Background elimination for noisy character images or character images from real scene is still a challenging problem, due to the bewildering backgrounds, uneven illumination, low resolution and different distortions. We propose a stroke-based character reconstruction(SCR) method that use a weighted quadratic Bezier cur…
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Neural network estimates rigid motion in stroke imaging to improve image quality.
problem Rigid patient motion during C-arm CBCT imaging reduces image quality.
method Neural network trained to regress reprojection error based on image information.
result Neural network outperforms entropy-based method in motion estimation.
Bayesian CNN improves MRI stroke diagnosis accuracy and uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty quantification in automated image analysis for medical decision-making.
method Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with aggregation methods for patient-level diagnoses.
result Bayesian CNN achieved 95.33% accuracy on 511 patients, 2% higher than non-Bayesian.
Large vessel occlusion (LVO) plays an important role in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke. Identifying LVO of patients in the early stage on admission would significantly lower the probabilities of suffering from severe effects due to stroke or even save their lives. In this paper, we utilized both structural and …
According to the WHO, Cerebrovascular Stroke, or CS, is the second largest cause of death worldwide. Current diagnosis of CS relies on labor and cost intensive neuroimaging techniques, unsuitable for areas with inadequate access to quality medical facilities. Thus, there is a great need for an efficient diagnosis alter…
The volume of stroke lesion is the gold standard for predicting the clinical outcome of stroke patients. However, the presence of stroke lesion may cause neural disruptions to other brain regions, and these potentially damaged regions may affect the clinical outcome of stroke patients. In this paper, we introduce the t…
Ischaemic stroke is a medical condition caused by occlusion of blood supply to the brain tissue thus forming a lesion. A lesion is zoned into a core associated with irreversible necrosis typically located at the center of the lesion, while reversible hypoxic changes in the outer regions of the lesion are termed as the …
CoSE models complex drawings by treating strokes as a collection that can be composed.
problem Modeling complex free-form structures like diagrams.
method Generative model using autoencoder to project strokes into a fixed latent space, relational model operates in latent space.
result Model captures both individual strokes and their compositional structure.
Study uses machine learning to predict stroke risk in China with improved accuracy.
problem Predicting stroke risk in China using machine learning.
method Combines VAR and GNN for causal inference, compares multiple classification algorithms, uses SMOTE undersampling.
result Gradient Boosting model shows highest performance and stability in predicting stroke risk.
We present sketch-rnn, a recurrent neural network (RNN) able to construct stroke-based drawings of common objects. The model is trained on thousands of crude human-drawn images representing hundreds of classes. We outline a framework for conditional and unconditional sketch generation, and describe new robust training …
Study uses reinforcement learning to optimize metachronal paddling at low Reynolds number.
problem Optimizing metachronal paddling strategies for efficient swimming at low Reynolds numbers.
method Applied reinforcement learning to a swimmer model with varying paddle spacings.
result The reinforcement learning algorithm selects a back-to-front metachronal wave-like stroke as the most efficient, regardless of the number of paddles.
Oriental ink painting, called Sumi-e, is one of the most appealing painting styles that has attracted artists around the world. Major challenges in computer-based Sumi-e simulation are to abstract complex scene information and draw smooth and natural brush strokes. To automatically find such strokes, we propose to mode…
Paper proposes a method to detect glare in document images.
problem Glare obscures text in document images, hindering recognition.
method Divides document into blocks, collects luminance and histogram features, uses CNN to detect glare.
result High recall and f-score in detecting glare.
Deep learning identifies functional primitives in stroke rehabilitation.
problem Measuring the necessary dose of rehabilitation training for stroke recovery.
method Automatic identification of functional primitives using IMUs and deep learning.
result Convolutional neural network achieved 70% accuracy in primitive classification.
Rehabilitation training is the primary intervention to improve motor recovery after stroke, but a tool to measure functional training does not currently exist. To bridge this gap, we previously developed an approach to classify functional movement primitives using wearable sensors and a machine learning (ML) algorithm.…
Machine learning detects and characterizes whistler radio waves for real-time monitoring of the plasmasphere.
problem Detect and characterise whistler radio waves generated by lightning strokes for real-time monitoring of the plasmasphere.
method Developed a machine learning model using image classification and localisation on spectrogram data to identify and localise whistlers.
result The proposed detectors achieve a misdetection and false alarm rate of less than 15% on Marion's dataset.
We explore neural painters, a generative model for brushstrokes learned from a real non-differentiable and non-deterministic painting program. We show that when training an agent to "paint" images using brushstrokes, using a differentiable neural painter leads to much faster convergence. We propose a method for encoura…
This paper presents a study in task-oriented approach to stroke rehabilitation by controlling a haptic device via near-infrared spectroscopy-based brain-computer interface (BCI). The task is to command the haptic device to move in opposing directions of leftward and rightward movement. Our study consists of data acquis…
Generative Neuro-Symbolic model learns from raw data with rich conceptual representations.
problem Learning rich, general-purpose conceptual representations from raw perceptual inputs.
method Generative Neuro-Symbolic (GNS) model combining symbolic and neural network approaches.
result Model learns from raw data and generalizes to 4 unique tasks.
