3D soft-tissue tracking using spatial-color joint probability distribution and thin-plate spline model

Visual tracking techniques based on stereo endoscope are developed to measure tissue motion in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. However, accurate 3D tracking of tissue surfaces remains challenging due to complicated deformation, poor imaging conditions, specular reflections and other dynamic effects during surgery. This study employs a robust and efficient 3D tracking scheme with two independent recursive processes, namely kernel-based inter-frame motion estimation and model-based intra-frame 3D matching. In the first process, target region is represented in joint spatial-color space for robust estimation. By defining a probabilistic similarity measure, a mean-shift-based iterative algorithm is derived for location of the target region in a new image. In the second process, the thin-plate spline model is used to fit the 3D shape of tissue surfaces around the target region. An iterative algorithm based on an efficient second-order minimization technique is derived to compute optimal model parameters. The two processes can be computed in parallel. Their outputs are combined to recover 3D information about the target region. The performance of the proposed method is validated using phantom heart videos and in vivo videos acquired by the daVinci^®${\mathrm{daVinci}}^{\circledR }$ surgical robotic platform and a synthesized data set with known ground truth.     

Intercalated PS/Na+‐MMT Nanocomposites Prepared by Ultrasonically Initiated In Situ Emulsion Polymerization

Summary: A new technique, ultrasonically initiated in situ emulsion polymerization, was employed to prepare intercalated polystyrene/Na⁺‐MMT nanocomposites. FTIR, XRD, and TEM results confirm that the hydrophobic PS can easily intercalate into the galleries of hydrophilic montmorillonite via ultrasonically initiated in situ emulsion polymerization, taking advantages of the multi‐effects of ultrasonic irradiation, such as dispersion, pulverization, activation, and initiation. Properly reducing SDS concentration is beneficial to widen the d‐spacing between clay layers. However, the Na⁺‐MMT amount has little effect on the d‐spacing of nanocomposites. The glass transition temperature of nanocomposites increased as the percentage of clay increased, although the average molecular weight of PS decreased, and the decomposition temperature of the 1obtained nanocomposites moves to higher temperature.

TEM of PS/Na⁺‐MMT nanocomposite prepared by ultrasonically initiated in situ emulsion polymerization.     

Preparation and properties of heterocyclically conjugated poly(3‐hexylthiophene)–clay nanocomposite materials

A series of heterocyclically conjugated polymer–clay nanocomposite (PCN) materials that consisted of organic poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and inorganic montmorillonite (MMT) clay platelets were prepared by in situ oxidative polymerization with FeCl₃ as an oxidant. The as‐synthesized PCN materials were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, wide‐angle powder X‐ray diffraction (WAXRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The effects of the material composition on the anticorrosion, gas barrier, thermal stability, flammability, mechanical strength, and electrical conductivity properties of the P3HT and PCN materials were studied by electrochemical corrosion measurements, gas‐permeability analysis (GPA), thermogrametric analysis (TGA), limiting oxygen index (LOI) measurements, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and a four‐point probe technique, respectively. The molecular weights of extracted and bulk P3HT were determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) with THF as an eluant. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 91: 3438–3446, 2004     

BaFe12O19/聚氨酯磁性复合微球的制备和表征

通过BaFe12O19硅烷偶联剂改性,聚乙二醇1000、甲苯二异氰酸酯在二甲苯溶液中预聚合,预聚物溶液在分散剂聚乙烯吡咯烷酮K30的水溶液中悬浮聚合,三步合成了BaFe12O19/聚氨酯复合微球.用扫描电镜、红外光谱仪、热重-差示扫描同步热分析仪和振动样品磁强计对微球的形貌、结构、玻璃化温度(Tg)和磁性能进行了表征.结果表明:合成的微球以BaFe12O19颗粒为核聚氨酯为壳.表面分布有微孔,微球粒径在400μm左右,粒径大小可通过控制反应条件调节.微球中磁性物质BaFe12O19的含量为11.11%(质量分数),Tg在290 ℃左右,耐热性能好,微球的饱和磁化强度为3.36×103 A/m,矫顽力为3.06×104 A/m.该复合微球是一种有潜在应用价值的新型血管内栓塞材料.     

An alternate quantum adiabatic evolution for the Deutsch–Jozsa problem

Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm has been implemented via quantum adiabatic evolutions by Das et al. (Phys Rev A 65:062310, 2002) and Wei et al. (Phys Lett A 354:271, 2006). In the latter literature, the authors have shown a modified version of the adiabatic evolution which can improve the performance of the algorithm of S. Das et al’s to constant time. In this paper, we also improve the algorithm of S. Das et al’s in a constant time but by using a different construction of adiabatic evolution, i.e., adding ancillary qubits. The algorithm in this paper provides an alternative option to potential users.     

Optimality of partial adiabatic search and its circuit model

In this paper, we first uncover a fact that a partial adiabatic quantum search with \(O(\sqrt{N/M})\) time complexity is in fact optimal, in which \(N\) is the total number of elements in an unstructured database, and \(M\) ( \(M\ge 1\) ) of them are the marked ones(one) \((N\gg M)\) . We then discuss how to implement a partial adiabatic search algorithm on the quantum circuit model. From the implementing procedure on the circuit model, we can find out that the approximating steps needed are always in the same order of the time complexity of the adiabatic algorithm.     

一步法硅烷接枝交联改性聚丙烯的研究

采用反应挤出法一步实现聚丙烯（PP）的硅烷接枝和交联改性，制备出了具有部分交联结构的高熔体强度PP。通过改性前后红外光谱、熔体流动性能、凝胶含量、结晶行为、力学性能和发泡性能的变化考察了改性对材料性能的影响。结果表明，一步法改性后PP大分子中引入了硅烷接枝交联结构，使熔体强度、熔体黏度提高，熔体流动速率显著降低，并且体系中出现了高达48％的凝胶；交联结构的引入使PP的结晶速率减缓；改性后材料的力学性能有所提高，而发泡性能大大改善，可以获得高质量的泡沫塑料。     

新媒体时代新闻众筹在中国的发展与对策

新闻众筹作为一种在全球范围内方兴未艾的众筹类型,在中国刚刚崭露头角.本文介绍了新闻众筹的概念及影响,提出了新闻众筹的发展瓶颈,最后针对新闻众筹的持续性发展提出了建议.     

水性聚氨酯/丙烯酸酯复合乳液的合成及其性能研究

通过自由基乳液聚合,合成具有核壳结构的水性聚氨酯/丙烯酸酯复合乳液(PUA)。用IR、DSC和TEM对产物结构进行了表征,证明水性聚氨酯(PU)与丙烯酸酯单体在实验条件下发生了共聚反应;考察了PVA乳液及其胶膜耐热性和耐溶剂性。结果表明具有核壳结构的PUA乳液的各项性能均比水性聚氨酯有明显提高。     

微分进化算法整数编码策略实现研究

微分进化算法（DE）是模仿生物进化“优胜劣汰、适者生存”的一种随机优化算法,具有简单、快速、鲁棒性好等特点,已经得到广泛应用.通过运用微分进化算法的整数编码方法,在整数空间中求解,并在实数空间中计算解的适应度.使用测试函数对程序进行测试,证明了整数编码解对空间个体中寻优的快速性、准确性.