Abstract: A method of restoring paintings includes steps for acquiring image data of a painting having a deteriorated part evidencing deterioration including at least one selected from among fading, exfoliation, and damage or loss of the support; generating digital restoration data in which the damaged part of the image data is restored by digital simulation using a computer; printing the digital restoration data on a backing of the painting using ink; and lamination of the printed backing material of the painting to the back of the painting.

Abstract: The invention provides a document management apparatus and method and a recording medium storing a document management program, which can display documents under management without the user having to be conscious of the data structure of the documents generated during the course of transactions. The invention also provides a recording medium storing a decision making program which can display application documents under management without the user having to be conscious of the data structure of the application documents generated during the course of decision making transactions.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for extraction of breast tumors from three-dimensional ultrasonic images obtained by interpolation of a series of cross sectional images. The method consists of two stages are disclosed. In the first stage a membership function is automatically generated by using an output of three dimensional LoG(Laplace of Gaussian) filtering for the voxel data. In the second stage, the membership function is used for a fuzzy logic based calculation to produce three grades of the voxel attributable to three classes of “tumor”, “normal tissue” and “boundary”. We then classify each voxel as one of the three classes by relaxation techniques. Also, a parameter for evaluation of the uneven complexity of the surface roughness using a ratio of the surface area over the volume is defined.