Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a devastating disease. In this paper, we propose a novel method for scoring of air trapping in the lungs for detection and evaluation of COPD. The proposed method finds ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and cause a huge degree of human suffering. While there is no cure for COPD and the lung damage that results in this d...
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Rough set theory, proposed by Pawlak, has been proved to be a mathematical tool to deal with vagueness and uncertainty in intelligent information processing. In this paper, we propose the concept of knowledge granulat...
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Rough set theory, proposed by Pawlak, has been proved to be a mathematical tool to deal with vagueness and uncertainty in intelligent information processing. In this paper, we propose the concept of knowledge granulation in interval-valued information systems, and discuss some important properties. From these properties, it can be shown that the proposed knowledge granulation provides important approaches to measuring the discernibility of different knowledge. It may be helpful for rule evaluation and knowledge discovery in interval-valued information systems.
The polarization of non-paraxial partially coherent light scattered from nanospheres cannot be described easily. We utilize the degree of polarization to quantify Mie scattered partially coherent light and demonstrate...
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The polarization of non-paraxial partially coherent light scattered from nanospheres cannot be described easily. We utilize the degree of polarization to quantify Mie scattered partially coherent light and demonstrate that this form regular polarization lattices.
Rapid advances in multichannel neural signal recording technologies in recent years have spawned broad applications in neuro-prostheses and neuro-rehabilitation. The dramatic increase in data bandwidth and volume asso...
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(纸本)9781424441211
Rapid advances in multichannel neural signal recording technologies in recent years have spawned broad applications in neuro-prostheses and neuro-rehabilitation. The dramatic increase in data bandwidth and volume associated with multichannel recording requires a significant computational effort which presents major design challenges for brain-machine interface (BMI) system in terms of power dissipation and hardware area. In this paper, we present a streaming method for implementing real-time memory efficient neural signal processing hardware. This method exploits the pseudo-stationary property of neural signals and, thus, eliminates the need of temporal storage in batch-based processing. The proposed technique can significantly reduce memory size and dynamic power while effectively maintaining the accuracy of algorithms. The streaming kernel is robust when compared to the batch processing over a range of BMI benchmark algorithms. The advantages of the streaming kernel when implemented on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices are also demonstrated.
To explore the effect of the location of a visual stimulus on neural responses in the primary visual cortex (V1), a micro-electromechanical system-based microelectrode array with nine channels was implanted on the c...
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To explore the effect of the location of a visual stimulus on neural responses in the primary visual cortex (V1), a micro-electromechanical system-based microelectrode array with nine channels was implanted on the cerebral dura mater of V1 in adult cats. 2 Hz pattern reversal checkerboard stimul were used to stimulate the four visual quadrants (i.e., upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right fields). The results showed that there was a N75 component of the visual evoked potential around 50-80 ms after the onset of a checkerboard stimulus, and the onset of these N75 peaks varied with different stimulus locations. The checkerboard stimuli Jnduced shorter latencJes in the contralateral V1 than in the ipsilateral V1, while the checkerboard stimulus in the upper half visual field induced shorter latencies for N75. These results suggested that the pattern-reversal stimuli induced neural activities in V1 that can be recorded with multichannel microelectrodes, and more detailed temporal and spatial properties can be measured.
Face recognition is a multidisciplinary field that involves subjects in neuroscience, computerscience and statistical learning. Some recent research in neuroscience has indicated that the ability of our memory relies...
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Face recognition is a multidisciplinary field that involves subjects in neuroscience, computerscience and statistical learning. Some recent research in neuroscience has indicated that the ability of our memory relies on the capability of orthogonalizing (pattern separation) and completing (pattern prototyping) partial patterns in order to encode, store and recall information. From a computational viewpoint, pattern separation can be cast in the subspace learning area while pattern prototyping is closer to manifold learning methods. So, subspace (or manifold) learning techniques have a close biological inspiration and reasonability in terms of computational methods to possibly exploring and understanding the human behavior of recognizing faces. Therefore, the aim of this paper is threefold. Firstly, we review some theoretical aspects about perceptual and cognitive processes related to the mechanisms of pattern separation and pattern prototyping. Then, the paper presents the basic idea of manifold learning and its relationship with subspace learning with focus on the dimensionality reduction problem. Finally, we present the Discriminant Principal Component Analysis (DPCA) and the Self-Organized Manifold Mapping (SOMM) algorithm to exemplify respectively pattern separation and completion techniques. We show experimental results to demonstrate the effectiveness of DPCA and SOMM algorithms on well-framed face image analysis.
This article is about a curious phenomenon. Suppose we have a data matrix, which is the superposition of a low-rank component and a sparse component. Can we recover each component individually? We prove that under som...
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