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13 December 2011 4:16 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
"TCM Remembers 2011" is out. Remembered by Turner Classic Movies are many of those in the film world who left us this past year. As always, this latest "TCM Remembers" entry is a classy, immensely moving compilation. The haunting background song is "Before You Go," by Ok Sweetheart.
Among those featured in "TCM Remembers 2011" are Farley Granger, the star of Luchino Visconti's Senso and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Strangers on a Train; Oscar-nominated Australian actress Diane Cilento (Tom Jones, Hombre), formerly married to Sean Connery; and two-time Oscar nominee Peter Falk (Murder, Inc., Pocketful of Miracles, The Great Race), best remembered as television's Columbo. Or, for those into arthouse fare, for playing an angel in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire.
Also, Jane Russell, whose cleavage and sensuous lips in Howard Hughes' The Outlaw left the puritans of the Production Code Association apoplectic; another Australian performer, Googie Withers, among »
- Andre Soares
12 December 2011 4:40 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Next summer, director Jon Chu (Step Up 2 & 3) will attempt to craft a better G.I. Joe movie than the one put together by director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) back in 2009. To combat fan skepticism (which remains on red alert status at the time of writing this), Chu and Co. have promised that their sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, will give the franchise a fresh start, with a better cast, better story and most of all, better action than its predecessor.
With today's G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer, we're getting our first look at whether or not the actual film lives up to all the promises.
G.I. Joe 2 comes to us with mostly a new cast of characters, though the story will continue from where Rise of Cobra left off, in the sense that Cobra Commander (no longer played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is now the masked leader of the terrorist organization, »
- Kofi Outlaw
30 November 2011 2:30 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Marti Noxon, one of the most prolific and respected screenwriters in television, is to work on the script for Ouija, it has been announced. Platinum Dunes, known mainly for their horror output, will be producing (what they are referring to as) a family adventure movie in the mold of The Mummy (1999), so we can expect a fast paced caper with a dash of terror.
Noxon is no stranger to accessible horror, as she cut her fangs writing for and producing Buffy The Vampire Slayer alongside Joss Whedon. She also scripted the recent remake of Fright Night, so one would imagine as many laughs as there are chills in the upcoming Ouija.
The film is yet to find a studio to call home, but financial backers Hasbro are clearly committed to the project, as hiring a writer of Noxon's calibre would indicate. They did the same for the movie of Monopoly, »
- John Sharp
28 November 2011 5:53 AM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
London, November 28: Rachel Weisz has joined the growing number of people in Britain asking for tighter privacy laws.
At the moment there is no specific privacy law in England and Wales. However, people in the public eye have increasingly used the Human Rights Act - in particular Article Eight, outlining the 'right to private and family life' - to defend their privacy.
The Mummy actress said that although she "never had the direct experience of being terrorised by the press", she was in favour of a privacy law.
"It seems there should be some [privacy] law in place to stop that happening, that's my knee-jerk reaction,". »
- Diksha Singh
2 November 2011 7:19 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is currently shooting in and around New Orleans, and tidbits of info are beginning to leak from the set. If you haven't already seen the photo of our own Ben Kendrick on set looking (semi-)tough standing next to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, you need to go ahead and click Here. Today we have a set video to share, which features some of the new G.I. Joe 2 cast members discussing their characters.
The Rise of Cobra sequel is being directed by Jon Chu (Step Up 2&3) and will take a different approach to G.I. Joe than the over-the-top, cheesy, popcorn action flick that director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) made of the first film. This includes dumping the ...
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- Kofi Outlaw
24 October 2011 12:32 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
TVLine is reporting that Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg, Accidentally on Purpose) has signed on to the final season of DirecTV's Damages, which is set to air next summer. Elfman will be playing a bank employee that may start leaking some of the shady affairs her employers are involved in. She'll join previously announced season five guest stars Ryan Phillippe (Flags of Our Fathers) and John Hannah (The Mummy).
Elfman doesn't have extensive experience in dramatic television, having only a couple of guest roles (Murder One, Brothers & Sisters) to her credit. For those who may be a little unsure as to this casting, need I remind you that Damages has a history of taking primarily comedic actors (Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, Ted Danson) and allowing them to stretch their wings, culminating in awards attention and significant praise. This could be Elfman's chance to really throw us for a loop and show »
- Shilo Adams
22 October 2011 12:27 AM, PDT | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »
The Movie Pool joins a Q&A with Ben Snow, the Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Australian native Ben Snow of Industrial Light and Magic has been responsible for some of the most iconic cinematic visual effects of recent times. His first job was creating the CGI Enterprise for Star Trek: Generations, and he later went on to work on films including Twister, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Mummy, and Galaxy Quest. He has been nominated for Academy Awards for his work on Pearl Harbor, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Iron Man, and Iron Man 2. For his latest project, he took to the high seas for the latest Jack Sparrow adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Among his challenges were bringing mermaids to life and melding CGI effects into a real-world environment.
