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This paper describes a method for extracting character strings from scene images. Most characters on scene images appear with the same color and font size at every word or text line. In our algorithm, a scene image is divided into several blocks based on edges in the color space at first. Then the blobs, which consist of similar color pixels, are extracted by a clustering in a color space for each...
Background Patients on chronic hemodialysis are likely to develop secondary hyperoxalemia. It is, however, difficult to measure plasma oxalate levels. To measure plasma oxalate levels, rapid plasma separation, deproteinization, and acidification are essential in preventing the formation of oxalate and the deposition of calcium oxalate within the test tube. The present study was undertaken to examine...
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