基于小波与三维离散余弦变换的视频图像压缩

提出一维小波与三维DCT（离散余弦变换）相结合的视频图像压缩算法,可有效地改善XYZ压缩方法在高压缩比时的性能。该方法不涉及运动估计和运动补偿,复杂度低。实验结果表明,这种算法能快速、高质量地压缩视频图像。     

一种改进的二维最小交叉熵图像分割方法

针对当前二维最小交又熵阈值法存在计算复杂度高等问题,提出了一种改进的二维最小交叉熵阈值分割方法.首先,依据图像的含噪声类型选择邻域模板并建立相应的二维直方图来提高分割效果;然后,对二维最小交又熵公式进行推导和简化处理,利用定义的数组运算推导出新型递推算法,再确定图像及其邻域图像的实际灰度级别范围,并用这种新算法在所求的灰度级别范围内搜索最佳阈值向量来降低计算复杂度;最后,使用关键阈值一对滤波后的图像进行分割达到最佳的分割效果.仿真实验结果表明,与当前的二维最小交又熵阁值分割法相比,本文提出的方法不仅分割性能及抗噪性能更强,而且分割时间大大减少,小于0.05 s.     

Photoacoustic Tomography Reconstruction in a 2-D Chaotic Cavity using Time Reversal

In photoacoustic tomography, a scanning setup or an array of transducers is usually needed to record the photoacoustic signal on a closed trajectory surrounding the region of interest. Such a measurement configuration may increase the complexity or expense of the photoacoustic tomography system. In this study, a one-channel photoacoustic tomography using time reversal invariance of photoacoustics in a chaotic cavity is proposed. In no need of the scanning setup or transducer array, the method utilizes only one fixed small-size transducer to collect the photoacoustics in the cavity. The method is verified by two-dimensional numerical simulations. Moreover, the influence of noise and the diameter of the transducer are also taken into account to verify the robustness and practicality of the proposed method. The proposed method could be helpful for improving the image quality of photoacoustic tomography using a few data channels.     

基于二维EMD和小波阈值的掌纹图像去噪

为有效抑制掌纹图像中含有的噪声、提高特征提取的精度,提出一种基于二维经验模式分解和小波阈值去噪相结合的掌纹图像去噪新方法。首先,对含有噪声的掌纹图像进行二维EMD分解,得到不同特征尺度的本征模函数子图像;然后对中高频成分的IMF进行小波多阈值去噪;最后将去噪处理后的各IMF与残差图像通过加和进行重构。实验结果表明,该方法与单独的二维EMD滤波及小波阈值去噪相比,去噪效果更明显,提取的主线和细节特征更清晰,因而均方误差最小、峰值信噪比最高。     

测定三维折射率场的同轴全息层析方法

本文在离轴全息层析的基础上,提出将同轴全息与光学共焦及光电探测相结合、以光散射介质三维折射率分布为检测对象的相干层析检测方法.与离轴全息层析相比,同轴全息层析也是微分干涉分析思想的一种实现形式,其主要特点是,光路系统简单,扫描探测点的几何定位比较准确,容易达到较高的折射率测量精度.文中对同轴全息层析的测量原理、光路系统设计、实验方法以及定量分析等做了介绍.对全息层析的几个有关问题做了进一步的分析探讨.     

Damage Identification in Plate-type Structures Using 2-D Spatial Wavelet Transform and Flexibility-Based Methods

As dislocation emission is regarded as the critical point of brittle-to-ductile transition of fracture mechanism and the defects interact with domain walls motions due to their self-stress fields, the investigations on dislocation forces, especially the interaction force and the reaction between domain switching and dislocations, are the most important fundamentals of dislocation slip in the brittle-to-ductile transition and the pinning effect on domain wall motion mechanisms. In this paper, an innovative method base on the strain nucleus simulated by an assembly of four dislocations and the Green’s function integration is used to solve generalized stress field arising from domain switching. Then, the accurate expressions of the interaction forces, pinning forces and the image forces on dislocation are obtained and analyzed. At last, the lattice resistance is also discussed. The numerical results show that the dislocation emission is possible when temperature and load are proper, and the domain switching interaction force is the main driving force of dislocation slip in ferroelectric material under negative electric field load. The curve and equation of the lattice resistance correlated with temperature can also be fitted by the results of the proposed analytical method and corresponding experiments.     

