A method is proposed to avoid complex computation in finding the region of interest （ROI） in a mammogram. In the method, the true negative region （TNR） definitely containing no microcalcification clusters （MCCs）...A method is proposed to avoid complex computation in finding the region of interest （ROI） in a mammogram. In the method, the true negative region （TNR） definitely containing no microcalcification clusters （MCCs） is screened out, thus obtaining ROIs, The strategy consists of three steps： （1） the mammogram is partitioned into a set of non-overlapping blocks with an equal size, and for each block, five statistical features are computed, （2） negative blocks are screened out by the threshold method through rough analyses, （3） the more accurate analysis is done by the cost-sensitive support vector machine to eliminate the block definitely containing no MCCs, Experimental results on real mammograms show that 81.71% of TNRs can be screened out by the proposed method.展开更多
The spatial and temporal dynamics of soil erosion in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, China were studied using multi-period remote sensing images and GIS. The results indicated that the soil erosion status of the reg...The spatial and temporal dynamics of soil erosion in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, China were studied using multi-period remote sensing images and GIS. The results indicated that the soil erosion status of the region has been improving, particularly since the 1980s, with the erosion rate showing an evident decline over the past 30 years. The improvement showed not only in the decline of eroded soil area, but also with the reduction in the extent of erosion. The extent of erosion mainly changed by one level, and the change primarily occurred with the severely or moderately eroded soil types. However, in general, soil erosion was still an overriding problem in the region with some areas becoming more serious, especially those with large quantities of granite.展开更多
This paper proposes an image segmentation method based on the combination of the wavelet multi-scale edge detection and the entropy iterative threshold selection.Image for segmentation is divided into two parts by hig...This paper proposes an image segmentation method based on the combination of the wavelet multi-scale edge detection and the entropy iterative threshold selection.Image for segmentation is divided into two parts by high- and low-frequency.In the high-frequency part the wavelet multiscale was used for the edge detection,and the low-frequency part conducted on segmentation using the entropy iterative threshold selection method.Through the consideration of the image edge and region,a CT image of the thorax was chosen to test the proposed method for the segmentation of the lungs.Experimental results show that the method is efficient to segment the interesting region of an image compared with conventional methods.展开更多
trast （HC） method is proposed to define saliency value of each pixel, then auto Grabcut segmenta- tion method is used to segment the salient region so as to obtain a region of interest （ROI）. After that, normalize...trast （HC） method is proposed to define saliency value of each pixel, then auto Grabcut segmenta- tion method is used to segment the salient region so as to obtain a region of interest （ROI）. After that, normalized histograms and cumulative histograms for ROI and region of background （ROB） are calculated. The mapping functions of the corresponding regions are derived from reference image to distorted image through the nearest cumulative histogram matching method, so that color correction can be finally achieved. Experimental results show that benefitting from the separate treatment to ROI and ROB, the proposed color correction method could avoid error propagation between the two different regions, which achieves good color correction result in comparison with other correction methods.展开更多
This paper proposes a method which uses the extended edge analysis to supplement the inaccurate edge information for better vehicle detection during vehicle detection. The extended edge analysis method detects two ver...This paper proposes a method which uses the extended edge analysis to supplement the inaccurate edge information for better vehicle detection during vehicle detection. The extended edge analysis method detects two vertical edge items, which are the borderlines of both sides of the vehicle, by extending the horizontal edges inaccurately due to the illumination or noise existing on the image. The proposed method extracts the horizontal edges with the method of merging edges by using the horizontal edge information inside the Region of Interest （ROI）, which is set up on the pre-processing step. The bottona line is determined by detecting the shadow regions of the vehicle from the extracted hoodzontal edge one. The general width of the vehicle detecting and the extended edge analyzing methods are carried out side by side on the bottom line of the vehicle to determine width of the vehicle. Finally, the finmal vehicle is detected through the verification step. On the road image with conaplicate background, the vehicle detecting method based on the extended edge analysis is more efficient than the existing vehicle detecting method which uses the edge information. The excellence of the proposed vehicle detecting method is confirmed by carrying out the vehicle detecting experiment on the complicate road image.展开更多