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22 October 2011 12:27 AM, PDT | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »
The Movie Pool joins a Q&A with Ben Snow, the Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Australian native Ben Snow of Industrial Light and Magic has been responsible for some of the most iconic cinematic visual effects of recent times. His first job was creating the CGI Enterprise for Star Trek: Generations, and he later went on to work on films including Twister, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Mummy, and Galaxy Quest. He has been nominated for Academy Awards for his work on Pearl Harbor, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Iron Man, and Iron Man 2. For his latest project, he took to the high seas for the latest Jack Sparrow adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Among his challenges were bringing mermaids to life and melding CGI effects into a real-world environment.
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17 October 2011 1:00 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Warning: A visit to Industrial Light & Magic headquarters in San Francisco will likely trigger a nerdgasm of epic proportions.
As you approach the building, a serene Yoda fountain greets you before you proceed into a large glass-enclosed sitting room where the costumes of Darth Vader and Boba Fett are on display. Try to contain your excitement as you walk by props, models, costumes, matte paintings and other memorabilia from the annals of Ilm films, including "Jurassic Park," "E.T.," "The Mummy," "Transformers" and many more, including the occasion for our visit: "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides."
Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow returns in the fourth chapter of the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to search for the Fountain of Youth. "On Stranger Tides" (available on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3-D on October 18) features the return of Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa, and introduces Ian McShane as Blackbeard and »
- Robert DeSalvo
3 October 2011 8:02 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Released by Anchor Bay Entertainment, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena – The Complete Prequel Series, hits Blu-ray and DVD in the UK today, October 3rd 2011.
The jaw-dropping Gladiatorial epic Spartacus: Gods of the Arena features more lust, blood and sweat than ever before. Packed with sexual tension and bloody battles sequences, this series features some of the biggest and most brutal spectacles the show has ever produced. And thanks to Anchor Bay we have Three copies of the complete prequel series on Blu-ray to giveaway!
The House of Batiatus is on the rise, basking in the glow of its infamous champion Gannicus whose skill with a sword is matched only by his thirst for fine women and drink. Poised to overthrow his father and take control, Batiatus will freely betray anyone to ensure his gladiators are in the highest demand.
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is at its unflinching best with »
- Phil
30 September 2011 12:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Wouldn't you just love an idyllic vacation on a beautiful island… with zombies included! Lionsgate will be bringing you this zombie-filled holiday to the big screen with an adaptation of the popular Deep Silver video game, Dead Island. Sean Daniel, who produced The Mummy series, will be working with Stefan Sonnenfeld, whose resume includes developing a "unique visual brand" for J.J. Abrams, Michael Bay and Gore Verbinski.
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Lionsgate Brings Dead Island To Life On The Big Screen Feature Film Adaptation Of Deep Silver's Zombie Sensation In Development At The Studio
Santa Monica, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 — Lionsgate® (NYSE: Lgf), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that it has optioned film rights from Deep Silver to develop a feature inspired by Dead Island, which became a »
- Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
28 September 2011 3:54 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
To mark the release of Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena on DVD and Blu-ray 3rd October, Anchor Bay have given us three copies to give away on Blu-ray.
he jaw-dropping Gladiatorial epic Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena features more lust, blood and sweat than ever before. Packed with sexual tension and bloody battles sequences, this series features some of the biggest and most brutal spectacles the show has ever produced.
The House of Batiatus is on the rise, basking in the glow of its infamous champion Gannicus whose skill with a sword is matched only by his thirst for fine women and drink. Poised to overthrow his father and take control, Batiatus will freely betray anyone to ensure his gladiators are in the highest demand.
Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena is at its unflinching best with returning stars John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings and A Funeral) as Batiatus, Lucy Lawless »
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27 September 2011 11:19 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Dead Island is set to make the jump from videogame to the movies, as Lionsgate picks up the film rights...
As famous for the staggering trailer that launched it as the end result, Dead Island turned out to be a decent zombie game, rather than anything particularly special. It's still turned out to be a solid hit, mind, and with that in mind, it's perhaps unsurprising that the movie rights have been picked up.
It's Lionsgate who has acquired them, and Sean Daniel (who worked on Tombstone and The Mummy) is set to produce the project.
