The reasonable selection of drilling engineering design parameters is related to the success or failure of drilling operations. Traditional parameter optimization mostly relies on experience and single-index decision-making, and therefore fails to sa...
This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance of semi-quantitative parameters of thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for coronary artery disease (CAD). From January to December 2017, patients were enrolled who had undergone T...
Skin flap surgery is a critical procedure for treating severe skin injury in which post-surgery lesions must well monitored and cared for noninvasively. In the present study, attempts using high-frequency ultrasound imaging, quantitative parameters,...
Airport pavement damage is mostly caused by the cumulative effect of subgrade settlement, but existing calculations for subgrade cumulative settlement seldom consider the dynamic variation characteristics of the degree of compaction of subgrade soil...
In this research work, the quantitative characterization of a binary blend comprised of two pozzolans (sugar cane straw (SCSA)–sugar cane bagasse ashes (SCBA), bamboo leaf ash (BLAsh)–SCBA and paper sludge (PS)–fly ash (FA)) taking into account the c...
A quantitative analysis of the fault transient is critical for system resilience assessment and protection coordination. Focusing on hybrid modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based HVDC architecture with enhanced fault ride-through (FRT) capability,...
Oscillations caused by the interaction between voltage source converters (VSCs) and weak grids are vital threats to the stability of power systems. Determining the appropriate parameters for the control of VSCs is essential to prevent the occurrence...
It has been shown that the foliar application of inorganic nano-materials on cereal plants during their growth cycle enhances the rate of plant productivity by providing a micro-nutrient source. We therefore studied the effects of foliarly applied Zn...
In this paper, an artificial neural network (ANN) model with high accuracy and good generalization ability was developed to predict and optimize the mechanical properties of Al–7Si alloys. The quantitative correlation formulas of the mechanical...
One of the challenges in agriculture practices is guaranteeing an adequate and bioavailable phosphorus supply for plants on phosphorus-deficient soils. A promising alternative lies in the utilization of phosphate nano-fertilizers (NFs) through spray...
Quantitative estimates of reservoir parameters and elastic anisotropy using seismic methods is essential for characterizing shale oil reservoirs. Rock physics models were established to quantify elastic anisotropy associated with clay properties, lam...
Objective: Ultrasound Resolution Microscopy (URM) is an emerging technique that provides superior delineation of tumor microvasculature. This prospective study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of URM in differentiating benign from malignant bre...
As the popularity of a cosmetic product on the market extensively depends on consumers’ perception, it is important for the sensory evaluation to be accurate during the product developmental stage. The focus of this study was to develop a gener...
In recent years, inverse gas chromatography (IGC) and molecular dynamics simulation methods have been used to characterize the solubility parameters and surface parameters of polymers, which can provide quantitative reference for the further study of...
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have attracted considerable interest as emerging CT contrast agents; however, the influence of reconstruction parameters on their quantitative detectability remains insufficiently characterized, limiting the optimization of...
Aging water pipelines are increasingly prone to structural failure, leakage, and ground subsidence, creating critical risks to urban infrastructure. Closed-circuit television endoscopy is widely used for internal assessment, but it depends on manual...
Quantitative characterization of the solubility parameters and surface properties of larch bark proanthocyanidins will lay the foundation for quantitative studies of the interfacial interactions of proanthocyanidin/polymer composites and will improve...
Mueller matrix polarimetry is a potentially powerful technique for obtaining microstructural information of biomedical specimens. Thus, it has found increasing application in both backscattering imaging of bulk tissue samples and transmission microsc...
Traditional B-mode ultrasound has difficulties distinguishing benign from malignant breast lesions. It appears that Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) may offer advantages. We examined the QUS imaging system’s potential, utilizing parameters like At...
A contingency of observed antimicrobial activities measured for several compounds vs. a series of bacteria was analyzed. A factor analysis revealed the existence of a certain probability distribution function of the antimicrobial activity. A quantita...
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic disorder characterized by a burning sensation in the oral cavity, often accompanied by xerostomia, with no relevant clinical or laboratory findings. This study aimed to investigate diagnostic values of quanti...
Efforts to optimize the design and enhance the efficiency of standing-wave thermoacoustic refrigerators (SWTARs), particularly those with parallel plate stacks, are crucial for achieving rapid and straightforward engineering estimates. This study pri...
Magnetic resonance neurography (MRN), the MR imaging of peripheral nerves, is clinically used for assessing and monitoring peripheral neuropathies based on qualitative, weighted MR imaging. Recently, quantitative MRN has been increasingly reported wi...
Non-local mean (NLM) can significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), but it inevitably reduces the spatial resolution of distributed optical fiber sensors (DFOS), which hinders its practical application and the improvement of DFOS performa...