Urban growth represents specific response to economic, demographic and environmental conditions. Rapid urbanization and industrializations have resulted in sharp land cover changes. The present investigation was carri...Urban growth represents specific response to economic, demographic and environmental conditions. Rapid urbanization and industrializations have resulted in sharp land cover changes. The present investigation was carried out from Shaoxing City to quantify satellite-derived estimates of urban growth using a three-epoch time series Landsat TM data for the years 1984, 1997 and ETM 2000. The methodology used was based on post classification comparison. The use of GIS allowed spatial analysis of the data derived from remotely sensed images. Results showed that the built-up area surrounding Shaoxing City has expanded at an annual average of 7 km2. Analysis of the classified map showed that the physical growth of urban area is upsetting the other land cover classes such as farming, water resources, etc. The study conclusion mainly emphasized the need for sustainable urban capacity.展开更多
Objective： The aim of the research was to investigate efficacy of dried bio-floc supplemented with immuno-stimulants as beta-glucan and nucleotide on mortality rate and relative percent survival （RPS） of tilapia in...Objective： The aim of the research was to investigate efficacy of dried bio-floc supplemented with immuno-stimulants as beta-glucan and nucleotide on mortality rate and relative percent survival （RPS） of tilapia infected with Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01. Materials and Methods： A research was performed in 1-inch long tilapia stimulated its immunity by infection with Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01. Pathogenesis of 0.2 mL Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01 in the range of 10^2-10^8 mL-1 fish^-1 was injected into its intraperitoneal injection and intramuscular injection and suitable concentrations were screened to obtain for further experiment in a late restage. Based on data of minimal concentration, 50% mortality rate was caused and it was found the concentration of 108 mL^-1 fish^-1 caused 100% mortality rate and no lethal rate was found in other concentrations. Afterwards, efficacy of bio-floc sediment on survival rate of Tilapia infected with Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01 was examined. Completely randomized design was employed and experiments were divided into 4 treatment： （1） contxol-commercial feed only, （2） commercial feed attached with dried bio-floc, （3） commercial feed attached with bio-floc and beta-glucan and （4） commercial feed attached with bio-floc and nucleotide. Experiment design was performed as 3 replicates with 10 fishes/replicates in 24 inch glass aquarium. Analysis of difference was performed and determination of mean differences of mortality rate mad relative percent survival was done through Duncan＇s Multiple Range Test （p 〈 0.05）. Results and Discussions： It was demonstrated feeding tilapia with commercial feed in combination with dried bio-floc with or without supplementation of 2 immuno-stimulants could lead to 100% survival rate and 100% relative percent survival rate and it was statistically significant different （p 〈 0.05） compared to control group. Bio-floc product supplemented with beta glucan or nucleotide could effectively stimulate immunity against Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01 and such high effective performance is viewed as a promising potential product to be further developed and practically employed for sake of aquaculture industry in the near future.展开更多
Expression of opioid receptor-like receptor (ORL1)and its endogenous peptide agonist nociceptin/orphaninFo (N/OFQ) during mouse embryogenesis have been investigated. Transcripts of ORL1 and N/OFQ were detected by RT-P...Expression of opioid receptor-like receptor (ORL1)and its endogenous peptide agonist nociceptin/orphaninFo (N/OFQ) during mouse embryogenesis have been investigated. Transcripts of ORL1 and N/OFQ were detected by RT-PCR in mouse brain of day 8 embryo (E8)and the expression continued afterwards. Northern blotanalysis revealed abundant expression of ORL1 at postnatal day 1 (P1) and N/OFQ at E17 and P1 in the brain butnone was detected in other embryonic tissues. The presence of functional ORL1 in mouse embryonic brain wasalso confirmed by specific binding of [3H] N/OFQ (kd=1.3±0.5 nM and Bmax = 72±9 fmol/mg protein) as wellas by N/OFQ-stimulated G protein activation.展开更多