There's no further details as yet, although we'd suggest that it's that trailer, rather than the game itself, that's led to Lionsgate forking out to make a film of the game. The movie is likely to reflect the plot of holidaymakers who find their idyllic island overrun with zombies. »
27 September 2011 5:47 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Lionsgate has announced that it has acquired rights to develop a film based on the "Dead Island" video game, which became a viral sensation when its trailer appeared online in February. The movie will be produced by Sean Daniel (The Mummy, Tombstone). The game centers on vacationers whose island paradise becomes a living hell when a zombie outbreak quickly spreads. Cut off from the rest of the world, the survivors have only the available materials and the island's natural "weapons" to protect themselves from the viscous and growing legions of the undead. The trailer received over one million hits in its first 24 hours online, and nearly 10 million views by two days after its debut. "'The Dead Island' trailer is the best trailer I have ever seen in my life," said G4TV. "The best video game trailer. The best movie trailer. The best anything trailer." The trailer went on to »
27 September 2011 4:38 PM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Dead Island is to be made into a feature film through Lionsgate. Sean Daniel (The Mummy, Tombstone, Dazed and Confused) will lead the film's production through his Sean Daniel Company. He will be joined by Stefan Sonnenfeld, who has worked on post-production for filmmakers including Jj Abrams, Michael Bay and Gore Verbinski. The film is said to be inspired by Dead Island's dramatic announcement trailer, and will be "an innovation of the zombie genre because of its focus on human emotion, family ties and non-linear storytelling". "Like the hundreds of journalists and millions (more) »
- By Scott Nichols
27 September 2011 3:14 PM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
BigGameHunter reports that Lionsgate is developing publisher Deep Silver's first person horror action-adventure video game "Dead Island", as a potential feature film franchise.
Sean Daniel ("The Mummy") and Stefan Sonnefeld will produce the first film through the Sean Daniel Company.
"Dead Island" the game, released in North America September 6, 2011, has to date sold over two million units.
Developed by Techland for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, "Dead Island" is centered on the challenge of survival on a 'zombie'-infested open world island with a major emphasis on melee combat.
Set in 'Banoi', off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the main characters wake up in the 'Palms Resort' hotel to find the island attacked by zombies, but mysteriously, they are immune to whatever is turning the living into the undead.
As they try to locate survivors, the main characters help stabilize the lifeguard center, maintaining contact via radio with 'Colonel White' »
- Michael Stevens
27 September 2011 1:55 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
It's only been out for a mere two and a half weeks, but Deep Silver's zombie video game Dead Island has already got Lionsgate hungry for a big screen adaptation.
The game is set on a posh hotel resort that is turned into hell on earth following an invasion by the living dead. With no contact with the outside world, the survivors are forced to defend themselves with whatever they can find on the island. The game is notable for having a free-roaming world and four player co-op, which in non-geek terms means you can pretty much do whatever you want, and with three friends battering deadheads by your side.
The atmospheric trailer for the game (below) became a viral hit back in February, where it told the harrowing story of a family attacked by the zombies on the resort. There are also plans, in addition to further games, »
- Ben McCann
27 September 2011 1:20 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Lionsgate has optioned the film rights to the zombie-themed video game "Dead Island" from publisher Deep Silver says The Hollywood Reporter.
The game is set on an island paradise during a contagious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player has to protect the other survivors and escape.
Interest in the rights first emerged back in February when a teaser trailer was an online viral sensation that generated millions of views and immediate interest for the then unknown game. Released earlier this month, sales were strong with over a million copies sold in North America in its first few days and double that amount to date. Reviews however were decidedly ordinary.
"The Mummy" producer Sean Daniel and Stefan Sonnefeld will spearhead production in the film which will emphasise "family ties and non-linear storytelling". »
- Garth Franklin
27 September 2011 1:12 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Lionsgate announced today that they have come to an agreement with developers Deep Silver to make the Dead Island movie that has been threatened ever since that infamous trailer hit in February and set the Internet alight with buzz.
Indeed just a few days after it was unleashed, we heard that Sean Daniel, a twenty year producing vet behind National Lampoon's Animal House, The Mummy and The Wolfman, had bought the rights to the game for his recently established The Sean Daniel Company. However Deep Silver were quick to say that talk was premature and they were ready to turn down frantic offers back then;
"We are looking for quality above all else for a movie based on 'Dead Island.' We want to do it the right way as film realizations of games (or vice versa) usually fail to deliver what the fans were looking for. We will not »
- Matt Mann
27 September 2011 12:31 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Paul W. S. Anderson's latest Resident Evil movie has added another three faces to its cast. The Mummy's Oded Fehr (who featured in both Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Extinction as Carlos Olivera) is returning to the series alongside newcomers Johann Urb (2012) and Kevin Durand (Robin Hood, X-men Origins: Wolverine).
