This paper presents a novel method for colour image segmentation derived from the mean shift theorem. When applied to colour image segmentation tasks, the path assigned mean shift algorithm performed 1.5 to 5 times faster than existing fast mean shift methods such as the Hierarchical 'Neighbourhood Consistency' FMS Method proposed by Zhang [1] with comparable results. The complexity of the new PAMS algorithm can be represented as O(φ 2 ) where φ represents the total number of unassigned points per iteration of the algorithm.

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Physicians in the early part of their training inevitably undertake a course in Anatomy. Unfortunately, the amount of training medical students have with real bodies has decreased. This is further exacerbated with the increasing gap between numbers of medical students and resources available. Medical faculties worldwide are increasingly turning to video training sessions as a complement to practical sessions. This paper presents a number of automated content access and enhancement tools which have been designed to alleviate the difficulty of editing these sessions. The system is being deployed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

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