A Fast and Efficient Shape Blending by Stable and Analytically Invertible Finite Descriptors.

In a previous work, we have proposed a morphing method based on invertible and stable descriptors that are invariant to Euclidean transformations and to the starting point. The stability guarantees the closeness in the shape sense of the reconstructed intermediate contours. However, this set of descriptors is not defined by a general expression.

Quantitative evaluation of fiber tractography with a Delaunay triangulation-based interpolation approach.

The recent challenge in high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) is to find a tractography process that provides information about the neural architecture within the white matter of the brain in a clinically feasible measurement time. The great success of the HARDI technique comes from its capability to overcome the problem of crossing fiber detection. However, it requires a large number of diffusion-weighted (DW) images which is problematic for clinical time and hardware.

Ameliorated Effects of (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate Against Toxicity Induced by Vanadium in the Kidneys of Wistar Rats.

The aim of the study was to assess the protective effect of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a flavonoid abundant in green tea, against ammonium metavanadate (AMV)-induced oxidative stress in male Wistar rats. Four groups of animals have been used, a control group and three test groups. In the first test group, AMV was intra-peritoneally (i.

Modified data fidelity speed in anisotropic diffusion.

In this paper, we use an anisotropic diffusion in a level set framework for low-level segmentation of necrotic femoral heads. Our segmentation is based on three speed terms. The first one includes an adaptive estimation of the contrast level.

Lipid peroxidation and HSP72/73 expression in rat following cadmium chloride administration: interactions of magnesium supplementation.

Objective: to determine whether magnesium (Mg) supplementation could have a protective effect against the cadmium (Cd)-induced oxidative stress in liver, kidneys and testes of adult male rats. Stress was evaluated by measuring lipid peroxidation by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and the heat shock protein (HSP) 72/73 expression. CdCl2 injections (2.