A new method maps tractographies across subjects without transformations.
problem Mapping tractographies across subjects without transformations.
method Graph-based solution for tractography mapping, reformulating as combinatorial optimization.
result Preliminary promising results compared to standard registration techniques.
Geometric framework for aligning fiber tracts across subjects.
problem Challenges in finding direct tract correspondence across multiple individuals.
method Geometric framework using intrinsic mean and deformation fields, parallel transport for registration.
result Bundle alignment results on 43 healthy adult subjects.
Novel 3D U-Net method for fast, reproducible white matter tract segmentation.
problem Challenges in fast and consistent white matter tract segmentation from diffusion tensor MRI.
method Convolutional neural network (3D U-Net) trained on a large DTI dataset.
result Reproducibility and accuracy of tract-specific diffusion measures.
Understanding how housing values evolve over time is important to policy makers, consumers and real estate professionals. Existing methods for constructing housing indices are computed at a coarse spatial granularity, such as metropolitan regions, which can mask or distort price dynamics apparent in local markets, such…
Deep learning model classifies gastrointestinal diseases with high accuracy.
problem Disease detection in the gastrointestinal tract.
method Global features and deep neural networks.
result 95.80% accuracy, 95.87% precision, 95.80% F1-score.
Study improves machine learning models for GI tract disease detection using comprehensive evaluations and cross-dataset testing.
problem Incomplete or incorrect evaluation of machine learning models for GI tract diseases.
method Comprehensive evaluations of five machine learning models using Global Features and Deep Neural Networks, introducing performance hexagons and cross-dataset testing.
result Demonstrates the need for more sophisticated performance metrics and evaluation methods to build generalizable models.
Study examines equity in post-Snow Uri recovery, finds disparities.
problem Disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations during recovery.
method County and census tract level data analysis, satellite imagery, statistical procedures.
result Negative associations between non-Hispanic whites and outages, positive associations with certain demographic variables.
Paper aims to find joint representation between vocal tract geometry and speech sound acoustics.
problem Finding a joint latent representation between articulatory and acoustic domains for vowel sounds.
method Invertible neural network models, convolutional autoencoder, normalizing flows, semi-supervised learning.
result Satisfactory performance in articulatory-to-acoustic and acoustic-to-articulatory mapping.
New algorithm extracts shared latent space for cortico-muscular interactions.
problem Challenges of high dimensionality and limited sample sizes in multivariate cortico-muscular analysis.
method Structured and sparse partial least squares coherence (ssPLSC) algorithm.
result ssPLSC achieves competitive or better performance in scenarios with limited sample sizes and high noise levels.
Hybrid CNN improves segmentation and registration of white matter tracts.
problem Accurate analysis of longitudinal brain imaging data.
method A hybrid CNN integrating segmentation and registration into a single procedure.
result Hybrid CNN outperforms multistage pipelines in segmentation accuracy, consistency, and speed.
Breath sounds can identify speakers with high accuracy.
problem Identifying speakers from breath sounds.
method Examined breath sounds during continuous speech, focusing on inhalation phase.
result Breath sounds carry unique speaker-specific information, enabling accurate speaker identification.
Proposes a speaker-independent GlotNet vocoder using WaveNet for speech generation.
problem Lack of efficient multi-speaker WaveNet models with limited resources.
method Uses source-filter model of speech production to train a WaveNet for glottal excitation.
result Proposed GlotNet vocoder performs favorably to direct WaveNet vocoder in speech quality.
Paper proposes efficient multivariate spatial Fay-Herriot models using variational autoencoders.
problem Estimating population characteristics in small areas with limited data.
method Integrates multivariate spatial Fay-Herriot model with variational autoencoders to leverage spatial structure efficiently.
result Significant computational efficiency improvements for high-dimensional datasets.
New method provides reliable probabilistic bounds for VUR detection.
problem Detect VUR in children without radiation exposure.
method Machine learning with probabilistic bounds for conditional probability.
result Guaranteed bounds contain well-calibrated probabilities.
End-to-end speech recognition system trained on GPUs and CPUs.
problem Building state-of-the-art speech recognition systems.
method Utilizes CPUs and GPUs for training, data augmentation, and neural network updates. Uses vocal tract length perturbation and acoustic simulator for data augmentation. Employed Horovod allreduce for training.
result Achieved 7.92% WER on proprietary English Bixby open domain test set using a Bidirectional Full Attention (BFA) model.
