Automatic breast tumor detection in ABVS images based on convolutional neural network and superpixel patterns

Breast cancer is one of the most common female malignancies, as well as the second leading cause of mortality for women. Early detection and treatment can dramatically decrease the mortality rate. Recently, automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) has become one of the most frequently used diagnose methods for breast tumor screening because of its operator-independent and reproducible advantages. However, it is a challenging job to obtain the tumors’ accurate locations and shapes by reviewing hundreds of ABVS slices. In this paper, a novel computer-aided detection (CADe) system is developed to reduce clinicians’ reading time and improve the efficiency. The CADe system mainly contains three parts: tumor candidate acquisition, false-positive reduction and tumor segmentation. Firstly, a local phase-based approach is built to obtain breast tumor candidates for further recognition. Subsequently, a convolutional neural network (CNN) is applied to reduce false positives (FPs). The introduction of CNN can help to avoid complicated feature extraction as well as elevate the accuracy and efficiency. Finally, superpixel-based segmentation is used to outline the breast tumor. Here, superpixel-based local binary pattern (SLBP) is proposed to assist the segmentation, which improves the performance. The methods were evaluated on a clinical ABVS dataset whose abnormal cases were manually labeled by an experienced radiologist. The experiment results were mainly composed of two parts. At the FP reduction stage, the proposed CNN achieved 100% and 78.12% sensitivity with FPs/case of 2.16 and 0. At the segmentation stage, our SLBP obtained 82.34% true positive, 15.79% false positive and 83.59% Dice similarity. In summary, the proposed CADe system demonstrated promising potential to detect and outline breast tumors in ABVS images.

     

Comparative studies on thermal and toughness properties of polybenzoxazine composites with two functionalized graphene oxides

Abstract

Graphene oxide (GO) was functionalized by polyether amine (PEA) via two methods which were one-pot modification in acetone (GON) and two steps with the intermediate product of GOCO-Cl generated (GONS). There were more PEA successfully grafted onto GO for GONS than GON. The onset polymerization temperatures of the benzoxazine (Bz) composites decreased by the inclusion of 1?wt% of GO, GON or GONS. Thermal stability of the polybenzoxazine (PBz) composites was significantly improved indicated from the increase of weight loss temperature. T₁₀, T₂₀ and T₅₀ values of the composites with GONS were higher than that of the others. Toughness of PBzs may be enhanced by the incorporation of nanofillers, and GONS had stronger interfacial interaction with PBz matrix than GON.     

Anchoring single Pt atoms on hollow Ag3VO4 spheres for improved activity towards photocatalytic H2 evolution reaction

The high cost of noble metal catalysts has been a great bottleneck for the catalyst industry. Using the noble metal at a single-atom level for catalytic applications could dramatically decrease the cost. The impacts of single Pt atoms on the photocatalytic performance of Ag₃VO₄ have been investigated and reported. In this report, single Pt atoms were anchored on the surface of Ag₃VO₄ (AVO) as a cocatalyst, and the resultant composite photocatalyst has been studied for photocatalytic H₂ production from water driven by visible light. The as-prepared AVO particles are hollow nanospheres in the monoclinic phase with a bandgap of 2.20 eV. The light absorption edge of AVO/Pt is slightly red-shifted compared to that of the pristine AVO, indicating more visible light absorption of AVO/Pt. The XPS peaks of Ag, V, and Pt exhibit a significant shift after AVO and Pt get into contact, suggesting the strong interaction between the surface Ag and V atoms, and single Pt atoms. After 3-h illumination, the photocatalytic H₂ evolution amount from AVO/Pt is improved up to 1400 μmol, which is 2.8 times that on the bare AVO. Such efficient photocatalytic H₂ evolution on AVO/Pt is still maintained after five reaction cycles. The better photocatalytic performance of AVO/Pt has been attributed to the more efficient visible light utilization and the lower interfacial charge transfer resistance, as demonstrated in the DRS and EIS spectra. The presence of the surface Pt atoms also leads to a higher amount of reactive radicals, which could efficiently promote the surface redox reactions.     

Flame Front Deformation Instabilities of Filtration Combustion for Initial Thermal Perturbation

The flame front deformation instability of low-velocity filtration combustion within an inert packed bed is studied based on the initial preheating non-uniformity. Based on the experimental phenomena, an initial thermal perturbation model is numerically proposed so as to predict the deformation behaviors of the flame front instabilities. The numerical prediction indicates that the assumption of an initial thermal perturbation is a feasible explanation as the cause of the flame front inclination instability. As the initial thermal perturbation increases, the phenomena of the flame front break and shrinking instabilities could easily occur at high filtration velocity or low equivalence ratio. Moreover, the evolutions of the flame front break rate and the shrinking rate are quantitatively analyzed.     

惠州东江水利枢纽变电站优化设计

文章结合广东省惠州东江水利枢纽工程的具体情况,对110 kV变电站进行了优化设计,通过对110 kV变电站采用敞开式布置、主变与GIS同平面布置、主变与GIS采用两层布置的三种不同设备选型及布置方式的技术和经济比较,推荐采用主变与GIS同平面的布置方案.GIS的使用,不仅满足电站运行可靠、灵活及运行维护方便等要求,而且也加快了施工进度,与周围的环境融合在一起,增添了工程的亮点.     

伸缩桥板的开发与实践

本文就伸缩桥板产品的开发及生产实践中存在的问题进行了分析，挖掘了产品开发与生产转化的关系。     

溶聚丁苯橡胶连续聚合工艺

概述了溶聚丁苯橡胶连续聚合工艺的凝胶抑制技术．指出连续聚合丁艺的重点是确定合适的抑凝体系；N，N，N＇，N’-四甲基乙烯基二胺／1，2-丁二烯以及四氢呋喃／1，2-丁二烯是最常用的抑凝体系。综述了单釜连续聚合和多釜串联连续聚合工艺．对世界各大橡胶公司的连续聚合反应釜的结构进行了介绍。     

先进控制技术在重油催化裂化装置的应用

介绍了由浙江中控软件技术有限公司和镇海炼油化工股份公司(镇海炼化)共同开发的重油催化裂化装置先进控制系统,以及该系统在镇海炼化的工业应用情况.详细阐述了该控制系统的控制策略.工业实践表明,模型和控制策略的综合应用明显地改善了先进控制系统的适应性.先进控制系统的应用明显提高了装置的操作平稳率和产品质量的稳定性,提高了装置的掺渣率,经济效益显著.     

一种用于微波射频识别卡的圆极化微带天线

本文设计了一种用于微波非接触式射频识别卡的圆极化微带天线 ,采用AnsoftEnsemble7.0和Optimetrics模块分别进行仿真和优化 ,使输入、输出端口驻波比 ,左、右旋圆极化隔离度等参数满足系统性能要求。对加工的样品进行测试 ,结果显示 ,天线中心谐振频率为 5 .8GHz,左、右旋圆极化隔离度约 2 0dB ,天线有效方向角6 0° ,天线增益为 5dBi,达到实用化要求