title: Reconstruction of high frame rate image sequences in biomechanical related areas.
abstract: Regular video cameras shoot normally at 25/30 frames per second (fps). Actually there are available in the market equipments that allow us to acquire video at 1.000.000 fps. When we observe a video sequence it becomes noticeable that great part of the information remains unchanged regardless of the bit rate or frame rate used. One origin of discontinuity in video signals is directly related to movement. Several areas use high frame rate images to analyze and comprehend certain events or effects, biomechanical engineering is one of them. Biomechanics engineering studies the mechanics of a living body, especially the forces exerted by muscles and gravity on the skeletal structure. Some examples are athlete assessment, were images are capture and then the acquired parameters are analyzed. This article describes a new methodology to decrease the space needed to store high frame rate image sequences in the specific case of biomechanical related areas.
authors.affiliation: Informatics Department, Technology School - Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Do Empresário, 6000 -767, Portugal. monicacosta@ieee.org
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Salviano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Joao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barroso
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods*