Haralick’s Texture Features Computed by GPUs for Biological Applications (2009)
Guillermo Marcus, Nathalie Harder, Apichat Suratanee, Karl Rohr, Rainer König, Reinhard Männer
Abstract—This paper presents an approach to speedup the computation of co-occurrence matrices and Haralick texture features, as used for analyzing microscopy images of cells, by general-purpose...
Gregor Schlosser, Jürgen Hesser, Frank Zeilfelder, Christian Rössl, Reinhard Männer, Günther Nürnberger, ...
of shear-warp by using wavelet encoded data. The close-up views are taken from marked areas. Zooming close to the local regions of interest the improved visual quality becomes increasingly evident....
J. Hesser, A. Kaufman, G. Knittel, R. Männer, H. Pfister, W. Straßer, ...
Volume rendering is a key technique in scientijic visualization that lends itselfto signijicantexploitable parallelism. The high computational demantJs of real-time volurne rendering and continued...
Perspectives for the Use of Field Programmable Gate Arrays for Finite Element Computations (2008)
Gerhard Lienhart, Daniel Gembris, Reinhard Männer
We have studied how the solution of partial differential equations by means of finite element methods could be accelerated using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). First, we discuss in general...
An Efficient and Accurate Method for 3DPoint Reconstruction from Multiple Views (2007)
Bing Liu, Maoyuan Yu, Dennis Maier, Reinhard Männer
In this paper, we consider the problem of finding the position of a point in space given its projections in multiple images taken by cameras with known calibration and pose. Ideally the 3D-point can...
Accelerated Bundle Adjustment in Multiple-View Reconstruction (2007)
Bing Liu, Maoyuan Yu, Dennis Maier, Reinhard Männer
Abstract. Bundle adjustment is one of the main tools used for multiple view reconstruction. It seeks to refine the estimate of the 3D scene and the view parameter that minimize a certain cost...
Collision Detection and Tissue Modeling in a VR-Simulator for Eye Surgery (2007)
S. Müller, W. Stürzlinger (editors, Clemens Wagner, Markus A. Schill, Reinhard Männer
This paper gives a survey of techniques for tissue interaction and discusses their application in the context of the intra-ocular training system EyeSi. As key interaction techniques collision...
Haptic Display for a Virtual Reality Simulator for Flexible (2007)
S. Müller, W. Stürzlinger (editors, Olaf Körner, Reinhard Männer
A simulation system for flexible endoscopy is described, based on virtual reality techniques. The physician moves the flexible endoscope inside a pipe, in which forces are applied to it. In addition...
Correction of C-Arm Projection Matrices by (2007)
Rigid Registration Of, Ulrich Müller, Stefan Bruck, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer
ls around these sample points. From this approximation we obtain an estimation of the histogram distribution and thus the mutual information. Then a local optimization allows to find a set of locally...
Accelerated Bundle Adjustment in Multiple-View Reconstruction (2007)
Bing Liu, Maoyuan Yu, Dennis Maier, Reinhard Männer
Abstract. Bundle adjustment is one of the main tools used for multiple view reconstruction. It seeks to refine the estimate of the 3D scene and the view parameter that minimize a certain cost...
Robust Head Tracking for fMRI and MEG (2007)
Dennis Maier, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer
In this work we present a comparison of two methods for tracking patients in imaging systems, whereby we concentrate on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Magneto-Encephalography (MEG)....
Schlosser, Gregor, Hesser, Jürgen, Zeilfelder, Frank, Rössl, Christian, Männer, Reinhard, Nürnberger, Günther, ...
MONNET: a software system for modular neural networks based on object passing (2004)
Lange, Rupert, Männer, Reinhard
Modular neural networks integrate several neural networks and possibly standard processing methods. Tackling such models is a challenge, since various modules have to be combined, either sequentially...
Lange, Rupert, Männer, Reinhard
Teacher neural networks are a systematic experimental approach to study neural networks. A teacher is a neural network that is employed to generate the examples of the training and the testing set....
Extremal Codes for Speed-up of Distributed Parallel Arbitration (2004)
Makhaniok, M., Cherniavsky, V, Männer, Reinhard
This paper describes a method that allows the speed up of parallel processes in distributed arbitration schemes as used in Futurebus+. It is based on special arbitration codes that decrease the...
Implementation of Standard Genetic Algorithm on MIMD machines (2004)
Genetic Algorithms (GAs) have been implemented on a number of multiprocessor machines. In many cases the GA has been adapted to the hardware structure of the system. This paper describes the...