A 2-D model that accounts for 3-D fringing in MEMS devices

MEMS devices such as comb drives and rotary drives are geometrically simple in that each of the components may be represented as a ‘sweep’ of a 2-D cross-section through a given height. This simplicity leads to simpler CAD requirements, geometric robustness, faster visualization, etc. Further, 3-D electrostatic simulation may be simplified to a 2-D problem over the cross-section if one neglects 3-D fringing. Such 2-D simulations provide a quick feedback to the designer on various parameters such as capacitance and electrostatic forces.However, as is well known, 3-D simulations cannot be avoided if fringing is significant, or when these devices need to be fully optimized. Such 3-D simulations unfortunately involve constructing the full 3-D geometry, volume/surface mesh, etc.In this paper, we demonstrate that one can pose and solve a 2-D problem that accounts for 3-D fringing. The proposed technique does not require the construction of the 3-D CAD model or surface/volume mesh. Instead, the 3-D electrostatics problem is collapsed to 2-D via a novel dimensional reduction method. Once the 2-D problem is solved, the full 3-D field and associated charges/forces can be recovered, as a post-processing step. The simplicity and computational efficiency of the technique lends itself well to parametric study and design optimization.     

Characterization of a Completely User-Independent Algorithm for Carotid Artery Segmentation in 2-D Ultrasound Images

The analysis of the carotid artery wall is crucial for the diagnosis of serious cardiovascular pathologies or for the assessment of a subject's cardiovascular risk. Several algorithms have been proposed for the segmentation of ultrasound carotid artery images, but almost all require a certain degree of user interaction. We recently developed a completely user-independent algorithm for the segmentation of the common-carotid-artery wall; specifically, the algorithm traces the contour of the interfaces between the lumen and the intima layer and between the media and adventitia layers. In this paper, we show the characterization of the algorithm in terms of segmentation error. Moreover, we compare the output of the algorithm with the segmentations manually traced by four experts, using the percent statistics test and testing the automatically generated segmentation against the average human segmentations. We show that our algorithm's segmentation is not statistically different from that of a trained operator and that the segmentation error is lower than 1 pixel for both the lumen-intima interface and for the media-adventitia interface.     

Sparse 2-D arrays for 3-D phased array imaging--design methods

One of the most promising techniques for limiting complexity for real-time 3-D ultrasound systems is to use sparse 2-D layouts. For a given number of channels, optimization of performance is desirable to ensure high quality volume images. To find optimal layouts, several approaches have been followed with varying success. The most promising designs proposed are Vernier arrays, but also these suffer from high peaks in the sidelobe region compared with a dense array. In this work, we propose new methods based on the principles of suppression of grating lobes to form symmetric and non-symmetric regular sparse periodic and radially periodic designs. The proposed methods extend the concept of sparse periodic layouts by exploiting either an increased number of symmetry axes or radial symmetry. We also introduce two new strategies to form designs with nonoverlapping elements. The performance of the new layouts range from the performance of Vernier arrays to almost that of dense arrays. Our designs have simplicity in construction, flexibility in the number of active elements, and the possibility of trade off sidelobe peaks against sidelobe energy.     

