While thermal decomposition temperature ( ) is one of the most important indexes for energetic materials, the most common way of determining and evaluating requires laboratory experiments that are complicated, time-consuming and expensive. In the present study, the quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) model of for 21 nitrogen-rich energetic ionic salts was built and used for prediction through 13 descriptors and principal component analysis. The relatively small dataset of 21 samples may lead to overfitting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLesions in the frontal-subcortical circuitry can lead to akinetic mutism (AM) characterized by diminished volition. However, the microstructural changes in the damaged network underlying its recovery remain unknown. Clinical examination and neuropsychological assessment were performed on a patient with post-stroke AM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe occurrence of liver injury during cancer treatment is extremely harmful. The risk factors for drug.induced liver injury (DILI) in the pancreatic cancer population have not been investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify white matter fiber injury and network changes that may lead to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) progression, then a joint model was constructed based on neuropsychological scales to predict high-risk individuals for Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression among older adults with MCI.
Methods: A total of 173 MCI patients were included from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative(ADNI) database and randomly divided into training and testing cohorts. Forty-five progressed to AD during a 4-year follow-up period.
Objective: To develop and validate a multimodal combinatorial model based on whole-brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomic features for predicting cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Methods: This study included a total of 222 PD patients with normal baseline cognition, of whom 68 had cognitive impairment during a 4-year follow-up period. All patients underwent MRI scans, and radiomic features were extracted from the whole-brain MRI images of the training set, and dimensionality reduction was performed to construct a radiomics model.
Early assessment and accurate staging of liver fibrosis may be of great help for clinical diagnosis and treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We aimed to identify serum markers and construct a machine learning (ML) model to reliably predict the stage of fibrosis in CHB patients. The clinical data of 618 CHB patients between February 2017 and September 2021 from Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital were retrospectively analyzed, and these data as a training cohort to build the model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to develop an optimal radiomics model for preoperatively predicting microsatellite instability (MSI) in patients with rectal cancer (RC) based on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging. The retrospective study included 308 RC patients who did not receive preoperative antitumor therapy, among whom 51 had MSI. Radiomics features were extracted and dimensionally reduced from T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), T1-weighted imaging (T1WI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and T1-weighted contrast enhanced (T1CE) images for each patient, and the features of each sequence were combined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to identify features of white matter network attributes based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) that might lead to progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and construct a comprehensive model based on these features for predicting the population at high risk of progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in MCI patients.
Methods: This study enrolled 121 MCI patients from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Among them, 36 progressed to AD after four years of follow-up.
Objective: To construct a multi-region MRI radiomics model for predicting pathological complete response (pCR) in breast cancer (BCa) patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and provide a theoretical basis for the peritumoral microenvironment affecting the efficacy of NACT.
Methods: A total of 133 BCa patients who received NACT, including 49 with confirmed pCR, were retrospectively analyzed. The radiomics features of the intratumoral region, peritumoral region, and background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) were extracted, and the most relevant features were obtained after dimensional reduction.
3D shape segmentation is a fundamental and crucial task in the field of image processing and 3D shape analysis. To segment 3D shapes using data-driven methods, a fully labeled dataset is usually required. However, obtaining such a dataset can be a daunting task, as manual face-level labeling is both time-consuming and labor-intensive.
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Identifying points of interest (POIs) on the surface of 3D shapes is a significant challenge in geometric processing research. The complex connection between POIs and their geometric descriptors, combined with the small percentage of POIs on the shape, makes detecting POIs on any given 3D shape a highly challenging task. Existing methods directly detect POIs from the entire 3D shape, resulting in low efficiency and accuracy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-invasive identification of breast cancer (BCa) patients with pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is critical to determine appropriate surgical strategies and guide the resection range of tumor. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a nomogram created by combining radiomics signatures from both intratumoral and derived tissues with clinical characteristics for predicting pCR after NACT.
Methods: The clinical data of 133 BCa patients were analyzed retrospectively and divided into training and validation sets.
Objective: To develop and validate a hybrid model incorporating CT-fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR), pericoronary fat attenuation index (pFAI), and radiomics signatures for predicting progression of white matter hyperintensity (WMH).
