News tagged with image processing
Google Collaborates with D-Wave on Possible Quantum Image Search
(PhysOrg.com) -- Always on the cutting edge of new computing technologies, Google has recently announced that it is investigating the use of quantum computing schemes to achieve faster image recognition rates. ...
Aging process revealed by lactate in the brain
Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that they may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid levels. Their findings suggest that the lactate ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Adaptive headlamp system introduced
(PhysOrg.com) -- The independent industrial group Valeo, which is headquartered in France, has introduced a "BeamAtic" adaptive headlight system that enables drivers to keep their lights on high beam without ...
An artificial eye on your driving
With just a half second's notice, a driver can swerve to avoid a fatal accident or slam on the brakes to miss hitting a child running after a ball. But first, the driver must perceive the danger.
Apr 20, 2010 |
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High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images
Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic component ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Evolutionary bestseller in image processing
The eye is not just a lens that takes pictures and converts them into electrical signals. As with all vertebrates, nerve cells in the human eye separate an image into different image channels once it has been ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Acupuncture changes brain's perception and processing of pain
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have captured pictures of the brain while patients experienced a pain stimulus with and without acupuncture to determine acupuncture's effect on how the brain ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Graphics chips speed up medical imaging
Beyond just jazzing up video games, one of the growing array of applications being found for the powerful graphics-oriented chips that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices sell is in speeding up medical imaging, which can be ...
Sep 04, 2009 |
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New analysis reveals clearer picture of brain's language areas
(PhysOrg.com) -- Language is a defining aspect of what makes us human. Although some brain regions are known to be associated with language, neuroscientists have had a surprisingly difficult time using brain ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 04, 2010 |
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Reconstruct Mars automatically in minutes
A computer system is under development that can automatically combine images of the Martian surface, captured by landers or rovers, in order to reproduce a three dimensional view of the red planet. The resulting ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration.
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Scientists find first physiological evidence of brain's response to inequality
The human brain is a big believer in equality -- and a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, has become the first to gather the images to prove ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Mitsubishi electric installs 6-Meter OLED globe at science museum (w/ video)
Mitsubishi Electric announced that it installed a six-meter organic light-emitting display (OLED) globe at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan. The OLED "Geo-Cosmos" display ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Sony develops new 'RGBW coding' and 'HDR movie' functions
Sony Corporation today announced the development of two CMOS image sensor models designed for use in smartphones and other devices. They are equipped with Sony's unique RGBW Coding function which ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Sony patent seeks to correct autostereoscopic blur
(Phys.org) -- Sony has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a glasses-free 3-D display that will adjust the picture so that the user gets an optimal view no matter how far or close to the screen. In its application, Stereoscopic Image Proces ...