Resident Evil: Retribution will see Milla Jovovich (soon to be seen in her husband Anderson's The Three Musketeers) return as Alice and is due for release 14th September 2012.
- Craig Hunter
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Climate change poses the most significant moral challenge to the global community and an existential threat to the future of many communities worldwide. With the projected rise in sea levels by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of up to one metre within the century, the most vulnerable coastal communities and low-lying island states — several of which are in Pacific — face the real possibility of their islands and communities being submerged well within the next hundred years.
The following syndromes have been flagged:
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· Influenza-like Illness: American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu
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Third International Health Regulation Emergency Committee meeting on Zika
A new early warning system to be introduced in Tuvalu next month aims to help outlying communities better prepare for natural disasters.
The US made Chatty Beetle technology is able to send and receive short data messages to the internet over the Iridium satellite network anywhere in the World.
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Why a regional focus model?
A key challenge faced by humanitarian agencies is how to ensure that limited available resources are allocated where they are most needed and are efficiently delivered in a principled manner. Decisions to allocate resources must strike a balance between meeting the immediate needs of crisis affected communities and supporting efforts to strengthen resilience and response preparedness to future emergencies.
New Zealand aid money going into the Pacific is making a real difference, but there are still huge challenges in the region, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.
McCully has just led the annual Pacific Mission, which visited Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tuvalu.
Kiribati and Tuvalu are grappling with sea-level rise as a result of climate change, but they also have other critical problems.
Kiribati's tiny main island of Tarawa suffers chronic overcrowding and a lack of resources.
Climate change is now recognised as a factor driving the movement of people around the world.
Internationally, migration, displacement and human mobility are recognized in the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage, and further reinforced through the Paris Agreement in 2015. As Pacific Island countries increasingly experience the effects of climate change, more Pacific governments will need to consider options for dealing with human mobility.
Conflict, violence and disasters internally displaced 27.8 million people in 2015, subjecting a record number of men, women and children to the trauma and upheaval of being forcibly displaced within their own country.
By Makereta Komai in Frankfurt, Germany
Six Pacific Island Countries will receive a 100 percent increase in their annual grants from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), from next year.
This has been made possible with the ground breaking initiative by the Bank to merge its lending operation, the Asian Development Fund (ADF) and its Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR), boosting its total annual lending and grant to as high as US$20 billion.
Climate change heightens Pacific island countries' vulnerability, according to a new report by WHO
Ensuring a health-in-all-policies approach, health considerations should be incorporated into national policies and plans relevant to climate change
The following syndromes have been flagged:
· Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji
· Diarrhoea: Fiji
· Influenza-like Illness: Kiribati, Tokelau, New Caledonia
· Prolonged fever: Fiji, Kiribati
Other updates:
Zika virus
· Tonga: As of 27 March 2016 there have been 2420 cases since 1 January 2016. The weekly number of cases is decreasing. For further information please refer to Dr Seini Kupu's PacNet posting on 8 April 2016.
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Training and capacity building for a future filled with clean water - PIGGAREP+ in Tonga
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere spike
February heatwave brought Tonga's hottest day on record
El Niño Update: El Niño weakens but sectoral impacts remain
Making climate change adaptation in Kiribati understandable to all
Pacific iCLIM project team meets for 2016
SPREP honoured by UNFCCC for 'Green' side event
Operation Summary
Bridging the science of Meteorological Services with Pacific island communities to help them understand the technical aspects of weather related forecasts is just one of the many goals at the core of a project implemented across 14 Pacific islands.
Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama has received US$168,000 dollars from Tuvalu to help the country's recovery from Cyclone Winston.
The following syndromes have been flagged:
· Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, French Polynesia
· Diarrhoea: Fiji
· Influenza-like Illness: French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna
· Prolonged fever: Solomon Islands
Other updates:
Zika virus
· Tonga: As of 6 March there have been 2173 cases since 1 January 2016. The weekly number of cases is decreasing. For further information, please refer to Dr Seini Kupu's PacNet post on 14 March 2016
By Patrick Fuller and Navinesh Kumar, IFRC
A year ago on March 13th, Cyclone Pam tore through the Pacific Island Nation of Vanuatu. The Category Five storm left immense damage in its wake affecting more than 200,000 people across five countries. Although Vanuatu bore the brunt of the disaster, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea were also severely impacted.
The eye of category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam passed close to Efate Island in Shefa Province, where the capital Port Vila is located one year ago.
