Non-Gaussian water diffusion kurtosis imaging of prostate cancer

Purpose

To evaluate the non-Gaussian water diffusion properties of prostate cancer (PCa) and determine the diagnostic performance of diffusion kurtosis (DK) imaging for distinguishing PCa from benign tissues within the peripheral zone (PZ), and assessing tumor lesions with different Gleason scores.

Materials and Methods

Nineteen patients who underwent diffusion weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging using multiple b-values and were pathologically confirmed with PCa were enrolled in this study. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was derived using a monoexponential model, while diffusion coefficient (D) and kurtosis (K) were determined using a DK model. Differences between the ADC, D and K values of benign PZ and PCa, as well as those of tumor lesions with Gleason scores of 6, 7 and ≥ 8 were assessed. Correlations between parameters D and K in PCa were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. ADC, D and K values were correlated with Gleason scores of 6, 7 and ≥ 8, respectively.

Results

ADC and D values were significantly (p < 0.001) lower in PCa (0.79 ± 0.14 μm²/ms and 1.56 ± 0.23 μm²/ms, respectively) compared to benign PZ (1.23 ± 0.19 μm²/ms and 2.54 ± 0.24 μm²/ms, respectively). K values were significantly (p < 0.001) greater in PCa (0.96 ± 0.20) compared to benign PZ (0.59 ± 0.08). D and K showed fewer overlapping values between benign PZ and PCa compared to ADC. There was a strong negative correlation between D and K values in PCa (Pearson correlation coefficient r = − 0.729; p < 0.001). ADC and K values differed significantly in tumor lesions with Gleason scores of 6, 7 and ≥ 8 (p < 0.001 and p = 0.001, respectively), although no significant difference was detected for D values (p = 0.325). Significant correlations were found between the ADC value and Gleason score (r = − 0.828; p < 0.001), as well as the K value and Gleason score (r = 0.729; p < 0.001).

Conclusion

DK model may add value in PCa detection and diagnosis. K potentially offers a new metric for assessment of PCa.     

The Constrained Solutions of Two Matrix Equations

We study the symmetric positive semidefinite solution of the matrix equation AX ₁ A ^T + BX ₂ B ^T = C, where A is a given real m×n matrix, B is a given real m×p matrix, and C is a given real m×m matric, with m, n, p positive integers; and the bisymmetric positive semidefinite solution of the matrix equation D ^T XD = C, where D is a given real n×m matrix, C is a given real m×m matrix, with m, n positive integers. By making use of the generalized singular value decomposition, we derive general analytic formulae, and present necessary and sufficient conditions for guaranteeing the existence of these solutions. Received December 17, 1999, Revised January 10, 2001, Accepted March 5, 2001     

复杂地理环境的图像分割及电波传播特性

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非临界相位匹配RTP晶体1.6 μm光参量振荡器

采用非临界相位匹配切割,尺寸4 mm4 mm20 mm的磷酸钛氧铷（RTP）晶体作为非线性光学晶体,进行了半导体激光端面抽运Nd:YAG/RTP的内腔式光参量振荡获得人眼安全激光的实验研究。对比了不同声光调Q重复频率下的信号光输出特性。在10.5 W的抽运功率和15 kHz的重复频率下,获得了最高900 mW的1.62 m人眼安全激光输出,光光转换效率达8.6%。1.62 m信号光和对应的1.06 m基频光的脉冲宽度分别为4.6和8.2 ns。信号光中心波长在1618 nm,谱线宽度小于0.5 nm。     

CO_2激光光栅式扫描修复熔石英表面缺陷的实验研究与数值模拟

基于熔石英材料对波长为10.6μm的CO2激光具有强吸收作用这一特点,提出采用CO2激光光栅式多次扫描修复熔石英光学元件表面密集分布的划痕和抛光点等缺陷的方法.实验结果表明,在合理的扫描参数下,元件表面的划痕和抛光点等缺陷可被充分地消除.损伤阈值测试结果表明,表面划痕和抛光点等缺陷被完全消除的元件的损伤阈值可回复到或超过基底的损伤阈值.同时结合有限元软件Ansys的模拟结果分析了CO2激光扫描修复及消除元件表面划痕和抛光点等缺陷的过程.本文为消除元件表面划痕和抛光点等缺陷提供了非常有意义的参考.     

