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3 boyutlu vücut ve yüz görüntülerinden yaş ve cinsiyet tahmini
(2018) Çamalan, Seda; Şengül, Gökhan; Computer Engineering; Information Systems Engineering
İnsanlardan elde edilen biyometrik veriler, insanlar ve çevre hakkında birçok bilgi sağlar. Bu bilgi ulaşım alanları (otobüs, vapur, demiryolu, vb), alışveriş merkezleri, kamu alanları, spor merkezleri, müzeler, süpermarketler, kütüphaneler, vb. gibi birçok alanda kullanılabilir. Birçok alanda dikkate alınan biyometrik veriler cinsiyet, ırk, boy, kilo, göz ve saç rengidir. Bu tez çalışmasında, insanların biyometrik verilerinden yaş aralığını ve cinsiyetlerini tahmin eden bir görüntü işleme tabanlı kombine sistem geliştirilmiş ve bir yazılım aracı haline getirilmiştir. Yüz görüntülerini elde etmek için standart RGB kamera kullanılırken vücut bilgilerini elde etmek için 3D kamera kullanılmaktadır. İnsanların cinsiyet ve yaşını tahmin etmek için istatistiksel örüntü tanıma algoritmaları, derin öğrenme ve yapay sinir ağı tabanlı yaklaşımlar kullanılmıştır. İstatistiki metotlar olarak, LBP ve HOG metotları, özniteliklerin elde edilmesi için yüz görüntülerine uygulanmakta, daha sonra KNN ve SVM sınıflandırıcılar, cinsiyet ve yaş tahmini için kullanılmaktadır. İnsanların yaşını tahmin etmek için yapay sinir ağı da kullanılmıştır ve istatistiksel yöntemler ile yapay sinir ağları arasındaki karşılaştırmalar yapılmıştır. Yaş aralığı tahmini için yüz görüntülerinden istatistiksel yöntemler ile en iyi doğruluk %40,1 olarak elde edilmiştir. CNN derin öğrenmelerinden elde edilen en iyi doğruluk oranı ise %59.1'dir. Yaş ve cinsiyet tahmini için 3D vücut bilgisi de kullanılmıştır. Yapay sinir ağları ile 3D vücut bilgilerinin sınıflandırılması sonucu cinsiyet tahmini başarımı oranını %99,26'ya ve yaş tahmini % 99.41'e yükseltilmiştir. Üst vücut ve alt vücut kısımlarının da insanların yaşının ve cinsiyetininin tahmini için kullanılabileceği değerlendirilmiş ve deneysel çalışmalar yapılmıştır.
A Comprehensive Assessment Plan for Accreditation in Engineering Education: A Case Study in Turkey
(International Journal of Engineering Education, 2015) Turhan, Çiğdem; Şengül, Gökhan; Koyuncu, Murat; Information Systems Engineering; Software Engineering; Computer Engineering
This paper describes the procedure followed by Computer Engineering and Software Engineering programs at Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey, which led to the granting of five years of accreditation by MUDEK, the local accreditation body authorized by The European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) to award the EUR ACE label, and a full member signatory ofWashington Accord of International Engineering Alliance (IEA). It explains the organizational structure established for preparation, determination and measurement of the educational objectives, program outcomes, course outcomes, and the continuous improvement cycle carried out during the preparation period. The aim of the paper is to share methods and experiences which may be beneficial for the other programs that are intended for accreditation.
A SMART CLASSROOM APPLICATION: MONITORING AND REPORTING ATTENDANCE AUTOMATICALLY USING SMART DEVICES
(International Journal of Scientific Research in Information Systems and Engineering, 2017) Şengül, Gökhan; Karakaya, Murat; Bostan, Atila; Computer Engineering
For recording attendance in a classroom, generally instructors collect signatures of the attendees. Then, at the end of the semester, those signatures need to be counted and reported. This process causes waste of time and effort for both instructors and attendees. Besides this process is very error prone. Moreover, in crowded classes, there could be some misuses of this process. In this study, a smart classroom application is proposed and developed in order to monitor the attendance of the students in a classroom environment. In the design, a low-energy Bluetooth device is located at each classroom. Identification number (ID) of the low-energy Bluetooth device and the name/number of the classroom that the device is located are matched and stored in a central database. In addition to this information, the name of the courses given in that classroom and their time tables are also stored in the central database. Thus, in the database, the weekly course schedule of the classrooms is available. In addition to this central database infrastructure, a mobile application is developed that can run on both in mobile phones and smart watches. The users first install the application on their own smart devices. Whenever an attendee enters to a classroom, the smart device and its application interacts with the low-energy Bluetooth device. The student’s identification number (Student ID: SID), the identification number (ID) of the low-energy Bluetooth device located at the class, the day and time of the interaction are sent to the central database by the smart device. Using this information, the name of the attendee and the courses that he/she attended are matched using the SID of the attendee, the ID of the low-energy Bluetooth device, the day and time of the interaction. Those matching information are also stored in the central database. The records in the central database are used to create any automatic reports, i.e. the attendance status, the time and duration of the attendance, and the classroom (course) of the record. The advantage of the proposed system is that it is a fully automatic system that records the presence of the students, generates automatic attendance reports, does not require any extra device except installing a mobile application onto smart phones or smart watches of the student, and can be deployed with a low budget. The proposed system is tested in real classroom environment and it is proven to be operational.
A WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON SMART BLUETOOTH AND IBEACON TECHNOLOGY FOR AUDITING THE PATROLS
(International Journal of Scientific Research in Information Systems and Engineering, 2016) Karakaya, Murat; Şengül, Gökhan; Bostan, Atila; Computer Engineering
Patrol systems are used as a method of ensuring security and protection of large areas and facilities such as university campuses, military zones, etc. In general, security personnel assigned to the patrol system visit the pre-determined checkpoints at regular intervals and are obliged to make the safety control of these locations. Security personnel (guards) are also audited to check if they covered all the essential control points on time or not. In recent years, considering energy efficiency, new Bluetooth devices and protocols are designed and produced. One of the most popular low-energy Bluetooth protocols is Smart Bluetooth (version 4.0). In this work, we integrated mobile devices (smart phone or tablet) with IBeacons. IBeacons are devices emitting beacons using Smart Bluetooth signals. Since Smart Bluetooth consumes low energy, these devices are small in size, have long life durations and very cheap. In this work, we propose and implement a new system to record the patrol officers’ movements in the subject areas. At the proposed system, IBeacons are first deployed in the monitoring areas. The location and the identification of the deployed IBeacon are stored in a central database. We developed a mobile application for Android devices which can scan the environment for IBeacon signals. The mobile application collects the sensed IBeacon IDs, stamps it with a time tag and uploads it along with the mobile device ID to the central database. Using these records, we can monitor the movements of the security guards. We have also developed a web application to generate an executive summary report from these records.
An Experimental Study on the Effect of the Anisotropic Regions in a Realistically Shaped Torso Phantom
(Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2008) Şengül, Gökhan; Lıehr, Mario; Haueısen, Jens; Baysal, Uğur; Computer Engineering
Determination of electrically active regions in the human body by observing generated bioelectric and/or biomagnetic signals is known as source reconstruction. In the reconstruction process, it is assumed that the volume conductor consists of isotropic compartments and homoge neous tissue bioelectric parameters but this assumption introduces errors when the tissue of interest is anisotropic. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in the measured signal strengths and the estimated positions and orientations of current dipoles in a realistically shaped torso phantom having a heart region built from single guar gum skeins. Electric data were recorded with 60 electrodes on the front of the chest and 195 sensors measured the magnetic field 2 cm above the chest. The artificial rotating dipoles were located underneath the anisotropic skeins distant from the sensors. It was found that the signal strengths and estimated dipole orientations were influenced by the anisotropy while the estimated dipole positions were not significantly influ enced. The signal strength was reduced between 17% and 43% for the different dipole positions when comparing the parallel alignment of dipole orientation and anisotropy direction with the orthogonal alignment. The largest error in the estimation of dipole orientation was 42 degrees. The observed changes in the magnetic fields and electric poten tials can be explained by the fact that the anisotropic skeins force the current along its direction. We conclude that taking into account anisotropic structures in the volume conductor might improve signal analysis as well as source strength and orientation estimations for bioelectric and biomagnetic investigations.
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Analysis of Turkey's Institutional Open Repositories: An Example of Dokuz Eylul University Institutional Open Repository
(Turkish Librarians Assoc, 2012) Erturk, Korhan Levent; Sengul, Gokhan; Information Systems Engineering; Computer Engineering
After the declaration of the Budapest Open Access Initiative in 2001, institutional open repositories are known as the most important tool of the self archiving, which is also known as green road. There are 26 institutional repositories, which are all compatible to international standards. All the institutional open repositories of Turkey mentioned before are listed in international open archive directories. In this study institutional open repository of Dokuz Eylul University is examined and institutional open repositories of Turkey are discussed.