2-D array for 3-D ultrasound imaging using synthetic aperture techniques

A two-dimensional (2-D) array of 256 X 256 = 65,536 elements, with total area 4 X 4 = 16 cm2, serves as a flexible platform for developing acquisition schemes for 3-D rectilinear ultrasound imaging at 10 MHz using synthetic aperture techniques. This innovative system combines a simplified interconnect scheme and synthetic aperture techniques with a 2-D array for 3-D imaging. A row-column addressing scheme is used to access different elements for different transmit events. This addressing scheme is achieved through a simple interconnect, consisting of one top, one bottom single-layer, flex circuits that, compared to multilayer flex circuits, are simpler to design, cheaper to manufacture, and thinner so their effect on the acoustic response is minimized. We present three designs that prioritize different design objectives: volume acquisiton time, resolution, and sensitivity, while maintaining acceptable figures for the other design objectives. For example, one design overlooks time-acquisition requirements, assumes good noise conditions, and optimizes for resolution, achieving -6 dB and -20 dB beamwidths of less than 0.2 and 0.5 mm, respectively, for an F/2 aperture. Another design can acquire an entire volume in 256 transmit events, with -6 dB and -20 dB beamwidths in the order of 0.4 and 0.8 mm, respectively.     

Computation of 3-D Sensitivity Coefficients in Magnetic Induction Tomography Using Boundary Integral Equations and Radial Basis Functions

This paper presents a method for the numerical computation of 3-D sensitivity coefficients of a target object in magnetic induction tomography (MIT). The sensitivity coefficient at a point is defined as the dot product of electromagnetic fields produced by unit current flowing in the excitation and the detector coil. In this paper, the fields are governed by a set of boundary integral equations (BIEs). Numerical results demonstrate that the fields on the boundary and interior volume domain of the target can be accurately represented by radial basis functions (RBFs). The paper compares numerical solutions of the BIEs based on RBFs with analytical solutions and boundary element solutions.      

Automatic monitoring of element shape quality in 2-D and 3-D computational mesh dynamics

One of the major problems in fluid–structure interaction using the arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian approach lies in the area of dynamic mesh generation. For accurate fluid-dynamic computations, meshes must be generated at each time step. The fluid mesh must be regenerated in the deformed fluid domain in order to account for the displacements of the elastic body computed by the structural dynamics solver. In the elasticity-based computational dynamic mesh procedure, the fluid mesh is modeled as a pseudo-elastic solid the deformation of which is based on the displacement boundary conditions, resulting from the solution of the computational structural dynamics problem. This approach has a distinct advantage over other mesh-movement algorithms in that it is a very general, physically based approach that can be applied to both structured and unstructured meshes. The major drawback of the linear elastostatic solver is that it does not guarantee the absence of severe element distortion. This paper describes a novel mesh-movement procedure for mesh quality control of 2-D and 3-D dynamic meshes based on solving a pseudo-nonlinear elastostatic problem. An inexpensive distortion measure for different types of elements is introduced and used for controlling the element shape quality. The mesh-movement procedure is illustrated with several examples (large-displacement and free-boundary problems) that highlight its advantages in terms of performance, mesh quality, and robustness. It is believed that the resulting scheme will result in a more economical simulation of the motion of complex geometry, 3-D elastic bodies immersed in temporally and spatially evolving flows. Received 20 April 2000     

A miniaturized catheter 2-D array for real-time, 3-D intracardiac echocardiography

The design, fabrication, and characterization of a 112 channel, 5 MHz, two-dimensional (2-D) array transducer constructed on a six layer flexible polyimide interconnect circuit is described. The transducer was mounted in a 7 Fr (2.33 mm outside diameter) catheter for use in real-time intracardiac volumetric imaging. Two transducers were constructed: one with a single silver epoxy matching layer and the other without a matching layer. The center frequency and -6 dB fractional bandwidth of the transducer with a matching layer were 4.9 MHz and 31%, respectively. The 50 omega pitch-catch insertion loss was 80 dB, and the typical interelement crosstalk was -30 dB. The final element yield was greater than 97% for both transducers. The transducers were used to acquire real-time, 3-D images in an in vivo sheep model. We present in vivo images of cardiac anatomy obtained from within the coronary sinus, including the left and right atria, aorta, coronary arteries, and pulmonary veins. We also present images showing the manipulation of a separate electrophysiological catheter into the coronary sinus.     