Hollow Gaussian beam generated by beam shaping with phase-only liquid crystal spatial light modulator

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Second-order Asymptotics on Distributions of Maxima of Bivariate Elliptical Arrays

Let {(ξni, ηni), 1 ≤ i ≤ n, n ≥ 1} be a triangular array of independent bivariate elliptical random vectors with the same distribution function as(S_1, ρ_n S_1 +(1-ρ_n~2S_2)~(1/2)), ρn∈(0, 1), where(S1, S2) is a bivariate spherical random vector. For the distribution function of radius (S_1~2+ S_2~2)~(1/2) belonging to the max-domain of attraction of the Weibull distribution, the limiting distribution of maximum of this triangular array is known as the convergence rate of ρn to 1 is given. In this paper,under the refinement of the rate of convergence of ρn to 1 and the second-order regular variation of the distributional tail of radius, precise second-order distributional expansions of the normalized maxima of bivariate elliptical triangular arrays are established.     

Resolution and sensitivity enhancements in strong grating based fiber Fabry–Perot interferometric sensor system utilizing multiple reflection beams

We investigate an asymmetric intensive fiber Bragg grating (FBG) defined Fabry–Perot (F–P) sensor system decoded by a multiple-path-matched Michelson interferometer. The interrogation of higher order reflection beams cannot only solve the problem of the degraded resolution induced by the spectral mismatch of the FBGs, but also amplify the effect of the fiber strain on the phase of the light. We demonstrate multiple reflection beams in the F–P cavity based on the concept of the FBG effective length for constructing respective interrogation interferometers, and present a cost function with optimized system parameters to improve noise properties. The performances of interrogating the second, third and fourth order reflection beams are compared in a strain sensing experiment arrangement. Under the condition of the same optical path length mismatch, the interrogation of the fourth order reflection beam can achieve 9.8 dB sensitivity enhancement and 3 dB resolution promotion compared with the result using the second order reflection beam.     

InGaZnO薄膜晶体管泄漏电流模型

研究了非晶氧化锌镓铟薄膜晶体管(amorphous InGaZnO thin-film transistor,InGaZnO TFT)的泄漏电流模型.基于Poole-Frenkel热发射效应和热离子场致发射效应的泄漏电流产生机制,分别得到了高电场和低电场条件下的载流子产生-复合率.在此基础上推导得到了InGaZnO TFT的分段式泄漏电流-电压数学模型,并利用平滑函数得到了关断区和亚阈区连续统一的泄漏电流模型.所提出的泄漏电流模型的计算值和TCAD模拟值与实验结果较为吻合.利用所提出的InGaZnO TFT泄漏电流模型和TCAD模拟,讨论了InGaZnO TFT不同的沟道宽度、沟道长度和栅介质层厚度对泄漏电流值的影响.研究结果对InGaZnO TFT集成传感电路的设计具有一定参考价值.     

Synthesis and Raman analysis of 1D-ZnO nanostructure via vapor phase growth

1D-nanostructural zinc oxide (ZnO) with different shapes have been synthesized on p-type Si(1 0 0) and glass substrates via vapor phase growth by heating pure zinc powder at temperatures between 480 and 570 °C. The different ZnO nanostructures depend on the substrates and the growth temperatures. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction revealed that a well-aligned nanowires array, which are vertical to the substrate of Si(1 0 0) with 18 sides on their heads, but six sides on their stems, has been formed at 480 °C. Raman study on the ZnO nanostructures shows that the coupling strength between electron and phonon determined by the ratio of the second- to the first-order Raman scattering cross-sections declines with decreasing diameter of the nanowires. However, a little changes of the coupling strength in terms of the width of the nanobelts have been observed.