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Prior research indicates that subjects adopt a particular search pattern during visual search tasks. These search strategies are influenced by a variety of factors including color, orientation, size, and distinctness of stimuli. This project attempts to assess the level of influ…

This thesis addresses the generation of behaviourally useful, robust representations of the sensory world in the context of machine vision and behaviour. The goals of the work presented in this thesis are to investigate strategies for representing the visual world in a way which…

Eyes are an ideal tool for investigating social attention, as their physiological composition with the iris and pupil highly-distinguishable against the white sclera, combined with our foveated vision, mean that gaze cues are both a means of understanding where attention is bein…

Recently concern about aviation security has focused on the work of airport security screeners who detect threat items in passengers' luggage. An effective method of training and screening is required for improving screeners' detection abilities and performance to cope with the …

Early breast cancer in women is best identified through high quality mammographic screening. This is achieved by well trained health professionals and appropriate imaging. Traditionally this has used X-ray film but is rapidly changing to utilise digital imaging with the resultan…