FEMUR SHAPE RECOVERY FROM VOLUMETRIC IMAGES USING 3-D DEFORMABLE MODELS

IntroductionThe rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament( ACL) has become the most common knee in-juries.In operation of ACL reconstruction,thesurgeons have to find the optimal attachmentpoints resulting in a low anisometry of the graft,while preventing impingement between the graftand the femoral notch.Markus Fleute andStéphane lavallée[1] proposed a real- time systemfor computer- assisted ACL surgery.A recentadvance in surgery is minimally invasive tech-nique that can avoid the large…     

AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN LEG MODELING METHOD

IntroductionFFD is a widely used technique in the field ofsolid modeling and computer animation.Seder-berg and Parry introduced the conceptof FFD[1] ,and Barr provided the basic deformation methodfor FFD[2 ] .Although there are several versionsof FFD in the related literature[3～ 6 ] ,they havethe same basic idea:1 Constructa lattice space.The space can be of any shape,not restricted toparallel- piped cube[5 ] .2 Embed the object intothe lattice space.In other words,impose a localcoordi…     

AN EFFICIENT FAST ENCODING ALGORITHM FOR VECTOR QUANTIZATION

IntroductionAs an effective technique for data compression,VQ[1,2 ] has been successfully used forvarious ap-plications involving VQ- based encoding and VQ-based recognition in both vocal and image pro-cessing.The k- dimensional,N- level vectorquantizer is defined as a mapping from a k- di-mensional Euclidean space Rkinto a certain finitesubset C={Ci,i=1 ,2 ,… ,N },which is called acodebook and whose elements Ci are called code-words.A distortion measure D( X,Ci) is a non-negative dissi…     

DESIGN OF A NEW INTERPOLATED CONTROLLER FOR STABILIZATION OF A SET OF INTERPOLATED PLANTS

IntroductionDynamics of almost all plants in reality variesaccording to the condition under which the plantis operated.An idea to describe the variation ofplant dynamics is interpolating a number of rep-resentative models defined at representative op-erating points.In Ref. [1 ] ,the plant was as-sumed to described as a linear interpolation ofproper stable coprime factorizations of transferfunctions of two representative models and thestabilization problems have been considered. InRef.[2 ] ,it…     

STUDY ON CONFLICT MANAGEMENT FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN SYSTEM

IntroductionAdvances in computer networks and informationtechnology have enabled product designers tomore effectively communicate,collaborate,ob-tain and exchange a wide range of design re-sources during product development.ComputerSupported Cooperative Work( CSCW) describesa research area concerned with people working ingroups and computer systems supporting them,and collaborative design is an important applica-tion of CSCW.Collaborative design has typicallydistributed multiple functional…     

GLOBAL MEASURE ON IMAGE CONTENT

IntroductionContent- based image retrieval has been proposedto allow retrieval to be performed on the basis ofa variety of aspects of image content[1] .A chal-lenging problem arises with many imagedatabases,within which queries are posed via vi-sual or pictorial examples.A common visualquery to an image database system would involvefinding all images in the database which containa subimage that is similar to the query image.Such retrievals must be based on embedded con-tent features,such as sh…     

Numerical investigation of turbulence near a sheared air–water interface. Part 1: Turbulence statistics beneath a flat water surface sheared by wind

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent shear flow beneath a flat water surface with imposed wind shear stress are presented. The results of DNS indicate that there are clear differences, and also similarities, between wind-driven flow and the flow near a solid wall. The qualitative structures of turbulence are similar in both types of flow. Low-speed streaks are also present in wind-driven flow. On the other hand, profiles of the mean velocity and turbulence intensities in wind-driven flow are significantly different from those in flow near a solid wall. The differences are attributed to the lack of a viscous sublayer, and to the boundary condition which allows fluctuations of the tangential velocity components at the boundary. LES of the same flow was also carried out to evaluate subgrid-scale models. It was shown that the features of the flow observed in DNS are well simulated by all models tested, and that the discrepancies between DNS and LES with the dynamic mixed model are very small. Received: August 17, 2000 / Accepted: December 22, 2000     

Solution of an unstable inverse problem: wave source evaluation from observation of velocity distribution

This paper illustrates how to estimate a wave source generating a wave system, including local waves, with the assumption of linear dispersive waves of two dimensions. The estimation of wave source is realized by using an inverse problem. Unfortunately, the inverse problem is ill-posed in the sense of stability, since the wave source information included in local waves diminishes as the distance from the wave source increases. In the area of applied mathematics, there are well-developed methods to tackle ill-posed problems, which are called regularizations. In this paper, three different regularizations which are well known in applied mathematics are introduced and investigated to learn whether they are applicable to the present problem of the estimation of wave source. From the numerical experiments, it is shown that the estimation is realized by the regularizations introduced in this study, so that they can be applied to the determination of a wave source generating a wave system including local waves. Received: June 6, 2000 / Accepted: February 7, 2001     

密桩桥台桥型分析

对于目前国内高速公路改扩建工程预留构造物的问题进行了分析,并在沈阳绕城高速公路改扩建工程中采用了一种安全可靠、经济合理的新桥型方案。对该桥型的特点及关键部分受力情况进行了分析阐述,介绍了其施工过程,为今后设置类似构造物提供参考。     

Environmental innovation and the role of stakeholder collaboration in West Coast port gateways

The paper explores the role of stakeholder collaboration in the adoption of innovations as part of the environmental and sustainability agenda of port gateways. We do this through a comparative assessment of the port of Vancouver, British Columbia, and the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. An inductive research approach is used to identify and assess the initiation and implementation process behind exemplary innovations. Innovation includes new technologies and processes for handling and moving cargo, mechanisms for planning and policy making, as well as financing, implementing, upgrading, managing and operating infrastructure systems. A relatively new arena for competition on the basis of innovation concerns environmental performance. The conceptual framework and empirical evidence suggest that while there may be intense demand for and supply of innovation in port gateways, the complex dynamics of the logistics chain are such that successful innovation requires conscious involvement and collaboration of stakeholders.