Mechanical behavior of external root resorption cavities restored with different materials: a 3D-FEA study by H. Akgün, E. Kalyoncuoğlu

“…Methods In this study, a Micro-CT scan was conducted on a prepared maxillary central tooth. DICOM-compatible images obtained from the sections were converted into stereolithography format using Ctan software. …”
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Influence of Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancement of Sliding Wear Resistance of Plasma-Sprayed Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia Coatings by Chaithanya Kalangi, Venkateshwarlu Bolleddu

“…From this investigation results, it has been confirmed that the thickness of the coatings is almost uniform, and the percentage porosity is decreased with an increase in CNTs weight percentage proportion. ImageJ software has confirmed the presence of CNTs in the ceramic deposit, and also uniform distribution throughout the coating. …”
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The Diagnostic Performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Gu A, Yuezhan Shan, Huasong Huo, Chao Ding, Caixia Sun

“…The extracted data included general data (authors, year of publication), literature characteristics (country, type of literature, and design of study), characteristics of the patient (patients’ number, mean or median age, and treatment regimen), and technical aspects (scanner, injection activity, and image analysis). Results. The analysis includes 7 trials with a total of 263 patients. …”
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Fuzzy Filtering Method for Color Videos Corrupted by Additive Noise by Volodymyr I. Ponomaryov, Hector Montenegro-Monroy, Luis Nino-de-Rivera, Heydy Castillejos

“…These gradient values give the information about the level of contamination then the designed fuzzy rules are used to preserve the image features (textures, edges, sharpness, chromatic properties, etc.). …”
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Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Novel Technological Advances in Hadron Therapy by Manjit Dosanjh PhD, Alberto Degiovanni PhD, Maria Monica Necchi PhD, Elena Benedetto PhD

“…Advances in accelerator-driven Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), image-guided hadron beams delivery, clinical trials and immunotherapy, together with the recent interest and advances in FLASH therapy, which is currently an experimental treatment modality that involves ultrahigh-dose rate delivery, are just a few examples of innovation that may eventually help to provide access to a larger number of patients.…”
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A comprehensive analysis of deep learning and transfer learning techniques for skin cancer classification by Manishi Shakya, Ravindra Patel, Sunil Joshi

“…Prior to segmentation, preprocessing step is performed which involves scaling, denoising, and enhancing the image. Experimental performance is measured on the ISIC 2018 dataset which contains 3300 images of skin disease including benign and malignant type cancer images. 80% of the images from the ISIC 2018 dataset are allocated for training, while the remaining 20% are designated for testing. …”
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Mix-layers semantic extraction and multi-scale aggregation transformer for semantic segmentation by Tianping Li, Xiaolong Yang, Zhenyi Zhang, Zhaotong Cui, Zhou Maoxia

“…However, they lack the ability to exploit the intrinsic position and channel features of the image and are less capable of multi-scale feature fusion. …”
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Application and Thinking of Deep Learning in Predicting Lateral Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Shengli SHAO, Jiheng WANG, Shanting LIU

“…Deep learning is a primary method for medical image recognition or feature extraction. In recent years, deep learning-based ultrasound, CT, cytology, conventional clinical parameters, or multimodal models combining these data have been developed and are expected to achieve routine clinical application. …”
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Public Diplomacy in Slovakia: Past and Present by A. N. Marchukov

“…During the second stage (from 2005 to the present day) a national branding, aimed at promoting a positive image of the country has come to play (along with cultural diplomacy) one of the key roles within the Slovak public diplomacy. …”
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Beam Tilt Aberration Detection of the Seven-Unit Phased Fiber Laser Array by Xin Yu, Xingyue Wang, Jing Liang, Cai Liu, Xiaolong Ni, Suping Bai, Jiasu Li, Zeping Liu, Lijie Hou

“…In this paper, we present a method based on the conjugate image principle and micro-nano optics to detect tilt aberrations of a phased fiber laser array system. …”
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THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AS A CULTURAL TRAUMA OF UKRAINE by Ya.O. Yakovlieva