Dimensional reduction study of piezoelectric ceramics constitutive equations from 3-D to 2-D and 1-D

Accurate performance evaluation is crucial to the design and development of macro/micro-sized piezoelectric devices, and key to this is the proper use of the stiffness/ compliance and piezoelectric coefficients of the piezoelectric ceramics involved. Although the literature points out effective piezoelectric coefficients e_31,f and d_33,f for thin film materials and reduced dimensionality of equations for bulk material, the elastic and piezoelectric coefficients remain unchanged from the 3-D equations in most reported 1-D and 2-D analyses of the macro/micro-sized devices involving the e form of the constitutive equations. The use of unchanged coefficients leads to variations between numerically predicted and experimental results in most devices. To understand effects of the dimensional reduction from 3-D to 2-D and 1-D on stiffness/compliance and piezoelectric coefficients, this paper derives the 2-D and 1-D constitutive equations from the 3-D equations, focusing on the discussion of often-required device configurations for sensor and actuator design and analysis. Two modified coefficients are proposed, termed reduced and enhanced, which enable better understanding of effects of the dimensional reduction and also effects on the design and analysis of sensors and actuators.     

COVID-19 Infected Lung Computed Tomography Segmentation and Supervised Classification Approach

The purpose of this research is the segmentation of lungs computed tomography (CT) scan for the diagnosis of COVID-19 by using machine learning methods. Our dataset contains data from patients who are prone to the epidemic. It contains three types of lungs CT images (Normal, Pneumonia, and COVID-19) collected from two different sources; the first one is the Radiology Department of Nishtar Hospital Multan and Civil Hospital Bahawalpur, Pakistan, and the second one is a publicly free available medical imaging database known as Radiopaedia. For the preprocessing, a novel fuzzy c-mean automated region-growing segmentation approach is deployed to take an automated region of interest (ROIs) and acquire 52 hybrid statistical features for each ROIs. Also, 12 optimized statistical features are selected via the chi-square feature reduction technique. For the classification, five machine learning classifiers named as deep learning J4, multilayer perceptron, support vector machine, random forest, and naive Bayes are deployed to optimize the hybrid statistical features dataset. It is observed that the deep learning J4 has promising results (sensitivity and specificity: 0.987; accuracy: 98.67%) among all the deployed classifiers. As a complementary study, a statistical work is devoted to the use of a new statistical model to fit the main datasets of COVID-19 collected in Pakistan.     

基于小波融合的电容层析成像图像重建

提出了基于小波变换的电容层析成像重建图像融合方法。首先,使用共轭梯度最小二乘法算法及Landweber迭代算法分别进行图像重建;其次,将所得重建图像进行小波分解,其近似分量按加权平均的融合规则进行处理,细节分量按绝对值最大融合规则进行处理;最后,将融合之后的数据进行小波重构,获得新的重建图像。仿真及实验结果表明,融合后的重建图像精度有所提高、图像伪影明显减少。     

3-D and 2-D Dynamic Green's functions and time-domain BIEs for piezoelectric solids

Dynamic Green's functions for linear piezoelectric solids are derived by using Radon transform. Time-harmonic and Laplace transformed dynamic Green's functions are obtained subsequently by applying the Fourier and the Laplace transform to the time-domain Green's functions. Time-domain boundary integral equation formulations are presented for transient dynamic analysis of linear piezoelectric solids. In particular, hypersingular and non-hypersingular time-domain traction BIEs are derived by two different ways. Their potential application in transient dynamic crack analysis of three-dimensional and two-dimensional piezoelectric solids is discussed.     

2-D multiplane finite element technique for solving a class of 3-D problems

A finite element technique, for efficient solution of a class of 3-D elasticity problems, is presented. In this method, standard 2-D finite elements are used along with a ‘connector’ element. An element, previously used to model material interfaces, is shown to provide the properties for use as a ‘connector’ element, if input variables are redefined. The accuracy of the technique is illustrated with a sample solution.