To meet the requirement of high-quality transmission of videos captured by unmanned aerial vehicles （UAV） with low bandwidth, a novel rate control （RC） scheme based on region-of-interest （ROI） is proposed. First...To meet the requirement of high-quality transmission of videos captured by unmanned aerial vehicles （UAV） with low bandwidth, a novel rate control （RC） scheme based on region-of-interest （ROI） is proposed. First, the ROI information is sent to the encoder with the latest high efficient video coding （HEVC） standard to generate an ROI map. Then, by using the ROI map, bit allocation methods are developed at frame level and large coding unit （LCU） level, to avoid inaccurate bit allocation produced by camera movement. At last, by using a better robustness R-2 model, the quantization parameter （QP） for each LCU is calculated. The experimental results show that the proposed RC method can get a lower bitrate error and a higher quality for reconstructed video by choosing appropriate pixel weight on the HEVC platform.展开更多
By combining resonant tunneling spectra with capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics under photo-excitation, we have developed photo-excited, capacitance-sensitive resonant tunneling spectrum (PC-RTS) for probing th...By combining resonant tunneling spectra with capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics under photo-excitation, we have developed photo-excited, capacitance-sensitive resonant tunneling spectrum (PC-RTS) for probing the quantized levels of quantum wells in valence band. Inter-well tunneling events have been identified and are in good agreement with the calculated level scheme in the valence band of a quantum well-barrier-quantum well heterostructure. Compared to conventional resonant tunneling spectrum, our method shows remarkable advantages in higher sensitivity for discriminating electronic structures.展开更多
In recent years, the transportation system has been faced by increasing challenge in congestion and inefficiency, and research in traffic network has become a significant area of interest. In this paper, we introduce ...In recent years, the transportation system has been faced by increasing challenge in congestion and inefficiency, and research in traffic network has become a significant area of interest. In this paper, we introduce a dynamic-information-based （DIB） queueing strategy into network traffic model under the efficient routing strategy. DIB makes a packet with higher priority to be delivered if there are less packets travelling along its path from the current node to the destination. It is found that, compared with the traditional first-in-first-out （FIFO） queueing strategy, DIB can effectively bMance the traffic load of the system via delaying packets to be delivered to congested nodes. Although the network capacity has no obvious changes, some other indexes which reflect transportation efficiency are efficiently improved in the congestion state. Besides, extensive simulation results and discussions are provided to explain the phenomena. The results may provide novel insights for research on traffic systems.展开更多
文摘A method is proposed to avoid complex computation in finding the region of interest （ROI） in a mammogram. In the method, the true negative region （TNR） definitely containing no microcalcification clusters （MCCs） is screened out, thus obtaining ROIs, The strategy consists of three steps： （1） the mammogram is partitioned into a set of non-overlapping blocks with an equal size, and for each block, five statistical features are computed, （2） negative blocks are screened out by the threshold method through rough analyses, （3） the more accurate analysis is done by the cost-sensitive support vector machine to eliminate the block definitely containing no MCCs, Experimental results on real mammograms show that 81.71% of TNRs can be screened out by the proposed method.
基金1 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 49631010).
文摘The spatial and temporal dynamics of soil erosion in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, China were studied using multi-period remote sensing images and GIS. The results indicated that the soil erosion status of the region has been improving, particularly since the 1980s, with the erosion rate showing an evident decline over the past 30 years. The improvement showed not only in the decline of eroded soil area, but also with the reduction in the extent of erosion. The extent of erosion mainly changed by one level, and the change primarily occurred with the severely or moderately eroded soil types. However, in general, soil erosion was still an overriding problem in the region with some areas becoming more serious, especially those with large quantities of granite.
