Microscopy scanners and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have facilitated remarkable advancements in biomedicine. Incorporating these advancements into clinical practice is, however, hampered by the variety of digital file formats used, which...
Cervical cancer is one of the most common types of malignant tumors in women. In addition, it causes death in the latter stages. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common and aggressive form of cervical cancer and must be diagnosed early before it p...
The objective of this study is to determine the analytic expressions of the Helmholtz free energy, the equilibrium vacancy concentration, the melting temperature, the jumps of volume, enthalpy the mean nearest neighbor distance and entropy at melting...
WSiN films were produced through hybrid pulse direct current/radio frequency magnetron co-sputtering and evaluated as diffusion barriers for Cu metallization. The Cu/WSiN/Si assemblies were annealed for 1 h in a vacuum at 500–900 °C. The st...
In this paper, we present and discuss our new WSi–WSiN–Pt metallization scheme for SiC-based microsystems for applications in harsh environments. Stoichiometric material WSi was selected as contact material for SiC. The diffusion barrier material WSi...
W/Si multilayer mirrors are a promising candidate for soft X-ray applications at wavelengths below 2.4 nm. However, their optical performance is strongly affected by interface roughness and interlayer mixing, which limits reflectivity. One approach t...
22 October 2020
More walkable neighborhoods are linked to increased physical activity. The Walking Suitability Index of the territory (T-WSI) is an easy method to evaluate walkability on the basis of direct observation. T-WSI provides 12 indicators divided into 4 ca...
Whole-slide histology images (WSIs) can exceed 100 k × 100 k pixels, making direct pixel-level segmentation infeasible and requiring patch-level classification as a practical alternative for downstream WSI segmentation. However, most approaches...
A reservoir is an integrated water resource management infrastructure that can be used for water storage, flood control, power generation, and recreational activities. Predicting reservoir levels is critical for water supply management and can influe...
The histopathological findings of the glomeruli from whole slide images (WSIs) of a renal biopsy play an important role in diagnosing and grading kidney disease. This study aimed to develop an automated computational pipeline to detect glomeruli and...
We investigated water-soluble ions (WSIs) of aerosol samples collected from 2016 to 2017 in Lanzhou, a typical semi-arid and chemical-industrialized city in Northwest China. WSIs concentration was higher in the heating period (35.68 ± 19.17 μg/m3) an...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the material (plastic or glass) and color (green or colorless) of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and virgin olive oil (VOO) bottles on the acquisition of SORS spectra using portable equipment....
Ki67 hot-spot detection and its evaluation in invasive breast cancer regions play a significant role in routine medical practice. The quantification of cellular proliferation assessed by Ki67 immunohistochemistry is an established prognostic and pred...
Conventional methods for tumor diagnosis suffer from two inherent limitations: they are time-consuming and subjective. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) is an important approach for addressing these limitations. Pathology whole-slide images (WSIs) are h...
Deep learning methods are widely used for medical applications to assist medical doctors in their daily routine. While performances reach expert’s level, interpretability (highlighting how and what a trained model learned and why it makes a specific...
As one of the most sensitive areas to climate change in China, the Yellow River Basin faces a significant water resource shortage, which severely restricts sustainable economic development in the region and has become the most prominent issue in the...
The scientific literature shows some attributes of neighborhood built environments that can contribute to promoting physical activity, thereby encouraging older adults to take outdoor walks. The aim of this study was to measure the walkability of 20...
An increasing number of pathology laboratories are now fully digitised, using whole slide imaging (WSI) for routine diagnostics. WSI paves the road to use artificial intelligence (AI) that will play an increasing role in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD...
Current studies neglect how virtual water transfer (VWT) between countries within a drainage basin affects water stress and then yields an invisible effect on the water quantity conflict in transboundary rivers, which would further make management po...
Accurate segmentation of cellular structures in whole slide images (WSIs) is essential for quantitative analysis in computational pathology. However, the complexity and scale of WSIs present significant challenges for conventional segmentation method...
Microscopic and digital whole-slide images (WSIs) often suffer from limited spatial resolution, hindering accurate pathological analysis and cancer diagnosis. Improving the spatial resolution of these pathology images is crucial, as it can enhance th...
Subsurface environment sensing and monitoring applications such as detection of water intrusion or a landslide, which could significantly change the physical properties of the host soil, can be accomplished using a novel concept, Wireless Signal Netw...
Digital pathology for the routine assessment of cases for primary diagnosis has been implemented by few laboratories worldwide. The Gravina Hospital in Caltagirone (Sicily, Italy), which collects cases from 7 different hospitals distributed in the Ca...
This study explored the structural characteristics, mechanical properties, and oxidation behavior of W-enriched TaWSiN films prepared through co-sputtering. The atomic ratios [W/(W + Ta)] of the as-deposited films maintained a range of 0.77–0.8...
Groundwater depletion caused by agricultural irrigation is a worldwide problem. Digital technology has the potential to mitigate the groundwater over-exploitation problem by precisely restricting agriculture groundwater withdrawal and borewell constr...
