Depending on various design conditions, including optics and circuit design, the image-forming characteristics of the modulated transfer function (MTF), which affect the spatial resolution of a digital image, may vary among image channels within or b...
The modulation transfer function (MTF) is an important parameter for performance evaluation of optical imaging systems in photogrammetry and remote sensing; the slanted-edge method is one of the main methods for measuring MTF. To solve the problem of...
In the development, evaluation, and application of medical flat-panel detectors, the modulation transfer function (MTF) is crucial, as it reflects the device’s ability to restore detailed information. Medical flat-panel detectors encompass both...
(1) Background: Metal homeostasis is an important part of cellular programs and is disrupted when cells are exposed to carcinogenic heavy metals. Metal response is mediated by the metal response element transcription factor MTF-1. However, where MTF-...
The modulation transfer function (MTF) is a key characteristic used to assess the performance of optical remote sensing satellite sensors. MTF detection can directly measure a sensor’s two-dimensional (2D) point spread function (PSF); therefore...
The subpixel dynamic imaging technique of a beam splitter is one of the most effective super-resolution imaging methods. Aiming to create a linear time delay integration charge coupled device (TDI–CCD) subpixel imaging system based on the optical ass...
A noticeable topic to be pursued in the field of on-board real-time data processing is the influence of the modulation transfer function (MTF) of the image acquisition system on the lossless compressibility of raw (that is, uncalibrated) hyperspectra...
To comprehensively leverage the temporal, static, and dynamic information features of multi-channel surface electromyography (sEMG) signals for gesture recognition, considering the sensitive temporal characteristics of sEMG signals to action amplitud...
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, which accompanies pain and inconvenience in daily life owing to degradation of cartilage and adjacent tissues. In this study, we propose a simple point-of-care testing (POCT) kit for the detection...
The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a conserved chromatin-remodelling complex that catalyses the trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3), a mark associated with gene silencing. PRC2 regulates chromatin structure and gene expression...
Aspergillus flavus produces a variety of toxic secondary metabolites; among them, the aflatoxins (AFs) are the most well known. These compounds are highly mutagenic and carcinogenic, particularly AFB1. A. flavus is capable of colonizing a number of e...
Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich low-molecular-weight proteins that protect cells from heavy metal toxicity. MT1 and MT2 are considered ubiquitously expressed among the MT isoforms ranging from 1 to 4. These MT1 and MT2 transcriptions are reg...
Background: Cuproptosis is a form of copper-dependent non-apoptotic cell death. Cancer cells that prefer to use aerobic glycolysis for energy generation are commonly insensitive to cuproptosis, which hinders its application for cancer treatment. Epig...
In this paper, a multi-transmitting formula (MTF) was integrated into ANSYS software through secondary development, enabling dynamic finite element simulation of wave propagation in infinite domains. The numerical reliability and accuracy of the MTF...
The expressions of wave structure function (WSF) and long-exposure modulation transfer function (MTF) for laser beam propagation through non-Kolmogorov turbulence were derived in our previous work. In this paper, based on anisotropic maritime atmosph...
Software defect prediction is critical for improving software quality and reducing maintenance costs. In recent years, Cross-Project software defect prediction has garnered significant attention from researchers. This approach leverages transfer lear...
The modulation transfer function (MTF) is commonly used as an imaging quality criterion reflecting the spatial resolution capability of imaging systems. The modified edge methods based on ISO Standard 12233 are widely used in MTF measurement for vari...
Hormonal therapies for prostate cancer target the androgen receptor (AR) ligand-binding domain (LBD). Clinical development for inhibitors that bind to the N-terminal domain (NTD) of AR has yielded ralaniten and its analogues. Ralaniten acetate is wel...
In the optical satellite on-orbit imaging quality estimation system, the calculation of Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) is not fully standardized, and the influence of atmosphere is often simplified, making it difficult to obtain completely consis...
Metformin (MTF) is the first-line therapy for type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The euglycemic effect of MTF is due to the inhibition of hepatic glucose production. Literature reports that the principal molecular mechanism of MTF is the activation of 5′-AMP-ac...
Mai Tong Fang (MTF), a Chinese herbal combination, has been used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy in traditional medical clinics in China. However, the anti-adipogenic and anti-hyperglycemic effects of MTF have not been fully elucidated, so...
To overcome the limitations of traditional on-orbit modulation function transfer (MTF) measurement methods that are heavily dependent on natural features, scenery, artificial edges, and point source targets, this paper presents an on-orbit MTF measur...
Existing diagnosis methods for bearing faults often neglect the temporal correlation of signals, resulting in easy loss of crucial information. Moreover, these methods struggle to adapt to complex working conditions for bearing fault feature extracti...
Measurement of thumb force in the industrial filed is important to quantify the risk of manual tasks. However, few studies have assessed the thumb force. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between actual thumb fo...
Autonomous driving technology and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology make the hybrid driving of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and regular vehicles (RVs) a long-existing phenomenon in the coming future. Among the existing studies, I...
