In astronomy this image segmentation problem has been well-studied (Irwin, 1985) and is composed of three stages: background estimation and tracking; detailed segmentation, that is, object detection using thresholded pixel connectivity to define objects; and finally object parameterisation, that is, generating measures such as position, shape, and intensity for each object.
Silindile Sokutu, who like Ms. Dumakude is from South Africa, also has a stage background.
Still, it's easy to imagine that Linder, with his stage background and his technical mastery, would have become a major innovator in the era of talking pictures.
Just as American Beauty turned Sam Mendes from a respected theatre director into a Hollywood player, Billy Elliot is likely to do the same for its director, Stephen Daldry, who also has a stage background.
The New Yorker, December 12 , 1925P. 9 Chamberlin Dodds presented Florence Kimball with a beautiful screen of shimmering peacock blue, which she used as a stage background in her song recital at Aeolian Hall.
And despite her stage background, Smith was still known for playing "mainly slappers" on British TV, notably in BBC3's inexplicably long-running Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
Her immediate and unaffected friendliness suggests her stage background, which dates from the Old Vic with Lillian Bayliss and continued off and on up to 1955 when she was playing in the London run of "The Guinea Pig".
The "2.5D" layout works well too, like a stage background that moves forward and backwards, the lack of physical depth gives a new focus to the warming background colours.
However, automatic outline detection methods may perform inadequately when samples have incomplete outlines or images contain poor contrast between the sample and staging background.
There's certainly a healthy skepticism when a star comes to the theater with no stage background, and it's not unwarranted.
Upstream data will support improved approaches for considering developmental stage, background exposures, disease status, and other factors important to assessing hazard and risk for the whole population.
