Abstract Background In the active shape model framework, principal component analysis (PCA) based statistical shape models (SSMs) are widely employed to incorporate high-level a priori shape knowledge of the structure to be segmented to achieve robustness.A crucial component of building SSMs is to establish shape correspondence between all training
A 14-months old female child was diagnosed with bilateral single system ectopic ureters opening into the urethra, with small bladder capacity, horseshoes kidneys, and bilateral hydronephrosis, presenting recurrent febrile UTI accompanied by Electric Juicers continuous incontinence and elevated renal function.Early bilateral re-implantation of the u
The mode-division multiplexer/demultiplexer (MMUX/DeMMUX) is the crucial component for the implementation of mode-division multiplexing (MDM) transmission.We propose an on-chip two-mode MMUX/DeMMUX based on adiabatic couplers.Thanks to the principle of mode evolution, the proposed MMUX possesses advantages of broadband operation and high tolerance
A versatile theranostic agent that integrated with therapeutic and diagnostic functions is extremely essential for cancer theranostic.Herein, a multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform (PFP@MPDA-DOX) based on perfluoropentane (PFP) encapsulated mesoporous polydopamine (MPDA) is elaborately designed, followed by gating of drug doxorubicin (DOX) for