Methods: A total of 226 patients who received coronary computer tomography angiography (CCTA) and brain magnetic resonance imaging from two hospitals were divided into a training set ( = 116), an internal validation set ( = 30), and an external validation set ( = 80). Patients who experienced progression of WMH were identified from subsequent MRI results.
Objective: Coronary artery disease (CAD) usually coexists with subclinical cerebrovascular diseases given the systematic nature of atherosclerosis. In this study, our objective was to predict the progression of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) and find its risk factors in CAD patients using the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score. We also investigated the relationship between the CAC score and the WMH volume in different brain regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiomic features have demonstrated reliable outcomes in tumor grading and detecting precancerous lesions in medical imaging analysis. However, the repeatability and stability of these features have faced criticism. In this study, we aim to enhance the repeatability and stability of radiomic features by introducing a novel CT-responsive hydrogel material.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of the study was to construct and validate a nomogram that combines diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters and clinically relevant features for predicting the progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Method: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the MRI and clinical data of 121 MCI patients, of whom 32 progressed to AD during a 4-year follow-up period. The MCI patients were divided into training and validation sets at a ratio of 7:3.
Objective: To construct and validate a multi-dimensional model based on multiple machine leaning algorithms to predict PCLM using multi-parameter magnetic resonance (MRI) sequences with clinical and imaging parameters.
Methods: A total of 148 PDAC retrospectively examined patients were classified as metastatic or non-metastatic based on results at 3 months after surgery. The radiomics features of the primary tumor were extracted from T2WI images, followed by dimension reduction.
The microstructural characteristics of white and gray matter in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the early-stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain unclear. This study aimed to systematically identify the microstructural damages of MCI/AD in studies using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), and explore their correlations with cognitive performance. Multiple databases were searched for eligible studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The current study aimed to construct and validate a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics nomogram to predict tumor protein p53 gene status in rectal cancer patients using machine learning.
Methods: Clinical and imaging data from 300 rectal cancer patients who underwent radical resections were included in this study, and a total of 166 patients with p53 mutations according to pathology reports were included in these patients. These patients were allocated to the training (n = 210) or validation (n = 90) cohorts (7:3 ratio) according to the examination time.
Background: Cardiovascular diseases have been considered the primary cause of disability and death worldwide. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is an important indicator of the severity of coronary atherosclerosis. This study is aimed to investigate the relationship between CAC and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) in the context of diagnostic utility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To establish a model for predicting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) using morphological features extracted from a joint analysis of voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM).
Methods: We analyzed data from 121 MCI patients from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, 32 of whom progressed to AD during a 4-year follow-up period and were classified as the progression group, while the remaining 89 were classified as the non-progression group. Patients were divided into a training set (n = 84) and a testing set (n = 37).
Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the predictive efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics features at different time points of neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer in patients with pathological complete response (pCR). Furthermore, we aimed to develop and validate a radiomics space-time model (RSTM) using machine learning for artificial intelligence interventions in predicting pCR in patients.
Methods: Clinical and imaging data of 83 rectal cancer patients were retrospectively analyzed, and the patients were classified as pCR and non-pCR patients according to their postoperative pathological results.
Geometric deep learning has sparked a rising interest in computer graphics to perform shape understanding tasks, such as shape classification and semantic segmentation. When the input is a polygonal surface, one has to suffer from the irregular mesh structure. Motivated by the geometric spectral theory, we introduce Laplacian2Mesh, a novel and flexible convolutional neural network (CNN) framework for coping with irregular triangle meshes (vertices may have any valence).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to predict myocardial ischemia (MIS) by constructing models with imaging features, CT-fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR), pericoronary fat attenuation index (pFAI), and radiomics based on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA).
Methods And Results: This study included 96 patients who underwent CCTA and single photon emission computed tomography-myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI). According to SPECT-MPI results, there were 72 vessels with MIS in corresponding supply area and 105 vessels with no-MIS.
Rationale And Objectives: To build a model using white-matter radiomics features on positron-emission tomography (PET) and machine learning methods to predict progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer disease (AD).
Materials And Methods: We analyzed the data of 341 MCI patients from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, of whom 102 progressed to AD during an 8-year follow-up. The patients were divided into the training (238 patients) and test groups (103 patients).