Medical image compression by discrete cosine transform spectralsimilarity strategy

Due to bandwidth and storage limitations, medical images must be compressed before transmission and storage. However, the compression reduces the image fidelity, especially when the images are compressed at low bit rates. The reconstructed images suffer from blocking artifacts and the image quality is severely degraded under high compression ratios. In this paper, we present a strategy to increase the compression ratio with low computational burden and excellent decoded quality. We regard the discrete cosine transform as a bandpass filter to decompose a sub-block into equal-sized bands. After a band-gathering operation, a high similarity property among the bands is found. By utilizing the similarity property, the bit rate of compression can be greatly reduced. Meanwhile, the characteristics of the original image are not sacrificed. Thus, it can avoid the misdiagnosis of diseases. Simulations were carried out on different kinds of medical images to demonstrate that the proposed method achieves better performance when compared to other existing transform coding schemes, such as JPEG, in terms of bit rate and quality. For the case of angiogram images, the peak signal-to-noise-ratio gain is 13.5 dB at the same bit rate of 0.15 bits per pixel when compared to the JPEG compression. As for the other kinds of medical images, their benefits are not so obvious as for angiogram images; however, the gains for them are still 4-8 dB at high compression ratios. Two doctors were invited to verify the decoded image quality; the diagnoses of all the test images were correct when the compression ratios were below 20     

人工神经网络概述

近年来,随着人工神经网络在信息、自动化、医学、经济等领域的广泛应用和杰出表现,使得人工神经网络又开始得到广泛关注和重新重视。基于需求,本文对人工神经网络做了简单概述。     

超塑性Y-TZP增韧陶瓷超细粉末的研究

用化学共沉淀法制备了3mol％Y_2O_3-ZrO_2超细粉末。利用热分析,x射线,透射电镜,颗粒粒度分析仪分析了粉料的相组成;颗粒形貌、大小;粉料的团聚状态;化学组成的均一性以及其烧结性能,并结合烧结试样的显微结构和力学性能对粉末的性能做出了评价。实验表明,所制备的粉料组成较为均匀;粒度分布窄;团聚体尺寸小,烧结活性高;颗粒粒度约为200(?)。粉料的相组成主要为四方相和约26％的单斜相。3Y-TZP陶瓷材料三点弯曲强度达1479.14MPa,断裂韧性为13.2MPa·m~(1/2),超塑性压缩变形达190％。     

Neodymium-doped tantalum pentoxide waveguide lasers

The fabrication, spectroscopic properties, and laser performance of Nd/sup 3+/-doped Ta/sub 2/O/sub 5/ channel waveguide lasers are described. Lasing is obtained at both 1.066 and 1.375 /spl mu/m with threshold pump powers as low as 2.7 mW. The rib waveguides are reactive-ion-etched into Nd:Ta/sub 2/O/sub 5/ layers formed by reactive magnetron sputtering. These high-index low-loss rare-earth-doped waveguides are fabricated on silicon substrates and offer the potential for integration with photonic crystal structures for compact optical circuits.     

Electrophosphorescent Polyfluorenes Containing Osmium Complexes in the Conjugated Backbone

Electrophosphorescent copolymers have been synthesized by covalent bonding of a red‐emitting osmium complex Os(bpftz), which contains two 3‐trifluoromethyl‐5‐(4‐tert‐butyl‐2‐pyridyl)triazolate (bpftz) cyclometalated ligands, into the backbone of a bipolar polyfluorene (PF) copolymer. Employing these copolymers, a highly efficient red polymer light‐emitting diode has been realised that has an external quantum efficiency of 18.0%, a maximum brightness of 38 000 cd m^?2, and an emission centered at 618 nm. In addition, after incorporating appropriate amounts of green‐emitting benzothiadiazole (BT) and the aforementioned Os(bpftz) into the bipolar PF, an efficient white‐light electroluminescent polymer is obtained that displays simultaneous blue, green, and red emissions.     

添加CuO对Ba3.99Sm9.34Ti18O54陶瓷烧结及微波介电性能的影响

采用传统固相工艺制备了Ba3.99Sm9.34Ti18O54(BSTO)微波介质陶瓷,研究了烧结助剂CuO对BSTO的结构及介电性能的影响。结果表明,添加CuO能较好促进BSTO晶粒致密化,降低烧结温度约140℃。当添加质量分数1.0%的CuO时,1220℃保温3h烧结的BSTO样品的介电性能较好:εr=86.87,Q·f=5138GHz(f=4.95GHz),τf=–10.84×10–6℃–1。     

Design and implementation of a fast algorithm for modulated lappedtransform

A new fast algorithm for the computation of the modulated lapped transform (MLT) is proposed and its efficient implementation using pipelining techniques and complex programmable logic device (CPLD) is presented. The new algorithm computes a length-M MLT via the length-M/2 fast Fourier transform (FFT). Computational overhead due to data shuffling in pre-processing and post-processing is offset in hardware realisation. Hence the overall throughput of the MLT computation for real-time applications is significantly improved. The pipelined CPLD architecture and circuitry are described in detail. Computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is analysed, and throughput improvement is verified by experimental results     

Loaded transmission line as a two-port network

A college homework problem, dealing with a loaded transmission line, is reviewed. The setup is then treated as a two-port distributed network. The law of conservation of power is explained with the aid of a scattering theory. Two coupled circuit relations are then formulated. One, associated with the load terminals, is quite different from the conventional equation involving the self impedance and the mutual impedance. An effective impedance function, designated as the scattering impedance, is introduced to facilitate the formulation. The result of applying the Rayleigh/Carson reciprocity theorem to find the expression of the load current is also discussed     

基于单片机实现FPGA的加载配置

讨论了基于SRAM技术的FPGA可编程逻辑器件的编程方法，并以Altera公司FLEX10系列器件为例，提出一种利用单片机时可编程逻辑器件进行在系统配置方案。该方案成本低廉、简单易行，能在系统复位或上电时自动时器件编程，有效地解决了基于SRAM的FPGA器件掉电易失性问题。     

Braille document recognition using Belief Propagation

There is a significant need for a system to recognize Braille documents in order to preserve them and make them available to a larger group of visually impaired people. A new system for Braille document recognition is proposed. We introduce a highly-adaptive Braille documents parameters estimation method to automatically determine the rotation angle, indentations, and spacing in both vertical and horizontal orientation. The key element in determining the rotation angle of the images is based on Radon transform. Also we introduce the method of Braille translation using Belief Propagation on the assumption that the Braille document is a Hidden Markov Model. We demonstrate the effectiveness of rotation angle correction as well as the accuracy of indentation and spacing in both orientations. We also prove that the translation algorithm is efficient and robust to errors made in the dot detection. The proposed method may be used for further applications.