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Objective:We propose a novel iterative-optimizationinspired direct targeting strategy (DTS) for smart nanosystems, which harness swarms of externally manipulable nanoswimmers assembled by magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for knowledgeaided…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-01-03 Yifan Chen , Muhammad Ali , Shaolong Shi , U Kei Cheang

An algorithm based on PLS regression has been developed and optimized for measuring blood glucose level using the infra-red transmission spectrum of blood samples. A set of blood samples were tagged with their glucose concentration using an…

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Purpose: To investigate feasibility of accelerating prostate diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) by reducing the number of acquired averages and denoising the resulting image using a proposed guided denoising convolutional neural network…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-02 Elena A. Kaye , Emily A. Aherne , Cihan Duzgol , Ida Häggström , Erich Kobler , Yousef Mazaheri , Maggie M Fung , Zhigang Zhang , Ricardo Otazo , Herbert A. Vargas , Oguz Akin

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most sensitive technique for breast cancer detection among current clinical imaging modalities. Contrast-enhanced MRI (CE-MRI) provides superior differentiation between tumors and invaded healthy…

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Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-08 Zach Eidex , Mojtaba Safari , Jacob Wynne , Richard L. J. Qiu , Tonghe Wang , David Viar Hernandez , Hui-Kuo Shu , Hui Mao , Xiaofeng Yang

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is a non-invasive way of imaging white matter tracts in the human brain. DW-MRIs are usually acquired using echo-planar imaging (EPI) with high gradient fields, which could introduce…

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Water diffusion MRI is a very powerful tool for probing tissue microstructure, but disentangling the contribution of compartment-specific structural disorder from cellular restriction and inter-compartment exchange remains an open…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-02-09 Eloïse Mougel , Julien Valette , Marco Palombo

It is known that ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of liquid water, based on the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) to density functional theory (DFT), yield structural and diffusive properties in reasonable agreement…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Jue Wang , G. Roman-Perez , Jose M. Soler , Emilio Artacho , M. -V. Fernandez-Serra

In this paper, we propose a method for denoising diffusion-weighted images (DWI) of the brain using a convolutional neural network trained on realistic, synthetic MR data. We compare our results to averaging of repeated scans, a widespread…

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Type C hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder occurring as a consequence of chronic liver disease. Alterations in energy metabolism have been suggested in type C HE, but $\textit{in vivo}$ studies on this matter…

This study aimed to propose a denoising method for dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT) perfusion studies using a three-dimensional deep image prior (DIP), and to investigate its usefulness in comparison with total…

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In this study, we present a dual-modal AI framework based on short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectroscopy. The first modality employs a multi-wavelength SWIR imaging system coupled with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to capture spatial…

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Background and purpose: To investigate the possible contribution of indirect damage and damage saturation to tumour control obtained with SBRT/SRS treatments for early-stage NSCLC and brain metastases. Methods and Materials: We have…

Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) is a widely used modality for diagnosing myocardial blood flow (perfusion) abnormalities. During a typical free-breathing DCE-CMRI scan, close to 300 time-resolved…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-14 Dilek M. Yalcinkaya , Khalid Youssef , Bobak Heydari , Orlando Simonetti , Rohan Dharmakumar , Subha Raman , Behzad Sharif

This paper presents the FuzzyDistillViT-MobileNet model, a novel approach for lung cancer (LC) classification, leveraging dynamic fuzzy logic-driven knowledge distillation (KD) to address uncertainty and complexity in disease diagnosis.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Saif Ur Rehman Khan , Muhammad Nabeel Asim , Sebastian Vollmer , Andreas Dengel

Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI is essential for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, its reliance on contrast agents introduces safety concerns, contraindications, increased cost, and workflow complexity. To this end, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Sebastian Ibarra , Javier del Riego , Alessandro Catanese , Julian Cuba , Julian Cardona , Nataly Leon , Jonathan Infante , Karim Lekadir , Oliver Diaz , Richard Osuala

Skin cancer (SC) stands out as one of the most life-threatening forms of cancer, with its danger amplified if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Early intervention is critical, as it allows for more effective treatment approaches. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Ramin Mousa , Saeed Chamani , Mohammad Morsali , Mohammad Kazzazi , Parsa Hatami , Soroush Sarabi

Purpose: To compare the segmentation and detection performance of a deep learning model trained on a database of human-labelled clinical diffusion-weighted (DW) stroke lesions to a model trained on the same database enhanced with synthetic…