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%.     

Event-driven,pattern-based methodology for cost-effective development of standardized personal health devices

Experiences applying standards in personal health devices (PHDs) show an inherent trade-off between interoperability and costs (in terms of processing load and development time). Therefore, reducing hardware and software costs as well as time-to-market is crucial for standards adoption. The ISO/IEEE11073 PHD family of standards (also referred to as X73PHD) provides interoperable communication between PHDs and aggregators. Nevertheless, the responsibility of achieving inexpensive implementations of X73PHD in limited resource microcontrollers falls directly on the developer. Hence, the authors previously presented a methodology based on patterns to implement X73-compliant PHDs into devices with low-voltage low-power constraints. That version was based on multitasking, which required additional features and resources. This paper therefore presents an event-driven evolution of the patterns-based methodology for cost-effective development of standardized PHDs. The results of comparing between the two versions showed that the mean values of decrease in memory consumption and cycles of latency are 11.59% and 45.95%, respectively. In addition, several enhancements in terms of cost-effectiveness and development time can be derived from the new version of the methodology. Therefore, the new approach could help in producing cost-effective X73-compliant PHDs, which in turn could foster the adoption of standards.     

Automatic classification and prediction models for early Parkinson’s disease diagnosis from SPECT imaging

Early and accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is important for early management, proper prognostication and for initiating neuroprotective therapies once they become available. Recent neuroimaging techniques such as dopaminergic imaging using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with ¹²³I-Ioflupane (DaTSCAN) have shown to detect even early stages of the disease. In this paper, we use the striatal binding ratio (SBR) values that are calculated from the ¹²³I-Ioflupane SPECT scans (as obtained from the Parkinson’s progression markers initiative (PPMI) database) for developing automatic classification and prediction/prognostic models for early PD. We used support vector machine (SVM) and logistic regression in the model building process. We observe that the SVM classifier with RBF kernel produced a high accuracy of more than 96% in classifying subjects into early PD and healthy normal; and the logistic model for estimating the risk of PD also produced high degree of fitting with statistical significance indicating its usefulness in PD risk estimation. Hence, we infer that such models have the potential to aid the clinicians in the PD diagnostic process.     

灰色—支持向量机的空调负荷预测

对空调负荷进行准确预测不仅对空调优化控制的意义重大,而且也是实现空调经济运行与节能的关键所在。为了提高建筑空调负荷的预测精度,在分析灰色模型和支持向量机建模特点基础上提出了一种空调负荷组合预测算法。该方法综合了灰色建模计算过程简单以及支持向量机自学习和泛化能力强的优点,能够更加有效地利用样本数据的有效信息,提高模型预测精度。首先,通过灰色建模过程弱化了样本数据的随机因素。然后,对灰色模型输出进行归一化处理及数据重构,以作为支持向量机的输入。最后,通过支持向量机模型的预测得到最终预测结果。将本文所提出的方法应用于福州一栋办公建筑的逐时空调负荷预测中,并与灰色模型及支持向量机模型作比较,证明了组合模型的预测值与实际运行值拟合度最高,平均绝对误差比灰色模型和支持向量机模型分别降低了47.84%和17.39%。该组合预测模型具有较高的预测精度和更好的泛化能力,具有较强的可行性和实用性。     

基于有限状态自动机的人眼开度PERCLOS实现算法

针对驾驶员驾驶过程中因疲劳引起的眼睛开度变化问题, 在原有PERCLOS(percentage of eyelid closure over the pupil over time)标准的基础上, 提出了一种基于有限状态自动机的人眼开度PERCLOS计算方法, 并将其应用到疲劳驾驶预警系统中。该系统首先采用红外摄像头实时获取驾驶员的脸部视频图像, 使用ASM(active shape models)算法进行人脸检测, 在定位到的人脸范围内搜索人眼区域并计算人眼开度, 为了避免人与摄像头距离变化影响计算结果, 对人眼开度进行归一化处理; 然后依据建立的有限状态自动机模型计算PERCLOS值; 最后根据制定的预警机制实现基于人眼开度的疲劳预警。实验结果表明本方法能够实时监测驾驶员疲劳状况, 具有对光照变化、脸部配饰不敏感的特点。     

网络结构增长的极端学习机算法

针对极端学习机(extreme learning machine,ELM)结构设计问题,基于隐含层激活函数及其导函数提出一种前向神经网络结构增长算法.首先以Sigmoid函数为例给出了一类基函数的派生特性:导函数可以由其原函数表示.其次,利用这种派生特性提出了ELM结构设计方法,该方法自动生成双隐含层前向神经网络,其第1隐含层的结点随机逐一生成.第2隐含层的输出由第1隐含层新添结点的激活函数及其导函数确定,输出层权值由最小二乘法分析获得.最后给出了所提算法收敛性及稳定性的理论证明.对非线性系统辨识及双螺旋分类问题的仿真结果证明了所提算法的有效性.     

便携心电传感器的心房肥大诊断研究

基于便携式传感器的模式识别在心电(ECG)监护领域具有广泛的应用前景,并且在心律不齐、心肌梗塞、心室肥大等心电的识别算法上都已有大量的研究与应用,但在心房肥大诊断上却未有模式识别相关的研究成果。心房肥大病症的心电数据量不足给研究造成重大障碍,部分分类器无法适应小样本训练下的分类。针对小样本训练进行研究,对比了不同分类方法,显示了基于统计模式识别的支持向量机(SVM)应用于心房肥大的应用潜力。另外,由于不同个体的心房肥大心电存在差异,在实际应用环境中,SVM存在无法良好泛化的问题,存在类别错分的医学风险。针对类别错分情况,采用分类器融合的方法改进分类器,提出了在SVM分类器输出端增加了拒绝域的分类器(SVM-R)的方法。实验结果表明:SVMR有较高的分类准确率与诊断可信度。     

制袋机薄膜速度传感方法与定长控制

提出了实现薄膜张力传感的薄膜速度传感方法,设计了基于ARM处理器和嵌入式实时操作系统的薄膜定长伺服控制系统。采用巧妙的机械变换技术实现薄膜长度变化的传感,从而建立具有线性特性的薄膜速度传感数学模型。采用ARM7 TDMI核心处理器和μC/OS-II嵌入式实时操作系统平台,研发了薄膜定长伺服控制系统。核心技术成功应用到双列中封高速制袋机的控制系统中,运行速度达到24000 P/h,成品率超过99.6%。     

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.