The modulation transfer function (MTF) serves as a crucial technical index for assessing the imaging quality of remote sensing cameras, which is integral throughout their entire operational cycle. Currently, the MTF evaluation of remote sensing camer...
Endoscopes are widely used in medicine, making objective evaluation of imaging performance essential for device development and quality assurance. Image resolution is commonly characterized by the modulation transfer function (MTF); however, its inte...
Bayer filter color cameras are more and more widely used in the field of aerospace remote sensing, but the Bayer filter causes great degradation in image quality; therefore, obtaining a means of achieving the high-precision measurement of the modulat...
After the launch of a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, representative spatial quality estimators (RER, FWHM, MTF50, MTFA) are measured from images taken of ground Edge targets. In this work, the best spatial quality estimator is proposed by...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry is an emerging means of acquiring high-precision rapid spatial information and data because it is cost-effective and highly efficient. However, securing uniform quality in the results of UAV photogrammetry...
In order to improve the localization accuracy and model interpretability of single-phase ground fault sections in distribution networks, a knowledge-integrated and data-driven fault localization model is proposed. The model transforms the transient z...
Accurate measurement of key optical system parameters (such as focal length, distortion, and modulation transfer function (MTF)) depends critically on obtaining sharp images. Conventional autofocus methods are susceptible to noise in complex imaging...
Wald’s protocol is the most widely accepted protocol to assess pan-sharpening algorithms. In particular, the synthesis property—which is usually validated on a reduced scale—is thought to be a necessary and sufficient condition of a success image fus...
This article describes the adaptation of an existing aerial hyperspectral imaging system in a low-cost setup for collecting hyperspectral data in laboratory and field environment and spatial distortion assessments. The imaging spectrometer system con...
With the rapid advancements that are occurring in space technology, there is an increasing demand for improvements in the image quality of high-resolution space optical telescopes. The optical performance of the primary mirror plays a crucial role in...
The effects of illumination and shooting distance on crack image recognition were investigated by examining cracks in images taken with a camera. In order to examine the effects, images of cracks in a concrete structure taken while varying the illumi...
This paper proposes using a liquid lens as a compensating lens and applying intermediate optics to achieve a 9× zoom ratio. The droplet shape and location of the liquid lens can be adjusted reversibly, enabling the focal length and position of the le...
To address the problems of existing methods that struggle to effectively extract fault features and unstable model training using unbalanced data, this paper proposes a new fault diagnosis method for rolling bearings based on a Markov Transition Fiel...
In this work, we fabricated dual-band 800 × 2 short-wave infrared (SWIR) indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) focal-plane arrays (FPAs) using N-InP/i-In0.53Ga0.47As/N-InP double-heterostructure materials, which are often applied in ocean-color remo...
Aiming at the problem of manual feature extraction and insufficient mining of feature information for partial discharge pattern recognition under different insulation faults in GIS, a deep learning model based on phase and timing features with Swin T...
Background/Objectives: Premium intraocular lenses (IOLs) are increasingly being selected for cataract and refractive lens surgery, but their functional performance depends critically on pupil size and corneal spherical aberration (SA). This study eva...
Tilting sampling is a novel sampling mode for achieving a higher resolution of hyperspectral imagery. However, most studies on the tilting image have only focused on a single band, which loses the features of hyperspectral imagery. This study focuses...
The NIMO TEMPO (Lambda-X, Nivelles, Belgium) is a novel, user-friendly and compact device designed for in vitro optical analysis of refractive and diffractive intraocular lenses (IOLs). This device analyzes the IOL wavefront and generates a synthetic...
With the development of the autopilot system, the main task of a pilot has changed from controlling the aircraft to supervising the autopilot system and making critical decisions. Therefore, the human–machine interaction system needs to be impr...
This work aimed to evaluate the effects of zinc (Zn) relating to cadmium (Cd)-induced toxicity and the role played by MTF-1. This transcription factor regulates the expression of genes encoding metallothioneins (MTs), some Zn transporters and the hea...
Rolling bearings exhibit nonlinear and non-stationary fault signals under complex working conditions, rendering single-modal representation insufficient for accurate diagnosis. To address this limitation, this paper proposes a novel parallel multimod...
To obtain a continuous range of clear vision for pseudophakic eyes, a design of intraocular lens (IOL) with extended depth of focus (EDoF) was proposed. The IOL was optimized with a multi-configuration approach based on a pseudophakic eye model and t...
Polycomb-like proteins (PCLs) are a crucial group of proteins associated with the Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and are responsible for setting up the PRC2.1 subcomplex. In the vertebrate system, three homologous PCLs exist: PHF1 (PCL1), MTF2...
ZIP (zinc-regulated transporters, iron-regulated transporter-like protein) family plays an important role in organism Zn balance. This research identified the promoter regions of ZIP3 and ZIP8, two members of ZIP family, from a freshwater teleost yel...
This paper presents the optimization design of a miniaturized five-element wide-angle fisheye lens using a deep learning algorithm. Zemax optical design software was used to simulate and optimize the wide-angle fisheye lens. A deep learning algorithm...
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