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Diabetic Retinopathy is a critical health problem influences 100 million individuals worldwide, and these figures are expected to rise, particularly in Asia. Diabetic Retinopathy is a chronic eye disease which can lead to irreversible…

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We present a new approach to super-resolution optical imaging, based on structured illumination in hyperbolic media. The proposed system allows for planar geometry, has unlimited field of view, and is robust with respect to optical noise…

Optics · Physics 2016-02-16 Evgenii Narimanov

Robotic-assisted procedures offer numerous advantages over traditional approaches, including improved dexterity, reduced fatigue, minimized trauma, and superior outcomes. However, the main challenge of these systems remains the poor…

In the conventional approach to lens imaging, rays are used to map object points to image points. However, many students have a need to think of the image as a whole. To answer this need, lens imaging is reinterpreted as a superposition of…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-01-20 Sascha Grusche

The proposed system aims to be a techno-friend of visually impaired people to assist them in orientation and mobility both indoor and outdoor. Moving through an unknown environment becomes a real challenge for most of them, although they…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Shyama Kumari Arunachalam , Roopa V , Meena H B , Vijayalakshmi , T Malavika

Teleophthalmology holds a great potential to improve the quality, access, and affordability in health care. For patients, it can reduce the need for travel and provide the access to a superspecialist. Ophthalmology lends itself easily to…

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Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) remains a leading cause of preventable blindness, with early detection critical for reducing vision loss worldwide. Over the past decade, deep learning has transformed DR screening, progressing from early…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Muskaan Chopra , Lorenz Sparrenberg , Armin Berger , Sarthak Khanna , Jan H. Terheyden , Rafet Sifa

Access to non-verbal cues in social interactions is vital for people with visual impairment. It has been shown that non-verbal cues such as eye contact, number of people, their names and positions are helpful for individuals who are blind.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-11-30 M. Saquib Sarfraz , Angela Constantinescu , Melanie Zuzej , Rainer Stiefelhagen

The goal of this project is to build a deep-learning solution that deblurs cornea scans, used for medical examination. The spherical shape of the eye prevents ophtamologist from having completely sharp image. Provided with a stack of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Toussain Cardot , Pilar Marxer , Ivan Snozzi

Speech perception is key to verbal communication. For people with hearing loss, the capability to recognize speech is restricted, particularly in a noisy environment or the situations without visual cues, such as lip-reading unavailable via…

Sound · Computer Science 2020-12-21 Rung-Yu Tseng , Tao-Wei Wang , Szu-Wei Fu , Chia-Ying Lee , Yu Tsao

In this work we present a "vision" model for blind people, preferentially for those ones of birth origin. The model should be implemented using the available computational resources at the moment. The model uses a simulation of an optical…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. A. Amarante Ribeiro

Interactive lenses are useful tools for supporting the analysis of data in different ways. Most existing lenses are designed for 2D visualization and are operated using standard mouse and keyboard interaction. On the other hand, research on…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Sven Kluge , Stefan Gladisch , Uwe Freiherr von Lukas , Oliver Staadt , Christian Tominski

Over the past decade, considerable research has investigated Vision-Based Assistive Technologies (VBAT) to support people with vision impairments to understand and interact with their immediate environment using machine learning, computer…

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Stroke is a major public health problem, affecting millions worldwide. Deep learning has recently demonstrated promise for enhancing the diagnosis and risk prediction of stroke. However, existing methods rely on costly medical imaging…

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Despite the recent successes in robotics, artificial intelligence and computer vision, a complete artificial agent necessarily must include active perception. A multitude of ideas and methods for how to accomplish this have already appeared…

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When created faithfully from real-world data, Digital 3D representations of objects can be useful for human or computer-assisted analysis. Such models can also serve for generating training data for machine learning approaches in settings…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-08 David Nakath , Xiangyu Weng , Mengkun She , Kevin Köser

Retinal implants aim to restore functional vision despite photoreceptor degeneration, yet are fundamentally constrained by low resolution electrode arrays and patient-specific perceptual distortions. Most deployed encoders rely on…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-12 Henning Konermann , Yuli Wu , Emil Mededovic , Volkmar Schulz , Peter Walter , Johannes Stegmaier

Many people are affected by diabetes around the world. This disease may have type 1 and 2. Diabetes brings with it several complications including diabetic retinopathy, which is a disease that if not treated correctly can lead to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-17 Gilberto Luis De Conto Junior

Medical images often incorporate doctor-added markers that can hinder AI-based diagnosis. This issue highlights the need of inpainting techniques to restore the corrupted visual contents. However, existing methods require manual mask…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Xuechen Guo , Wenhao Hu , Chiming Ni , Wenhao Chai , Shiyan Li , Gaoang Wang

Community vision screening plays a crucial role in identifying individuals with vision loss and preventing avoidable blindness, particularly in rural communities where access to eye care services is limited. Currently, there is a pressing…

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