Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence Study of Masseter Muscle Segmentation in Patients With Hemifacial Microsomia.

Background: Hemifacial microsomia (HFM) is one of the most common congenital craniofacial condition often accompanied by masseter muscle involvement. U-Net neural convolution network for masseter segmentation is expected to achieve an efficient evaluation of masseter muscle.

Methods: A database was established with 108 patients with HFM from June 2012 to June 2019 in our center.

Building a Risk Prediction Model for Postoperative Pulmonary Vein Obstruction via Quantitative Analysis of CTA Images.

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare but mortal congenital heart disease in children and can be repaired by surgical operations. However, some patients may suffer from pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) after surgery with insufficient blood supply, necessitating special follow-up strategy and treatment. Therefore, it is a clinically important yet challenging problem to predict such patients before surgery.

Radical Annulation of 2-Cyanoaryl Acrylamides via C═C Double Bond Cleavage: Access to Amino-Substituted 2-Quinolones.

A novel annulation of 2-cyanoaryl acrylamides via C═C double bond cleavage has been developed for facile and efficient access to a broad spectrum of functionalized 4-amino-2-quinolones, which are important -heterocycles. In this transformation, the solvent THF is demonstrated to play a crucial role, and the addition of alkyl radicals to nitrile, 1,5-hydride shift, and cleavage of the C-C bond are involved in the mechanism.

Decarboxylative Oxyacyloxylation of Propiolic Acids: Construction of Alkynyl-Containing α-Acyloxy Ketones.

Novel decarboxylative oxyacyloxylation of propiolic acids has been developed. This reaction provides an efficient access to alkynyl-containing α-acyloxy ketones from readily available starting materials and exhibits significant functional group tolerance. Furthermore, oxyacyloxylation of terminal alkynes and aliphatic propiolic acids was also developed.

Using machine learning to identify clotted specimens in coagulation testing.

Objectives: A sample with a blood clot may produce an inaccurate outcome in coagulation testing, which may mislead clinicians into making improper clinical decisions. Currently, there is no efficient method to automatically detect clots. This study demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing machine learning (ML) to identify clotted specimens.

Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cycloaddition of Propiolic Acids, Azides, and Arylboronic Acids: Construction of Fully Substituted 1,2,3-Triazoles.

A copper-catalyzed decarboxylative cycloaddition of propiolic acids, azides, and arylboronic acids is described. The present reaction provides an efficient and convenient method for the synthesis of various fully substituted 1,2,3-triazoles from readily available starting materials. A possible mechanism is proposed.

Automatic Masseter Thickness Measurement and Ideal Point Localization for Botulinum Toxin Injection.

Botulinum toxin injection is a highly efficacious treatment for masseter muscle hypertrophy, while manual injection point localization based on experience can be non-quantitative, subjective and therefore suboptimal and even side-effect risky. To address this important while challenging task, in this paper we present a methodology of automatic ideal point localization for botulinum toxin injection based on automatic segmentation, measurement and quantitative analysis. Specifically, we first present a novel three-dimensional (3D) fully convolutional neural network for fully automatic mandible and masseter regions of interest (RoI) localization and segmentation from head computed tomography (CT) images.

Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Oxyalkylation of Alkynyl Carboxylic Acids: Synthesis of γ-Diketones and γ-Ketonitriles.

A novel copper-catalyzed decarboxylative oxyalkylation of alkynyl carboxylic acids with ketones and alkylnitriles via direct C(sp)-H bond functionalization to construct new C-C bonds and C-O double bonds was developed. This transformation is featured by wide functional group compatibility and the use of readily available reagents, thus affording a general approach to γ-diketones and γ-ketonitriles. A possible mechanism is proposed.

Metal-Free Radical [2 + 2 + 1] Cyclization of ortho-Cyanoarylacrylamides with Alkyl Nitriles: Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,2- c]quinolines.

A novel radical [2 + 2 + 1] cyclization of ortho-cyanoarylacrylamides with dual α-C-H bonds in alkyl nitriles has been developed. The reaction provides new facile and straightforward access to cyano-substituted pyrrolo[3,2- c]quinolines, which are important nitrogen-containing polyheterocycles. A possible mechanism for the transformation is proposed.