Anterior segment optical coherence tomography for identifying muscle status in strabismus surgery

Anterior segment optical coherence tomography （AS-OCT） finds very few indications in the domain of strabismus surgery. Current applications remain restricted to determining limbus-muscle insertion distance and anterior segment changes after strabismus surgery. We discuss two cases of operated strabismus surgery where AS-OCT imaging helped in identifying the operated eye and/or extra ocular muscles （EOM） and thus proved instrumental in planning and management.

Secure Cancelable Template Based on Double Random Phase Encoding and Entropy Segmentation

In this paper,a proposed cancellable biometric scheme is based on multiple biometric image identifiers,Arnold’s cat map and double random phase encoding(DRPE)to obtain cancellable biometric templates.The proposed segmentation scheme that is used to select the region of interest for generating cancelable templates is based on chaos entropy low correlation statistical metrics.The objective of segmentation is to reduce the computational cost and reliability of template creation.The left and right biometric(iris,fingerprint,palm print and face)are divided into non-overlapping blocks of the same dimensions.To define the region of interest(ROI),we select the block with the highest entropy.To shorten the registration process time and achieve a high level of security,we select 25%of the image volume of the biometric data.In addition,the low-cost security requirement lies in the use of selective encryption(SE)technology.The step of selecting the maximum entropy is executed on all biometric blocks.The maximum right and left multi-biometric blocks are arranged in descending order from the entropy perspective and select 50%of each biometric couple and store the single matrix.The obtained matrix is scrambled with a certain number of iterations using Arnold’s Cat Map(ACM).The obtained scrambled matrix is encrypted with the DRPE to generate the cancellable biometric templates,which are further concatenated.The simulation results display better performance of the suggested cancellable biometric system in noise scenarios using the area under the receiver operating characteristic(AROC).The strength of the suggested technique is examined with correlation,irregular deviation,maximum difference and maximum deviation.The recommended proposed approach shows that the ability to distinguish the authentic and imposter biometrics of user seven in different levels of the noise environment.

Two Novel QTLs for Heading Date Are Identified Using a Set of Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines in Rice(Oryza sativa L.)

Heading date in rice is a typical quantitative trait controlled by multiple quantitative trait loci （QTLs）. It is mainly regulated by environmental factors such as photoperiod and temperature （Izawa, 2007）. Many QTLs for heading date have been identified using different mapping populations and methods （http：// www.gramene.org/qtl）. Up to date, several major heading date QTLs have been cloned by map-based cloning strategy （Yano et al., 2000; Takahashi et al., 2001; Kojima et al., 2002; Doi et al., 2004; Xue et al., 2008; Wei et al., 2010; Yan et al.,