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Simulation has become the evaluation method of choice for many areas of distributing computing research. However, most existing simulation packages have several limitations on the size and complexity of the system being modeled. Fine…

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We report an implementation of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) to integrate the Bloch-Torrey equation, which describes the evolution of the transverse magnetization vector and the fate of the signal of diffusion magnetic resonance…

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Discrete element modelling (DEM) is one of the most efficient computational approaches to the fracture processes of heterogeneous materials on mesoscopic scales. From the dynamics of single crack propagation through the statistics of crack…

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In recent years, Denoising Diffusion Models have demonstrated remarkable success in generating semantically valuable pixel-wise representations for image generative modeling. In this study, we propose a novel end-to-end framework, called…

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We introduce a general-purpose framework for interconnecting scientific simulation programs using a homogeneous, unified interface. Our framework is intrinsically parallel, and conveniently separates all component numerical modules in…

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Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is the primary imaging modality used to study brain microstructure in vivo. Reliable and computationally efficient parameter inference for common dMRI biophysical models is a challenging inverse problem, due to factors…

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Labelling data is expensive and time consuming especially for domains such as medical imaging that contain volumetric imaging data and require expert knowledge. Exploiting a larger pool of labeled data available across multiple centers,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-03 Daiqing Li , Amlan Kar , Nishant Ravikumar , Alejandro F Frangi , Sanja Fidler

MRI-based medical imaging has become indispensable in modern clinical diagnosis, particularly for brain tumor detection. However, the rapid growth in data volume poses challenges for conventional diagnostic approaches. Although deep…

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Objective: Bloch simulation constitutes an essential part of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) development. However, even with the graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration, the heavy computational load remains a major challenge,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-19 Haitao Huang , Qinqin Yang , Jiechao Wang , Pujie Zhang , Shuhui Cai , Congbo Cai

This paper presents novel single and multi-shell sampling schemes for diffusion MRI. In diffusion MRI, it is paramount that the number of samples is as small as possible in order that scan times are practical in a clinical setting. The…

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The discrete fracture model (DFM) has been widely used in the simulation of fluid flow in fractured porous media. Traditional DFM uses the so-called hybrid-dimensional approach to treat fractures explicitly as low-dimensional entries (e.g.…

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Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation of biological systems presents significant computational challenges, particularly for applications involving large structural deformations and contact mechanics, such as heart valve dynamics.…

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Patient specific brain mesh generation from MRI can be a time consuming task and require manual corrections, e.g., for meshing the ventricular system or defining subdomains. To address this issue, we consider an image registration approach.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Bastian Zapf , Johannes Haubner , Lukas Baumgärtner , Stephan Schmidt

In this paper, we develop a framework for solving inverse deformation problems using the FEniCS Project finite element software. We validate our approach with experimental imaging data acquired from a soft silicone beam under gravity. In…

In research activities regarding Magnetic Resonance Imaging in medicine, simulation tools with a universal approach are rare. Usually, simulators are developed and used which tend to be restricted to a particular, small range of…

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In resent years, the software ecosystem for numerical simulation still remains fragmented, with different algorithms and discretization methods often implemented in isolation, each with distinct data structures and programming conventions.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Yangyang Zheng , Huayi Wei , Yunqing Huang , Chunyu Chen , Tian Tian , Hanbin Liu , Wenbin Wang , Liang He

Diffusion probabilistic models (DPMs) which employ explicit likelihood characterization and a gradual sampling process to synthesize data, have gained increasing research interest. Despite their huge computational burdens due to the large…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-09 Yuheng Fan , Hanxi Liao , Shiqi Huang , Yimin Luo , Huazhu Fu , Haikun Qi

Unfitted (also known as embedded or immersed) finite element approximations of partial differential equations are very attractive because they have much lower geometrical requirements than standard body-fitted formulations. These schemes do…

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