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Novel camera self-calibration method with clustering prior and nonlinear optimization from an image sequence
In many 3D reconstruction, Simultaneous Localization and Map** (SLAM), AR, and VR systems, the camera focal length constantly changes slightly due to loose hardware, causing their performances to deteriorate...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
3OFRR-SLAM: Visual SLAM with 3D-Assisting Optical Flow and Refined-RANSAC
To perform navigation or AR/VR applications on mobile devices, SLAM is expected to be with low computational complexity. But using feature descriptors restricts the minimization and lightweight of a SLAM syste...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
High Power-Efficient and Performance-Density FPGA Accelerator for CNN-Based Object Detection
The Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) accelerator for CNN-based object detection has been attracting widespread attention in computer vision. For most existing FPGA accelerators, the inference accuracy and ...
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Open AccessImage-based camera localization: an overview
Virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, and autonomous driving, have recently attracted much attention from both academic and industrial communities, in which image-based camera localization is a key tas...
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Open Accessp53 predominantly regulates IL-6 production and suppresses synovial inflammation in fibroblast-like synoviocytes and adjuvant-induced arthritis
Dominant-negative somatic mutations of p53 has been identified in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in which interleukin (IL)-6 has been established as a pivotal inflammatory cytokine. T...
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Survival analysis and risk factors for mortality in connective tissue disease-associated pneumomediastinum
The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of patients with diffuse connective tissue diseases (CTDs) complicated by pneumomediastinum and identify the risk factors associated with increased mor...
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Gene expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in primary biliary cirrhosis
Previous studies on gene expression profiles in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) have exclusively focused on liver tissue or intrahepatic cells. Since the pathological process is systemic, other complementary s...
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The effects of adalimumab and methotrexate treatment on peripheral Th17 cells and IL-17/IL-6 secretion in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Objective of the study is to assess the effects of adalimumab and MTX therapy on peripheral Th17 cells and IL-17/IL-6 secretion in RA patients. Twenty active RA patients were treated with oral MTX 15 mg per we...