Dual-energy computed tomography (CT) is an excellent substitute for identifying bone marrow edema in magnetic resonance imaging. However, it is rarely used in practice owing to its low contrast. To overcome this problem, we constructed a framework based on deep learning techniques to screen for diseases using axial bone images and to identify the local positions of bone lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBone mineral density (BMD) is a key feature in diagnosing bone diseases. Although computational tomography (CT) is a common imaging modality, it seldom provides bone mineral density information in a clinic owing to technical difficulties. Thus, a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is required to measure bone mineral density at the expense of additional radiation exposure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of a deep learning (DL) model with that of musculoskeletal physicians and radiologists for detecting bone marrow edema on dual-energy CT (DECT).
Method: This retrospective study included adult patients underwent hip DECT and MRI within 1 month between April 2018 and December 2020. A total of 8709 DECT images were divided into training/validation (85%, 7412 augmented images) and test (15%, 1297 images) sets.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia, which causes serious health and socioeconomic problems. A progressive neurodegenerative disorder, Alzheimer's causes the structural change in the brain, thereby affecting behavior, cognition, emotions, and memory. Numerous multivariate analysis algorithms have been used for classifying AD, distinguishing it from healthy controls (HC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiscrete Fourier transform (DFT) is the most widely used method for determining the frequency spectra of digital signals. In this paper, a 2D sliding DFT (2D SDFT) algorithm is proposed for fast implementation of the DFT on 2D sliding windows. The proposed 2D SDFT algorithm directly computes the DFT bins of the current window using the precalculated bins of the previous window.
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The 3D video extension of High Efficiency Video Coding (3D-HEVC) is the state-of-the-art video coding standard for the compression of the multiview video plus depth format. In the 3D-HEVC design, new depth-modeling modes (DMMs) are utilized together with the existing intraprediction modes for depth intracoding. The DMMs can provide more accurate prediction signals and thereby achieve better compression efficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe level set approach is a powerful tool for segmenting images. This paper proposes a method for segmenting brain tumor images from MR images. A new signed pressure function (SPF) that can efficiently stop the contours at weak or blurred edges is introduced.
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