Insertion of sacro-iliac (SI) screws for stabilization of the posterior pelvic ring without intraoperative navigation or three-dimensional imaging can be challenging. The aim of this study was to develop a simple method to visualize the ideal SI scre...
The spatial distribution of gas emitted from an odor source provides valuable information regarding the composition, size, and localization of the odor source. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) gas sensors exhibit ultra-high sensitivity, molec...
Reduced depth perception due to two-dimensional (2D) visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) space represents a main challenge in acquiring basic laparoscopic skills (BLS); 3D visualization might increase training efficiency. This study aimed to as...
Worldwide, several food-based dietary guidelines, with diverse food-grouping methods in various countries, have been developed to maintain and promote public health. However, standardized international food-grouping methods are scarce. In this study,...
Odor information fills every corner of our lives yet obtaining its spatiotemporal distribution is a difficult challenge. Localized surface plasmon resonance has shown good sensitivity and a high response/recovery speed in odor sensing and converts ch...
With aging populations, and people′s demand for high-quality or high-unit-price fruits and vegetables, the corresponding development of automatic fruit harvesting has attracted significant attention. According to the required operating function...
Background/Objectives: Reconstructed three-dimensional (3D) endoscopic visualization is believed to improve depth perception and surgical performance compared with conventional two-dimensional (2D) systems. However, evidence supporting its use in uni...
Alanine (Ala), as the most important free amino acid, plays a significant role in food taste characteristics and human health regulation. The feasibility of using near–infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR–HSI) combined with two–dimen...
Virtual 3D models can be an animal-free alternative to cadaveric dissection to learn spatial anatomy. The aim of this study was to investigate if the learning outcome differs when studying 3D models with a 360° rotatable interactive monoscopic 3-...
Background: Full-endoscopic unilateral laminotomy with bilateral decompression (ULBD) through a single portal lacks stereopsis, which dual-lens three-dimensional (3D) endoscopes cannot supply. This study evaluated whether a single-lens 3D reconstruct...
We attempted to employ convolutional neural networks to extract visual features and developed recurrent neural networks for weather property estimation using only image data. Four common weather properties are estimated, i.e., temperature, humidity,...
Recently we demonstrated the simultaneous detection of the chemiluminescence of the radicals OH* (310 nm) and CH* (430 nm), as well as the thermal radiation of soot in laminar and turbulent methane/air diffusion flames. As expected, a strong spatial...
This paper introduces a simple two-dimensional ray-tracing visual tool, Ray-VT, for simulating propagations in the tropospheric environment. It is capable of tracing ray paths through range-dependent refractive conditions as well as arbitrary terrain...
Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC×GC-MS) is a powerful tool for the analysis of complex mixtures, and it is ideally suited to discovery studies where the entire sample is potentially of interest. Unfortunately, wh...
The rubber grass Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS) contains large amounts of natural rubber (cis-1,4-polyisoprene) in its enlarged roots and it is an alternative crop source of natural rubber. Natural rubber biosynthesis (NRB) and storage in the mature root...
In recent years, the tomographic visualization of laminar and turbulent flames has received much attention due to the possibility of observing combustion processes on-line and with high temporal resolution. In most cases, either the spectrally non-re...
Due to the gravitational differentiation effect, the oil–water two-phase flow in the horizontal well exhibits significant asymmetry and inhomogeneity in terms of phase distribution and velocity field. The existing logging techniques are difficu...
There is a problem of a rapid decline in production caused by the repeated heating of the near-wellbore zone during steam stimulation. Finding a suitable foam system to expand the area of the steam chamber and slow down the rapid production of hot wa...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to compare the visualization rates of fetal anatomical structures with standard 2D ultrasound examination versus a single 3D volume acquired during the first trimester. Methods: This multicenter prospective stu...
A technique based on speckle interferometry for observing microstructures beyond the diffraction limit by detecting the spatial phase distribution of scattered light from microstructures has previously been reported. In this study, the development of...
Three-dimensional information visualizations are widely used in various fields for their aesthetic appeal. However, using them can sometimes lead to occlusion and distortion, which raises questions about when and why to use them. In this study, we ai...
In the context of the rapid development of economy and culture, people’s requirements for material and culture are constantly increasing, and the relationship between graphic design and human life is also increasingly close. With the continuous...
Many state and national geological surveys produce map products from surficial and bedrock geologic maps as a value-added deliverable for a variety of stakeholders. Improvements in powerful geostatistical exploratory tools and robust three-dimensiona...
Fault diagnosis for rolling bearings has attracted increasing attention in recent years. However, few studies have focused on fault diagnosis for rolling bearings under variable conditions. This paper introduces a fault diagnosis method for rolling b...