The cyclone recorded winds of around 250 km per hour, and gusts peaking at 320 km per hour.
188,000 people were affected and 11 people died.
Early warning systems and the provision of evacuation centres by the
Government of Vanuatu prevented a higher death toll.
The eye of category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam passed close to Efate Island in Shefa Province, where the capital Port Vila is located one year ago.
The cyclone recorded winds of around 250 km per hour, and gusts peaking at 320 km per hour.
188,000 people were affected and 11 people died.
Early warning systems and the provision of evacuation centres by the Government of Vanuatu prevented a higher death toll.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued the order on Monday, with the aim of improving conflict management in Indonesia.
It is intended to establish better cooperation and communication between the military, the police and civil leaders such as governors, district heads and mayors, leading to speedier respsonses in dealing with conflicts.
"There must no more doubts in taking action or delays in addressing [conflicts]. No one is allowed to stop something preventable from being prevented," the president said.
But Father Johanes Djonga told ucanews.com on Tuesday that "Papuans have become victims of violence committed by police officers and military personnel. With the issue of the instruction, I believe police officers and military personnel will become crueler as they get support from the President,"
Fr Djonga, who received the 2009 Yap Thiam Hien Award, added: "What [Papuans] need is the fulfillment of [their] economic rights, justice and also acknowledgment of their life. If all of these are met, conflicts will slowly disappear."
Politician and journalist Eva Kusuma Sundari also expressed concerns about potential excessive use of force.
"There's a possibility that, if the instruction is implemented in a conflict-prone province like Papua, more and more security and foreign intervention will be there," she said. "The instruction is counterproductive to the national integrity."
Meanwhile, Haris Azhar from the Jakarta-based Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence suggested that the government find the main causes of conflicts instead of issuing the instruction.
"Cases of land disputes, for example, cannot be resolved by deploying a big number of armed forces," he said.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/865,688, filed Nov. 14, 2006, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to image segmentation, and more particularly, to image segmentation using radial basis functions (RBFs).
Since the introduction of active contour methods, they have been successfully used in computer vision applications. Such active contour methods have been used in many important applications, such as image segmentation, 3D scene reconstruction, and object tracking. One reason why active contours have been used so successfully is that they provide a structured approach, via energy minimization, to deform a contour or surface.
In the context of image segmentation, active contours deform based on various image-based and internal forces so that the contour's edges match object or region boundaries in the image, while maintaining smoothness. The smoothness, or regularization terms, provide robustness to noise while providing a measured approach to handling missing or low-confidence data. A typical application of an active contour will start with an initial contour, which is then iteratively deformed until it converges to a solution that balances the forces acting on the contour. Typically, these forces result from analytical expressions that are derived using variational calculus applied to an energy minimization problem. However, it is possible to define the forces directly without using an energy formulation.
In the convention active contour techniques, earlier methods represented the contour using a topologically fixed parametric representation, such as a polyline, spline, etc., specified by a fixed number of control points. Such representations are simple and efficient to implement, however, they lack straightforward mechanisms for topological control. Often in segmentation problems, the topology of the problem is unknown a priori, and the contour must break apart or merge during the evolution of the contour. Such topological changes cannot traditionally be performed by active contours using a topologically fixed parametric representation. Although various methods for providing topological changes have been proposed, the implementation of such methods is complicated and not natural to active contour techniques based on parametric representations.
More recent techniques use implicit active contours, or level-set methods, which represent the contour as a level set of a higher dimensional embedding function. The primary advantage of this representation is that topological changes occur naturally in the evolution of the contour. By manipulating the embedding function, the level set that represents the contour can innately split or merge without requiring any specialized implementation to handle topological changes. However, the embedding function must be updated on a dense set of points, which requires a significant amount of storage, even when using efficient narrowband techniques.
Recently introduced methods attempt to combine some of the advantages of explicit and implicit active contours through the use of radial basis functions (RBFs), or unstructured point clouds. Such methods model an implicit function defining an active contour as a superposition of RBFs. The RBFs define a set of points (each point representing an RBF), from which the embedding function can be calculated. The points (RBFs) are moved (and correspondingly, the embedding function is updated) in order to deform the active contour to solve a segmentation problem. These approaches have been demonstrated to provide the topological flexibility of level set methods with the low storage requirements of parametric representations, and provide flexibility in terms of RBF placement and interaction.
