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Chapter and Conference Paper
Feature-Fusion-Based Haze Recognition in Endoscopic Images
Haze generated during endoscopic surgeries significantly obstructs the surgeon’s field of view, leading to inaccurate clinical judgments and elevated surgical risks. Identifying whether endoscopic images conta...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effective Skill Learning on Vascular Robotic Systems: Combining Offline and Online Reinforcement Learning
Vascular robotic systems, which have gained popularity in clinic, provide a platform for potentially semi-automated surgery. Reinforcement learning (RL) is a appealing skill-learning method to facilitate autom...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A DNN-Based Learning Framework for Continuous Movements Segmentation
This study presents a novel experimental paradigm for collecting Electromyography (EMG) data from continuous movement sequences and a Deep Neural Network (DNN) learning framework for segmenting movements from ...
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BW-PBFT: Practical byzantine fault tolerance consensus algorithm based on credit bidirectionally waning
The consensus algorithm, as one of the cores of blockchain technology, plays a very critical role. As one of the mainstream consensus methods, PBFT has the advantages such as low energy consumption and large t...
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Open AccessEDDM3A drives gastric cancer progression by promoting HIF-1α-dependent aerobic glycolysis
Epididymal protein 3A (EDDM3A) is a protein involved in sperm maturation. It has been demonstrated that EDDM3A expression is upregulated and promotes cell proliferation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). H...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Fusion Network for Morphological Analysis of Common Iliac Artery
In endovascular interventional therapy, automatic common iliac artery morphological analysis can help physicians plan surgical procedures and assist in the selection of appropriate stents to improve surgical s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
DSP-Net: Deeply-Supervised Pseudo-Siamese Network for Dynamic Angiographic Image Matching
During percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), severe elastic deformation of coronary arteries caused by cardiac movement is a serious disturbance to physicians. It increases the difficulty of estimating the...
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Antimicrobial Properties and Application of Polysaccharides and Their Derivatives
With the quick emergence of antibiotic resistance and multi-drug resistant microbes, more and more attention has been paid to the development of new antimicrobial agents that have potential to take the challen...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of CO2 on the Micron-Scale Pore-Fracture Structure and Connectivity in Coals from the Qinshui Basin
The changes in the micron-scale pore and fracture structure in coal caused by CO2 are critical to CO2 injection and CH4 output in coal seams. To investigate the effects of CO2 on the characteristics and connectiv...
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Open AccessThree-dimensional spatial structure of the macro-pores and flow simulation in anthracite coal based on X-ray μ-CT scanning data
The three-dimensional (3D) structures of pores directly affect the CH4 flow. Therefore, it is very important to analyze the 3D spatial structure of pores and to simulate the CH4 flow with the connected pores as t...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of high-rank coal structure parallel and perpendicular to the bedding plane via NMR and X-ray CT
Pores and fractures and their connectivity play a significant role in coalbed methane production. To investigate the growth characteristics and connectivity of pores and fractures in coal parallel and perpendi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of the Physical and Chemical Structure of Bituminous and Anthracite Coals on CH4 Adsorption
CH4 adsorption in coal is the basis of coalbed methane (CBM) exploration and exploitation. In this study, five coal samples collected from the Qinshui Basin with different ranks were used for an isothermal adsorp...
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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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Open AccessNumerical simulation of enhancing coalbed methane recovery by injecting CO2 with heat injection
The technology used to enhance coalbed methane (CBM) recovery by injecting CO2 (CO2-ECBM) with heat, combining heat injection with CO2 injection, is still in its infancy; therefore, theoretical studies of this CO
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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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A strategy for environmentally-friendly removal of impurities from cotton based on biocatalytic reaction in supercritical carbon dioxide
A novel and environmentally-friendly strategy for integrated bio-treatment (namely the biodesizing and bioscouring) of grey cotton in one-step to degrade and/or remove impurities was constructed on the basis o...
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Morphology and photocatalytic performance of nano-sized TiO2 prepared by simple hydrothermal method with different pH values
pH value is a key factor in the preparation of nano-sized TiO2 with hydrothermal method. Using Ti(SO4)2 as the titanium source, H2O2 as the complexing agent, NaOH and HCl as the pH value regulator, nano-sized TiO
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De novo assembly and characterization of the Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.) transcriptome using Illumina technology
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.) has long been cultivated as a vegetable and spice for its flavor and aroma. However, transcriptomic and genomic data for A. fistulosum remain scarce. The goal of this study was ...
