A patch-based method for detecting vehicle logos using prior knowledge is proposed.By representing the coarse region of the logo with the weight matrix of patch intensity and position,the proposed method is robust to ...A patch-based method for detecting vehicle logos using prior knowledge is proposed.By representing the coarse region of the logo with the weight matrix of patch intensity and position,the proposed method is robust to bad and complex environmental conditions.The bounding-box of the logo is extracted by a thershloding approach.Experimental results show that 93.58% location accuracy is achieved with 1100 images under various environmental conditions,indicating that the proposed method is effective and suitable for the location of vehicle logo in practical applications.展开更多
The nonlocal means( NLM) has been widely used in image processing. In this paper,we introduce a modified weight function for NLM denoising, which will compute the nonlocal similarities among the pre-processing pixel p...The nonlocal means( NLM) has been widely used in image processing. In this paper,we introduce a modified weight function for NLM denoising, which will compute the nonlocal similarities among the pre-processing pixel patches instead of the commonly used similarity measure based on noisy observations. By the law of large number,the norm for the pre-processing pixel patches is closer to the norm of the original clean pixel patches,so the proposed weight functions are more optimized and the selected similar patches are more accurate. Experimental results indicate the proposed algorithm achieves better restored results compared to the classical NLM's method.展开更多
Reconstructing an HR （high-resolution） image which preserves the image intrinsic structures from its LR （low-resolution） counterpart is highly challenging. This paper proposes a new surface reconstruction algorith...Reconstructing an HR （high-resolution） image which preserves the image intrinsic structures from its LR （low-resolution） counterpart is highly challenging. This paper proposes a new surface reconstruction algorithm applied to image interpolation. The interpolation surface for the whole image is generated by putting all the quadratic polynomial patches together. In order to eliminate the jaggies of the edge, a new weight fimction containing edge information is incorporated into the patch reconstruction procedure as a constraint. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that our method produces better results across a wide range of scenes in terms of both quantitative evaluation and subjective visual quality.展开更多
Label fusion is a powerful image segmentation strategy that is becoming increasingly popular in medical imaging. However, satisfying the requirements of higher accuracy and less running time is always a great challeng...Label fusion is a powerful image segmentation strategy that is becoming increasingly popular in medical imaging. However, satisfying the requirements of higher accuracy and less running time is always a great challenge. In this paper we propose a novel patch-based segmentation method combining a local weighted voting strategy with Bayesian inference. Multiple atlases are registered to a target image by an advanced normalization tools(ANTs) algorithm. To obtain a segmentation of the target, labels of the atlas images are propagated to the target image. We first adopt intensity prior and label prior as two key metrics when implementing the local weighted voting scheme, and then compute the two priors at the patch level. Further, we analyze the label fusion procedure concerning the image background and take the image background as an isolated label when estimating the label prior. Finally, by taking the Dice score as a criterion to quantitatively assess the accuracy of segmentations, we compare the results with those of other methods, including joint fusion, majority voting, local weighted voting, majority voting based on patch, and the widely used Free Surfer whole-brain segmentation tool. It can be clearly seen that the proposed algorithm provides better results than the other methods. During the experiments, we make explorations about the influence of different parameters(including patch size, patch area, and the number of training subjects) on segmentation accuracy.展开更多
文摘A patch-based method for detecting vehicle logos using prior knowledge is proposed.By representing the coarse region of the logo with the weight matrix of patch intensity and position,the proposed method is robust to bad and complex environmental conditions.The bounding-box of the logo is extracted by a thershloding approach.Experimental results show that 93.58% location accuracy is achieved with 1100 images under various environmental conditions,indicating that the proposed method is effective and suitable for the location of vehicle logo in practical applications.
基金National Natural Science Foundations of China(Nos.U1504603,61301229)Key Scientific Research Project of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province,China(Nos.18A120002,19A110014)
文摘The nonlocal means( NLM) has been widely used in image processing. In this paper,we introduce a modified weight function for NLM denoising, which will compute the nonlocal similarities among the pre-processing pixel patches instead of the commonly used similarity measure based on noisy observations. By the law of large number,the norm for the pre-processing pixel patches is closer to the norm of the original clean pixel patches,so the proposed weight functions are more optimized and the selected similar patches are more accurate. Experimental results indicate the proposed algorithm achieves better restored results compared to the classical NLM's method.
基金Supported by Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program(No.J12LN34)Shandong Ji'nan College and Institute Independent Innovation Project(No.201303011)+1 种基金Shandong Ji'nan College and Institute Independent Innovation Project(No.201303021)the Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong Province of Outstanding Young Scientist Award(No.BS2011DX025)
文摘Reconstructing an HR （high-resolution） image which preserves the image intrinsic structures from its LR （low-resolution） counterpart is highly challenging. This paper proposes a new surface reconstruction algorithm applied to image interpolation. The interpolation surface for the whole image is generated by putting all the quadratic polynomial patches together. In order to eliminate the jaggies of the edge, a new weight fimction containing edge information is incorporated into the patch reconstruction procedure as a constraint. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that our method produces better results across a wide range of scenes in terms of both quantitative evaluation and subjective visual quality.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61203224)the Science and Technology Innovation Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission,China(No.13YZ101)
文摘Label fusion is a powerful image segmentation strategy that is becoming increasingly popular in medical imaging. However, satisfying the requirements of higher accuracy and less running time is always a great challenge. In this paper we propose a novel patch-based segmentation method combining a local weighted voting strategy with Bayesian inference. Multiple atlases are registered to a target image by an advanced normalization tools(ANTs) algorithm. To obtain a segmentation of the target, labels of the atlas images are propagated to the target image. We first adopt intensity prior and label prior as two key metrics when implementing the local weighted voting scheme, and then compute the two priors at the patch level. Further, we analyze the label fusion procedure concerning the image background and take the image background as an isolated label when estimating the label prior. Finally, by taking the Dice score as a criterion to quantitatively assess the accuracy of segmentations, we compare the results with those of other methods, including joint fusion, majority voting, local weighted voting, majority voting based on patch, and the widely used Free Surfer whole-brain segmentation tool. It can be clearly seen that the proposed algorithm provides better results than the other methods. During the experiments, we make explorations about the influence of different parameters(including patch size, patch area, and the number of training subjects) on segmentation accuracy.