The present invention provides a variational method for evolution of radial basis functions (RBFs) for image segmentation. While conventional active contour methods using RBFs start with a force definition rather than deriving forces, embodiments of the present invention use forces derived through an energy formulation to evolve the RBFs. Based on this derivation, embodiments of the present invention can evolve multiple parameters of each RBF, such as position, weight, anisotropy (orientation, standard deviation along orthogonal directions) of each RBF, whereas conventional methods only evolved RBF positions.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a set of RBFs is initialized to define an implicit function, the zero level set of which defines a contour on an image. The contour is iteratively deformed by updating a weight and multiple parameters of each of the RBFs based on each pixel of the contour, until the contour converges. The parameters of each RBF can include a center point, standard deviation along orthogonal directions, and an orientation. The parameters and the weight of each RBF are updated using a coupled set of differential equations derived based from a region-based or boundary-based image segmentation energy formulation. The final contour at a convergence defines boundaries of a target object or region in the image.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, RBFs can be merged or added between iterations of updating the parameters of the RBFs. If two RBFs are sufficiently close together, they can be replaced by a single RBF, which is a sum of the two RBFs and is centered at a point halfway between center points of the two RBFs. If there is an area of the image that has a high gradient for the implicit function defined by the RBFs, and there is no existing RBF in that area, an RBF can be added to that area.
These and other advantages of the invention will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by reference to the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is directed to a method for image segmentation using radial basis functions (RBFs). Embodiments of the present invention are described herein to give a visual understanding of the segmentation method. A digital image is often composed of digital representations of one or more objects (or shapes). The digital representation of an object is often described herein in terms of identifying and manipulating the objects. Such manipulations are virtual manipulations accomplished in the memory or other circuitry/hardware of a computer system. Accordingly, is to be understood that embodiments of the present invention may be performed within a computer system using data stored within the computer system.
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to evolving a set of radial basis functions in order to segment a region or an object in an image. The set of RBFs define an implicit function, and the zero level set of the implicit function is the active contour. By evolving parameters of the RBFs, the active contour is deformed until it converges such that the contour's edges match object or region boundaries in the image. Embodiments of the present invention use forces derived through an energy formulation to evolve the RBFs. The derivation of these forces results in a set of differential equations that drive the evolution of the RBFs. These equations are derived herein for region-based segmentation problems and edge-based (or boundary-based) segmentation problems. Based on this derivation, it is possible to evolve all parameters of each RBF. Although certain RBFs are used in describing embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be used with the methodology described herein.
In region-based segmentation methods, the evolution of the active contour is based on attributes of entire regions in the image. As described here, the evolution of the contour is based on the attribute of intensity, but other attributes, such as intensity, color, texture, probabilities, etc., can also be used. Region-based segmentation methods model the image as being composed of distinct regions, each with its own statistics, which are used to deform the active contour towards the region boundaries. This is notably different from edge-based segmentation methods, where the evolution depends on local image gradients. In this sense, region-based segmentation methods are more global and more robust to noise than edge-based methods.
A well-known region-based model is the Mumford-Shah function, which models the image regions as piece-wise smooth functions. For example, in the case of two regions, region R inside the contour C and region RC outside of the contour C,
E(ƒ,C)=∫R(I(x)−ƒR(x))2 dx+∫ R
where E(ƒ,C) is the energy of the contour, I(x) is the image intensity at pixel x, f is a piecewise smooth function consisting of regions ƒR(x) inside C and ƒR
E(c)=∫R(I(x)−μin)2 dx+∫ R
where μin is the average intensity inside C and μout is the average intensity outside C. Other variations of the Chan-Vese function exist as well, for example, using various statistics other than or in addition to the mean.
In embodiments of the present invention, the contour CεΩ is represented by the zero level set of a Lipschitz function φ: Ω→
The embedding function φ(x) can be modeled using N RBFs ψ(x,gi1 . . . giM) as:
where ψ(x, gi1 . . . giM) is the
Using the Heaviside function,
and the Dirac delta function
the energy of Equation (2) can be expressed as
where w=[w1 . . . wN]T, and g=[gij], where i=1 . . . N, j=1 . . . M.
Under this formulation of the problem, the variation of the energy with respect to the RBF parameter gij and the RBF weight wi the following expression can be derived:
which simplifies to the contour integral,
and similarly,
These expressions take the form
where p is gij or wi. This form results from the functional composition that resulted in application of the chain rule. Conceptually, these equations state that to determine the update of a parameter of an RBF, the contour C must be traversed, accumulating gradients at each point That is, each point on the zero level set contributes to the update of the RBF parameters. Accordingly, unlike conventional level set update equations, the integral in Equations (7) and (8) combines measurements from all points along the zero level set, providing increased robustness to noise. Based on Equations (7) and (8), it is possible to update all parameters of each RBF, including the weights, position, orientation, anisotropy, etc. In such a case, each iteration of evolving all RBFs is order O(LMN), where L is the number of pixels on the zero level set, and N and M are the number of RBFs and the number of parameters for each RBF, respectively, as described above.