Whole slide imaging has transformed the field of pathology by enabling high-resolution digitization of histopathological slides. However, the large image size and variability in morphology, tissue processing, and imaging can pose challenges for robus...
Background/Objectives: An accurate assessment of mitotic activity is crucial in the histopathological diagnosis of invasive breast carcinoma. However, this task is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and suffers from high variability between patholog...
The fourth most prevalent cancer in women is cervical cancer, and early detection is crucial for effective treatment and prognostic prediction. Conventional cervical cancer screening and classifying methods are less reliable and accurate as they heav...
Soil erosion and wildfires are frequent natural disasters that threaten the environment. Identifying and zoning susceptible areas are crucial for the implementation of preventive measures. The Šar Mountains are a national park with rich biodiv...
Constructing heterostructures from already synthesized two-dimensional materials is of significant importance. We performed a first-principles study to investigate the electronic properties and interfacial characteristics of Janus MoSH/WSi2N4 van der...
The water soluble ionic species (WSIS) i.e., NH4+, SO42−, NO3− and Cl− of PM2.5 and trace gases (NH3, NO, NO2, SO2, HNO3) were measured to study the relationship of ambient NH3 in the formation of secondary inorganic aerosols in Del...
Content-Based Histopathological Image Retrieval (CBHIR) is a search technique based on the visual content and histopathological features of whole-slide images (WSIs). CBHIR tools assist pathologists to obtain a faster and more accurate cancer diagnos...
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) into library systems is transforming the global information society, offering new possibilities for improving information access, management, and dissemination. However, these adva...
Background: Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women worldwide. Accurate early detection of lymphocytes and molecular biomarkers is essential for improving diagnostic precision and patient prognosis. Whole slide images (WSIs) a...
Digital pathology (DP) is being deployed in many pathology laboratories, but most reported experiences refer to public health facilities. In this paper, we report our experience in DP transition at a high-volume private laboratory, addressing the mai...
The paper proposes a federated content-based medical image retrieval (FedCBMIR) tool that utilizes federated learning (FL) to address the challenges of acquiring a diverse medical data set for training CBMIR models. CBMIR is a tool to find the most s...
Matcha is a powdered green tea obtained from the Camellia sinensis L. plant intended for both “hot” and “cold” consumption. It is a rich source of bioactive ingredients, thanks to which it has strong antioxidant properties. In...
The diagnosis of different pathologies and stages of cancer using whole histopathology slide images (WSI) is the gold standard for determining the degree of tissue metastasis. The use of deep learning systems in the field of medical images, especiall...
Since conventional culture-based antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods are too time-consuming (typically 24–72 h), rapid AST is urgently needed for preventing the increasing emergence and spread of antibiotic resistant infections. Alt...
CrWSiN films were prepared through the co-sputtering technique, and the process variables were substrate bias voltage and temperature. The mechanical properties of hardness and elastic modulus of the CrWSiN films were dominantly affected by their ave...
We applied first-principles electronic structure calculations to study structural, thermodynamic and elastic properties of nanocomposites exhibiting nearly perfect match of constituting phases. In particular, two combinations of transition-metal disi...
(1) Background: Digital pathology (DP) is transforming the landscape of clinical practice, offering a revolutionary approach to traditional pathology analysis and diagnosis. (2) Methods: This innovative technology involves the digitization of traditi...
Cervical cancer is a global health problem that threatens the lives of women. Liquid-based cytology (LBC) is one of the most used techniques for diagnosing cervical cancer; converting from vitreous slides to whole-slide images (WSIs) allows images to...
Many water-saving techniques have been developed for rice production in response to irrigation water scarcity. The selection of the water-saving methods and the optimum thresholds for obtaining maximum benefits of these regimes are largely site-speci...
Dermatopathology has rapidly advanced due to the implementation of deep learning models and artificial intelligence (AI). From convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to transformer-based foundation models, these systems are now capable of accurate whol...
Background/Objectives: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) shows marked molecular and histopathological heterogeneity. Among the alterations most strongly associated with clinical outcome are mutations in TP53 and CTNNB1, as well as the presence of microv...
With the remarkable success of digital histopathology, we have witnessed a rapid expansion of the use of computational methods for the analysis of digital pathology and biopsy image patches. However, the unprecedented scale and heterogeneous patterns...
14 June 2022
The Region of Southern Denmark is the first in Denmark to implement digital pathology (DIPA), starting at the end of 2020. The DIPA process involves changes in workflow, and the pathologist will have to diagnose based on digital whole slide imaging i...
11 January 2024
In the era of digitalization, the biomedical sector has been affected by the spread of artificial intelligence. In recent years, the possibility of using deep and machine learning methods for clinical diagnostic and therapeutic interventions has been...
Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is a highly heterogeneous and costly disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Understanding tumor histopathology leads to tailored therapies and improved outcomes. In this study, we employed a weakly sup...
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