Modified transform-based gamma correction for MRI tumor image denoising and segmentation by optimized histon-based elephant herding algorithm

Medical image processing is typically performed to diagnose a patient's brain tumor prior to surgery. In this study, a technique in denoising and segmentation was developed to improve medical image processing. The proposed approach employs multiple modules. In the first module, the noisy brain tumor image is transformed into multiple low- and high-pass tetrolet coefficients. In the second module, multiple low-pass tetrolet coefficients are applied through a modified transform-based gamma correction method. Generalized cross-validation is used on multiple high-pass tetrolet coefficients to obtain the best threshold value. In the third module, all enhanced coefficients are applied to the partial differential equation method. In the final module, the denoised image is applied to Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy set histon-based fuzzy clustering method with centroid optimization using an elephant herding method. Accordingly, the tumor part is segmented from the nontumor part in the magnetic resonance imaging brain images. The method was assessed in terms of peak signal-to-noise ratio, mean square error, specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy. The experimental results showed that the suggested method is superior to traditional methods.     

A hybrid material-point spheropolygon-element method for solid and granular material interaction

Capturing the interaction between objects that have an extreme difference in Young's modulus or geometrical scale is a highly challenging topic for numerical simulation. One of the fundamental questions is how to build an accurate multiscale method with optimal computational efficiency. In this work, we develop a material-point-spheropolygon discrete element method (MPM-SDEM). Our approach fully couples the material point method (MPM) and the spheropolygon discrete element method (SDEM) through the exchange of contact force information. It combines the advantage of MPM for accurately simulating elastoplastic continuum materials and the high efficiency of DEM for calculating the Newtonian dynamics of discrete near-rigid objects. The MPM-SDEM framework is demonstrated with an explicit time integration scheme. Its accuracy and efficiency are further analyzed against the analytical and experimental data. Results demonstrate this method could accurately capture the contact force and momentum exchange between materials while maintaining favorable computational stability and efficiency. Our framework exhibits great potential in the analysis of multi-scale, multi-physics phenomena.     

匹配机械弹性车轮的电子稳定控制器参数分析

为了提高匹配机械弹性车轮(MEW)的某越野车操纵稳定性，考虑MEW与传统子午线轮胎侧偏特性存在的不确定性摄动，基于Lyapunov稳定性理论为电子稳定控制(ESC)程序设计了鲁棒反馈控制器；引入轮胎侧偏刚度不确定性的范数有界模型，运用Schur补引理和线性矩阵不等式(LMI)求解反馈矩阵。设定不同的车速和路面附着系数，通过搭建CarSim/Simulink联合仿真平台对控制器展开鱼钩试验，仿真结果表明，匹配MEW的ESC控制器能够保证车辆行驶的稳定性，横摆角速度与质心侧偏角跟踪误差分别稳定在0.03~0.3 rad/s与0.06~0.1 rad之内，并且设计的控制算法对MEW在05倍普通充气车轮侧偏刚度变化范围内具有很好的鲁棒性，从而为匹配MEW的整车主动安全控制提供了理论参考。     

分时电价下多目标绿色可重入混合流水车间调度

针对多目标绿色可重入混合流水车间调度问题（RHFSP）的特点，在机器分配和工序排序的基础上引入分时电价机制，构建了以最小化最大完工时间、总能耗成本和碳排放为目标的绿色调度优化模型，提出了一种改进的多目标文化基因算法（MOMA）来求解该问题，通过数值实验验证了所设计的MOMA算法的可行性。实验结果表明MOMA算法在非劣解的收敛性、多样性和支配性指标方面都显著优于多目标蚁狮优化算法(MOALO)、多目标粒子群优化算法（MOPSO）和带精英策略的非支配排序遗传算法（NSGA-Ⅱ），四种算法的分布性指标无显著差异。所提出的模型能够使企业有效避开高电价时段作业，合理转移用电负荷，达到降低总用电成本和碳排放的目的。     

