Abstract: An efficient background subtraction algorithm using two-level sampling and silhouette detection is proposed in this work. In the two-level sampling, we identify moving objects at the block ...

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False alarm rate of artificial radioactive aerosol continuous monitor is inevitable. When the standard deviation of artificial radioactive aerosol concentration is determined, the minimum detection ...

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Introduction: Ablation of non-pulmonary vein triggers (NPVTs) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) may reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence. Localizing a trigger which initiates AF after a ...

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