基于荧光卟啉传感器阵列系统的肺癌标志物检测研究

针对肺癌呼出挥发性有机气体（VOCs）中的特定标志物,提出了一种新型的基于荧光卟啉传感器阵列检测系统,并对4种肺癌呼出标志物进行检测研究。通过小波分析等数学工具对测得的荧光光谱数据进行特征提取,然后采用层次聚类、主成分分析等统计学方法对特征向量进行分析。不同体积分数的各类标志物在聚类分析中能够完全正确的聚到一起。通过主成分分析得到的前3个主成分包含了标志物的88%的信息,便能对不同类别的标志物进行识别。研究表明：该荧光卟啉传感器阵列系统能够快速有效地对不同肺癌标志物进行识别,有望在临床中得到应用。     

3D多尺度深度卷积神经网络肺结节检测

目的 肺结节是肺癌的早期存在形式。低剂量CT（computed tomogragphy）扫描作为肺癌筛查的重要检查手段,已经大规模应用于健康体检,但巨大的CT数据带来了大量工作,随着人工智能技术的快速发展,基于深度学习的计算机辅助肺结节检测引起了关注。由于肺结节尺寸差别较大,在多个尺度上表示特征对结节检测任务至关重要。针对结节尺寸差别较大导致的结节检测困难问题,提出一种基于深度卷积神经网络的胸部CT序列图像3D多尺度肺结节检测方法。方法 包括两阶段：1）尽可能提高敏感度的结节初检网络;2）尽可能减少假阳性结节数量的假阳性降低网络。在结节初检网络中,以组合了压缩激励单元的Res2Net网络为骨干结构,使同一层卷积具有多种感受野,提取肺结节的多尺度特征信息,并使用引入了上下文增强模块和空间注意力模块的区域推荐网络结构,确定候选区域;在由Res2Net网络模块和压缩激励单元组成的假阳性降低网络中对候选结节进一步分类,以降低假阳性,获得最终结果。结果 在公共数据集LUNA16（lung nodule analysis 16）上进行实验,实验结果表明,对于结节初检网络阶段,当平均每例假阳性个数为22时,敏感度可达到0.983,相比基准ResNet + FPN（feature pyramid network）方法,平均敏感度和最高敏感度分别提高了2.6%和0.8%;对于整个3D多尺度肺结节检测网络,当平均每例假阳性个数为1时,敏感度为0.924。结论 与现有主流方案相比,该检测方法不但提高了肺结节检测的敏感度,还有效地控制了假阳性,取得了更优的性能。     

基于双注意力3D-UNet的肺结节分割网络模型

为提高计算机辅助诊断系统对大尺寸肺结节分割的完整度以及小尺寸肺结节的分割精度,构建双注意力3D-UNet肺结节分割网络模型。将传统3D-UNet网络中的上采样操作替换为DUpsampling结构,通过最小化特征图的像素点与被压缩标签图像之间的损失,得到更具表达能力的特征图,进而提高网络收敛速度。在此基础上,融入空间注意力模块和通道注意力模块,使单通道与多通道中相似的特征彼此相关,增加特征图的全局相关性以提高分割结果的精度。实验结果表明,与3D-UNet等方法相比,该模型有效提高了肺结节分割的准确率,在公共数据集LIDC-IDRI上的MIoU分数达到89.4%。     

人工肺-嗅觉系统集成与混合气体识别方法

针对仿人机器人的嗅觉及多种混合气体识别问题,提出一种人工肺-嗅觉系统(HALOS-I)及基于主动呼吸的气体识别方法.该系统硬件主要集成了微型真空泵、酒精/硫化氢/氨气/烟雾/甲烷5种气体传感器、单片机以及信号采集与处理电路;分别用K-均值聚类分析法、遗传算法结合神经网络(GA+BP)、三级级联神经网络(GA+3BP)进行了5种单一气体及4种混合气体的识别实验,结果表明:GA+BP算法仅对5种单一气体识别率达到90%以上,加入混合气体后识别率较低;GA+3BP算法除对硫化氢和烟雾的混合气体识别率为70%以外,对其余8种气体识别率均在90%以上,表明GA与多级级联BP神经网络相结合方法对多种单一及混合气体具有较高的识别率.     

Observations of nodule growth during the oxidation of pure binary iron-aluminum alloys

Oxidation studies were carried out in oxygen at 800°C, on a series of pure binary iron-based alloys with between 1.9 and 9.8 wt. % aluminum. The results are presented in conjunction with the existing literature and these permit the development of a classification of scale morphologies based on alloy composition. Alloys with less than about 2.4 wt. % aluminum form bulky stratified scales composed of Fe₂O₃ and Fe₃O₄ with FeAl₂O₄ and Al₂O₃ at the scale-metal interface. Alloys with between 2.4 and 6.9 wt. % form an external Al₂O₃ scale but this is interspersed with iron oxide nodules that penetrate the alloy substrate. Only alloys with greater than 6.9 wt. % aluminum form completely protective Al₂O₃ scales. Models based on oxide nucleation are presented for the growth of bulky scales and also the iron oxide nodules.     

