an explicit
Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Todd R. Goodall, Alan C. Bovik
Natural Scene Statistics (NSS) produces powerful perceptually relevant tools that have been highly successful in image quality analysis of visible light images. These NSS capture statistical regularities in the physical world and thus can be applicable to
Tomasz P. Bednarz, John Taylor, Tony Huang, Wesley N. Griffin, Steven G. Satterfield, Judith E. Terrill, John G. Hagedorn
This work showcases four examples of scientific visualizations across various domains of research and science that were prepared at CSIRO in Australia, and NIST in the USA: visualization of bone cancer, RF propagation through the human body, touch-less
Peter Ott, Mohammed H. Al Shakhs, Henri Lezec, Kenneth J. Chau
It is sometimes possible to image using a flat lens consisting of planar, uniform media. There is conceptual division between theoretical flat lens proposals, which require exotic properties such as negative index or counter-intuitive behavior such as
Peter Bajcsy, Antoine Vandecreme, Mary C. Brady, Phuong Nguyen
Our objective is to lower the barrier of executing spatial image computations in a computer cluster/cloud environment instead of in a desktop/laptop computing environment. We research two related problems encountered during an execution of spatial
Timothy Blattner, Walid Keyrouz, Joe Chalfoun, Bertrand C. Stivalet, Mary C. Brady, Shujia Zhou
Researchers in various fields are using optical microscopy to acquire very large images, 10K--200K of pixels per side. Optical microscopes acquire these images as grids of overlapping partial images (thousands of pixels per side) that are then stitched