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3D reconstruction of curvilinear one-dimensional objects viewed in transmission electron microscopy

To obtain a more complete understanding of material microstructure at the nanoscale and to gain profound insights into their properties, there is a growing need for more efficient and precise methods that can streamline the process of 3D imaging using a tr ...

EPFL2023

Automated neuron tracking inside moving and deforming C. elegans using deep learning and targeted augmentation

Sahand Jamal Rahi, Kseniia Korchagina

Reading out neuronal activity from three-dimensional (3D) functional imaging requires segmenting and tracking individual neurons. This is challenging in behaving animals if the brain moves and deforms. The traditional approach is to train a convolutional n ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Robust Isometric Non-Rigid Structure-From-Motion

Shaifali Parashar

Non-Rigid Structure-from-Motion (NRSfM) reconstructs a deformable 3D object from keypoint correspondences established between monocular 2D images. Current NRSfM methods lack statistical robustness, which is the ability to cope with correspondence errors. T ...

IEEE COMPUTER SOC2022

Fast 3D Modeling of Prosthetic Robotic Hands Based on a Multi-Layer Deformable Design

Daniel Thalmann

Current research of designing prosthetic robotic hands mainly focuses on improving their functionality by devising new mechanical structures and actuation systems. Most of existing work relies on a single structure/system (e.g., bone-only or tissue-only) a ...

WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE LTD, SINGAPORE2022

Megapixel SPAD cameras for time-resolved applications

Kazuhiro Morimoto

Progress in optics technology has enriched our daily lives in many ways. Various types of single-photon detector technologies have emerged in the last century. Among these, single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) technology outperforms other detectors for its ...

EPFL2020

Towards quantum 3D imaging devices

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Samuel Burri, Arin Can Ülkü, Paul Mos, Michael Alan Wayne

We introduce a new generation of 3D imaging devices based on quantum plenoptic imaging. Position-momentum entanglement and photon number correlations are exploited to provide a scan-free 3D image after post-processing of the collected light intensity signa ...

2021

Towards Quantum 3D Imaging Devices

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Samuel Burri, Arin Can Ülkü, Paul Mos, Michael Alan Wayne

We review the advancement of the research toward the design and implementation of quantum plenoptic cameras, radically novel 3D imaging devices that exploit both momentum–position entanglement and photon–number correlations to provide the typical refocusin ...

2021

A comprehensive framework for visual quality assessment of light field tensor displays

Touradj Ebrahimi, Irene Viola

In recent years, light field technology has attracted the interest of academia and industry, thanks to the possibility of rendering 3D scenes in a more realistic and immersive way. In particular, light field displays have been consistently investigated for ...

Society for Imaging Science and Technology2019

Towards Modelling of Visual Saliency in Point Clouds for Immersive Applications

Touradj Ebrahimi, Evangelos Alexiou, Peisen Xu

Modelling human visual attention is of great importance in the field of computer vision and has been widely explored for 3D imaging. Yet, in the absence of ground truth data, it is unclear whether such predictions are in alignment with the actual human vie ...

2019

Modeling and Analysis of a Direct Time-of-Flight Sensor Architecture for LiDAR Applications

Edoardo Charbon, Chunmin Zhang, Preethi Padmanabhan

Direct time-of-flight (DTOF) is a prominent depth sensing method in light detection and ranging (LiDAR) applications. Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays integrated in DTOF sensors have demonstrated excellent ranging and 3D imaging capabilities, ma ...

2019

Tomographic imaging with harmonic holography in tissues of known refractive index distribution

Demetri Psaltis, Ye Pu

High-resolution imaging in thick biological tissues beyond a few transport mean free path of photons remains a formidable challenge to modern science and technology. Recent advancements in optical tomography have enabled the reconstruction of the three-dim ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2018

Multi-plane super-resolution microscopy

Azat Sharipov

Understanding cell functions is the major goal of molecular biology, which intends to elucidate the interactions between biomolecules at a subcellular level. One of the widely used techniques in molecular biology is fluorescence microscopy, which offers hi ...

EPFL2017

Retrospective correction of involuntary microscopic head movement using highly accelerated fat image navigators (3D FatNavs) at 7T

Rolf Gruetter, José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques, Daniel Gallichan

PURPOSE: The goal of the present study was to use a three-dimensional (3D) gradient echo volume in combination with a fat-selective excitation as a 3D motion navigator (3D FatNav) for retrospective correction of microscopic head motion during high-resoluti ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Single-FPGA 3D Ultrasound Beamformer

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Giovanni De Micheli, Federico Angiolini, Ahmet Caner Yüzügüler, Aya Mohamed Naguib Ahmed Ibrahim, Marcel Arditi

In medical diagnosis, ultrasound (US) imaging is one of the most common, safe, and powerful techniques. Volumetric (3D) US imaging, an emerging technique, is even more attractive than standard 2D imaging, as it allows for imaging without the local presence ...

Ieee2016

Implant-based three-dimensional superimposition of the growing mandible in a rabbit model

The reliable assessment of craniofacial morphological changes during growth requires invariant regions for image registration. As these regions have not yet been identified in three dimensions, intra-osseous implants are required as fiducial markers for th ...

Oxford Univ Press2016

Learning Approach to Optical Tomography

Michaël Unser, Alexandre Goy, Cédric René Jean Vonesch, Ulugbek Kamilov, Demetri Psaltis

Optical tomography has been widely investigated for biomedical imaging applications. In recent years optical tomography has been combined with digital holography and has been employed to produce high-quality images of phase objects such as cells. In this p ...

Optical Soc Amer2015

User-independent classification of 2D versus 3D multimedia experiences through EEG and physiological signals

Touradj Ebrahimi, Philippe Hanhart, Jong Seok Lee, Eleni Kroupi, Martin Rerabek

3D image and video have become popular since they can enhance the Quality of Experience (QoE) by adding the depth dimension to the traditional 2D media. In order to design and optimize the human-centric 3D multimedia processing techniques, it is important ...

2014

Subjective evaluation of two stereoscopic imaging systems exploiting visual attention to improve 3D quality of experience

Touradj Ebrahimi, Philippe Hanhart

Crosstalk and vergence-accommodation rivalry negatively impact the quality of experience (QoE) provided by stereoscopic displays. However, exploiting visual attention and adapting the 3D rendering process on the fly can reduce these drawbacks. In this pape ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering2014

Paired comparison-based subjective quality assessment of stereoscopic images

Touradj Ebrahimi, Jong Seok Lee, Lutz Goldmann

As 3D image and video content has gained significant popularity, subjective 3D quality assessment has become an important issue for the creation, processing, and distribution of high quality 3D content. Reliable subjective quality assessment of 3D content ...

Springer Verlag2013

JPEG backward compatible format for 3D content representation

Touradj Ebrahimi, Philippe Hanhart, Martin Rerabek

Different formats and compression algorithms have been proposed for 3D video content, but 3D images are still mostly represented as a stereo pair only. However, for enhanced 3D rendering capabilities, such as depth perception adjustment or display size ada ...

2013