The vast amount of spectral information provided by hyperspectral images can be useful for different applications. However, the presence of redundant bands will negatively affect application performance. Therefore, it is crucial to select a relevant subset that preserves the information of the original set. In this paper, we present an automatic and accurate band selection method based on Graph ...

The need to characterise in-service damage in composite structures is increasingly becoming important as composites find higher utilisation in wind turbines, aerospace, automotive, marine, among others. This paper investigates the feasibility of simplifying the conventional acousto-ultrasonic technique set-up for quick and economic one-sided in-service inspection of composite structures. Acousto-ultrasonic ...

<p>Accurate forest monitoring is crucial as forests are major global carbon sinks. Additionally, accurate prediction of forest parameters, such as forest biomass and stem volume (SV), has economic importance. Therefore, the development of regression models for forest parameter retrieval is essential. <p>Existing forest parameter estimation methods use regression models that establish pixel-wise ...

I en verden hvor antall flybevegelser er i økning etter noen år med pandemi er piloters helse og flysikkerheten igjen blitt et tema. Piloter som går på jobb til tross for at de burde holdt seg hjemme kan potensielt utgjøre en stor sikkerhetsrisiko for seg selv og alle andre om bord på samme fly. Denne oppgaven har derfor forsket på dette temaet, med problemstillingen Flyr piloter «unfit», ...

Luftambulansetjenesten HF har i dag kontrakt med Avincis Aviation Services, som opererer luftambulanseflyene i Norge. Denne delen av tjenesten hadde 109.095 oppdrag i tiårsperioden 2013-2022, hvorav 30.0% var haste- eller akuttoppdrag. Luftambulansetjenesten har blitt beskrevet av flere som en samfunnskritisk ressurs, da befolkningen i Norge har rett på lik medisinsk behandling uavhengig av ...

In the complex and fast-changing marketing environment, there is a constant need to reduce costs and enhance the performance of production systems. The cost-cutting strategies need to consider the long-term effect on the company. For example, the layoff may reduce the cost in the short term, but in the long term, it may significantly affect employees' psychological safety and increase human error. ...

Maritime safety is a critical concern due to the potential for serious consequences or accidents for the crew, passengers, environment, and assets resulting from navigation errors or unsafe acts. Traditional training methods face challenges in the rapidly evolving maritime industry, and innovative training methods are being explored. This study explores the use of wearable sensors with biosignal ...

Laboratory experiments provide knowledge of species-specific effects thresholds that are used to parameterize impact assessment models of oil contamination on marine ecosystems. Such experiments typically place individuals of species and life stages in tanks with different contaminant concentrations. Exposure concentrations are usually fixed, and the individuals experience a shock treatment being ...

In this article, we investigate the feasibility to align synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery based on a compensation for sea ice drift occurring between temporally shifted image acquisitions. The image alignment is a requirement for improving sea ice classification by combining multifrequency SAR images acquired at different times. Images obtained at different radar frequencies provide ...

Natural scene classification, which has potential applications in precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, and disaster management, poses significant challenges due to variations in the spatial resolution, spectral resolution, texture, and size of remotely sensed images of natural scenes on Earth. For such challenging problems, deep-learning-based algorithms have demonstrated amazing ...