My essay considers the history of collecting the art of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) artists in the twentieth century. For decades Native visual and material culture was viewed under the guise of ‘crafts.’ I look back to the work of Lewis Hen...
In this study, we investigate the relationship between parameters and the dynamic behavior of traffic flow in road traffic systems, and we propose a segmented cost function to describe the effects of this flow on the dynamic gravity model at differen...
Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods developed for two-dimensional images may not preserve spatial context when applied to volumetric medical imaging. This scoping review map attribution methods for 3D medical images and examines how dim...
The computer-vision-based surface defect detection of metal planar materials is a research hotspot in the field of metallurgical industry. The high standard of planar surface quality in the metal manufacturing industry requires that the performance o...
Learning environments are typically designed according to nominal seating capacity, yet their actual visual performance often falls well below this figure—a discrepancy defined here as an illusion of capacity. Conventional two-dimensional sight...
At present, the method of two-dimensional image recognition is mainly used to detect the abnormal fastener in the rail-track inspection system. However, the too-tight-or-too-loose fastener condition may cause the clip of the fastener to break or loos...
A four-group mechanically compensated continuous-zoom microscope is proposed and designed based on the theory of continuous zoom. The system addresses the limitations of traditional continuous-zoom microscopes, including a small zoom ratio, a short w...
We present a novel cortically-inspired image completion algorithm. It uses five-dimensional sub-Riemannian cortical geometry, modeling the orientation, spatial frequency and phase-selective behavior of the cells in the visual cortex. The algorithm ex...
The theory of cartographic projections is a tool which can present the convex surface of the Earth on the plane. Of the many types of maps, thematic maps perform an important function due to the wide possibilities of adapting their content to current...
An accurate fracture simulation is often associated with how reliably the material model is represented. Hence, many models dealing with the calibration of ductile damage of materials have already been developed to predict failure initiation. Neverth...
The evolution of cartography poses challenges in representing three-dimensional terrain accurately on traditional two-dimensional maps. Providing an accurate 3D view of the area, coupled with essential geographic information, is vital for rapid and a...
Urban green spaces play a crucial role in providing social services and enhancing residents’ mental health. It is essential for sustainable urban planning to explore the relationship between urban green spaces and human perceptions, particularl...
In this paper, we propose a separable reversible data hiding method in encrypted image (RDHEI) based on two-dimensional permutation and exploiting modification direction (EMD). The content owner uses two-dimensional permutation to encrypt original im...
One of the causes of bleeding in subdural hematoma is cortical artery rupture, which is difficult to detect at autopsy. Therefore, reports of autopsy cases with this condition are limited and hence, the pathogenesis of subdural hematoma remains uncle...
In visual search, participants can incidentally learn spatial target-distractor configurations, leading to shorter search times for repeated compared to novel configurations. Usually, this is tested within the limited visual field provided by a compu...
Regular polytopes (RPs) are an extension of 2D (two-dimensional) regular polygons and 3D regular polyhedra in n-dimensional (
Color face images are often transmitted over public channels, where they are vulnerable to tampering attacks. To address this problem, the present paper introduces a novel scheme called Authentication and Color Face Self-Recovery (AuCFSR) for ensurin...
Generative models hold great potential but only if one can trust the evaluation of the data they generate. It is common to visualize and evaluate quality on two-dimensional visualizations of high-dimensional data. We show that many commonly used qual...
In this paper, a two-dimensional (2D) planar scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM) method is used to visualize with a high spatial resolution the channel region of large-area 4H-SiC power MOSFETs and estimate the homogeneity of the channel length ove...
Aiming at the influence of uneven illumination on fabric feature extraction and the limitations of traditional frequency-based visual saliency algorithms, we propose a fabric defect detection method based on the combination of illumination correction...
We explore various analytical rational solutions with symbolic computation using the ansatz transformation functions. We gain a variety of rational solutions such as M-shaped rational solutions (MSRs), periodic cross-rationals (PCRs), multi-wave solu...
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The detection and quantitative analysis of shale components are of great significance for comprehensively understanding the properties of shale, assessing its resource potential and promoting efficient development and utilization of resources. The lo...
Employing the spin-wave formalism within and beyond the harmonic-oscillator approx-imation, we study the dynamic structure factors of spin-
Video reversible data hiding technology can be applied to copyright protection, medical images, the military, and other fields, but it cannot guarantee high visual quality with an effective embedded capacity. In this paper, a high-embedding and low-d...
The SLAM problem is a common challenge faced by ROVs working underwater, with the key issue being the accurate estimation of pose. In this work, we make full use of the positional information of point clouds and the surrounding pixel data. To obtain...
Background: Proteoforms are the critical functional species that drive biological processes. However, conventional proteogenomic (“shotgun”) analyses discard relevant proteoform-level information through bulk protein digestion. This study...
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