Computer aided detection system for micro calcifications in digital mammograms

Breast cancer continues to be a significant public health problem in the world. Early detection is the key for improving breast cancer prognosis. Mammogram breast X-ray is considered the most reliable method in early detection of breast cancer. However, it is difficult for radiologists to provide both accurate and uniform evaluation for the enormous mammograms generated in widespread screening. Micro calcification clusters (MCCs) and masses are the two most important signs for the breast cancer, and their automated detection is very valuable for early breast cancer diagnosis. The main objective is to discuss the computer-aided detection system that has been proposed to assist the radiologists in detecting the specific abnormalities and improving the diagnostic accuracy in making the diagnostic decisions by applying techniques splits into three-steps procedure beginning with enhancement by using Histogram equalization (HE) and Morphological Enhancement, followed by segmentation based on Otsu's threshold the region of interest for the identification of micro calcifications and mass lesions, and at last classification stage, which classify between normal and micro calcifications ‘patterns and then classify between benign and malignant micro calcifications. In classification stage; three methods were used, the voting K-Nearest Neighbor classifier (K-NN) with prediction accuracy of 73%, Support Vector Machine classifier (SVM) with prediction accuracy of 83%, and Artificial Neural Network classifier (ANN) with prediction accuracy of 77%.     

Classification of cardiac sound signals using constrained tunable-Q wavelet transform

The features extracted from the cardiac sound signals are commonly used for detection and identification of heart valve disorders. In this paper, we present a new method for classification of cardiac sound signals using constrained tunable-Q wavelet transform (TQWT). The proposed method begins with a constrained TQWT based segmentation of cardiac sound signals into heart beat cycles. The features obtained from heart beat cycles of separately reconstructed heart sounds and murmur can better represent the various types of cardiac sound signals than that from containing both. Therefore, heart sounds and murmur have been separated using constrained TQWT. Then the proposed novel raw feature set has been created by the parameters that have been optimized while constraining the output of TQWT together with that of extracted by using time-domain representation and Fourier–Bessel (FB) expansion of separated heart sounds and murmur. However, the adaptively selected features have been used to obtain the final feature set for subsequent classification of cardiac sound signals using least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) with various kernel functions. The performance of the proposed method has been validated with publicly available datasets and the results have been compared with the existing short-time Fourier transform (STFT) based method. The proposed method shows higher percentage classification accuracy of 94.01 as compared to 93.53 of STFT based method. In comparison with STFT based method, it is noteworthy that the proposed method uses well defined and lower dimensionality of feature vector that can reduce the computational complexity.     

基于RKNN的选址算法及其应用研究

为了使各个设施的整体利用效果最佳, 结合空间位置影响力查询技术, 提出了基于RKNN的选址算法。针对空间对象对空间位置的贡献具有多重性, 建立了一种新的空间位置影响力的度量模型, 该模型更加符合实际应用情况; 然后, 利用该模型计算选址方案中各个设施的影响力, 并引入均衡系数评价选址方案的合理性, 均衡系数越小, 方案越合理。实际应用表明基于RKNN的选址算法使村镇基础设施的选址更加合理、有效。     

基于改进小波去噪和EMD方法的轴承故障诊断

将改进的小波阈值去噪与EMD分解相结合应用于轴承故障诊断中。该方法首先利用改进的小波阈值去噪法对原始信号进行去噪,然后采用EMD方法将去噪后的信号自适应地分解成一系列IMF分量之和,通过能量-相关系数法选取能够反映故障特征的IMF分量进行包络谱分析提取故障频率。实验结果表明该方法能够有效识别故障特征频率。     

