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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Matching Method"”.
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Development and application of a non invasive image matching method to study spine biomechanics
… is limited by the complex anatomy and invasive methodology. Modem clinical imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance and fluoroscope images, which are widely accessible nowadays, have the potential to study in-vivo spine biomechanics accurately and non-invasively. This research presents a …
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Analysis of Waveguides Filled with Uniaxial Media and Metamaterials for Filter Applications using the Mode Matching Method
… A literary search provides numerous methods and numerical techniques for analyzing waveguide class problems, but ultimately the Mode Matching Method (MMM) is chosen as the numerical analysis technique for this dissertation.</p> <p>An overview of waveguide theory and its application to …
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Technique and application of a non-invasive three dimensional image matching method for the study of total shoulder arthroplasty
… three dimensional fluoroscopic image matching method was developed and validated for use in the shoulder joint complex. Next, a group of patients that have undergone clinically successful total shoulder arthroplasty surgeries were recruited for study and imaged by the fluoroscopic …
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A Novel Automatic History Matching Method and Upscaling Study of Cyclic Solvent Injection Process for Post-Chops Heavy Oil Reservoirs
… A modified genetic algorithm (GA) based history matching method (MGA) was validated by history matching three tests. This MGA method was developed by integrating a population database and orthogonal array with the GA to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the algorithm. Because of the …
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The use of multiple cameras and geometric constraints for 3-D measurement
… knowledge and expertise of photogrammetry. A matching method, which is called the 3-D matching method, is developed in the thesis. This method is based on a 3-D intersection and "epipolar plane", as opposed to the 2-D intersection of the epipolar line method. The method is shown to provide a …
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Static and Dynamic Properties of Vertical -Cavity Surface -Emitting Lasers
… data to theoretical results using a vector mode-matching method which includes the fiber in the modelled structure. A novel method for estimating the linewidth enhancement factor in VCSELs is developed from the matching of theory and experiment. Two-mode competition in the VCSEL under feedback is …
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Study on structural integrity of welded components using the LMM
… under cyclic loading conditions and developing methods to predict their safe life is of significant importance. The work within this thesis focuses on the investigation of cyclic plasticity and creep-cyclic plasticity interaction of welded components, and the consequential damage assessment …
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Stereo Matching Based on Edge-Aware T-MST
Dense stereo matching is one of the most extensively investigated topics in computer vision, since it plays an important role in many applications such as 3D scene reconstruction. In this thesis, a novel dense stereo matching method is proposed based on edge-aware truncated minimum spanning tree …
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The design and field evaluation of a new dual pressure and temperature tapered probe
… goal will be accomplished by using the two-point matching method (Whittle et al., 1997; 2001) to compare measured partial T2P dissipation records with theoretical dissipation curves, derived using the Strain Path Method (Baligh, 1985) and total or effective stress soil models. A four-day field …
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Continuous reservoir modeling updating by integrating experimental data using an ensemble Kalman Filter
… field data are available to test the new history matching method, and most of the data sets are synthetic cases. Second, computational cost may be high when using non-Gaussian priors or nonlinear models. Third, with large complex models, the simulation runs and history matching method require huge …
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Color, Texture, and Shape Features for Content-Based Image Retrieval
… MARS, we have developed and implemented a shape-matching method that is very fast computationally and invariant to rotation, translation, scale, and spatial quantization. We propose several generalizations of monochrome texture methods to work with color images and discuss their use in …
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Automated Building Information Extraction and Evaluation from High-resolution Remotely Sensed Data
… environmental simulation. As traditional manual methodologies for collecting 2D and 3D building information are often both time consuming and costly, automated methods are required for efficient large area mapping. It is challenging to extract building information from remotely sensed data, …
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Wavelet Transforms for Stereo Imaging
… While a large number of algorithms for stereo matching have been developed, there still leaves the space for improvement especially when a new mathematical tool such as wavelet analysis becomes mature.<br/><br/>The aim of the thesis is to investigate the stereo matching approach using wavelet …
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Assertiveness in boys: evaluating the construct using template matching procedures
… present investigation expanded on the template matching approach (Cone, 1980) to empirically evaluate whether assertiveness is associated with interpersonal success among a group of fourth grade boys. Using popular sociometric status as an index of success in interaction, the performances of 15 …
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Pulsed field of a magnetising coil wound with a solid conductor of rectangular cross-section
… winding with a model helical turn. A boundary matching method is used to determine the current density distribution in the 2D plane of the call conductor and the changed impedance due to "skin-effect". By assuming this distribution and changed impedance applies for the N-turned coil volume, the …
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Lattice matching for detecting distributed intrusions
… be detected using sequential intrusion detection methods. Therefore, there is a need for a mechanism that views the concurrent system as a whole. L-BID (Lattice-based intrusion detection) is proposed to address this problem. In the L-BID framework, a library of intrusions and collected distributed …
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Analysis of the Suspended H-Waveguide and Other Related Dielectric Waveguide Structures
… integrated circuits are studied. A rigorous method of analysis of the propagation constants and the field distributions of a newly developed suspended H-waveguide based on the mode matching techniques is described. The derived eigenvalue equation for determining the propagation constant of …
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Design And Implementation Of Fast Motion Estimation In Modern Video Compression On GPU
… algorithm by replacing the traditional block matching method which comparing blocks pixel by pixel with a brand new method which based on lbp (local binary pattern) code. Our new method first encodes the original video frames into lbp code and then compares the blocks only using the lbp code. …
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The registration of multimodality medical scans
… framework that can be used to solve it. Current methods that have been utilized by various researchers are surveyed. The implementation of a surface matching method and the adaptations and innovations that were utilized is described in detail. These are analyzed under diverse test conditions …
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"An Outsider in my Own Home": Women's Perceptions of the Markers of Attachment Injury in Stepcouple Relationships
… in a stepcouple relationship. The pattern matching method of data analysis was used to explore for markers of attachment injury in the stepcouple relationships. The context of the women's stories, as well as direct questions, enabled consideration of the attribution of the attachment injury …
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