Autofluorescence of the tumor and surrounding tissue is the largest background source in fluorescence diagnosis. A new system which applied computerimageprocessing technique to lung cancer localization by laser fluo...
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Autofluorescence of the tumor and surrounding tissue is the largest background source in fluorescence diagnosis. A new system which applied computerimageprocessing technique to lung cancer localization by laser fluorescence bronchoscopy has been developed to subtract the autofluorescence background. The results of our trial tests in tissue- simulating phantom and the porcine thigh muscle models are satisfied. There is great hope that this computer-assisted image processing system will significantly enhance the contrast of fluorescence image and drop false results for early human lung cancer examination.
This work establishes an objective method to measure cell clonogenic survival by computer-assisted image processing using images of cell cultures fixed and stained in Petri dishes. The procedure, developed by Samba Te...
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This work establishes an objective method to measure cell clonogenic survival by computer-assisted image processing using images of cell cultures fixed and stained in Petri dishes. The procedure, developed by Samba Technologies, consists of acquiring Petri dish pictures with a desktop scanner and analysing them by computer, using algorithms based on the 'top hat' filter. The results from the automated count for the cell line SQ20B are compared with those found by two observers, before and after normalization of the counting. After normalization, the shape of the survival curves of the 'manual' counting of the Petri dishes shows a good correlation between both observers. The software enables the small visible differences in count between observers to be eliminated. The comparison between the absolute number of colonies shows an increased difference between the two manual scorings that can be as great as 67 colonies, whereas the difference between the two automated counts is never greater than 8 colonies. These results demonstrate that the 'manual' count is inter- and intraobserver variable, whereas the automatic count performs reproducible cell colony counts, thereby minimizing user-generated bias. The large amount of data produced also gives information about cell and colony characteristics. Thus, this computer-assisted method has considerably improved the reliability of our statistical results.
A technique is described which allows precise assessment of the topographical relationship between the estrogen receptor (ER) and the progesterone receptor (PR) in the same histological section. It is based on the ana...
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A technique is described which allows precise assessment of the topographical relationship between the estrogen receptor (ER) and the progesterone receptor (PR) in the same histological section. It is based on the analysis of the results of immunohistochemical double staining by computer-assisted image processing. Five human ductal breast cancers were examined. The simultaneous demonstration of both receptors consists in the following principal steps:
ObjectiveThis cohort study aimed to preliminarily explore the effect of midfacial tumor resection procedure with assistance of virtual planning based on CT/MRI multimodal image *** the experimental cohort, patients wi...
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ObjectiveThis cohort study aimed to preliminarily explore the effect of midfacial tumor resection procedure with assistance of virtual planning based on CT/MRI multimodal image *** the experimental cohort, patients with midfacial tumors receiving treatment from February 2019 to March 2021 were enrolled. Virtual planning was completed preoperatively based on CT/MRI multimodal image fusion. Tumor resection was performed under virtual planning-based surgical navigation, and intraoperative frozen sections were taken to determine resection margin status. For the control cohort, patients with midfacial tumors treated by the same surgical team were enrolled according to the same criteria. Patients underwent surgery assisted by virtual planning based on single-modality CT images. Resection margin and survival status were compared between groups during *** twenty-nine patients were enrolled. The resection margin status was significantly different between groups at the per-margin level (experimental group: 100% [66/66] negative;control group: 90.9% negative [70/77];P = 0.014). During follow-up period, two patients in experimental cohort and seven patients in control cohort confirmed local *** with midfacial tumor who underwent virtual planning based on CT/MRI multimodal image fusion were more likely to have tumor-free resection margins. The use of the image fusion procedure may improve treatment outcomes in such patients.
The aim of this prospective study was to determine the effectiveness of screening using imageprocessing analysis and a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) to classify oral cancers using non-invasive fluorescence...
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Objectives To develop a deep-learning model for supervised classification of myocardial iron overload (MIO) from magnitude T2* multi-echo MR images. Materials and methods Eight hundred twenty-three cardiac magnitude T...
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Objectives To develop a deep-learning model for supervised classification of myocardial iron overload (MIO) from magnitude T2* multi-echo MR images. Materials and methods Eight hundred twenty-three cardiac magnitude T2* multi-slice, multi-echo MR images from 496 thalassemia major patients (285 females, 57%), labeled for MIO level (normal: T2* > 20 ms, moderate: 10 <= T2* <= 20 ms, severe: T2* < 10 ms), were retrospectively studied. Two 2D convolutional neural networks (CNN) developed for multi-slice (MS-HippoNet) and single-slice (SS-HippoNet) analysis were trained using 5-fold cross-validation. Performance was assessed using micro-average, multi-class accuracy, and single-class accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. CNN performance was compared with inter-observer agreement between radiologists on 20% of the patients. The agreement between patients' classifications was assessed by the inter-agreement Kappa test. Results Among the 165 images in the test set, a multi-class accuracy of 0.885 and 0.836 was obtained for MS- and SS-Hippo-Net, respectively. Network performances were confirmed on external test set analysis (0.827 and 0.793 multi-class accuracy, 29 patients from the CHMMOTv1 database). The agreement between automatic and ground truth classification was good (MS: kappa = 0.771;SS: kappa = 0.614), comparable with the inter-observer agreement (MS: kappa = 0.872, SS: kappa = 0.907) evaluated on the test set. Conclusion The developed networks performed classification of MIO level from multiecho, bright-blood, and T2* images with good performances. Key Points Question MRI T2* represents the established clinical tool for MIO assessment. Quality control of the image analysis is a problem in small centers. Findings Deep learning models can perform MIO staging with good accuracy, comparable to inter-observer variability of the standard procedure. Clinical relevance CNN can perform automated staging of cardiac iron overload from multiecho MR sequences facilitating no
Background: Despite hypotheses regarding the neurobiology of panic disorder (PD), its neurobiological basis is still unknown. Study results support that the individual differences in corpus callosum (CC) properties co...
