Severe pneumonia due to concurrent Legionella pneumophila and Acinetobacter baumannii infections: a case report by Xiaoming Yang, Zhongda Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Quan Li, Hui Huang, Yibo Wei, Tao Sun

“…His clinical symptoms gradually subsided. The repeat chest CT image showed no infiltration or pleural effusion. …”
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An AI-Based Digital Scanner for <i>Varroa destructor</i> Detection in Beekeeping by Daniela Scutaru, Simone Bergonzoli, Corrado Costa, Simona Violino, Cecilia Costa, Sergio Albertazzi, Vittorio Capano, Marko M. Kostić, Antonio Scarfone

“…The device works through image analysis of a sticky sheet previously placed under the beehive for some days, intercepting the Varroa mites that naturally fall. …”
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Study on the Calibration Transfer of Soil Nutrient Concentration from the Hyperspectral Camera to the Normal Spectrometer by Xue-Ying Li, Guo-xing Ren, Ping-Ping Fan, Yan Liu, Zhong-Liang Sun, Guang-Li Hou, Mei-Rong Lv

“…The solution of the calibration transfer of soil nutrient concentration from the hyperspectral camera to the normal spectrometer provides a powerful basis for rapid prediction of a large number of image information data collected by using a hyperspectral camera. …”
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Improved primary stability and load transfer of a customized osseointegrated transfemoral prosthesis compared to a commercial one by Giulia Galteri, Valentina Betti, Domenico Alesi, Stefano Zaffagnini, Marco Palanca, Emanuele Gruppioni, Luca Cristofolini

“…For both loading scenarios, the displacements of the implant with respect to the host bone, and the strains on the bone surface were measured using digital image correlation (DIC). To measure the pull-out force, a tensile force was applied to the prostheses. …”
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Synthetic CT generation from CBCT and MRI using StarGAN in the Pelvic Region by Paritt Wongtrakool, Chanon Puttanawarut, Pimolpun Changkaew, Supakiet Piasanthia, Pareena Earwong, Nauljun Stansook, Suphalak Khachonkham

“…Abstract Rationale and objectives This study evaluated StarGAN, a deep learning model designed to generate synthetic computed tomography (sCT) images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) data using a single model. …”
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Sistem Object Tracking pada Quadcopter Menggunakan Segmentasi Citra dengan Deteksi Warna HSV dan Metode Regresi Linier Berbasis Raspberry Pi by Fahmi Erza, Hurriyatul Fitriyah, Eko Setiawan

“…The color of the hat will be used as references for the color segmentation threshold to detect the hat object with digital image processing. The movement of the drone is determined by the prediction of the distance, angle, and height of the object based on linear regression generated from 123 training data. …”
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Nd:YAG Laser Vitreolysis for Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters: Application of Infrared Fundus Photography in Assessing the Treatment Efficacy by Xiaolei Sun, Jingyi Tian, Jinyan Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Ying Wang, Gongqiang Yuan

“…Intraocular pressure, visual acuity, visual function questionnaire (VFQ-25) scores, and floater areas calculated using Image J software were recorded preoperatively and 6 months after YAG lasers. …”
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Recognition and localization of ratoon rice rolled stubble rows based on monocular vision and model fusion by Yuanrui Li, Yuanrui Li, Liping Xiao, Liping Xiao, Zhaopeng Liu, Zhaopeng Liu, Muhua Liu, Muhua Liu, Peng Fang, Peng Fang, Xiongfei Chen, Xiongfei Chen, Jiajia Yu, Jiajia Yu, Jinlong Lin, Jinlong Lin, Jinping Cai, Jinping Cai

“…To address the problem of degradation of model's performance when migrated to other monocular cameras, based on the law of the input image’s influence on model's output results, two optimization methods of adjusting inputs and outputs were used that decreased the absolute relative error from 91.9% to 8.8%. …”
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A novel method for detecting intracranial pressure changes by monitoring cerebral perfusion via electrical impedance tomography by Ming-xu Zhu, Jun-yao Li, Zhan-xiu Cai, Yu Wang, Wei-ce Wang, Yi-tong Guo, Guo-bin Gao, Qing-dong Guo, Xue-tao Shi, Wei-chen Li

“…Invasive ICP monitoring was used as a control method, and a high-precision EIT system was used to acquire and analyze the changing patterns of cerebral perfusion EIT image parameters with respect to ICP. Four EIT parameters related to cerebral perfusion were extracted from the images, and their potential application in detecting ICP elevation was analyzed. …”
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Optimasi Fuzzy C-Means dan K-Means Menggunakan Algoritma Genetika untuk Pengklasteran Dataset Diabetic Retinopathy by Muhammad Ezar Al Rivan, Steven Steven, William Tanzil

“…Retina disorder can be known from data extracted from eye image. Early detection conduct using clustering. …”
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An Experimental Intervention Study Assessing the Impact of a Thin Silicone Gel Surface Overlay on Interface Pressure by Seth Kwadjo Angmorterh, Andrew England, Sonia Aboagye, Eric Kwasi Ofori, Peter Hogg

