Publications by authors named "Tian Tian Ren"

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  • - The multi-attention guided UNet (MAUNet) is proposed for improved segmentation of thyroid nodules, addressing challenges due to their varying sizes and positions using a multi-scale cross attention (MSCA) module for better feature extraction.
  • - A dual attention (DA) module enhances information sharing between the encoder and decoder in the UNet architecture, further refining segmentation results.
  • - Extensive tests on ultrasound images from 17 hospitals reveal that MAUNet achieves high Dice scores (around 0.9) and outperforms existing segmentation methods, demonstrating effective generalization across diverse datasets while maintaining patient privacy through federal learning.
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Facile immobilization is essential for the wide application of enzymes in large-scale catalytic processes. However, exploration of suitable enzyme supports poses an unmet challenge, particularly in the context of scale-up biocatalyst fabrication. In this study, we present facile and scale-up syntheses of high-performance enzyme biocatalysts encapsulation of cytochrome c (Cyt-c) as mono-enzyme and glucose oxidase (GOx)-horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as dual-enzyme cascade (GOx&HRP) systems, respectively, into a stable mesoporous hydrogen-bonded organic framework (meso-HOF) matrix.

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Purpose: This study examined the diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) features in differentiating between benign and malignant skin lesions.

Methods: A total of 1,392 patients with 1,422 skin lesions who underwent HFUS examinations were included in an initial dataset (cohort 1) to identify features indicative of malignancy. Qualitative clinical and HFUS characteristics were recorded for all lesions.

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Background: Clinical appearance and high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) are indispensable for diagnosing skin diseases by providing internal and external information. However, their complex combination brings challenges for primary care physicians and dermatologists. Thus, we developed a deep multimodal fusion network (DMFN) model combining analysis of clinical close-up and HFUS images for binary and multiclass classification in skin diseases.

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  • The study developed a convolutional neural network (ACNN) model to predict breast cancer molecular subtypes preoperatively using various ultrasound imaging techniques.
  • The research included data from over 800 patients and compared the effectiveness of three different ACNN models with varying combinations of ultrasound image types.
  • The multimodal ACNN model showed significantly better performance, with higher accuracy scores, than both dual-modal and monomodal models, as well as preoperative core needle biopsy methods for predicting the molecular subtypes of breast cancer.
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The risk stratification system of the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) for thyroid nodules is affected by low diagnostic specificity. Machine learning (ML) methods can optimize the diagnostic performance in medical image analysis. However, it is unknown which ML-based diagnostic pattern is more effective in improving diagnostic performance for thyroid nodules and reducing nodule biopsies.

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Sulfadimidine (SM2) is commonly used in the swine industry and enters the environment via faeces. In recent years, advances in the ecotoxicology of SM2 have become a popular research interest with two common research methods including swine manure collection from swine fed with a diet containing SM2 and directly adding SM2. The purpose of this experiment was to compare SM2 degradation behaviour in pig manure with two different SM2 addition methods.

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Background And Aim: Chronic kidney disease has recently been shown to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and carotid intima-media thickness has been widely used as a biomarker for early detection of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to confirm whether carotid thickening and carotid plaque are associated with preclinical chronic kidney disease in individuals without clinical cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease.

Material And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on participants from Maanshan City, China.

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Synthetically useful α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds were obtained from gold-catalyzed oxidative rearrangement of homopropargylic ether under mild reaction conditions. Gold carbenoid and oxonium ylide are proposed as key intermediates.

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In the title compound, C(15)H(10)Cl(2)N(4)O(2), the dichloro-pyrimidine and meth-oxy-phen-oxy parts are approximately perpendicular [dihedral angle = 89.9 (9)°]. The dihedral angle between the two pyrimidine rings is 36.

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