Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of skull base angles measured on magnetic resonance images

BACKGROUND Determination of platybasia and basilar kyphosis are significant parts of routine cranial magnetic resonance(MR)interpretations.These situations may explain a patient’s symptoms or may be associated with other anomalies.AIM To indicate the interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the skull base angles(SBA)(Koenigsberg standard)and modified SBA(mSBA)measurement techniques.METHODS In total,391 patients who had undergone cranial MR imaging were re-assessed regarding the SBA measurements.The SBA and mSBA techniques were used on MR images.Two reviewers independently measured the same angles twice within a 15-day interval,using different monitors.Intraclass correlation coefficient(ICC)was calculated to reveal the intraobserver and interobserver agreements.RESULTS There was an excellent agreement between reviewers regarding both angle measurements(ICC was 0.998 for SBA and mSBA).Excellent agreement levels were also observed for intraobserver measurements.ICC was 0.998 for SBA and 0.999 for mSBA for reviewer 1.ICC was 0.997 for SBA and 0.999 for mSBA according to the measurement results of reviewer 2.Higher SBA and mSBA values were observed for females compared to males.There was no correlation between SBA and age for SBA.However,a negative and low-level correlation was observed between mSBA values and age for both reviewers.CONCLUSION SBA and mSBA measurements indicated excellent agreement regarding interobserver and intraobserver differences.The study results showed that SBA angles were reliable measurement techniques to be used on MR images.

血清NY-ESO-1自身抗体和MMP1联合检测对食管鳞状细胞癌的诊断价值

目的:探讨血清基质金属蛋白酶-1(matrix metalloproteinase-1,MMP1)和纽约食管鳞状细胞癌抗原-1(New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 1,NY-ESO-1)自身抗体联合检测在食管鳞状细胞癌中的诊断意义。方法:应用酶联免疫吸附实验检测120例食管鳞状细胞癌患者和120例正常对照血清中MMP1和NY-ESO-1自身抗体的表达水平,采用受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线评价诊断效能。结果:血清MMP1和NY-ESO-1自身抗体在食管鳞状细胞癌患者中的表达均明显高于正常对照[(8.070±5.738)ng/mL vs(4.331±3.137)ng/mL,Z=6.214,P<0.001;0.463±0.571 vs 0.156±0.086,Z=5.210,P<0.001]。ROC曲线显示,当血清MMP1为最佳诊断临界值10.586 ng/mL时,其在诊断食管鳞状细胞癌的曲线下面积(area under the ROC curve,AUC)为0.732(95%CI:0.671~0.787),敏感度为24.2%,特异度为95.0%。NY-ESO-1自身抗体诊断食管鳞状细胞癌AUC为0.695(95%CI:0.632~0.752),敏感度为33.0%,特异度为95.0%。MMP1和NY-ESO-1自身抗体联合检测诊断食管鳞状细胞癌的AUC为0.800(95%CI:0.744~0.849),敏感度为47.5%,特异度为95.0%。结论:血清MMP1和NY-ESO-1自身抗体联合检测可能有助于提高食管鳞状细胞癌的诊断效能。

引入ESO的永磁超环面电机无模型预测电流控制

为改善无差拍预测电流控制(DPCC)对永磁超环面电机系统参数的依赖性,研究了引入扩张状态观测器(ESO)的永磁超环面电机无模型预测电流控制(MFPCC-ESO)策略。根据永磁超环面电机的复合转子结构,引入自转运动影响系数与磁势系数,在旋转坐标系下建立该电机的时变数学模型;利用永磁超环面电机系统的输入与输出,建立该电机具有时变比例因子的超局部模型,同时引入ESO对超局部模型的干扰部分进行实时估计,并利用朱利稳定判据证明了ESO的稳定性;结合延时补偿的DPCC预测得到参考电压矢量,从而实现永磁超环面电机的MFPCC-ESO策略。对参数匹配和失配下永磁超环面电机MFPCC-ESO策略与DPCC策略进行对比分析,仿真结果表明:MFPCC-ESO策略下的永磁超环面电机具有优越的动态和稳态性能及强鲁棒性,同时该控制策略还能有效降低永磁超环面电机的输出波动。

基于ESO分数阶滑模调节的PMSM模型预测转矩控制

为了提高永磁同步电机调速系统的性能,提出一种基于扩张状态观测器的分数阶滑模预测转矩控制策略。采用扩张状态观测器对电机的综合扰动项、定子电流和反电动势进行实时观测,可快速准确得到它们的估计值并进行补偿;利用估计值构建分数阶滑模控制器来削弱系统抖振并提高鲁棒性;利用转矩和磁链无差拍预测控制,减少了遍历次数并降低了计算复杂度。通过仿真和半实物平台进行了验证,所得结果表明,所提出的方法能有效提升系统的鲁棒性,使电机具有良好的动态和静态性能。

基于ESO的仿蝙蝠扑翼飞行器姿态控制仿真

针对仿蝙蝠扑翼飞行器的纵向气动特性不稳定、易受扰动的问题,设计了一种基于扩张状态观测器(ESO)的姿态控制方法,实现了扑翼飞行器姿态的稳定与抗干扰控制。首先建立仿蝙蝠扑翼飞行器的动力学模型;进而在该模型基础上分析了扑翼飞行器的纵向稳定性;然后将系统的不确定部分与各种未知的外界扰动作为系统的总扰动,引入ESO模块对总扰动进行实时观测与跟踪;最后在原有的PID控制器中加入扰动补偿环节。数值仿真结果表明,基于ESO的控制算法对于仿蝙蝠扑翼飞行器的控制效果显著优于基于PID的控制方法,阶跃响应的调节时间加快41.27%,对系统输入的白噪声干扰波动峰值从6.02%降低到2.82%,正弦扰动的波动峰值从11.56%降低到3.22%。

基于ESO的分拣并联机器人无标定视觉伺服自适应滑模控制

针对无标定分拣并联机器人需获取精确图像雅可比矩阵的问题,同时为克服图像检测误差、建模误差及外部干扰对无标定视觉伺服系统的影响,提出一种基于扩张状态观测器(extended state observer,ESO)的分拣并联机器人无标定视觉伺服自适应滑模控制方法。通过将表征机器人图像空间与任务空间映射关系的图像雅可比矩阵与系统不确定项集总到同一通道的状态方程,引入ESO对分拣并联机器人视觉伺服系统的集总不确定性进行在线估计,设计一种基于扩张状态观测器的自适应积分滑模控制器,并通过设计自适应律动态调整滑模控制切换增益,以提高视觉伺服系统精度,同时达到抑制滑模控制抖振的效果。采用Lyapunov稳定性理论证明该控制方法的稳定性,最后通过仿真实验验证了所提出视觉伺服自适应滑模控制方法的可行性和有效性。

基于ESO的PMSM无模型快速超螺旋滑模预测控制

为提高表贴式永磁同步电机(Surface permanent magnet synchronous motor,SPMSM)在参数变化和外部扰动下的鲁棒性,提出一种基于扩张状态观测器的无模型快速超螺旋滑模预测控制方法。首先,建立SPMSM参数摄动时的新型超局部模型。其次,采用改进的超螺旋算法作为辅助控制率设计转速环无模型超螺旋滑模反馈控制器,同时利用复合的扩张扰动观测器估计超局部模型中的未知部分,并通过Lyapunov稳定性理论证明了控制器和观测器的稳定性。电流环应用无差拍电流预测控制策略,结合扩张状态观测器对扰动量进一步估计并进行前馈补偿,使电流环具有更好的动态响应和更小的谐波分量。仿真试验结果表明,所提方法可有效提高系统响应速度,改善SPMSM在发生参数漂移和外部扰动下的暂稳态性能,降低电流总谐波畸变率,提升系统鲁棒性和抗干扰性能。

An extended state observer with adjustable bandwidth for measurement noise

In this paper,a bandwidth-adjustable extended state observer(ABESO)is proposed for the systems with measurement noise.It is known that increasing the bandwidth of the observer improves the tracking speed but tolerates noise,which conflicts with observation accuracy.Therefore,we introduce a bandwidth scaling factor such that ABESO is formulated to a 2-degree-of-freedom system.The observer gain is determined and the bandwidth scaling factor adjusts the bandwidth according to the tracking error.When the tracking error decreases,the bandwidth decreases to suppress the noise,otherwise the bandwidth does not change.It is proven that the error dynamics are bounded and converge in finite time.The relationship between the upper bound of the estimation error and the scaling factor is given.When the scaling factor is less than 1,the ABESO has higher estimation accuracy than the linear extended state observer(LESO).Simulations of an uncertain nonlinear system with compound disturbances show that the proposed ABESO can successfully estimate the total disturbance in noisy environments.The mean error of total disturbance of ABESO is 15.28% lower than that of LESO.

基于FxTSMC-ESO的永磁同步电机调速系统滑模控制

针对永磁同步电机速度环中存在的外部负载扰动问题,为了提高速度环控制系统的动态性和鲁棒性,提出一种基于新型固定时间滑模控制器与扩张状态观测器的控制方法。所提出的滑模控制器简化了收敛时间公式,解决了快速响应与抑制抖振的矛盾。为了进一步提升调速系统的鲁棒性,采用固定时间收敛的扩张状态观测器对控制器的扰动进行前馈补偿,该观测器不仅可以减小趋近律的开关函数增益,还能实现扰动的精准观测。仿真验证了所提滑模控制方法的有效性。

基于TNESO的PMSLM分数阶自抗扰控制

线性自抗扰控制(LADRC)以结构简单、易于实现且抗干扰能力强的特点在永磁同步直线电机(PMSLM)中得到广泛应用,但电机启动和负载突变会导致LADRC系统中的线性扩张状态观测器(LESO)扰动估计精度下降。为此,提出一种基于时变增益非线性扩张状态观测器(TNESO)的PMSLM分数阶自抗扰控制策略。结合LESO和非线性扰动观测器(NDOB),并根据误差与增益的关系构建动态增益函数,设计新型状态观测器TNESO;在此基础上,以分数阶PDμ控制律代替线性状态误差反馈控制律(LSEF),建立改进型自抗扰速度控制系统,以进一步提高电机控制的实时性和鲁棒性。仿真与实验结果表明:所设计的速度控制系统可以有效减少直线电机启动、负载突变时的观测响应时间,抑制观测初始时刻扰动峰值,从而满足高性能的PMSLM速度控制要求。

Observer-based robust high-order fully actuated attitude autopilot design for spinning glide-guided projectiles

This paper investigates the design of an attitude autopilot for a dual-channel controlled spinning glideguided projectile(SGGP),addressing model uncertainties and external disturbances.Based on fixed-time stable theory,a disturbance observer with integral sliding mode and adaptive techniques is proposed to mitigate total disturbance effects,irrespective of initial conditions.By introducing an error integral signal,the dynamics of the SGGP are transformed into two separate second-order fully actuated systems.Subsequently,employing the high-order fully actuated approach and a parametric approach,the nonlinear dynamics of the SGGP are recast into a constant linear closed-loop system,ensuring that the projectile's attitude asymptotically tracks the given goal with the desired eigenstructure.Under the proposed composite control framework,the ultimately uniformly bounded stability of the closed-loop system is rigorously demonstrated via the Lyapunov method.Validation of the effectiveness of the proposed attitude autopilot design is provided through extensive numerical simulations.

基于MPC和ESO-DO的四旋翼轨迹跟踪控制

针对扰动作用和模型不确定性下四旋翼无人机精确轨迹跟踪控制问题,提出了一种主动干扰抑制和模型预测控制(Model Predictive Control, MPC)策略。模型预测控制器通过扩张状态观测器(Extended State Observer, ESO)和扰动观测器(Disturbance Observer, DO)来估计和补偿干扰,从而实现位置环精确控制。在存在外部干扰和参数不确定性的情况下,通过仿真实验,证明了所提出的方法提高了对建模误差和干扰的鲁棒性,同时实现了对参考轨迹的平滑跟踪。

Trajectory tracking guidance of interceptor via prescribed performance integral sliding mode with neural network disturbance observer

This paper investigates interception missiles’trajectory tracking guidance problem under wind field and external disturbances in the boost phase.Indeed,the velocity control in such trajectory tracking guidance systems of missiles is challenging.As our contribution,the velocity control channel is designed to deal with the intractable velocity problem and improve tracking accuracy.The global prescribed performance function,which guarantees the tracking error within the set range and the global convergence of the tracking guidance system,is first proposed based on the traditional PPF.Then,a tracking guidance strategy is derived using the integral sliding mode control techniques to make the sliding manifold and tracking errors converge to zero and avoid singularities.Meanwhile,an improved switching control law is introduced into the designed tracking guidance algorithm to deal with the chattering problem.A back propagation neural network(BPNN)extended state observer(BPNNESO)is employed in the inner loop to identify disturbances.The obtained results indicate that the proposed tracking guidance approach achieves the trajectory tracking guidance objective without and with disturbances and outperforms the existing tracking guidance schemes with the lowest tracking errors,convergence times,and overshoots.

基于KFESO的四轮主动转向积分滑模控制

为消除参数不确定和外部不确定扰动对四轮转向车辆操纵稳定性的影响,提出了一种基于卡尔曼扩张状态观测器的四轮主动转向非线性积分滑模控制(KFESO-ISMC)方法。首先设计了一种卡尔曼扩张状态观测器(KFESO),实现了车辆状态观测以及外部扰动估计,克服了传统卡尔曼滤波算法对模型参数精度的依赖的缺点。其次为降低外部扰动引起的车辆状态的跟踪误差,将KFESO观测的系统总扰动补偿到控制输入;并为实现全局鲁棒控制和抑制积分饱和现象,设计了四轮主动转向非线性积分滑模控制方法。最后,硬件在环试验结果表明:在存在内外部不确定扰动情况下,KFESO观测器具有较高的观测精度;在四轮主动转向操纵稳定性的控制方面,KFESOISMC方法相比LQR和ISMC方法具优良的抗扰性能。

Solid Rocket Booster Thrust Asynchrony Identification Method for Solid Rocket Bundled Rockets With ESO

The role of the rocket attitude control system is to execute the required maneuvers for guidance and ensure the stability of the rocket's flight attitude. Attitude control technology has always been one of the key technologies for ensuring the success of rocket flights and has been a core topic in carrier rocket technology research. The Gravity-1 solid carrier rocket is the first solid rocket bundled rocket developed by China, adopting a configuration with four boosters and a core stage bundled together. During the actual flight process, the four booster engines are ignited first, and then, in the event of insufficient control force from the boosters, the core stage engine is ignited to participate in control. To address thrust asynchrony during the descent of the four boosters, an Extended State Observer(ESO) is employed in the control scheme for this flight segment. This involves real-time estimation and compensation of attitude parameters during flight, identification of thrust asynchrony among the boosters, and simultaneous determination of whether the core stage engine is ignited to participate in control.Through six degrees of freedom simulation analysis and Y1 flight test validation, this method has been proven to be correct and feasible.

Observer-Based Adaptive Robust Precision Motion Control of a Multi-Joint Hydraulic Manipulator

Hydraulic manipulators are usually applied in heavy-load and harsh operation tasks.However,when faced with a complex operation,the traditional proportional-integral-derivative(PID)control may not meet requirements for high control performance.Model-based full-state-feedback control is an effective alternative,but the states of a hydraulic manipulator are not always available and reliable in practical applications,particularly the joint angular velocity measurement.Considering that it is not suitable to obtain the velocity signal directly from differentiating of position measurement,the low-pass filtering is commonly used,but it will definitely restrict the closed-loop bandwidth of the whole system.To avoid this problem and realize better control performance,this paper proposes a novel observerbased adaptive robust controller(obARC)for a multi-joint hydraulic manipulator subjected to both parametric uncertainties and the lack of accurate velocity measurement.Specifically,a nonlinear adaptive observer is first designed to handle the lack of velocity measurement with the consideration of parametric uncertainties.Then,the adaptive robust control is developed to compensate for the dynamic uncertainties,and the close-loop system robust stability is theoretically proved under the observation and control errors.Finally,comparative experiments are carried out to show that the designed controller can achieve a performance improvement over the traditional methods,specifically yielding better control accuracy owing to the closed-loop bandwidth breakthrough,which is limited by low-pass filtering in fullstate-feedback control.

Disturbance Observer-Based Predictive Tracking Control of Uncertain HOFA Cyber-Physical Systems

Dear Editor,In this letter,an output tracking control problem of uncertain cyber-physical systems(CPSs)is considered in the perspective of high-order fully actuated(HOFA)system theory,where a lumped disturbance is used to denote the total uncertainties containing parameters perturbations and external disturbances.

Quantum Realities and Observer-Dependent Universes: An Advanced Observer Model

This paper presents a novel observer model that integrates quantum mechanics, relativity, idealism, and the simulation hypothesis to explain the quantum nature of the universe. The model posits a central server transmitting multi-media frames to create observer-dependent realities. Key aspects include deriving frame rates, defining quantum reality, and establishing hierarchical observer structures. The model’s impact on quantum information theory and philosophical interpretations of reality are examined, with detailed discussions on information loss and recursive frame transmission in the appendices.

基于连续可导ESO的虚拟同步机控制策略

在高比例新能源接入的电网中,虚拟同步机技术被广泛应用,但当面对系统扰动时其稳定性较差,可能会存在电压过限、频率波动等问题。因此,为了提高电能质量,将扩张状态观测器引入虚拟同步机控制技术中,对扰动进行观测、估计与补偿,提高系统稳定性,从而在新能源电源波动及大功率负荷投切时得到更稳定的母线电压及系统频率。此外,进一步对扩张状态观测器中的分段函数fal进行矫正,提出一种连续可导的扩张状态观测器控制算法,免去运算过程中的判断环节,突出了“小误差大增益”的特点,并对算法进行稳定性分析和确定参数选择范围。仿真与实验结果验证了所提策略的有效性与可行性。

A Novel Disturbance Observer Based Fixed-Time Sliding Mode Control for Robotic Manipulators With Global Fast Convergence

This paper proposes a new global fixed-time sliding mode control strategy for the trajectory tracking control of uncertain robotic manipulators.First,a fixed-time disturbance observer(FTDO) is designed to deal with the adverse effects of model uncertainties and external disturbances in the manipulator systems.Then an adaptive scheme is used and the adaptive FTDO(AFTDO) is developed,so that the priori knowledge of the lumped disturbance is not required.Further,a new non-singular fast terminal sliding mode(NFTSM) surface is designed by using an arctan function,which helps to overcome the singularity problem and enhance the robustness of the system.Based on the estimation of the lumped disturbance by the AFTDO,a fixed-time non-singular fast terminal sliding mode controller(FTNFTSMC)is developed to guarantee the trajectory tracking errors converge to zero within a fixed time.The settling time is independent of the initial state of the system.In addition,the stability of the AFTDO and FTNFTSMC is strictly proved by using Lyapunov method.Finally,the fixed-time NFESM(FTNFTSM) algorithm is validated on a 2-link manipulator and comparisons with other existing sliding mode controllers(SMCs) are performed.The comparative results confirm that the FTNFTSMC has superior control performance.