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Application of Kalman filter for the estimation of human head tissue conductivities;
(2011) Şengül,G.; Baysal,U.; Computer Engineering
In this study Extended Kalman Filtering is proposed for the estimation of human head tissue conductivities by using EEG data. The proposed method first linearizes the relationship between the tissue conductivities and surface potentials (EEG measurements) and then iteratively estimates the tissue conductivities. In the study the mathematical background of the proposed method is presented and then performance of the proposed method is investigated by a simulation study. In the simulation study a three layered realistic head model (composed of scalp, skull and brain compartments) obtained from MR images of a real patient is used. The surface potential is calculated by using an arbitrarily chosen conductivity distribution. Then conductivity estimation is iteratively performed by using the calculated potentials and at each iteration relative error rates are calculated by comparing the orginal conductivities and estimated ones. It is found that the relative error rates decrease below of 1% after five iterations. © 2011 IEEE.
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Applying the Histogram of Oriented Gradients to Recognize Arabic Letters
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021) Douma,A.; Sengul,G.; Ibrahim Salem,F.G.; Ali Ahmed,A.; Computer Engineering
the aim of this paper is to recognize the Arabic handwriting letters by using histogram of oriented gradients (HOG). We collected 2240 letters by 8 people, each person wrote 28 alphabet letter 10 times. First of all we resize All 2240 hand writing letter of Arabic Alphabet as images(pre-processing) after that extract these images by using one of feature extraction methods which is histogram of oriented gradients (HOG).For classification, the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) is used. The results are shown by using 1120 images in the one case and 2240 images in the second case and evaluate these results with the confusion matrix. Other cases we used leave one out (LOO), 2-fold classification and leave one out cross validation. The best fully performance of HOG was with leave one out technique because of the ability of HOG algorithm to capture the shape of letter in the image according to its edges (gradients). © 2021 IEEE.
Arapça el yazısı harflerin örüntü tanıma yaklaşımları kullanılarak tanınması
(2017) Douma, Aısha; Şengül, Gökhan; Computer Engineering
El yazısı ile yazılmış harflerin otomatik olarak tanınması; ofis otomasyonu, bankacılık ve güvenlik gibi birçok alanda insanlar ve makineler arasındaki etkileşimi geliştirmek için kullanılır ve insanlar tarafından yazılmış dokümanların makine ile kodlanmış hale dönüştürme sürecidir. Bu tezde, Arapca el yazısı karekterlerin tanınması için gri seviyeli eş oluşum matrisleri (GLCM), yerel ikili örüntü (LBP), yapay sinir ağı (ANN) ve odaklı gradient histogram (HOG) olarak adlandırılan ozellik çıkarma ve sınıflandırma yaklaşımları karşılaştırılmıştır. GLCM, LBP ve HOG özellik çıkarımı için kullanılan yöntemler olup çıkarılan özelliklerden sınıflandırma yapmak için K-en yakın komşu (KNN) sınıflandırma yaklaşımı kullanılmıştır. ANN'de ise sinir ağı girdisi için piksel değerlerinin yoğunlukları kullanılmıştır. Her yöntemin sonuçlarını değerlendirmek için karışıklık matrisi (CM) tekniği ve çapraz geçerleme yöntemleri izlenmiştir. Sonuçlar; HOG (odaklı gradient histogram)'un en yüksek doğruluğu verdiği, en az doğruluk performansının ise gri seviyeli eş oluşum matrisleri tarafından elde edildiği gözlemlenmiştir.
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Benchmarking Classification Models for Cell Viability on Novel Cancer Image Datasets
(Bentham Science Publ Ltd, 2019) Ozkan, Akin; Isgor, Sultan Belgin; Sengul, Gokhan; Isgor, Yasemin Gulgun; Chemical Engineering; Computer Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Background: Dye-exclusion based cell viability analysis has been broadly used in cell biology including anticancer drug discovery studies. Viability analysis refers to the whole decision making process for the distinction of dead cells from live ones. Basically, cell culture samples are dyed with a special stain called trypan blue, so that the dead cells are selectively colored to darkish. This distinction provides critical information that may be used to expose influences of the studied drug on considering cell culture including cancer. Examiner's experience and tiredness substantially affect the consistency throughout the manual observation of cell viability. The unsteady results of cell viability may end up with biased experimental results accordingly. Therefore, a machine learning based automated decision-making procedure is inevitably needed to improve consistency of the cell viability analysis. Objective: In this study, we investigate various combinations of classifiers and feature extractors (i.e. classification models) to maximize the performance of computer vision-based viability analysis. Method: The classification models are tested on novel hemocytometer image datasets which contain two types of cancer cell images, namely, caucasian promyelocytic leukemia (HL60), and chronic myelogenous leukemia (K562). Results: From the experimental results, k-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) and Random Forest (RF) by combining Local Phase Quantization (LPQ) achieve the lowest misclassification rates that are 0.031 and 0.082, respectively. Conclusion: The experimental results show that KNN and RF with LPQ can be powerful alternatives to the conventional manual cell viability analysis. Also, the collected datasets are released from the "biochem.atilim.edu.tr/datasets/ " web address publically to academic studies.