“…In addition, problems caused by modern research tasks of national revival Ukraine, which provides the philosophical understanding of history; Ukraine crisis continual coexistence of Chernobyl "exclusion zone" as an image "place of memory"; unique historical and cultural experience gained Ukrainian people as a result of the Chernobyl accident. …”
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Coupled Effect of Water Temperature and Cyclic Wetting and Drying on Dynamic Mechanical Characteristics of Sandstone by Pu Yuan, Ning-Ning Wei, Qin-Yong Ma, Ju-Cai Chang

“…Both physical and dynamic uniaxial compressive characteristics deteriorate in an exponential function with the increase of wetting and drying cycles. Based on SEM image analyses, the initiation and propagation of microcracks is mainly the result of cyclic loading and unloading of tensile stresses induced by water absorption and desorption of kaolinite within sandstone during cyclic wetting and drying treatment. …”
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Study on the Impact of Land Use and Climate Change on the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Vegetation Cover in Chongqing, China by Shuai Liang, Dandan Xu, Danni Luo, Anjing Xiao, Xinyue Yuan

“…By analysing remote sensing image data and climate data, it was found that Chongqing Municipality experienced significant land use changes during the study period, especially urban expansion and the reduction of agricultural land, which led to the reduction of vegetation cover. …”
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An RGB-D-Based Cross-Field of View Pose Estimation System for a Free Flight Target in a Wind Tunnel by Sheng Liu, Yuan Feng, Kang Shen, Yangqing Wang, Shengyong Chen

“…Many experiments have been conducted, and an RGB-D image simulation based on 3D modeling is implemented to verify the effectiveness of our algorithm. …”
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Neuromorphic Vision Data Coding: Classifying and Reviewing the Literature by Catarina Brites, Joao Ascenso

“…In this context, the so-called neuromorphic vision sensors depart from the conventional frame-based image sensors by adopting a paradigm shift in the way visual information is acquired. …”
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Study of the mechanical compression properties of Rosa sterilis S.D. Shi based on FEM by Siqian Wang, Peixuan Mao, Wenxin Feng, Yufei Yang, Yuelong Yu, Xinyue Hou, Zhiping Xie

“…Therefore, this study establishes a three-dimensional model of seedless prickly pear fruit based on image processing technology and analyzes the compressive mechanical properties of seedless prickly pear under different directions through experiments combined with finite element method simulation. …”
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Application of Comprehensive Geophysical Prospecting Method in the Exploration of Coal Mined-Out Areas by Xiao Luo, Shuang Gong, Zhonggang Huo, Hongyan Li, Xinpin Ding

“…In addition, based on the results of borehole exploration and the comprehensive analysis of the borehole image, the instantaneous water level elevation in goaf and the development height of the water-conducting fracture zone and caving zone are concluded. …”
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Analysis of Proximal Femoral Parameters in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by Máté Burkus, Ádám T. Schlégl, Kristóf József, Ian O’Sullivan, István Márkus, Miklós Tunyogi-Csapó

“…Assessment of the proximal femoral parameters in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using three-dimensional radiological image reconstructions may allow better characterization than conventional techniques. …”
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Deep Learning for Predicting Spheroid Viability: Novel Convolutional Neural Network Model for Automating Quality Control for Three-Dimensional Bioprinting by Zyva A. Sheikh, Oliver Clarke, Amatullah Mir, Narutoshi Hibino

“…In this study, we build a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to efficiently and accurately predict spheroid viability, using a phase-contrast image of a spheroid as its input. A comprehensive dataset of mouse mesenchymal stem cell (mMSC) spheroids of varying sizes with corresponding viability percentages, which was obtained through CCK-8 assays, was established and used to train and validate the model. …”
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Doctrinal interpretations of digitalisation as a general legal phenomenon by Emin Najafli

“…It also fails to ensure timely and effective legal regulation of the relevant range of rapidly emerging social relations that significantly transform the conventional way of life of society, the political, legal and value “image” of the state, its institutional and functional foundations, as well as the lifestyle of each citizen, including the set of his or her personal rights exercised in the public life of the digital age.…”
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