Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-ucla Medical Center

Nanyang Technological University

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute

Noah Ames Craft

Wai Kin Adams Kong

Arfika Nurhudatiana

Kevin W Bruhn

Hengyi Zhang

Chaoying Tang

Ron A Birnbaum

Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Use of relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark patterns in images for personal identification

The present invention is directed to a method of determining vein patterns from a color image for personal identification, the method comprising forming a counterpart of the color image by applying a functional relationship obtained from optimization on the color image, wherein the counterpart of the color image comprises the vein patterns. An apparatus for determining vein patterns from a color image is also disclosed.

Method and an apparatus for determining vein patterns from a colour image

This invention provides compositions for inducing an immune response in a vertebrate host against a protozoan parasite. In certain embodiments the composition comprises a protozoan parasite comprising a psoralen-modified DNA, whereby said protozoan parasite is killed but metabolically active (KBMA); and optionally a Toll-like receptor agonist.

Vaccination with killed but metabolically active (KBMA) protozoans with toll-like receptor agonists

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Noah Ames Craft