结合小波变换的梯度场图像渐进融合算法

基于梯度场的图像融合算法只适用于尺度差异不大于1∶4的多光谱图像与全色图像。针对尺度差异为1∶8的北京一号卫星多光谱图像及高分辨率全色图像的融合问题,提出一种结合小波变换的梯度场图像尺度渐进融合算法。利用小波变换方法将多光谱图像与高分辨率全色图像尺度差异倍数缩小,得到基于小波变换的初级融合,再进行基于梯度场的Poisson图像融合。实验结果表明,渐进融合图像与多光谱图像的平均颜色差异值为23.5,与高分辨率全色图像的平均梯度差异值为2.1,多尺度纹理特征值差异值分别为3.98、10.2、18.9,渐进融合图像与高分辨率全色图像的空间细节和纹理细节吻合程度更好。     

LDE融合光谱回归分类的光照变化人脸识别

针对光照变化人脸识别问题中传统的光谱回归算法不能很好地进行特征提取而严重影响识别性能的问题,提出了局部判别嵌入优化光谱回归分类的人脸识别算法。计算出训练样本的特征向量;借助于数据的近邻和分类关系,利用局部判别嵌入算法构建分类问题所需的嵌入,同时学习每种分类的子流形所需的嵌入;利用光谱回归分类算法计算投影矩阵,并利用最近邻分类器完成人脸的识别。在两大人脸数据库扩展YaleB及CMU PIE上的实验验证了该算法的有效性,实验结果表明,相比其他光谱回归算法,该算法取得了更高的识别率、更好的工作特性,并且降低了计算复杂度。     

基于轮廓波变换的织物疵点图像消噪新方法

为了实现织物疵点图像的有效消噪,使其更有利于特征提取和疵点检测,提出了基于轮廓波变换的织物疵点图像消噪新方法。综合考虑轮廓波方向子带能量的大小与织物疵点图像轮廓细节之间的关系,对Donoho多尺度分解阈值进行修正,改进了Donoho多尺度分解阈值对图像细节"过扼杀"的缺点。实验结果表明,对织物疵点图像进行基于轮廓波变换改进阈值消噪时,该方法更好地保留了织物疵点图像的轮廓细节,峰值信噪比显著提高。采用改进的轮廓波Donoho多尺度分解阈值消噪后的图像,可以更好地应用于织物疵点图像的特征提取和疵点识别。     

基于Hilbert曲线和位置自调节法的图像版权保护算法

以小波的相关理论为基础,先把水印图像预置乱处理,对宿主图像直接进行小波包分解,之后将水印的低频部分和中高频部分分别采用Hilbert曲线扫描和位置自调节法嵌入到宿主图像中,嵌入强度可根据图像的内容自适应调节。通过实验观察,新算法在抗压缩和抗剪切性能有所提升,同时隐蔽性和抗噪能力也得到了较大改观,结果充分说明该算法是一种性能较为优良的图像版权保护算法。     

基于退化四元小波变换的纸币识别

针对如何提取纸币图像特征和提高识别率的问题,综合利用退化四元小波变换具有的相位特性,提出一种基于退化四元小波变换的纸币识别方法.该方法首先对采集的纸币图像进行倾斜校正和边缘检测,然后运用退化四元小波对纸币图像进行分解操作,并对分解系数进行统计分析,将每个分解子带系数的能量和标准差作为该纸币图像的特征向量,最后将支持向量机作为分类器对纸币图像进行识别.本文方法在资源约束的嵌入式清分系统上实现,实验结果表明采用本文提出的算法突破了传统纸币识别系统识别率很难再提高的瓶颈,同时能够满足清分系统的实时性要求.     

A Fully Continuous Supercritical Fluid Extraction System for Contaminated Soil

A fully continuous lab scale supercritical fluid extraction system has been designed, built and tested. The system continuously pumps carbon dioxide under supercritical conditions and soil slurry into a counter‐current contacting column. Delhi Loamy Sand, spiked with approximately 10 mg/g of naphthalene, was used as the testing soil. The soil slurry ranged from 0.0028 g dry soil per g slurry to 0.072 g/g. The operating temperature was 43°C and the operating pressure was 7.7 MPa. Near steady state, fully continuous flow was achieved with runs lasting as long as 2 h. All carbon dioxide samples contained measurable quantities of naphthalene and the measured mass transfer coefficients were as high as 4.6×10^?4 s^?1.