As described above, the energy minimization results in the form
In general, this relationship can be utilized to transform any level set flow or curve evolution into an RBF evolution in this framework. For boundary-based image segmentation, a similar expression can be deduced for the geodesic flow,
where F(I(x)) is a function of an edge detector response, such as
and κ is the curvature of the active contour at point x. It can be noted that with boundary-based segmentations, it may be helpful to run a GVF diffusion on the vector field ∇F before evolving the active contour.
As described above, basic equations are derived for evolution of RBFs to achieve either region-based or boundary-based image segmentation. However, the complete derivation depends on the RBFs chosen and their derivatives. According to an embodiment of the present invention, anisotropic Gaussian RBFs can be used for region-based or boundary-based image segmentation. However, the present invention is not limited to anisotropic Gaussian RBFS, and any RBF with an analytic derivative can be similarly used applying the framework described herein. The use of anisotropic RBFs may be advantageous because they are effective for approximating sharp corners, and they are a more general form of isotropic RBFs. Although 2D RBFs are used in the embodiments of the present invention described herein, it is to be understood that 3D RBFs can be used as well.
The equation for a 2D anisotropic Gaussian centered at point (cx,cy), standard deviation σx,σy, and orientation angle θ has the function form:
This RBF is parameterized by the M=5 parameters, gj=[cx,cy, σx,σy,θ]T. To implement the RBF flow (evolution), the derivative of the RBF must be determined with respect to each of these parameters. Doing so yields the following equations:
Using the above equations (15-30) an equation for each parameter (and weight) of an anisotropic Gaussian RBF can expressed in the form derived above (e.g., equations (7) and (8)). Accordingly, the following is a set of coupled differential equations that drive the evolution of the ith RBF:
and for region-based segmentation,
while for boundary-based segmentation,
D=[Fκ|∇φ|−∇F�∇φ]. (40)
In order to utilize the above described systems of equations in an image segmentation method, these equations can be readily implemented by one skilled in the art as computer executable instructions on a computer.
Although the derivation of the set of differential equations to drive an anisotropic Gaussian RBF is described above, a similar derivation can be performed for any RBF interpolant that has an analytic derivative, including for example, multi-order RBFs and Wedland's RBFs. It may be advantageous for image segmentation to use RBFs that decay from their center location.
As illustrated in
At step 204, an implicit function is calculated based on the set of RBFs. The implicit function is calculated as a summation of the set of RBFs. This is expressed in Equation (3). At step 206, the initial contour is determined by calculating the zero level set of the implicit function. The zero level set of the implicit function is all points (pixels) at which the implicit function is equal to zero. Accordingly, the initial contour is a contour consisting of pixels for which the summation of all of the RBFs is equal to zero.
At step 208, each parameter and weight of each RBF is updated based on all points on the contour. At this step, the method cycles through each RBF and updates all the parameters of each RBF using the RBF evolution equations derived above. For example, for anisotropic Gaussian RBFs, the center point, anisotropy, and weight of each RBF are updated for each RBF. The anisotropy for Gaussian RBFs can be defined by an orientation, and standard deviation in orthogonal directions. The center point is updated using Equations (31) and (32), the weight is updated using Equation (33), the orientation is updated using Equation (34) and the standard deviation is updated using Equations (35) and (36). As described above, these equations can be used for region-based segmentation (Equation (39)) or boundary-based segmentation (Equation (40)). The equations for updating each of the parameters and the weight of each RBF integrate over the contour, thus all points (pixels) on the contour are used to update each parameter of each RBF. The updates to each parameter of each RBF changes the position, eight, orientation, and anisotropy of each RBF, thus evolving each RBF.
At step 210, an updated implicit function is calculated based on the updated RBFs. The updated implicit function is the summation of the updated RBFs. At step 212, the contour is deformed by calculating the zero level set of the updated implicit function. Accordingly, the evolution of the RBFs causes the contour to deform towards the boundaries of the target object to be segmented.
At step 214, RBFs that are sufficiently close together are merged into a single RBF. For two RBFs, it is determined whether the RBFs are sufficiently close together, and if so, they are combined and replaced by a new RBF. In the case of a merge, let the ith RBF be parameterized by └cix,ciy,σix,σiy,θi┘ and weight wi, and the jth RBF by └cjx,cjy,σjx,σjy,θj┘ and weight wj, i≠j. If the distance between two RBFs, dij=√{square root over ((cix−cjx)2+(ciy−cjy)2)}{square root over ((cix−cjx)2+(ciy−cjy)2)} becomes less than a threshold TM, then the RBFs are combined by deleting them and replacing them with a new RBF,
and weight wi+wj. This new RBF is the sum of the two RBFs being merged and is centered halfway between the two RBFs being merged.
