Automated human frontal lobe identification in MR images based on fuzzy-logic encoded expert anatomic knowledge

Identification of human brain structures in MR images comprises an area of increasing interest, which also presents numerous methodological challenges. Here we describe a new knowledge-based automated method designed to identify several major brain sulci and then to define the frontal lobes by using the identified sulci as landmarks. To identify brain sulci, sulcal images were generated by morphologic operations and then separated into different components based on connectivity analysis. Subsequently, the individual anatomic features were evaluated by using fuzzy membership functions. The crisp decisions, i.e., the identification of sulci, were made by taking the maximum of the summation of all the membership functions. The identification was designed in a hierarchical order. The longitudinal fissure was extracted first. The left and right central sulci were then identified based on the left and right hemispheres. Next, the lateral sulci were identified based on the central sulci and hemispheres. Finally, the left and right frontal lobes were defined from the two hemispheres. The method was evaluated by visual inspection, comparison with manual segmentation, and comparison with manually volumetric results in references. The average Jaccard similarities of left and right frontal lobes between the automated and manual segmentation were 0.89 and 0.91, respectively. The average Kappa indices of left and right frontal lobes between the automated and manual segmentation were 0.94 and 0.95, respectively. These results show relatively high accuracy of using this novel method for human frontal lobe identification and segmentation.     

Particles’ Tunneling in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes with Dark Matter

Applying the Hamilton-Jacobi method, we investigate particles’ tunneling behavior in a spherically symmetric spacetime with dark matter. The tunneling rate and Hawking temperature at the event horizon are obtained. The result shows that the dark matter parameter β has an important influence on the Hawking temperature and the tunneling rate.     

Monodisperse polystyrene microspheres prepared by dispersion polymerization with microwave irradiation

Monodisperse polystyrene microspheres with diameters of 200–500 nm were prepared by dispersion polymerization with microwave irradiation with poly(N‐vinylpyrrolidone) as a steric stabilizer and 2,2′‐azobisisobutyronitrile as a radical initiator in an ethanol/water medium. The morphology, size, and size distribution of the polystyrene microspheres were characterized with transmission electron microscopy and photon correlation spectroscopy, and the formed films of the polystyrene dispersions were characterized with atomic force microscopy. The effects of the monomer concentration, stabilizer concentration, and initiator concentration on the size and size distribution of the polystyrene microspheres were investigated. The polystyrene microspheres prepared by dispersion polymerization with microwave irradiation were smaller, more uniform, and steadier than those obtained with conventional heating. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 2368‐2376, 2005     

磁共振现代射频脉冲理论在非均匀场成像中的应用

在磁共振非均匀场成像中，传统的射频脉冲导致回波信号的衰减.为了减小和消除这种磁共振信号的衰减，在讨论了经典理论的基础上根据非线性动力学中的逆散射理论和Shinnar-Le Roux方法导出了用于非均匀场成像的射频脉冲设计方法.模拟结果表明，采用逆散射理论和Shinnar-Le Roux方法优化的脉冲序列可以明显提高信号的信噪比. 关键词： 磁共振成像 射频脉冲 非线性系统     

VALUE-AT-RISK的核估计理论

如何根据历史数据估计Value-at-Risk（VaR）;是风险分析与管理中一个重要的基本问题.木文基于非参数核估计方法,通过拟合实际数据过程的分布,构造了VaR的估计.在合适的相依数据条件下,证明了该估计量的渐近正态性,并给出了渐近方差的估计.由此表明:本文所构造的估计量不仅比参数模型具有更广泛的适应性,而且如同参数模型具有n~（-1/2）的收敛速度.本文假设的数据过程避免使用混合性,可很好地适用于金融管理中广泛应用的ARMA与GARCH模型族及非线性模型.     

22Na(p,γ)23Mg反应的实验研究

讨论了目前有关²²Na(p,γ)²³Mg反应的实验研究工作,结合兰州放射性束流线上的放射性束流²³Al的β⁺延发质子衰变实验的测量结果,给出了²³Al延发衰变的质子能谱,并比较了近期实验给出的相关能级的自旋、宇称值,正是由于这种自旋、宇称和能级部分宽度的不确定性,导致了反应率计算的不确定性.计算了同位旋相似态的共振强度.对于测量到的新的延发衰变能级E_d=8.916MeV,由于没有相应的能级宽度值,实验仅给出其相对共振强度值.     

Two New Norditerpenoid Alkaloids from Delphinium Souliei

DelphiniumsoulieiFranch,distributedintheSouthwestofGansuProvince,WestofSichuanProvince,andtheQinghaiProvinceofChina,isreportedtopossessantipyretic,antitoxic,antidysenteric,andantidiarrhealactivities.linthisstUdy,twonewditerpenoidalkaloidswereisolatedfromthewholeplantsofD.soulidi.TheirstructUreswereestablishedassoulineA(l)andsoulineB(2)onthebasisofspectraldata.SoulineA(l)wasisolatedascolorlesscrystals.Themolecularionpeakatm/z477.2678initsHREIMSrevealedthemolecularformulaC26H39NO7(cafe…     

Surface Modification of Silica Gels as Carrier for AminoacylaseImmobilization

IrnmobilisedaIninoacylaseisanotablecatalystforthekineticresolutionofN-acetyl-D,L-aIninoacidsandquitealotofresearchworkhasbeeninvolvedonaminoacylase~bilisationswithitscarriers.lTheauthorshaverePortedthattheaIninosilicagelspreparedbyanlinProvedmethodwereeffechveforchymotryPsininunobilisahon,'l'butitwasnotproperforaIninoacylasetriobilisahon.InordertodevelopasahsfactorysurfacesmictUreofsilicagelsforaIninoacylasetriobilisation,tWokindsofreactivegrouPs,theN,N-diethylaIninogrouPandthehydroxygr…     

Photonic band structures of two-dimensional photonic crystals with deformed lattices

Using the plane-wave expansion method, we have calculated and analysed the changes of photonic band structures arising from two kinds of deformed lattices, including the stretching and shrinking of lattices. The square lattice with square air holes and the triangular lattice with circular air holes are both studied. Calculated results show that the change of lattice size in some special ranges can enlarge the band gap, which depends strongly on the filling factor of air holes in photonic crystals; and besides, the asymmetric band edges will appear with the broken symmetry of lattices.     

近垒能区6Li+208Pb熔合激发函数测量

测量了6Li+208Pb熔合反应近垒能区全熔合截面,并与考虑非弹道耦合和不考虑耦合的CCFUS程序计算做了比较. 结果表明在垒上能区,破裂使熔合截面减小,在垒下能区,破裂对熔合截面的影响基本上可以忽略.