Belosloudtsev, D., Bertin, P., Bock, R.K., Boucard, P., Doersing, V., Kammel, P., ...
The future Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to be built at CERN, presents among other technological challenges a formidable problem of real-time data analysis. At a primary event rate of 40 MHz, a...
Zoz, R., Klefenz, F., Männer, Reinhard
The Enable Machine is a systolic 2nd level trigger processor for the transition radiation detector (TRD) of ATLAS/LHC. It is developed within the EAST/RD-11 collaboration at CERN. The task of the...
SYNAPSE-1: A High-Speed General Purpose Parallel Neurocomputer System (2004)
Anlauf, J., Beichter, J, Brüls, N., Gläss, J., Hachmann, U., Männer, Reinhard, ...
This paper describes the general purpose neurocomputer SYNAPSE-1 which has been developed in cooperation between Siemens Munich and the University of Mannheim. This system contains one of the most...
NERV: A Parallel Processor for Standard Genetic Algorithms (2004)
Hauser, R., Männer, Reinhard, Makhaniok, M.
This paper describes the implementation of a standard genetic algorithm (GA) on the MIMD multiprocessor system NERV. It discusses the special features of the NERV hardware which can be utilized for...
Neural Classifier Systems for Histopathologic Diagnosis (2004)
Stotzka, R., Männer, Reinhard, Bartels, P.H.
Neural network and statistical classification methods were applied to derive an objective grading for moderately and poorly differentiated lesions, based on characteristics of the nuclear placement...
Linear Phase Shift Response with High Dynamic Range for Holographic recording in As2S3 (2004)
Dietrich, C.H., Nöhte, S., Männer, Reinhard, Schwartz, K.K.
Amorphous As2S3 films are real-time photographic materials for phase holograms. This work focuses an the phase shift in As2S3 films as a function of the exposure. A measuring method for the phase...
A High Quality Lithograph with Integrated Environment for Computer Generated Holograms (2004)
Männer, Reinhard, Lange, Rupert, Grosskopf, P., Fischer, G., Dietrich, C.H., Nöhte, S., ...
This paper describes a complete development environment for the production of digital holograms, including simulation software and a lithographic system. The software allows to compute phase and...
Optical Grating Studies in A-As2S3 Films using Scanning Force Microscopy (2004)
Ackermann, J, Dietrich, C.H., Männer, Reinhard, Nöhte, S., Schwartz, K.K.
For high quality computer generated holograms As2S3-films are used as a real-ime phase recording material . To reach the required quality of optical interconnects it is necessary to expose the exact...
Zoz, R., Kugel, A., Klefenz, F., Männer, Reinhard
The Enable Machine is a systolic 2nd level trigger processor for the transition radiation detector (TRD) of ATLAS/LHC. The task of the processor is to find the best candidate for a lepton track in a...
VIRIM: A Massively Parallel Processor for Real-Time Volume Visualization in Medicine (2004)
Günther, T., Poliwoda, C., Reinhart, C., Hesser, J., Männer, Reinhard, Meinzer, H.P., ...
Architecture and applications of a massively parallel processor are described. Volumes of 256x256x128 voxels can be visualized at a frame rate of 10 Hz using volume oriented visualization algorithms....
Gradual and Random Binarization of Gray Scale Holograms (2004)
Zhang, E., Nöhte, S., Dietrich, C.H., Männer, Reinhard
A new method called gradual and random binarization (GRB) to binarize gray-scale holograms, based on an iterative algorithm, is proposed. The binarization process is performed gradually and the...
Die technische Implementierung neuronaler Netzwerke (2004)
Ebenso wie Digitalrechner sind neuronale Netzwerke, z.B. das Gehirn, informationsverarbeitende Systeme. Das ist aber auch schon fast die einzige Aehnlichkeit. Wie wir an uns selbst sehen, haben beide...
Klefenz, F., Oberle, M., Männer, Reinhard
In 1.0 5m CMOS Technik wurde ein Prozessor zur parallelen Verarbeitung einer speziellen Hough-Transformation entwickelt. Bei der auf 50 MHz ausgelegten Taktfrequenz koennen 6.4 x 10E+10 Objektmuster...
VIRIM, A Real-Time Volume Rendering System for Medicine (2004)
Gröpl, A., Günther, T., Hesser, J., Kröll, J., Männer, Reinhard, Poliwoda, C., ...