Bilimsel İletişimde Yeşil ve Altın Yollarda Yakınsama ve Türkiye’deki Yansımaları
(Bilgi Dünyası, 2011) Ertürk, Korhan Levent; Şengül, Gökhan; Computer Engineering; Information Systems Engineering
Son yıllarda özellikle sosyal ağlarda bilgi dolaşımının artması, gelişmiş mobil iletişim cihazlarının yoğun kullanımı kısıtsız ve farklı ortamlarda bilgi erişim ve paylaşımını gerektirmektedir. Bu bağlamda bilimsel bulguların yer aldığı makalelerin geniş kitlelere ve diğer bilim insanlarının erişimine açılması; hem bilimsel eserin doğruluk ve güvenirliğini artırmaya yardımcı olmakta, hem de bilimsel verinin paylaşılmasını ve dolayısı ile de bilimsel gelişimi olumlu yönde etkilemektedir. Yaklaşık on yıldır bu amaca açık erişim insiyatifi katkı sağlamaktadır. Bu amaçla kendi kendine arşivleme (yeşil yol) ve açık erişim dergisi (altın yol) bilimsel çalışmaların bilim topluluğuna sunulmasında yeni yöntemler olarak takdim edilmiştir Bu çalışmada; uluslararası alanda yeşil ve altın yollar üzerinde ortaya konan kurallar irdelenmiş, yazar ve yayıncılarının oluşan iklime uyumluluğu sorgulanmış ve Türkiye adresli kurumsal arşiv ve dergilerin ortaya çıkan durum karşısında konumları üzerine bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Çalışma esnasında Ulrich Süreli Yayın Rehberi, Thomson Reuters (ISI) Bilimsel Web (Web of Science - WoS) ve Elsevier Scopus uluslararası ticari atıf veri tabanları, RoMEO, Juliet, ve ROARMAP telif politikası rehberleri, OpenDOAR, ROAR kurumsal arşiv rehberleri ve DOAJ açık erişim dergisi rehberi ile ULAKBİM ulusal veri tabanları incelenmiştir.
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Bilimsel iletişimde yeşil ve altın yollarda yakınsama ve Türkiye’deki yansımaları
(2011) Ertürk, Korhan Levent; Şengül, Gökhan; Information Systems Engineering; Computer Engineering
Son yıllarda özellikle sosyal ağlarda bilgi dolaşımının artması, gelişmiş mobil iletişim cihazlarının yoğun kullanımı kısıtsız ve farklı ortamlarda bilgi erişim ve paylaşımını gerektirmektedir. Bu bağlamda bilimsel bulguların yer aldığı makalelerin geniş kitlelere ve diğer bilim insanlarının erişimine açılması; hem bilimsel eserin doğruluk ve güvenirliğini artırmaya yardımcı olmakta, hem de bilimsel verinin paylaşılmasını ve dolayısı ile de bilimsel gelişimi olumlu yönde etkilemektedir. Yaklaşık on yıldır bu amaca açık erişim insiyatifi katkı sağlamaktadır. Bu amaçla kendi kendine arşivleme (yeşil yol) ve açık erişim dergisi (altın yol) bilimsel çalışmaların bilim topluluğuna sunulmasında yeni yöntemler olarak takdim edilmiştir Bu çalışmada; uluslararası alanda yeşil ve altın yollar üzerinde ortaya konan kurallar irdelenmiş, yazar ve yayıncılarının oluşan iklime uyumluluğu sorgulanmış ve Türkiye adresli kurumsal arşiv ve dergilerin ortaya çıkan durum karşısında konumları üzerine bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Çalışma esnasında Ulrich Süreli Yayın Rehberi, Thomson Reuters (ISI) Bilimsel Web (Web of Science - WoS) ve Elsevier Scopus uluslararası ticari atıf veri tabanları, RoMEO, Juliet, ve ROARMAP telif politikası rehberleri, OpenDOAR, ROAR kurumsal arşiv rehberleri ve DOAJ açık erişim dergisi rehberi ile ULAKBİM ulusal veri tabanları incelenmiştir.
