Publications by authors named "V Zarikas"

Breast cancer remains a global health problem requiring effective diagnostic methods for early detection, in order to achieve the World Health Organization's ultimate goal of breast self-examination. A literature review indicates the urgency of improving diagnostic methods and identifies thermography as a promising, cost-effective, non-invasive, adjunctive, and complementary detection method. This research explores the potential of using machine learning techniques, specifically Bayesian networks combined with convolutional neural networks, to improve possible breast cancer diagnosis at early stages.

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This work presents the development of a novel Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) method for fast forward simulation of heat transfer through cancerous breast models. The proposed PINN method combines deep learning and physical principles to predict the temperature distributions in breast tissues and identify potential abnormal regions indicating the presence of tumors. The PINN model is normally trained by physics in terms of the residuals of the heat transfer equation, as well as boundary conditions with and without datasets of surface thermal imaging data concerning cancerous breast tissues, which can be used for future inverse thermal modeling to calculate tumor sizes and locations.

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Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death among women. An early diagnosis is vital for reducing the fatality rate in the fight against breast cancer. Thermography could be suggested as a safe, non-invasive, non-contact supplementary method to diagnose breast cancer and can be the most promising method for breast self-examination as envisioned by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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We examine the extreme situation of radiation from an electron that is asymptotically accelerated to the speed of light, resulting in finite emission energy. The analytic solution explicitly demonstrates the difference between radiation power loss and kinetic power loss (null).

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Article Synopsis
  • - The text discusses using quantum systems, like an infinite potential well, to model the behavior of heat engines and calculate their efficiency and work output.
  • - It points out that the connection between quantum observables and measurable parameters (efficiency and work) is not well understood, highlighting the need for a better analysis.
  • - The authors propose a link between the uncertainty principle and thermodynamic variables, allowing them to establish limits on the efficiency of quantum heat engines based on the uncertainty relation of position and momentum.
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