“…Prior to pressure mapping, the silicone gel surface overlay was assessed for its impact on radiation attenuation and image quality. Results. Study participants were 14 males (70%) and six females (30%), with an age range of 25–53 years (mean = 34.4 ± 7.0). …”
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HANNAH ARENDT E A QUESTÃO NEGRA NA DESSEGREGAÇÃO DA ESCOLA DE LITTLE ROCK, 1957 by Danilo Arnaldo Briskievicz, Amauri Carlos Ferreira

“…Finally, we note that two women were chosen to narrate Little Rock: Elizabeth Eckford, the 15-year-old student who was publicly harassed and had her gesture immortalized in a photograph; and another, Hannah Arendt. The Eckford’s image was republished in several newspapers, was seen by Hannah Arendt who recognized Little Rock as an emblematic case for politics and wrote her article. …”
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The prevalence and prognostic significance of Sarcopenia and Adipopenia in Pleural Mesothelioma by Andrew C. Kidd, Gordon W. Cowell, Geoffrey A. Martin, Jenny Ferguson, Dean A. Fennell, Matt Evison, Kevin G. Blyth

“…Clinical data and CT images were retrieved for 111 patients from 4 UK centres. …”
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Christian vs liberal conceptions of human rights by Piotr Mazurkiewicz

“…From the point of view of Christianity, creation in the image and likeness of God is the source of man’s inalienable dignity, and serves, at the same time, to safeguard his rights from reinterpretation by the state, should the state consider itself the source of such rights. …”
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A scalable multi-modal learning fruit detection algorithm for dynamic environments by Liang Mao, Liang Mao, Zihao Guo, Mingzhe Liu, Yue Li, Linlin Wang, Jie Li

“…A sliding slice method is then employed to predict image targets, thereby reducing the miss rate of small targets.ResultsExperimental results demonstrate that the proposed model improves accuracy, recall, and mean average precision (mAP) by 9.5, 0.9, and 12.3 percentage points, respectively, compared to the original YOLOv5s model. …”
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Direct observation of chiral edge current at zero magnetic field in a magnetic topological insulator by Jinjiang Zhu, Yang Feng, Xiaodong Zhou, Yongchao Wang, Hongxu Yao, Zichen Lian, Weiyan Lin, Qiushi He, Yishi Lin, Youfang Wang, Yongqian Wang, Shuai Yang, Hao Li, Yang Wu, Chang Liu, Jing Wang, Jian Shen, Jinsong Zhang, Yayu Wang, Yihua Wang

“…Here, we perform scanning superconducting quantum interference device (sSQUID) microscopy on these seemingly failed QAH insulators to image their current distribution. When gated to the charge neutral point, our device exhibits edge current, which flows unidirectionally on the odd-layer boundary both with vacuum and with the even-layers. …”
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The Diagnostic Capability of Swept Source OCT Angiography in Treatment-Naive Exudative Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Daniel Ahmed, Martin Stattin, Anna-Maria Haas, Stefan Kickinger, Maximilian Gabriel, Alexandra Graf, Katharina Krepler, Siamak Ansari-Shahrezaei

“…The capability to combine imaging modalities and distinguish the respective MNV subtype improves its diagnostic value.…”
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Do non-mammary conditions influence patients’ cosmetic perception after breast conserving surgery? by Idam de Oliveira-Junior, Idam de Oliveira-Junior, Fabíola Cristina Brandini da Silva, Fabíola Cristina Brandini da Silva, Almir José Sarri, René Aloísio da Costa Vieira, René Aloísio da Costa Vieira

“…In the self-assessment, patients with unsatisfactory cosmetic results had worse overall health, physical, functional, emotional, cognitive, and social capacity, fatigue, pain, dyspnea, financial difficulties, body image; future prospects, side effects, breast symptoms, functional aspects, cosmetics and edema. …”
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Prediction of OCT contours of short-term response to anti-VEGF treatment for diabetic macular edema using generative adversarial networks by Xueying Yang, Fabao Xu, Han Yu, Zhongwen Li, Xuechen Yu, Zhiwen Li, Li Zhang, Jie Liu, Shaopeng Wang, Shaopeng Liu, Jiaming Hong, Jianqiao Li

“…Generative adversarial networks (GANs) have demonstrated remarkably in forecasting prognosis of diseases, yet their performance is still constrained by the limited availability of real-world data and suboptimal image quality, which subsequently impacts the model's outputs. …”
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Advancements and trends in mangrove species mapping based on remote sensing: A comprehensive review and knowledge visualization by Yuqi Wu, Chunyan Lu, Kexin Wu, Wenna Gao, Nuocheng Yang, Jingwen Lin

“…Existing studies have utilized various remote sensing image for mangrove species classification, including airborne hyperspectral, spaceborne visible, infrared, multispectral, hyperspectral, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and drone-borne visible, infrared, multispectral, hyperspectral, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. …”
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