Digital map conflation: a review of the process and a proposal for classification

JJ Ruiz, FJ Ariza, MA Urena… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article is centred on analysing the state of the art of the conflation processes applied to
geospatial databases (GDBs) from heterogeneous sources. The term conflation is used to …

Fiducial-less tracking with non-rigid image registration

D Fu, G Kuduvalli - US Patent 7,327,865, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and system is presented for tracking patient motion in image
guided Surgery, using skeletal reference structures instead of fiducial markers. A non-rigid …

On cumulative entropies

A Di Crescenzo, M Longobardi - Journal of statistical planning and …, 2009 - Elsevier
In analogy with the cumulative residual entropy recently proposed by Wang et al.[2003a. A
new and robust information theoretic measure and its application to image alignment. In …

Fiducial-less tracking with non-rigid image registration

D Fu, G Kuduvalli - US Patent 7,505,617, 2009 - Google Patents
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DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device

B Wang, D Fu - US Patent 7,330,578, 2008 - Google Patents
DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device are described herein.
In one embodiment, an example of a process for generating DRR (digitally reconstructed …

Stochastic orders in reliability and risk

H Li, X Li - Honor of Professor Moshe Shaked. Springer, New York, 2013 - Springer
In summer of 2010, the first author (HL) visited the second author (XL) at Lanzhou University,
China, and chaired the dissertation defense for XL's two graduating doctoral students …

ROI selection in image registration

D Fu, G Kuduvalli - US Patent 7,231,076, 2007 - Google Patents
G06K 9/32(2006.01) A method and system is presented for automatically select A6 IB
6/00(2006.01) ing a region of interest (ROI) within an image of an object, GOIN …

Fractional cumulative residual entropy

H **ong, P Shang, Y Zhang - Communications in Nonlinear Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, cumulative residual entropy was proposed as an alternative measure of
information to Shannon entropy. In this work, we generate the cumulative residual entropy …

DRR generation using a non-linear attenuation model

D Fu, G Kuduvalli - US Patent 7,366,278, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and system are presented for generating a DRR of an anatomical
region so that the visibility within the DRR of one or more skeletal reference structures is …

Image enhancement method and system for fiducial-less tracking of treatment targets

D Fu, G Kuduvalli - US Patent 7,522,779, 2009 - Google Patents
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