At step 216, RBFs are added in regions of the image where the gradient of the implicit function is high and there are no existing RBFs. In order to avoid adding new RBFs too close to an existing RBF, the method utilizes a function
is the normalized gradient of the implicit function and S(x, y) is a splat buffer formed as:
where σ is a standard deviation of a 2D Gaussian function. The splat buffer is close to one where there are no RBFs, and decreases to zero near RBF centers. Therefore, function A(x, y) is large where there are no RBFs and the gradient of the implicit function is high. The value of A(x, y) is calculated over the image, and an RBF is added at any position (x, y) where A(x, y) has a value above a threshold TA. This generates a new RBF that is not too close to an existing RBF, yet is located at a point of high gradient in the implicit function. The threshold TA prevents the method from adding too many constraints where they are not needed. The weight of the newly added isotropic RBF is initially zero, and subsequent iterations will update the weight and anisotropy of the new RBF.
At step 218 it is determined whether the contour has converged. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to determine convergence of the contour by monitoring the energy E(C) of the contour. For example, in region-based segmentation, the energy E(C) given by Equation (2). The energy E(C) for the contour can be calculated at each iteration and compared to the energy E(C) calculated at the previous iteration. If the difference is less than a threshold, it can be determined that the contour has converged. If the contour has not converged, the method returns to step 208 and updates the parameters of each RBF again, thus deforming the contour again. This is repeated until the contour converges. If the contour has converged, the method proceeds to step 220.
At step 220, the final contour is output as the boundaries of the target object. For example, the final contour can be displayed on the image to segment the target object, or stored in memory or storage of a computer system.
The above-described methods for image segmentation by evolving RBFs may be implemented on a computer using well-known computer processors, memory units, storage devices, computer software, and other components. A high level block diagram of such a computer is illustrated in
The foregoing Detailed Description is to be understood as being in every respect illustrative and exemplary, but not restrictive, and the scope of the invention disclosed herein is not to be determined from the Detailed Descriptions but rather from the claims as interpreted according to the full breadth permitted by the patent laws. It is to be understood that the embodiments shown and described herein are only illustrative of the principles of the present invention and that various modifications may be implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Those skilled in the art could implement various other feature combinations without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
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Frank, Braswell and Jones all took part in last week's trials in Auckland. While Jones' paperwork came through thanks to his New Zealand wife, Braswell's did not. That left Vucinic with a choice between Frank and Jones.
Experience won out, with Frank yesterday confirmed in a 12-strong squad to be captained by Mika Vukona.
"The Tall Blacks is only as strong as its weakest link so if there's somebody out there that's a better player than I am, then I'd expect them to get the job," Frank, 34, said.
"It's not a job for life, it's a privilege while you're there and while you have the opportunity you really have to savour it.
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Frank remains optimistic about the July 2-8 qualifying tournament in Caracas, Venezuela.
The Tall Blacks will be without their best players, Kirk Penney and Thomas Abercrombie, as well as two of their top prospects, Steve Adams and Isaac Fotu.
Twelve teams are gunning for the three remaining spots in London. World No18 New Zealand face 15th-ranked Angola and 33rd-ranked Macedonia in pool play.
"The history of the Tall Blacks, the sum of the total has always been bigger than the sum of the parts. We don't have that crutch of Kirk's scoring to rely on and while other guys probably won't be able to play up to that level, I think our system will be able to create points when we need them and give us the opportunity to win," Frank said.
Shooting guards Hayden Allen and Tai Webster are the winners from the absence of Penney (calf), Abercrombie (ankle) and Fotu, who withdrew to focus on his studies before heading to the University of Hawaii.
Allen, 32, finally makes the cut after a decade of trials and having survived a nasty car crash on the Auckland Harbour Bridge less than a year ago.
Schoolboy Webster, 17, the younger brother of Corey, is a genuine bolter.
However, Frank said the teen oozed potential.
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The Tall Blacks leave New Zealand on Wednesday to prepare in Australia and then Brazil.
Tall Blacks squad: Lindsay Tait, Josh Bloxham, Jarrod Kenny, Everard Bartlett, Hayden Allen, Tai Webster, Leon Henry, Mika Vukona (captain), Casey Frank, Jeremiah Trueman, Alex Pledger, Rob Loe.
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