News tagged with image processing

Artificial intelligence: Getting better at the age guessing game

Scientists are developing artificial intelligence solutions for image processing, which have applications in many areas including advertising, entertainment, education and healthcare. They have, for example, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heart failure is associated with loss of brain cells and a decline in mental processes

Australian researchers have found evidence that heart failure is associated with a decline in people's mental processes and a loss of grey matter in the brain. These changes can make it more difficult for ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sony develops next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor

Sony today announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which embodies the continuous evolution of the camera. This image sensor layers the pixel section containing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Infrared technology for measuring the effect of fire on materials

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are developing an infrared measuring method to analyze the thermal properties and resistance to fire of composite materials. This advance would have applications ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The brain on trial

How should insights about the brain affect the course of a criminal trial, from the arguments in a courtroom to the issuing of a sentence?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Toshiba launches image recognition processors for automotive applications

Toshiba Corporation today announced it will launch the Visconti2 (TMPV7500) series of image recognition processors for automotive applications. Toshiba will start sample shipments of this series in November ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Labor or conservative? It's all in the eye of the beholder

Scientists have uncovered specific facial characteristics which make MPs look like they belong to one of the two major political parties in Britain.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Emotional impact of 9/11 attacks seen in brain's response to negative visual images

In the wake of the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, research published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress reveals how the attacks impacted the psychological processes of those not directly exposed to the at ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Security first: When a footstep is like a fingerprint

How a bare foot strikes the ground as one walks reveals your identity almost as well as a fingerprint, according to a study released Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

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

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Irregular breathing can affect accuracy of 4-D PET/CT

A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting focuses on the effect that breathing irregularities have on the accuracy of 4D positron emission tomography (PET) scans and outlines a PET imaging method that reduces "motion ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Molecular imaging provides fast and effective diagnosis for patients with fever of unknown origin

Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting highlights molecular imaging's diagnostic potential for patients with fever of unknown origin. Persistent fever can be a warning sign for a range of diseases that could be dangerous ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Painful periods increase sensitivity to pain throughout the month

(Medical Xpress) -- Women with painful periods show increased sensitivity to pain throughout their cycles, even when there is no background period pain.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast