Direct coaptation of contralateral C7 to the upper trunk could avoid the interposition of nerve grafts. We have successfully shortened the gap and graft lengths, and even achieved direct coaptation. However, direct re...Direct coaptation of contralateral C7 to the upper trunk could avoid the interposition of nerve grafts. We have successfully shortened the gap and graft lengths, and even achieved direct coaptation. However, direct repair can only be performed in some selected cases, and partial procedures still require autografts, which are the gold standard for repairing neurologic defects. As symptoms often occur after autografting, human acellular nerve allografts have been used to avoid concomitant symptoms. This study investigated the quality of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion following direct repair and acellular allografting to evaluate issues requiring attention for brachial plexus injury repair. Fifty-one brachial plexus injury patients in the surgical database were eligible for this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two groups according to different surgical methods. Direct repair was performed in 27 patients, while acellular nerve allografts were used to bridge the gap between the contralateral C7 nerve root and upper trunk in 24 patients. The length of the harvested contralateral C7 nerve root was measured intraoperatively. Deltoid and biceps muscle strength, and degrees of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion were examined according to the British Medical Research Council scoring system;meaningful recovery was defined as M3–M5. Lengths of anterior and posterior divisions of the contralateral C7 in the direct repair group were 7.64 ± 0.69 mm and 7.55 ± 0.69 mm, respectively, and in the acellular nerve allografts group were 6.46 ± 0.58 mm and 6.43 ± 0.59 mm, respectively. After a minimum of 4-year follow-up, meaningful recoveries of deltoid and biceps muscles in the direct repair group were 88.89% and 85.19%, respectively, while they were 70.83% and 66.67% in the acellular nerve allografts group. Time to C5/C6 reinnervation was shorter in the direct repair group compared with the acellular nerve allografts group. Direct repair facilitated the restoration of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion. Thus, if direct coaptation is not possible, use of acellular nerve allografts is a suitable option. This study was approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China (Application ID:[2017] 290) on November 14, 2017.展开更多
Measurements of wave heights with image sequences from a Charged Coupled Device(CCD) camera were made. Sinusoidal, as well as unidirectional and directional, waves were used for the experiments. A transfer function wa...Measurements of wave heights with image sequences from a Charged Coupled Device(CCD) camera were made. Sinusoidal, as well as unidirectional and directional, waves were used for the experiments. A transfer function was obtained by calibration of the magnitudes of the gray values of the images against the results of wave gauge measurements for directional waves. With this transfer function, wave heights for regular waves were deduced. It is shown that the average relative errors are smaller than 16% for both unidirectional and directional waves.展开更多
This study presents a harmonic transfer function(HTF)based single-input single-output(SISO)impedance modeling method.The method converts an HTF from phase domain to sequence domain and then transforms it into an SISO ...This study presents a harmonic transfer function(HTF)based single-input single-output(SISO)impedance modeling method.The method converts an HTF from phase domain to sequence domain and then transforms it into an SISO impedance while preserving the frequency coupling information of different sequences and different harmonics.Applications of this method to a line-commutated converter based high-voltage direct current(LCC-HVDC)system are presented.The results demonstrate the accuracy of the derived SISO impedance,and a truncation-order selection is suggested.The case study shows that the proposed method facilitates simpler impedance measurements and associated stability analysis.展开更多
Direct volume rendering(DVR)is a technique that emphasizes structures of interest(SOIs)within a volume visually,while simultaneously depicting adjacent regional information,e.g.,the spatial location of a structure con...Direct volume rendering(DVR)is a technique that emphasizes structures of interest(SOIs)within a volume visually,while simultaneously depicting adjacent regional information,e.g.,the spatial location of a structure concerning its neighbors.In DVR,transfer function(TF)plays a key role by enabling accurate identification of SOIs interactively as well as ensuring appropriate visibility of them.TF generation typically involves non-intuitive trial-and-error optimization of rendering parameters,which is time-consuming and inefficient.Attempts at mitigating this manual process have led to approaches that make use of a knowledge database consisting of pre-designed TFs by domain experts.In these approaches,a user navigates the knowledge database to find the most suitable pre-designed TF for their input volume to visualize the SOIs.Although these approaches potentially reduce the workload to generate the TFs,they,however,require manual TF navigation of the knowledge database,as well as the likely fine tuning of the selected TF to suit the input.In this work,we propose a TF design approach,CBR-TF,where we introduce a new content-based retrieval(CBR)method to automatically navigate the knowledge database.Instead of pre-designed TFs,our knowledge database contains volumes with SOI labels.Given an input volume,our CBR-TF approach retrieves relevant volumes(with SOI labels)from the knowledge database;the retrieved labels are then used to generate and optimize TFs of the input.This approach largely reduces manual TF navigation and fine tuning.For our CBR-TF approach,we introduce a novel volumetric image feature which includes both a local primitive intensity profile along the SOIs and regional spatial semantics available from the co-planar images to the profile.For the regional spatial semantics,we adopt a convolutional neural network to obtain high-level image feature representations.For the intensity profile,we extend the dynamic time warping technique to address subtle alignment differences between similar profiles(SOIs).Finally,we propose a two-stage CBR scheme to enable the use of these two different feature representations in a complementary manner,thereby improving SOI retrieval performance.We demonstrate the capabilities of our CBR-TF approach with comparison with a conventional approach in visualization,where an intensity profile matching algorithm is used,and also with potential use-cases in medical volume visualization.展开更多
将网络信息的概念引入到神经科学当中对于研究脑功能机制有着积极的作用。然而人脑网络的复杂性对于理解有一定的困难。该文基于有向传递函数(Directed Transfer Function,DTF)的方法估计得到功能连接模式,进一步提出了信息流增益的计...将网络信息的概念引入到神经科学当中对于研究脑功能机制有着积极的作用。然而人脑网络的复杂性对于理解有一定的困难。该文基于有向传递函数(Directed Transfer Function,DTF)的方法估计得到功能连接模式,进一步提出了信息流增益的计算方法,用以评价特定脑区在全脑信息传输过程中的作用。该方法将流入信息和流出信息结合,具有浓缩两者信息的优点,简化了脑复杂网络的辨识度,并且提高了结果的显示标度。仿真运算和自发、诱发脑电数据的结果都显示出通过计算分析信息流增益可以比较理想地得到各个脑区对全脑信息流的贡献。结果证明信息流增益方法为进一步理解大脑认知机制提供了可能。展开更多
"实践九号"(SJ-9)卫星是中国新技术试验卫星系列规划中的首发星,其中A星搭载的光学成像有效载荷技术试验项目为高分辨率多光谱相机,其图像数据将应用于国土资源调查与监测、农林业、环境保护、防灾减灾等领域,满足用户对高分..."实践九号"(SJ-9)卫星是中国新技术试验卫星系列规划中的首发星,其中A星搭载的光学成像有效载荷技术试验项目为高分辨率多光谱相机,其图像数据将应用于国土资源调查与监测、农林业、环境保护、防灾减灾等领域,满足用户对高分辨率数据的需求。目前,遥感数据地面处理主要使用美国学者提出的调制传递函数补偿方法,而该文使用了中国科学家自主提出的直接解调成像方法处理"实践九号"A卫星全色谱段的遥感图像。通过分析处理前后的敦煌靶标和法国靶标的调制传递函数(Modulation Transfer Function,MTF)和点扩散函数,认为经直接解调成像方法处理后的图像清晰度和MTF有明显提高,达到了国际上同类遥感图像处理方法的先进水平。展开更多
社团结构划分对于分析复杂网络的统计特性非常重要,以往研究往往侧重对无向网络的社团结构挖掘,对新兴的微信朋友圈网络、微博关注网络等涉及较少,并且缺乏高效的划分工具。为解决传统社团划分算法在大规模有向社交网络上无精确划分模...社团结构划分对于分析复杂网络的统计特性非常重要,以往研究往往侧重对无向网络的社团结构挖掘,对新兴的微信朋友圈网络、微博关注网络等涉及较少,并且缺乏高效的划分工具。为解决传统社团划分算法在大规模有向社交网络上无精确划分模拟模型,算法运行效率低,精度偏差大的问题。该文从构成社团结构最基础的三角形极大团展开数学推导,对网络节点的局部信息传递过程进行建模,并引入概率图有向矢量计算理论,对有向社交网络中具有较大信息传递增益的节点从数学基础创造性地构建了有向传递增益系数(Information Transfer Gain,ITG)。该文以此构建了新的有向社团结构划分效果的目标函数,提出了新型有向网络社团划分算法ITG,通过在模拟网络数据集和真实网络数据集上进行实验,验证了所提算法的精确性和新颖性,并优于Fast GN,OSLOM和Infomap等经典算法。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81572130(to LQG)and 81601057(to JTY)the National Key Research and Development Plan of China,No.2016YFC1101603(to XLL)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China,No.2015A030310350(to JTY)
文摘Direct coaptation of contralateral C7 to the upper trunk could avoid the interposition of nerve grafts. We have successfully shortened the gap and graft lengths, and even achieved direct coaptation. However, direct repair can only be performed in some selected cases, and partial procedures still require autografts, which are the gold standard for repairing neurologic defects. As symptoms often occur after autografting, human acellular nerve allografts have been used to avoid concomitant symptoms. This study investigated the quality of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion following direct repair and acellular allografting to evaluate issues requiring attention for brachial plexus injury repair. Fifty-one brachial plexus injury patients in the surgical database were eligible for this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two groups according to different surgical methods. Direct repair was performed in 27 patients, while acellular nerve allografts were used to bridge the gap between the contralateral C7 nerve root and upper trunk in 24 patients. The length of the harvested contralateral C7 nerve root was measured intraoperatively. Deltoid and biceps muscle strength, and degrees of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion were examined according to the British Medical Research Council scoring system;meaningful recovery was defined as M3–M5. Lengths of anterior and posterior divisions of the contralateral C7 in the direct repair group were 7.64 ± 0.69 mm and 7.55 ± 0.69 mm, respectively, and in the acellular nerve allografts group were 6.46 ± 0.58 mm and 6.43 ± 0.59 mm, respectively. After a minimum of 4-year follow-up, meaningful recoveries of deltoid and biceps muscles in the direct repair group were 88.89% and 85.19%, respectively, while they were 70.83% and 66.67% in the acellular nerve allografts group. Time to C5/C6 reinnervation was shorter in the direct repair group compared with the acellular nerve allografts group. Direct repair facilitated the restoration of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion. Thus, if direct coaptation is not possible, use of acellular nerve allografts is a suitable option. This study was approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China (Application ID:[2017] 290) on November 14, 2017.
基金This work was financially supported by the Science Council, Taiwan (Project No. NSC 91 2611 E 019 007)
文摘Measurements of wave heights with image sequences from a Charged Coupled Device(CCD) camera were made. Sinusoidal, as well as unidirectional and directional, waves were used for the experiments. A transfer function was obtained by calibration of the magnitudes of the gray values of the images against the results of wave gauge measurements for directional waves. With this transfer function, wave heights for regular waves were deduced. It is shown that the average relative errors are smaller than 16% for both unidirectional and directional waves.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52177104).
文摘This study presents a harmonic transfer function(HTF)based single-input single-output(SISO)impedance modeling method.The method converts an HTF from phase domain to sequence domain and then transforms it into an SISO impedance while preserving the frequency coupling information of different sequences and different harmonics.Applications of this method to a line-commutated converter based high-voltage direct current(LCC-HVDC)system are presented.The results demonstrate the accuracy of the derived SISO impedance,and a truncation-order selection is suggested.The case study shows that the proposed method facilitates simpler impedance measurements and associated stability analysis.
基金supported by the Korea Health Technology Research and Development Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute under Grant No.HI22C1651the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)under Grant No.2021R1F1A1059554the Culture,Sports and Tourism Research and Development Program through the Korea Creative Content Agency Grant funded by the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism of Korea under Grant No.RS-2023-00227648.
文摘Direct volume rendering(DVR)is a technique that emphasizes structures of interest(SOIs)within a volume visually,while simultaneously depicting adjacent regional information,e.g.,the spatial location of a structure concerning its neighbors.In DVR,transfer function(TF)plays a key role by enabling accurate identification of SOIs interactively as well as ensuring appropriate visibility of them.TF generation typically involves non-intuitive trial-and-error optimization of rendering parameters,which is time-consuming and inefficient.Attempts at mitigating this manual process have led to approaches that make use of a knowledge database consisting of pre-designed TFs by domain experts.In these approaches,a user navigates the knowledge database to find the most suitable pre-designed TF for their input volume to visualize the SOIs.Although these approaches potentially reduce the workload to generate the TFs,they,however,require manual TF navigation of the knowledge database,as well as the likely fine tuning of the selected TF to suit the input.In this work,we propose a TF design approach,CBR-TF,where we introduce a new content-based retrieval(CBR)method to automatically navigate the knowledge database.Instead of pre-designed TFs,our knowledge database contains volumes with SOI labels.Given an input volume,our CBR-TF approach retrieves relevant volumes(with SOI labels)from the knowledge database;the retrieved labels are then used to generate and optimize TFs of the input.This approach largely reduces manual TF navigation and fine tuning.For our CBR-TF approach,we introduce a novel volumetric image feature which includes both a local primitive intensity profile along the SOIs and regional spatial semantics available from the co-planar images to the profile.For the regional spatial semantics,we adopt a convolutional neural network to obtain high-level image feature representations.For the intensity profile,we extend the dynamic time warping technique to address subtle alignment differences between similar profiles(SOIs).Finally,we propose a two-stage CBR scheme to enable the use of these two different feature representations in a complementary manner,thereby improving SOI retrieval performance.We demonstrate the capabilities of our CBR-TF approach with comparison with a conventional approach in visualization,where an intensity profile matching algorithm is used,and also with potential use-cases in medical volume visualization.
文摘将网络信息的概念引入到神经科学当中对于研究脑功能机制有着积极的作用。然而人脑网络的复杂性对于理解有一定的困难。该文基于有向传递函数(Directed Transfer Function,DTF)的方法估计得到功能连接模式,进一步提出了信息流增益的计算方法,用以评价特定脑区在全脑信息传输过程中的作用。该方法将流入信息和流出信息结合,具有浓缩两者信息的优点,简化了脑复杂网络的辨识度,并且提高了结果的显示标度。仿真运算和自发、诱发脑电数据的结果都显示出通过计算分析信息流增益可以比较理想地得到各个脑区对全脑信息流的贡献。结果证明信息流增益方法为进一步理解大脑认知机制提供了可能。
文摘"实践九号"(SJ-9)卫星是中国新技术试验卫星系列规划中的首发星,其中A星搭载的光学成像有效载荷技术试验项目为高分辨率多光谱相机,其图像数据将应用于国土资源调查与监测、农林业、环境保护、防灾减灾等领域,满足用户对高分辨率数据的需求。目前,遥感数据地面处理主要使用美国学者提出的调制传递函数补偿方法,而该文使用了中国科学家自主提出的直接解调成像方法处理"实践九号"A卫星全色谱段的遥感图像。通过分析处理前后的敦煌靶标和法国靶标的调制传递函数(Modulation Transfer Function,MTF)和点扩散函数,认为经直接解调成像方法处理后的图像清晰度和MTF有明显提高,达到了国际上同类遥感图像处理方法的先进水平。
文摘社团结构划分对于分析复杂网络的统计特性非常重要,以往研究往往侧重对无向网络的社团结构挖掘,对新兴的微信朋友圈网络、微博关注网络等涉及较少,并且缺乏高效的划分工具。为解决传统社团划分算法在大规模有向社交网络上无精确划分模拟模型,算法运行效率低,精度偏差大的问题。该文从构成社团结构最基础的三角形极大团展开数学推导,对网络节点的局部信息传递过程进行建模,并引入概率图有向矢量计算理论,对有向社交网络中具有较大信息传递增益的节点从数学基础创造性地构建了有向传递增益系数(Information Transfer Gain,ITG)。该文以此构建了新的有向社团结构划分效果的目标函数,提出了新型有向网络社团划分算法ITG,通过在模拟网络数据集和真实网络数据集上进行实验,验证了所提算法的精确性和新颖性,并优于Fast GN,OSLOM和Infomap等经典算法。