基金Science Research Foundation of Yunnan Fundamental Research Foundation of Applicationgrant number:2009ZC049M+1 种基金Science Research Foundation for the Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministrygrant number:2010-1561
文摘This paper proposes an image segmentation method based on the combination of the wavelet multi-scale edge detection and the entropy iterative threshold selection.Image for segmentation is divided into two parts by high- and low-frequency.In the high-frequency part the wavelet multiscale was used for the edge detection,and the low-frequency part conducted on segmentation using the entropy iterative threshold selection method.Through the consideration of the image edge and region,a CT image of the thorax was chosen to test the proposed method for the segmentation of the lungs.Experimental results show that the method is efficient to segment the interesting region of an image compared with conventional methods.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61311140262,61171163,61271021)
文摘trast （HC） method is proposed to define saliency value of each pixel, then auto Grabcut segmenta- tion method is used to segment the salient region so as to obtain a region of interest （ROI）. After that, normalized histograms and cumulative histograms for ROI and region of background （ROB） are calculated. The mapping functions of the corresponding regions are derived from reference image to distorted image through the nearest cumulative histogram matching method, so that color correction can be finally achieved. Experimental results show that benefitting from the separate treatment to ROI and ROB, the proposed color correction method could avoid error propagation between the two different regions, which achieves good color correction result in comparison with other correction methods.
基金supported bythe MKE(The Ministry of Knowledge Economy,Korea),the ITRC(Information Technology ResearchCenter)support program(NIPA-2010-(C1090-1021-0010)),the Brain Korea 21 Project in 2010
文摘This paper proposes a method which uses the extended edge analysis to supplement the inaccurate edge information for better vehicle detection during vehicle detection. The extended edge analysis method detects two vertical edge items, which are the borderlines of both sides of the vehicle, by extending the horizontal edges inaccurately due to the illumination or noise existing on the image. The proposed method extracts the horizontal edges with the method of merging edges by using the horizontal edge information inside the Region of Interest （ROI）, which is set up on the pre-processing step. The bottona line is determined by detecting the shadow regions of the vehicle from the extracted hoodzontal edge one. The general width of the vehicle detecting and the extended edge analyzing methods are carried out side by side on the bottom line of the vehicle to determine width of the vehicle. Finally, the finmal vehicle is detected through the verification step. On the road image with conaplicate background, the vehicle detecting method based on the extended edge analysis is more efficient than the existing vehicle detecting method which uses the edge information. The excellence of the proposed vehicle detecting method is confirmed by carrying out the vehicle detecting experiment on the complicate road image.
文摘Urban growth represents specific response to economic, demographic and environmental conditions. Rapid urbanization and industrializations have resulted in sharp land cover changes. The present investigation was carried out from Shaoxing City to quantify satellite-derived estimates of urban growth using a three-epoch time series Landsat TM data for the years 1984, 1997 and ETM 2000. The methodology used was based on post classification comparison. The use of GIS allowed spatial analysis of the data derived from remotely sensed images. Results showed that the built-up area surrounding Shaoxing City has expanded at an annual average of 7 km2. Analysis of the classified map showed that the physical growth of urban area is upsetting the other land cover classes such as farming, water resources, etc. The study conclusion mainly emphasized the need for sustainable urban capacity.