A faster Bayesian method for estimating spatial count data models.
problem Bayesian estimation of spatial count data models is computationally expensive and slow.
method Derive a Variational Bayes (VB) method for posterior inference in negative binomial models with spatial dependence.
result The VB method is up to 50 times faster than MCMC and offers similar accuracy.
Hierarchical CNNs improve diagnosis of GI diseases from histopathological images.
problem Diagnosing GI diseases from histopathological images is challenging due to heterogeneity and shared features.
method Embedded a class hierarchy into a VGGNet to address the hierarchical structure of GI diseases.
result The hierarchical model achieved better results than a flat model for multi-category diagnosis of GI disorders.
We extend the well-known Denjoy-Ahlfors theorem on the number of different asymptotic tracts of holomorphic functions to subharmonic functions on arbitrary Riemannian manifolds. We obtain some new versions of the Liouville theorem for $\p$-harmonic functions without requiring the geodesic completeness requirement of a …
In this work we show that the systems of balance equations (balance systems) of continuum thermodynamics occupy a natural place in the variational bicomplex formalism. We apply the vertical homotopy decomposition to get a local splitting (in a convenient domain) of a general balance system as the sum of a Lagrangian pa…
Paper presents unsupervised learning for visual representations using patches from unlabelled videos.
problem Learning visual representations without labeled data.
method Trains a model for foreground and background classification using patches extracted from unlabelled videos.
result Model achieves 45.3 mAP, close to best unsupervised learning techniques.
Enhances geodesic fiber tracking in white matter using modified metrics and tensor data.
problem Improving the accuracy and robustness of geodesic fiber tracking in white matter.
method Modification of geodesic ray-tracing method using rescaled metrics and fourth-order tensor data.
result More satisfactory results in the construction of white matter tracts as geodesics.
Study develops a dynamic risk model for COVID-19 mortality using UK Biobank data.
problem Developing tools to monitor high-risk patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
method Data-driven random forest classification model using baseline characteristics and symptoms.
result Model predicts COVID-19 mortality with excellent performance (AUC: 0.91), identifying novel predictors.
A fusion approach combines audio and video features for emotion recognition.
problem Continuous emotion recognition using both visual and auditory modalities.
method Pre-trained CNN features from video frames and minimalistic auditory descriptors. Fusion at feature or prediction level. SVR for prediction.
result Improves CCCs of 0.749 and 0.565 for arousal and valence respectively.
Unified model improves sampling speed and quality.
problem Difficult to balance sampling speed and quality.
method Multistep Consistency Models combining consistency and diffusion models.
result Improved sampling quality with reduced steps.
Three approaches learn personalized treatment policies for UTI patients.
problem Learning optimal treatment policies in multiobjective settings with fully observed outcomes.
method Indirect and direct approaches using predictive models and without intermediate models.
result All approaches outperform clinicians in achieving better performance on all outcomes and trade-offs.
AutoElicit uses LLMs to quickly create expert priors for predictive models.
problem Creating accurate priors for predictive models is time-consuming and costly.
method AutoElicit extracts knowledge from LLMs to construct priors for predictive models.
result AutoElicit yields priors that reduce error and save labelling effort.
MPPCCA extracts multiple causal relationships from multivariate time series.
problem Extracting multiple causal relationships from multivariate time series data.
method Mixture of probabilistic partial canonical correlation analysis (MPPCCA) combined with an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm.
result MPPCCA accurately estimates multiple partial canonical correlations in synthetic and real datasets.
DS2CF-Net learns hierarchical representations with deep coupled factorization and enriched prior.
problem Learning deep hierarchical representations from data.
method Dual-constrained Deep Semi-Supervised Coupled Factorization Network (DS2CF-Net) with enriched prior.
result DS2CF-Net achieves state-of-the-art performance in representation learning and clustering.
Study uses machine learning to identify IBD biomarkers from gut microbiota.
problem Identifying biomarkers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from gut microbiota.
method Ensemble feature selection methods (CMIM, FCBF, mRMR, XGBoost) applied to IBD-associated metagenomics dataset.
result XGBoost minimizes microbiota used for IBD diagnosis, improving classification accuracy.