Sparse decomposition method based on time–frequency spectrum segmentation for fault signals in rotating machinery

The impulse signal in large rotating machinery with damage fault is sparse, weak, coupled, and even nonperiodic in intermittent operation. To extract this complex signal is a key topic in machinery fault diagnosis. Sparse decomposition (SD) has excellent adaptability in describing arbitrary complex signals based on over-complete dictionary. However, the pursuit speed of best atom is a serious drawback. To alleviate this, a method of sparse decomposition based on time–frequency spectrum segmentation (SD-TFSS) is introduced. Generalized S transform (GST) provides the capability to show the distribution of vibration signals, but the resolution is susceptible to noise, multiresolution generalized S-transform (MGST) is developed to generate multiresolution time–frequency spectrums. Then, spectrums fusion with an appropriate threshold is adopted to acquire multiresolution binary spectrums and produce an optimal binary spectrum. From this optimal binary spectrum, all the connectivity areas are extracted and marked by spectrum segmentation. Thus, an optimal library can be constructed by selecting the optimal atoms of every connectivity area, and the signal can be expressed with this library. We conduct simulations and experiments demonstrating that the proposed method performs well with lower pursuit complexity, higher decomposition efficiency, and better approximation precision.     

Perceptual quality assessment for multimodal medical image fusion

Recent years have witnessed that the multimodal medical image fusion (MMIF) plays critical roles in clinical diagnostics and treatment. Many MMIF algorithms have been proposed to improve the MMIF images quality. The quality of multimodal medical fused images will significantly affect the results of the clinical diagnosis. However, little work has been designed to evaluate the effectiveness of MMIF algorithms and the quality of MMIF images. To this end, this paper presents a perceptual quality assessment method for MMIF. A MMIF image database (MMIFID) is first built to employ the classical MMIF algorithms, and the subjective experiment is conducted to assess the quality of each fused image. Then, a no-reference objective method is proposed for the perceptual quality evaluation of MMIF images,which uses Pulse Coupled Neural Network (PCNN) in Non-subsampled Contourlet Transform (NSCT). A fused image is decomposed by NSCT into low frequency sub-band (LFS) and high frequency sub-band (HFS). It is used to motivate the PCNN processing, and large firing times are employed to measure LFS and HFS. Finally, two components evaluation results are combined to obtain the overall objective quality score. Experimental results based on the MMIFID indicate that our presented method outperforms the existing image fusion quality evaluation metrics, and it provides a satisfactory correlation with subjective scores, which shows effectiveness in the quality assessment of medical fused images.     

基于小波时频图和卷积神经网络的断路器故障诊断分析

高压断路器操动机构振动信号为非平稳性信号,蕴含着丰富的操动机构工作状态的信息,对操动机构工作状态的检验辨识具有重大意义。提出一种基于小波时频图和卷积神经网络的断路器故障诊断方法。对操动机构振动信号进行连续小波变换生成时频图(CWT),并对时频图进行统一压缩预处理;将预处理后的时频图作为特征图输入卷积神经网络AlexNet模型;通过对网络参数的调整,逐步改进网络模型,有监督地实现对操动机构故障状态的辨识诊断。结果表明,该方法能够有效地运用于断路器操动机构故障辨识诊断,与小波频带能量-RBF、小波频带能量-SVM的故障识别相比,故障识别准确率最高。     

基于十字形阵列和2D-MUSIC算法的Lamb波检测

采用由压电传感器组成的十字形阵列进行Lamb波信号的激励和接收，提出一种二维多重信号分类（2D-MUSIC）方法对铝板中的缺陷进行定位检测。选用合适的频率激励产生单一模态信号，可避免多模态的影响，降低Lamb波的频散；利用2D-MUSIC算法对接收信号进行分段处理，并结合反射信号和二维导向矢量对铝板中的缺陷进行定位。结果表明，提出的2D-MUSIC算法对铝板中的缺陷定位比传统MUSIC算法更精准。