文摘Objective： The aim of the research was to investigate efficacy of dried bio-floc supplemented with immuno-stimulants as beta-glucan and nucleotide on mortality rate and relative percent survival （RPS） of tilapia infected with Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01. Materials and Methods： A research was performed in 1-inch long tilapia stimulated its immunity by infection with Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01. Pathogenesis of 0.2 mL Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01 in the range of 10^2-10^8 mL-1 fish^-1 was injected into its intraperitoneal injection and intramuscular injection and suitable concentrations were screened to obtain for further experiment in a late restage. Based on data of minimal concentration, 50% mortality rate was caused and it was found the concentration of 108 mL^-1 fish^-1 caused 100% mortality rate and no lethal rate was found in other concentrations. Afterwards, efficacy of bio-floc sediment on survival rate of Tilapia infected with Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01 was examined. Completely randomized design was employed and experiments were divided into 4 treatment： （1） contxol-commercial feed only, （2） commercial feed attached with dried bio-floc, （3） commercial feed attached with bio-floc and beta-glucan and （4） commercial feed attached with bio-floc and nucleotide. Experiment design was performed as 3 replicates with 10 fishes/replicates in 24 inch glass aquarium. Analysis of difference was performed and determination of mean differences of mortality rate mad relative percent survival was done through Duncan＇s Multiple Range Test （p 〈 0.05）. Results and Discussions： It was demonstrated feeding tilapia with commercial feed in combination with dried bio-floc with or without supplementation of 2 immuno-stimulants could lead to 100% survival rate and 100% relative percent survival rate and it was statistically significant different （p 〈 0.05） compared to control group. Bio-floc product supplemented with beta glucan or nucleotide could effectively stimulate immunity against Flavobacterium columnare, VETSV01 and such high effective performance is viewed as a promising potential product to be further developed and practically employed for sake of aquaculture industry in the near future.
文摘Expression of opioid receptor-like receptor (ORL1)and its endogenous peptide agonist nociceptin/orphaninFo (N/OFQ) during mouse embryogenesis have been investigated. Transcripts of ORL1 and N/OFQ were detected by RT-PCR in mouse brain of day 8 embryo (E8)and the expression continued afterwards. Northern blotanalysis revealed abundant expression of ORL1 at postnatal day 1 (P1) and N/OFQ at E17 and P1 in the brain butnone was detected in other embryonic tissues. The presence of functional ORL1 in mouse embryonic brain wasalso confirmed by specific binding of [3H] N/OFQ (kd=1.3±0.5 nM and Bmax = 72±9 fmol/mg protein) as wellas by N/OFQ-stimulated G protein activation.
文摘To meet the requirement of high-quality transmission of videos captured by unmanned aerial vehicles （UAV） with low bandwidth, a novel rate control （RC） scheme based on region-of-interest （ROI） is proposed. First, the ROI information is sent to the encoder with the latest high efficient video coding （HEVC） standard to generate an ROI map. Then, by using the ROI map, bit allocation methods are developed at frame level and large coding unit （LCU） level, to avoid inaccurate bit allocation produced by camera movement. At last, by using a better robustness R-2 model, the quantization parameter （QP） for each LCU is calculated. The experimental results show that the proposed RC method can get a lower bitrate error and a higher quality for reconstructed video by choosing appropriate pixel weight on the HEVC platform.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB932901)
文摘By combining resonant tunneling spectra with capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics under photo-excitation, we have developed photo-excited, capacitance-sensitive resonant tunneling spectrum (PC-RTS) for probing the quantized levels of quantum wells in valence band. Inter-well tunneling events have been identified and are in good agreement with the calculated level scheme in the valence band of a quantum well-barrier-quantum well heterostructure. Compared to conventional resonant tunneling spectrum, our method shows remarkable advantages in higher sensitivity for discriminating electronic structures.
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2011AA110101the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61201314China Scholarship Council
文摘In recent years, the transportation system has been faced by increasing challenge in congestion and inefficiency, and research in traffic network has become a significant area of interest. In this paper, we introduce a dynamic-information-based （DIB） queueing strategy into network traffic model under the efficient routing strategy. DIB makes a packet with higher priority to be delivered if there are less packets travelling along its path from the current node to the destination. It is found that, compared with the traditional first-in-first-out （FIFO） queueing strategy, DIB can effectively bMance the traffic load of the system via delaying packets to be delivered to congested nodes. Although the network capacity has no obvious changes, some other indexes which reflect transportation efficiency are efficiently improved in the congestion state. Besides, extensive simulation results and discussions are provided to explain the phenomena. The results may provide novel insights for research on traffic systems.
