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Chapter and Conference Paper
Vessel Width Estimation via Convolutional Regression
Vessel width estimation has a wide range of applications in disease diagnosis and treatment. In this paper, vessel width estimation is cast as a regression problem, and a novel Convolutional Neural Network (CN...
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An enhancement of task scheduling in cloud computing based on imperialist competitive algorithm and firefly algorithm
Cloud computing is an Internet-based approach in which all applications and files are hosted in a cloud consisting of thousands of computers that are linked in complex ways. The major challenge of cloud data c...
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A novel quality-of-service-aware web services composition using biogeography-based optimization algorithm
With the development of technology and computer systems, web services are used to develop business processes. Since a web service only performs a simple operation, web services composition has become important...
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Gait planning and control method for humanoid robot using improved target positioning
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IoT-based 3D convolution for video salient object detection
The video salient object detection (SOD) is the first step for the devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) to understand the environment around them. The video SOD needs the objects’ motion information in cont...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Lightweight Double Attention-Fused Networks for Intraoperative Stent Segmentation
In endovascular interventional therapy, the fusion of preoperative data with intraoperative X-ray fluoroscopy has demonstrated the potential to reduce radiation dose, contrast agent and processing time. Real-t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CAU-net: A Novel Convolutional Neural Network for Coronary Artery Segmentation in Digital Substraction Angiography
Coronary artery analysis plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease. Coronary artery segmentation, as an important part of quantitative researc h on coronary heart disease...
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A multi-objective invasive weed optimization algorithm for robust aggregate production planning under uncertain seasonal demand
This paper addresses a robust multi-objective multi-period aggregate production planning (APP) problem based on different scenarios under uncertain seasonal demand. The main goals are to minimize the total cos...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Extremely Fast and Precise Convolutional Neural Network for Recognition and Localization of Cataract Surgical Tools
Recognition and localization of surgical tools is a crucial requirement to provide safe tool-tissue interaction in various computer-assisted interventions (CAI). Unfortunately, most state-of-the-art approaches...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Real-Time Guidewire Segmentation and Tracking in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is currently the treatment of choice for most patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Real-time guidewire tracking in 2D X-ray fluoroscopy can greatly assist physi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
RAUNet: Residual Attention U-Net for Semantic Segmentation of Cataract Surgical Instruments
Semantic segmentation of surgical instruments plays a crucial role in robot-assisted surgery. However, accurate segmentation of cataract surgical instruments is still a challenge due to specular reflection and...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Wilcoxon-Norm-Based Robust Extreme Learning Machine
It is known in statistics that the linear estimators using the rank-based Wilcoxon approach in linear regression problems are usually insensitive to outliers. Outliers are the data points that differ greatly f...
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A medical robot for needle placement therapy in liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common malignancy in China. As microwave ablation (MWA) is an effective method for liver cancer, a robotic surgical system with ultrasound-directed was designe...