Biometric Verification on e-ID-Card Secure Access Devices: A Case Study on Turkish National e-ID Card Secure Access Device Specifications
(International Journal of Information Security Science, 2017) Bostan, Atila; Şengül, Gökhan; Karakaya, Murat; Computer Engineering
Biometric verification on e-ID cards requires clear procedures and standards be defined, especially when the access devices are anticipated to be produced commercial companies. Turkish national e-ID card project has reached the dissemination step. Now the commercial companies are expected to produce and market e-ID card access devices which will conduct secure electronic identity verification functions. However, published standards specifying e-ID card-access-device requirements are ambiguous on biometric verification procedures. In this study, we intended to attract scientific interest to the problems identified in the current design of biometric verification on Turkish national e-ID cards and proposed several verification alternatives which enables the production of e-ID card access devices in a commercial-competition environment.
Classification of parasite egg cells using gray level cooccurence matrix and kNN.
(Biomedical Research, 2016) Şengül, Gökhan; Computer Engineering
Parasite eggs are around 20 to 80 μm dimensions, and they can be seen under microscopes only and their detection requires visual analyses of microscopic images, which requires human expertise and long analysis time. Besides visual analysis is very error prone to human procedures. In order to automatize this process, a number of studies are proposed in the literature. But there is still a gap between the preferred performance and the reported ones and it is necessary to increase the performance of the automatic parasite egg classification approaches. In this study a learning based statistical pattern recognition approach for parasite egg classification is proposed that will both decrease the time required for the manual classification by an expert and increase the performance of the previously suggested automated parasite egg classification approaches. The proposed method uses Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix as the feature extractor, which is a texture based statistical method that can differentiate the parasite egg cells based on their textures, and the k-Nearest Neighbourhood (kNN) classifier for the classification. The proposed method is tested on 14 parasite egg types commonly seen in humans. The results show that proposed method can classify the parasite egg cells with a performance rate of 99%.
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Comparative Analysis of Programming Languages Utilized in Artificial Intelligence Applications: Features, Performance, and Suitability
(Prof.Dr. İskender AKKURT, 2024) Türkmen,G.; Sezen,A.; Şengül,G.; Computer Engineering
This study presents a detailed comparative analysis of the foremost programming languages employed in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications: Python, R, Java, and Julia. These languages are analysed for their performance, features, ease of use, scalability, library support, and their applicability to various AI tasks such as machine learning, data analysis, and scientific computing. Each language is evaluated based on syntax and readability, execution speed, library ecosystem, and integration with external tools. The analysis incorporates a use case of code writing for a linear regression task. The aim of this research is to guide AI practitioners, researchers, and developers in choosing the most appropriate programming language for their specific needs, optimizing both the development process and the performance of AI applications. The findings also highlight the ongoing evolution and community support for these languages, influencing long-term sustainability and adaptability in the rapidly advancing field of AI. This comparative assessment contributes to a deeper understanding of how programming languages can enhance or constrain the development and implementation of AI technologies. © IJCESEN.
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A comparison of Pattern Recognition Approaches for Recognizing Handwriting in Arabic Letters
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021) Douma,A.; Ahmed,A.A.; Sengul,G.; Santhosh,J.; Jomah,O.S.M.; Ibrahim Salem,F.G.; Computer Engineering
For Arabic letters recognition, we achieve three of pattern recognition approaches namely gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), local binary pattern recognition (LBP) and artificial neural network (ANN) and compare between them to result best performance. Two of these methods level co-occurrence matrix and local binary pattern recognition are used for feature extraction whereas in artificial neural network (ANN) we use the intensity values of pixels for input of the neural network. Two classifiers are used, the K-Nearest Neighbor classifier (KNN) for the LBP, GLCM and neural network classifier for (ANN) artificial neural network. Also, we evaluate the results by using leave one person out approach, fold classification and leave one out. © 2021 IEEE.
