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Automated Fragmentary Bone Matching, Ali Saad Mustafa
Automated Fragmentary Bone Matching, Ali Saad Mustafa
Masters Theses
Identification, reconstruction and matching of fragmentary bones are basic tasks required to accomplish quantification and analysis of fragmentary human remains derived from forensic contexts. Appropriate techniques for three-dimensional surface matching have received great attention in computer vision literature, and various methods have been proposed for matching fragmentary meshes; however, many of these methods lack automation, speed and/or suffer from high sensitivity to noise. In addition, reconstruction of fragementary bones along with identification in the presence of reference model to compare with in an automatic scheme have not been addressed. In order to address these issues, we used a multi-stage technique …
An Implantable Low Pressure Biosensor Transponder, Chad Eric Seaver
An Implantable Low Pressure Biosensor Transponder, Chad Eric Seaver
Masters Theses
The human body’s intracranial pressure (ICP) is a critical element in sustaining healthy blood flow to the brain while allowing adequate volume for brain tissue within the relatively rigid structure of the cranium. Disruptions in the body’s maintenance of intracranial pressure are often caused by hemorrhage, tumors, edema, or excess cerebral spinal fluid resulting in treatments that are estimated to globally cost up to approximately five billion dollars annually. A critical element in the contemporary management of acute head injury, intracranial hemorrhage, stroke, or other conditions resulting in intracranial hypertension, is the real-time monitoring of ICP. Currently such monitoring can …
An Investigation Of Rare Earth Co-Doping In Fluorochlorozirconate Glass-Ceramic Imaging Plates To Improve The Storage Phosphor Properties For Computed Radiography, Sharon Gray
Masters Theses
Computed radiography is a standard medical imaging technology that uses photostimulable storage phosphor imaging plates to create an image. X-rays create electron hole pairs within the plate which recombine upon stimulation by a laser, producing light which is read out and stored as a digital image. Modern imaging plates contain an active layer of crystalline storage phosphors embedded in a polymer binder. The resolution of images from these plates is reduced due to light scattering at grain boundaries during readout. Fluorochlorozirconate (FCZ) glass-ceramic imaging plates containing BaCl2:Eu2+ [barium chloride] [europium]nanocrystals in the orthorhombic phase have been developed …
Significance And Analysis Of Milia-Like Cysts In Dermoscopy Skin Lesion Images, Sneha K. Mahajan
Significance And Analysis Of Milia-Like Cysts In Dermoscopy Skin Lesion Images, Sneha K. Mahajan
Masters Theses
“Milia-like cysts (MLCs) are dermoscopic structures frequently observed in seborrheic keratoses(SKs), which are the most common type of skin lesions. Diverse appearances of these skin lesions make them difficult to differentiate from melanoma, a deadly type of skin cancer. Classified by size into two main groups, starry MLCs and cloudy MLCs, the presence of these structures in a skin lesion has been known to help differentiate benign lesions from melanoma. Though the presence of cloudy MLCs is not exclusively associated with SKs, they can be a useful tool to differentiate SKs from melanoma. This research study determines the statistical occurrence …
Automatic Detection Of Polypoid Skin Lesions: The Squash Sign, Saurabh G. Karnik
Automatic Detection Of Polypoid Skin Lesions: The Squash Sign, Saurabh G. Karnik
Masters Theses
“Earlier detection of malignant melanoma can save lives. Automatic in-vivo methods of melanoma detection including smart-phone applications are now available, but specificity is low, i.e. too many benign lesions are detected as possible melanomas. Polypoids, elevated and rounded lesions are one class of benign lesions. These raised lesions with piecewise circular borders, predominantly intradermal nevi and cutaneous polyps (IDNs), are always benign. Variegated coloring present in polypoid lesions can lead physicians to perform an unneeded biopsy. Contact dermatoscope plates with gel squash these lesions, leaving a “squash sign” marker of benignancy which can be automatically detected. We present a method …