VIRIM, a real-time direct volume rendering system is presented. The system is freely programmable and supports models like a-compositing, front-to-back (back-to-front) techniques, and the slab...
Improved 3-Line Hardware Synchronization (2004)
Makhaniok, M., Männer, Reinhard
A new procedure is proposed to synchronize processors of a distributed system, which concurrently execute a common process consisting of a sequence of operations. The procedure is an extension of...
A Kaon Trigger for FOPI Development and Evaluation of a Trigger System for Strange Particles (2004)
Referees Prof, Dr. Reinhard Männer, Prof Dr, Norbert Herrmann
und Temperatur erzeugt werden. Im FOPI-Experiment werden die Spuren der bei den Kollisionen entstehenden geladenen Teilchen nachgewiesen. Durch deren Analyse, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die...
Implementation of a haptic interface for a virtual reality simulator for flexible endoscopy (2003)
A simulation system for flexible endoscopy is described, based on virtual reality techniques. The physician moves the flexible endoscope inside a pipe, in which forces are applied to it. In addition...
Dense Disparity Maps Respecting Occlusions and Object (2003)
Dennis Maier, Andreas Rößle, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer, Lehrstuhl Für Informatik
Abstract. In this work, we present substantial enhancements to solve the stereo correspondence problem using a minimization and regularization formulation with a partial differential equations...
Dennis Maier, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer
The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm is widely used to register two roughly aligned surfaces. Its most expensive step is the search for the closest point. Many efficient variants have been...
Dense Disparity Maps Respecting Occlusions and Object (2003)
Dennis Maier, Andreas Rößle, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer, Lehrstuhl Für Informatik
Abstract. In this work, we present substantial enhancements to solve the stereo correspondence problem using a minimization and regularization formulation with a partial differential equations...
David Slogsnat, Prof Dr, Ulrich Brüning, Prof Dr, Reinhard Männer, ...
I thank in first place Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brüning and Dipl-Inf. Patrick R. Schulz for their support and help in this project, and for giving me the opportunity to work at my diploma thesis at the...
Calculating dense disparity maps from color stereo images, an efficient implementation (2002)
Karsten Mühlmann, Dennis Maier, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer
Abstract — This paper presents an efficient implementation for correlation based stereo. Research in this area can roughly be divided in two classes: improving accuracy regardless of computing time...
Reconfigurable hardware control software (2002)
Christian Hinkelbein, Andreas Kugel, Reinhard Männer, Matthias Müller
This paper addresses problems and solutions in a new domain of software engineering, the Reconfigurable Hardware Control Software (RHCS). RHCS is used in identification, control, management and use...
Calculating dense disparity maps from color stereo images, an efficient implementation (2002)
Karsten Mühlmann, Dennis Maier, Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer
Abstract — This paper presents an efficient implementation for correlation based stereo. Research in this area can roughly be divided in two classes: improving accuracy regardless of computing time...
A divide and conquer approach to fast loop modeling (2002)
Tosatto, Silvio C.E., Bindewald, Eckart, Hesser, Jürgen, Männer, Reinhard
We describe a fast ab initio method for modeling local segments in protein structures. The algorithm is based on a divide and conquer approach and uses a database of precalculated look-up tables,...
Interactive Segmentation and Visualization of Volume Data Sets (1997)
Gerald Kühne, Thomas Günther, Christoph Poliwoda, Jürgen Hesser, Christof Reinhart, Reinhard Männer
A two-stage methodology for interactive segmentation of volume data sets is presented in this paper. In the first stage (presegmentation) a 3D watershed transformation is used for segmenting the data...
Three Architectures for Volume Rendering (1995)
Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer, Günter Knittel, Wolfgang Straßer
Volume rendering is a key technique in scientific visualization that lends itself to significant exploitable parallelism. The high computational demands of real-time volume rendering and continued...
Three Architectures for Volume Rendering (1995)
Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer, Günter Knittel, Wolfgang Straßer, Hanspeter Pfister, Arie Kaufman
Volume rendering is a key technique in scientific visualization that lends itself to significant exploitable parallelism. The high computational demands of real-time volume rendering and continued...
Three Architectures for Volume Rendering (1995)
Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer, Günter Knittel, Wolfgang Straßer
Volume rendering is a key technique in scientific visualization that lends itself to significant exploitable parallelism. The high computational demands of real-time volume rendering and continued...