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Image Analysis Applications of the Maximum Mean Discrepancy Distance Measure
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)The need to quantify distance between two groups of objects is prevalent throughout the signal processing world. The difference of group means computed using the Euclidean, or L2 distance, is one of the predominant distance ... -
Image and Video Coding/Transcoding: A Rate Distortion Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-05)Due to the lossy nature of image/video compression and the expensive bandwidth and computation resources in a multimedia system, one of the key design issues for image and video coding/transcoding is to optimize trade-off ... -
Image Area Reduction for Efficient Medical Image Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-15)Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) has been one of the most active areas in medical image analysis in the last two decades because of the steadily increase in the number of digital images used. Efficient diagnosis and ... -
Image Information Distance Analysis and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-15)Image similarity or distortion assessment is fundamental to a broad range of applications throughout the field of image processing and machine vision. These include image restoration, denoising, coding, communication, ... -
Image Models for Wavelet Domain Statistics
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Statistical models for the joint statistics of image pixels are of central importance in many image processing applications. However the high dimensionality stemming from large problem size and the long-range spatial ... -
The Image of Tourism Destinations: A Case of Dracula Tourism
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-26)Destination image is a concept created by different demand and supply agents. The balance between what is expected and what is being delivered is essential in promoting the destination. The main goal of this study is to ... -
Image Quality Assessment: Addressing the Data Shortage and Multi-Stage Distortion Challenges
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Visual content constitutes the vast majority of the ever increasing global Internet traffic, thus highlighting the central role that it plays in our daily lives. The perceived quality of such content can be degraded due ... -
Image Restoration Methods for Retinal Images: Denoising and Interpolation
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-27)Retinal imaging provides an opportunity to detect pathological and natural age-related physiological changes in the interior of the eye. Diagnosis of retinal abnormality requires an image that is sharp, clear and free of ... -
Image sensor pixel integration for large area imaging
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Image versus Position: Canada as a Potential Destination for Mainland Chinese
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-17)The potential of the Chinese outbound tourism market is substantial; however, research on this market to Canada is limited. This may be due, in part, to the lack of Approved Destination Status (ADS). This study examined ... -
Image-Based Feature Tracking Algorithms for Real-Time Clad Height Detection in Laser Cladding
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-31)In laser cladding, a material, usually in the form of powder, is deposited on a substrate. Powder particles are intermingled with inert gas and fed by a powder feeder system on the substrate. Laser is employed to melt the ... -
Image-Based Relighting
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-22)This thesis proposes a method for changing the lighting in some types of images. The method requires only a single input image, either a studio photograph or a synthetic image, consisting of several simple objects placed ... -
Image-based spatio-temporal model of drug delivery in a heterogeneous vasculature of a solid tumor — Computational approach
(Elsevier, 2019-05)The solute transport distribution in a tumor is an important criterion in the evaluation of the cancer treatment efficacy. The fraction of killed cells after each treatment can quantify the therapeutic effect and plays as ... -
Image/Video Compression: Human and Computer Vision Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)As we start a new decade, image and video compression should further improve to satisfy each of the human and computer visions. Human and computer visions have different perspectives on the perceived images and videos, ... -
Imagery Rescripting of Painful Memories in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Qualitative Analysis of Needs Fulfillment and Memory Updating
(Springer, 2020-09-19)Background Imagery rescripting (IR) is an effective intervention for social anxiety disorder (SAD) that targets autobiographical memories of painful past events. IR is thought to promote needs fulfillment and memory ... -
Imagination: A Tool with Potential
(University of Waterloo, 2012)This thesis deals with imagination as a tool in light of two academic disciplines: philosophy and education. In the history of philosophy, imagination appears as an intentional tool for cognizing, and in education, the ... -
Imaging Molecular Structures with Femtosecond Laser Pulses: Experimental Apparatus Development and Computational Geometry Reconstruction
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)A joint facility with the University of Waterloo and the Advanced Laser Light Source has been constructed, in order to explore the behavior of ions and electrons during ultrafast molecular dynamics. The sophisticated ... -
Imaging of Thermal Propagation in Combustion of Al/CuO Core-Shell Nanothermite Film
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-22)Nanoenergetics have been a topic of great discussion over the past few decades due to their extraordinary combustive properties. In particular, heavy investment has been put into researching nanothermites due to the low ... -
Imagining Greece: Sensing Antiquity in Two Athenian Museums
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-09)Physical and sensorial experiences of museums provide publics with a material ground to (re)imagine history and its relationship to contemporary society. Through these experiences, museums become venues of spatialized ... -
Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-15)The winter of 2018 was particularly harsh and its ramifications were evident in the vulnerable homeless populations around Toronto. There is a shortage of accommodations in shelters especially in freezing temperatures and ...