球铁塑性变形中石墨球变形行为的观察与分析

用光镜和电镜对球铁不同变形条件下石墨球的变形形貌进行观察和分析,揭示了石墨球的变形行为和影响因素。     

CT图像肺结节计算机辅助检测与诊断技术研究综述

肺结节计算机辅助诊断（Comput er-aided diagnosis,CAD）能够从CT图像中检测、分割和诊断肺结节,提高早期肺癌的生存率,因而具有重要临床意义。由于肺结节的形态根据其类型、尺寸、位置、内部结构及恶性与否等动态变化,导致肺结节检测和诊断已经成为一个重大的挑战问题。本文对比分析了CAD系统中肺实质分割、肺结节检测、肺结节分割以及肺结节良恶性判断等4个步骤所运用的关键技术及挑战,并指出开发有效CAD系统需要进一步优化不同类型结节诊断算法灵敏度、降低结节检测误报数量、提高诊断自动化水平,同时需要集成影像存储与通信系统（Picture archiving and communication systems, PACS）以及电子病历系统（Electronic medical record systems, EMRS）,以便在日常临床实践中应用。     

Spatial and functional relationships between air conduits and blood capillaries in the pulmonary gas exchange tissue of adult and developing chickens

The documented data regarding the three-dimensional structure of the air capillaries (ACs), the ultimate sites of gas exchange in the avian lung is contradictory. Further, the mode of gas exchange, described as cross-current has not been clearly elucidated. We studied the temporal and spatial arrangement of the terminal air conduits of the chicken lung and their relationship with the blood capillaries (BCs) in embryos as well as the definitive architecture in adults. Several visualization techniques that included corrosion casting, light microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy were used. Two to six infundibulae extend from each atrium and give rise to numerous ACs that spread centrifugally. Majority of the ACs are tubular structures that give off branches, which anastomose with their neighboring cognates. Some ACs have globular shapes and a few are blind-ending tapering tubes. During inauguration, the luminal aspects of the ACs are characterized by numerous microvillus-like microplicae, which are formed during the complex processes of cell attenuation and canalization of the ACs. The parabronchial exchange BCs, initially inaugurated as disorganized meshworks, are reoriented via pillar formation to lie predominantly orthogonal to the long axes of the ACs. The remodeling of the retiform meshworks by intussusceptive angiogenesis essentially accomplishes a cross-current system at the gas exchange interface in the adults, where BCs form ring-like patterns around the ACs, thus establishing a cross-current system. Our findings clarify the mode of gas exchange in the parabronchial mantle and illuminate the basis for the functional efficiency of the avian lung.     

Construction of human monoclonal single-chain Fv antibodies against small-cell lung cancer by phage display libraries derived from cell-immunized SCID mice engrafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes

In this study, we describe a phage display strategy to obtain human monoclonal single-chain Fv (scFv) antibodies binding target cancer cell surface proteins. By developing a cancer cell immunization protocol for SCID mice engrafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes in combination with an antibody phage display method, we have isolated phage antibodies binding small-cell lung cancer cell line H889 by subtractive selection. One of the isolated scFv antibodies, 12EAb, recognized the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC-E2) by immunoprecipitation according to MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Furthermore, we have confirmed the plasma membrane localization of PDC-E2 in small-cell lung cancer cells by immunocytochemistry and cell surface protein biotinylation, although PDC-E2 is usually located in the mitochondrial matrix. These results, including unique localization of identified antigens, were obtained by proteomic approaches. The present methods can be applied to generate human monoclonal scFv antibodies against tumor cells and to identify new molecular targets for immunotherapy and markers for diagnosis.     

Development and spatial organization of the air conduits in the lung of the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus

We employed macroscopic and ultrastructural techniques as well as intratracheal casting methods to investigate the pattern of development, categories, and arrangement of the air conduits in the chicken lung. The secondary bronchi included four medioventral (MVSB), 7-10 laterodorsal (LDSB), 1-3 lateroventral (LVSB), several sacobronchi, and 20-60 posterior secondary bronchi (POSB). The latter category has not been described before and is best discerned from the internal aspect of the mesobronchus. The secondary bronchi emerged directly from the mesobronchus, except for the sacobronchi, which sprouted from the air sacs. Parabronchi from the first MVSB coursed craniodorsally and inosculated their cognates from the first two LDSB. The parabronchi from the rest of the LDSB curved dorsomedially to join those from the rest of the MVSB at the dorsal border. Sprouting, migration, and anastomoses of the paleopulmonic parabronchi resulted in two groups of these air conduits; a cranial group oriented rostrocaudally and a dorsal group oriented dorsoventrally. The neopulmonic parabronchial network formed through profuse branching and anastomoses and occupied the ventrocaudal quarter of the lung. There were no differences in the number of secondary bronchi between the left and right lungs. Notably, a combination of several visualization techniques is requisite to adequately identify and enumerate all the categories of secondary bronchi present. The 3D arrangement of the air conduits ensures a sophisticated system, suitable for efficient gas exchange. Microsc. Res. Tech., 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.