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A Comprehensive Assessment Plan for Accreditation in Engineering Education: A Case Study in Turkey
(Tempus Publications, 2015) Turhan, Cigdem; Sengul, Gokhan; Koyuncu, Murat; Information Systems Engineering; Software Engineering; Computer Engineering
This paper describes the procedure followed by Computer Engineering and Software Engineering programs at Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey, which led to the granting of five years of accreditation by MUDEK, the local accreditation body authorized by The European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) to award the EUR-ACElabel, and a full member signatory of Washington Accord of International Engineering Alliance (IEA). It explains the organizational structure established for preparation, determination and measurement of the educational objectives, program outcomes, course outcomes, and the continuous improvement cycle carried out during the preparation period. The aim of the paper is to share methods and experiences which may be beneficial for the other programs that are intended for accreditation.
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A comprehensive assessment plan for accreditation in engineering education: A case study in Turkey
(Tempus Publications, 2015) Turhan,C.; Sengul,G.; Koyuncu,M.; Energy Systems Engineering; Information Systems Engineering; Computer Engineering
This paper describes the procedure followed by Computer Engineering and Software Engineering programs at Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey, which led to the granting of five years of accreditation by MUDEK, the local accreditation body authorized by The European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) to award the EUR-ACElabel, and a full member signatory of Washington Accord of International Engineering Alliance(IEA). It explains the organizational structure established for preparation, determination and measurement of the educational objectives, program outcomes, course outcomes, and the continuous improvement cycle carried out during the preparation period. The aim of the paper is to share methods and experiences which may be beneficial for the other programs that are intended for accreditation. © 2015 TEMPUS Publications.
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Computer vision based automated cell counting pipeline: A case study for HL60 cancer cell on hemocytometer
(Scientific Publishers of India, 2018) Özkan,A.; İşgör,S.B.; Şengül,G.; İşgör,Y.G.; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Computer Engineering; Chemical Engineering
Counting of cells can give useful information about the cell density to understand the concerning cell culture condition. Usually, cell counting can be achieved manually with the help of the microscope and hemocytometer by the domain experts. The main drawback of the manual counting procedure is that the reliability highly depends on the experience and concentration of the examiners. Therefore, computer vision based automated cell counting is an essential tool to improve the accuracy. Although the commercial automated cell counting systems are available in the literature, their high cost limits their broader usage. In this study, we present a cell counting pipeline for light microscope images based on hemocytometer that can be easily adapted to the various cell types. The proposed method is robust to adverse image and cell culture conditions such as cell shape deformations, lightning conditions and brightness differences. In addition, we collect a novel human promyelocytic leukemia (HL60) cancer cell dataset to test our pipeline. The experimental results are presented in three measures: recall, precision and F-measure. The method reaches up to 98%, 92%, and 95% based on these three measures respectively by combining Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG). © 2018, Scientific Publishers of India. All rights reserved.
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Construct and face validity of the educational computer-based environment (ECE) assessment scenarios for basic endoneurosurgery skills
(Springer, 2017) Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Ozcelik, Erol; Sengul, Gokhan; Berker, Mustafa; Computer Engineering; Software Engineering
Background In neurosurgery education, there is a paradigm shift from time-based training to criterion-based model for which competency and assessment becomes very critical. Even virtual reality simulators provide alternatives to improve education and assessment in neurosurgery programs and allow for several objective assessment measures, there are not many tools for assessing the overall performance of trainees. This study aims to develop and validate a tool for assessing the overall performance of participants in a simulation-based endoneurosurgery training environment. Methods A training program was developed in two levels: endoscopy practice and beginning surgical practice based on four scenarios. Then, three experiments were conducted with three corresponding groups of participants (Experiment 1, 45 (32 beginners, 13 experienced), Experiment 2, 53 (40 beginners, 13 experienced), and Experiment 3, 26 (14 novices, 12 intermediate) participants). The results analyzed to understand the common factors among the performance measurements of these experiments. Then, a factor capable of assessing the overall skill levels of surgical residents was extracted. Afterwards, the proposed measure was tested to estimate the experience levels of the participants. Finally, the level of realism of these educational scenarios was assessed. Results The factor formed by time, distance, and accuracy on simulated tasks provided an overall performance indicator. The prediction correctness was very high for the beginners than the one for experienced surgeons in Experiments 1 and 2. When non-dominant hand is used in a surgical procedure-based scenario, skill levels of surgeons can be better predicted. The results indicate that the scenarios in Experiments 1 and 2 can be used as an assessment tool for the beginners, and scenario-2 in Experiment 3 can be used as an assessment tool for intermediate and novice levels. It can be concluded that forming the balance between perceived action capacities and skills is critical for better designing and developing skill assessment surgical simulation tools.