The results of the three-dimensional reconstruction of soil were derived from the X-ray absorption coefficient of the material itself. However, the absorption coefficient is not a fixed value, and is related to densities, chemical molecular weight, a...
Aims: Cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) represents the accumulation of misfolded transthyretin in the heart interstitium. Planar scintigraphy with bone-seeking tracers has long been established as one of the three main steps in the non-invasiv...
The use of a voltammetric electronic tongue for the quantitative analysis of quality parameters in spring water is proposed here. The electronic voltammetric tongue consisted of a set of four noble electrodes (iridium, rhodium, platinum, and gold) ho...
The selective laser melting (SLM) process provides a more extensive design space and manufacturability. However, it is still hindered by its inaccuracy in dimension and functionality. The distortion in the SLM process affects the dimensional accuracy...
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is one of the main ocular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) that can lead to important vision loss in diabetic patients. In clinical practice, there are cases of DME with unsatisfying treatment responses, despite ad...
Ixodes ricinus, a hematophagous arthropod species with great medical importance in the northern hemisphere, is characterized by an ability to survive prolonged periods of starvation, a wide host spectrum, and high vector competence. The aim of the pr...
Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) have emerged as a practical alternative for quantitative gait analysis. Although numerous studies have demonstrated their capability to estimate spatiotemporal and kinematic gait parameters, there is no clear consens...
This preliminary study investigates the influence of test parameters on the detection and quantitative assessment of cracks using laser thermography. Cracks pose significant material design and analysis concerns, compromising the structural strength...
When the complex Morlet function (CMOR) is used as a wavelet basis, it is necessary to select optimal bandwidth and center frequency. However, the method to select the optimal CMOR wavelet parameters for one specific frequency is still unclear. In th...
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a non-invasive imaging technique which allows qualitative and quantitative assessment of tissue perfusion. Although CEUS offers numerous advantages, a major challenge remains the variability in tissue perfusion...
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The relative age effect (RAE) has been studied and demonstrated in the literature. Our study evaluated the influence of birth tertile on anthropometric variables, anaerobic parameters, and quantitative muscle ultrasound in school children. A transver...
This study aims to address the critical lack of standardized guidelines for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image acquisition strategies utilizing structure-from-motion (SfM) by focusing on 3D building exterior modeling. A comprehensive experimental an...
Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) direct-writing has been widely used to fabricate micro/nanofibers that can serve as a building block in tissue engineering scaffolds. However, the application of EHD direct-writing in tissue engineering is limited by the lac...
This study aims to establish a quantitative relationship between the color parameters and mechanical properties of thermo-oxidatively aged epoxy resin, with the goal of exploring a low-cost, rapid method for mechanical performance assessment based on...
We aimed to investigate the diagnostic utility of quantitative parameters of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for benign and malignant liver lesions in pediatric patients. This was a single-center retrospective analysis of children with liver lesi...
This study characterizes the error that results when performing quantitative analysis of abbreviated dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) data of the breast with the Standard Kety–Tofts (SKT) model and its Patlak variant. Mo...
Background: ATTRv and ATTRwt cardiac amyloidosis (CA) are underrecognized causes of heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. The diagnosis of CA remains challenging due to low diagnostic suspicion and clinical overlap with mor...
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between qualitative characteristics and quantitative parameters from contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and microvessel density (MVD) in hepatoblastoma (HB), as well as to investi...
Urban outdoor ventilation and pollutant dispersion have important implications for urban design and planning. In this paper, two urban morphology parameters, i.e. the floor area ratio (FAR) and the building site coverage (BSC), are considered to inve...
The flat-joint model, which constructs round particles as polygons, can suppress rotation after breakage between particles and simulate more larger compression and tension ratios than the linear parallel-bond model. The flat-joint contact model was c...
The pasting properties of starch measured using the rapid visco analyzer (RVA) have important effects on the quality of wheat flour as well as flour-based foods. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for RVA parameters, a doubled-haploid populat...
Quantitative MRI allows to probe tissue properties by measuring relaxation times and may thus detect subtle changes in tissue composition. In this work we analyzed different relaxation times (T1, T2, T2* and T2′) and histological features in 321 samp...
To investigate the influence of varied mechanical parameters of coal mass on rock burst occurrence during deep roadway tunneling, the surrounding coal and rock mass of a deep roadway were taken as the research objects. A geometric model of roadway tu...
Background/Objectives: Quantitative choriocapillaris biomarkers derived from optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) depend on binarization settings. We assessed Phansalkar parameters using chronological age as an exploratory physiological re...
Background/Objectives: Glaucoma represents a progressive optic neuropathy and is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The disease is classified as primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) or as primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) depend...
Background/Objectives: To evaluate the clinical utility and diagnostic performance of quantitative MRI parameters (T1, T2*, R2*, and ADC) in differentiating renal tumor subtypes and WHO grades, and to assess their potential role in non-invasive tumor...
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