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Background: Despite hypotheses regarding the neurobiology of panic disorder (PD), its neurobiological basis is still unknown. Study results support that the individual differences in corpus callosum (CC) properties could reflect trait based alterations that predispose individuals to higher anxiety sensitivity, and to disorders associated with stress such as PD. Neuroimaging studies with panic disorder have not been sufficient to explain the pathophysiology of the disease. The aim of this study is to provide additional information for studies examining the etiology of PD by comparing the corpus callosum, a region associated with attention, anxiety, and somatic complaints, on sagittal MRI images of PD patients with the corpus callosum of healthy individuals. Methods: T2-weighted MRI images of 164 patients diagnosed with PD and 78 controls selected from Hospital Information System (HIS) and meeting the study criteria were evaluated by shape analysis method. Results: There were differences between the shapes and areas of the CC in the mid-sagittal images of the PD patients and healthy controls. Conclusions: This study findings highlighted the variable dimensional and subregional properties of CC in PD patients. This study could shed light on future studies about PD etiology, diagnosis and treatment.
Objectives: To validate a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool for automated tooth modelling by fusing cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-derived roots with corresponding intraoral scanner (IOS)-derived cro...
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Objectives: To validate a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool for automated tooth modelling by fusing cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-derived roots with corresponding intraoral scanner (IOS)-derived crowns. Methods: A retrospective dataset of 30 patients, comprising 30 CBCT scans and 55 IOS dental arches, was used to evaluate the fusion model at full arch and single tooth levels. AI-fused models were compared with CBCT tooth segmentation using point-to-point surface distances-reported as median surface distance (MSD), root mean square distance (RMSD), and Hausdorff distance (HD)-alongside visual assessments. Qualitative assessment included visual inspection of CBCT multiplanar views. The automated fused model was also compared to expert- manual fusions for single tooth analysis in terms of accuracy, time efficiency, and consistency. Results: AI-based fusion evaluation showed mean values of MSD, RMSD, and HD of 4 mu m, 114 mu m, and 940 mu m for full arch;5 mu m, 104 mu m, and 503 mu m for single tooth analysis. Qualitative assessment showed discrepancies between fused tooth outline and CBCT tooth margin lower than 1 voxel for 59% of cases. AI-based fusion showed high similarity with expert-manual fusions with median MSD, RMSD, and HD values of 28 mu m, 104 mu m, and 576 mu m, respectively. However, AI-based fusion was 32 times faster than manual fusion. Considering the time required for manual fusion, intra-observer agreement was high (ICC 0.93), while inter-observer agreement was moderate (ICC 0.48). Conclusion: The AI-based CBCT/IOS fusion demonstrated clinically acceptable accuracy, efficiency, and consistency, offering substantial time savings and robust performance across different patients and imaging devices. Clinical significance: Manual CBCT/IOS fusion performed by experts is effective but labor-intensive and timeconsuming. AI algorithms show a remarkable ability to minimize human variability, resulting in more reliable and efficient fusion.
Foundation models prepare neural networks for applications in specific domains, such as speech applications or image analysis, through self-supervised pretraining. These models can be adapted for specific applications...
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Foundation models prepare neural networks for applications in specific domains, such as speech applications or image analysis, through self-supervised pretraining. These models can be adapted for specific applications, such as histopathological diagnostics. While adaptation still requires supervised training, AI applications based on foundation models achieve significantly better prediction accuracy with fewer training data compared to conventional approaches. This article introduces the topic and provides an overview of foundation models in pathology.
Introduction: Many tools have been developed to reduce metal artefacts in computed tomography (CT) images resulting from metallic prosthesis;however, their relative effectiveness in preserving image quality is poorly ...
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Introduction: Many tools have been developed to reduce metal artefacts in computed tomography (CT) images resulting from metallic prosthesis;however, their relative effectiveness in preserving image quality is poorly understood. This paper reviews the literature on novel metal artefact reduction (MAR) methods targeting large metal artefacts in fan-beam CT to examine their effectiveness in reducing metal artefacts and effect on image quality. Methods: The PRISMA checklist was used to search for articles in five electronic databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE, EMBASE). Studies that assessed the effectiveness of recently developed MAR method on fan-beam CT images of hip and shoulder implants were reviewed. Study quality was assessed using the National Institute of Health (NIH) tool. Meta-analyses were conducted in R, and results that could not be meta-analysed were synthesised narratively. Results: Thirty-six studies were reviewed. Of these, 20 studies proposed statistical algorithms and 16 used machine learning (ML), and there were 19 novel comparators. Network meta-analysis of 19 studies showed that Recurrent Neural Network MAR (RNN-MAR) is more effective in reducing noise (LogOR 20.7;95 % CI 12.6-28.9) without compromising image quality (LogOR 4.4;95 % CI-13.8-22.5). The network meta-analysis and narrative synthesis showed novel MAR methods reduce noise more effectively than baseline algorithms, with five out of 23 ML methods significantly more effective than Filtered Back Projection (FBP) (p < 0.05). Computation time varied, but ML methods were faster than statistical algorithms. Conclusion: ML tools are more effective in reducing metal artefacts without compromising image quality and are computationally faster than statistical algorithms. Overall, novel MAR methods were also more effective in reducing noise than the baseline reconstructions. Implications for practice: Implementation research is needed to establish the clinical suitability of ML MAR in
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