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2016
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A Virtual Reality System for PTCD Simulation Using Direct Visuo-Haptic Rendering of Partially Segmented Image Data
—This work presents a new visuo-haptic virtual reality (VR) training and planning system for percutaneous transhepatic cholangio-drainage (PTCD) based on partially segmented virt...
Dirk Fortmeier, André Mastmeyer, Julian Sch...
TITB
2016
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A Prediction Model for Functional Outcomes in Spinal Cord Disorder Patients Using Gaussian Process Regression
Abstract—Predicting the functional outcomes of spinal cord disorder patients after medical treatments, such as a surgical operation, has always been of great interest. Accurate p...
Sunghoon Ivan Lee, Bobak Mortazavi, Haydn A. Hoffm...
TITB
2016
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Accuracy Improvement on the Measurement of Human-Joint Angles
—A measurement technique that decreases the root mean square error (RMSE) of measurements of human joint angles using a personal wireless sensor network (WSN) is reported. Its op...
Dai Meng, Todd Shoepe, Gustavo Vejarano
TITB
2016
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Component-Level Tuning of Kinematic Features From Composite Therapist Impressions of Movement Quality
—In this paper, we propose a general framework for tuning component-level kinematic features using therapists’ overall impressions of movement quality, in the context of a Home...
Vinay Venkataraman, Pavan K. Turaga, Michael Baran...
TIT
2016
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Random Forests and Kernel Methods
—Random forests are ensemble methods which grow trees as base learners and combine their predictions by averaging. Random forests are known for their good practical performance, ...
Erwan Scornet
TIT
2016
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The Generalized Lasso With Non-Linear Observations
Abstract—We study the problem of signal estimation from nonlinear observations when the signal belongs to a low-dimensional set buried in a high-dimensional space. A rough heuris...
Yaniv Plan, Roman Vershynin
TIT
2016
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Secure Degrees of Freedom Regions of Multiple Access and Interference Channels: The Polytope Structure
—In this paper, we determine the entire secure degrees of freedom (s.d.o.f.) regions of the K-user Gaussian multiple access (MAC) wiretap channel and the K-user interference chan...
Jianwei Xie, Sennur Ulukus
TIT
2016
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Opportunistic Detection Rules: Finite and Asymptotic Analysis
—Opportunistic detection rules (ODRs) are variants of fixed-sample-size detection rules in which the statistician is allowed to make an early decision on the alternative hypothe...
Wenyi Zhang, George V. Moustakides, H. Vincent Poo...
TIT
2016
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Dissipation of Information in Channels With Input Constraints
One of the basic tenets in information theory, the data processing inequality states that output divergence does not exceed the input divergence for any channel. For channels with...
Yury Polyanskiy, Yihong Wu 0001
TIT
2016
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Optimal Families of Perfect Polyphase Sequences From the Array Structure of Fermat-Quotient Sequences
—We show that a p-ary polyphase sequence of period p2 from the Fermat quotients is perfect. That is, its periodic autocorrelation is zero for all non-trivial phase shifts. We cal...
Ki-Hyeon Park, Hong-Yeop Song, Dae San Kim, Solomo...