Spatial-Spectral Boosting Analysis for Stroke Patients' Motor Imagery EEG in Rehabilitation Trainingstat.ML
Current studies about motor imagery based rehabilitation training systems for stroke subjects lack an appropriate analytic method, which can achieve a considerable classification accuracy, at the same time detects gradual changes of imagery patterns during rehabilitation process and disinters potential mechanisms about…
We introduce SparseVM, a method that registers clinical-quality 3D MR scans both faster and more accurately than previously possible. Deformable alignment, or registration, of clinical scans is a fundamental task for many clinical neuroscience studies. However, most registration algorithms are designed for high-resolut…
We aim to produce predictive models that are not only accurate, but are also interpretable to human experts. Our models are decision lists, which consist of a series of if...then... statements (e.g., if high blood pressure, then stroke) that discretize a high-dimensional, multivariate feature space into a series of sim…
Paper proposes efficient image inversion and editing using rectified stochastic differential equations.
problem Inversion and editing of real images using generative models.
method Proposes RF inversion using dynamic optimal control and a linear quadratic regulator, extending to stochastic sampler for Flux.
result Allows state-of-the-art performance in zero-shot inversion and editing, outperforming prior works.
Deep neural networks map brain lesions to deficits for better brain function understanding.
problem Mapping the functional brain organization from pathological lesions.
method Deep generative neural network architectures, specifically variational convolutional volumetric auto-encoders.
result Our model outperforms established methods in lesion-deficit inference across various scenarios.
Agents learn to draw with human-like abstraction and realism.
problem Training generative models to produce realistic images without supervision.
method Reinforcement learning agents in a simulated painting environment, trained with a discriminator network.
result Generative agents can produce images with visual abstraction and realism.
Improved image synthesis with user scribbles and text prompts.
problem Inadequate details in generated images due to domain shift.
method Optimization problem formulation and cross-attention for control.
result Significant improvement in user satisfaction (85.32% higher).
New method predicts aphasia severity with narrower uncertainty intervals.
problem Predicting aphasia severity in stroke patients using neuroimages.
method Sparse heteroscedastic Bayesian high-dimensional regression with H-PROBE algorithm.
result H-PROBE provides narrower prediction intervals for aphasia severity.
RATE metrics evaluate treatment prioritization rules, subsuming existing methods.
problem Comparing and testing the quality of treatment prioritization rules.
method Rank-weighted average treatment effect (RATE) metrics.
result RATE metrics enable asymptotically exact inference in various study settings.
Model uses unsupervised learning to classify medical reports with less labeled data.
problem Lack of labeled data for fine-grained disease classification in medical reports.
method Developed a pipeline combining an unsupervised encoder-language model and a supervised classifier model.
result Improved classification accuracy with less labeled data compared to previous methods.
Causal ML methods failed to validate their personalized treatment effects in two large trials.
problem Validating causal machine learning methods for personalized treatment effects in precision medicine.
method Assessed 17 mainstream causal heterogeneity ML methods using two large randomized controlled trials.
result None of the ML methods reliably validated their performance, internal or external, showing significant discrepancies between training and test data.
The method learns to partition event time space for better prediction.
problem Improving event time prediction in clinical settings with limited data.
method Develops a method to learn cut points for partitioning event time space.
result Improved prediction performance on real-world datasets.
Purpose: Conventional automated segmentation of the head anatomy in MRI distinguishes different brain and non-brain tissues based on image intensities and prior tissue probability maps (TPM). This works well for normal head anatomies, but fails in the presence of unexpected lesions. Deep convolutional neural networks l…
Paper proposes MSSDDPG for better financial trading strategies.
problem Extracting accurate features from noisy, non-stationary financial time series.
method Multi-scale stroke deep deterministic policy gradient reinforcement learning model (MSSDDPG).
result MSSDDPG outperforms other strategies in China's CSI 300 and SSE Composite.
Perinatal stroke (PS) is a serious condition that, if undetected and thus untreated, often leads to life-long disability, in particular Cerebral Palsy (CP). In clinical settings, Prechtl's General Movement Assessment (GMA) can be used to classify infant movements using a Gestalt approach, identifying infants at high ri…
Adaptive feature normalization improves model robustness to extraneous variables.
problem Degrading model performance due to extraneous variables in deep learning.
method Adaptive feature normalization using instance normalization instead of batch normalization.
result Adaptive normalization leads to significant performance gains across different datasets and architectures.
We introduce a novel class of rotation invariants of two dimensional curves based on iterated integrals. The invariants we present are in some sense complete and we describe an algorithm to calculate them, giving explicit computations up to order six. We present an application to online (stroke-trajectory based) charac…
Framework tests CATE homogeneity across trials and evaluates confounding.
problem Assessing treatment effect consistency across randomized and observational studies.
method Leverages multiple randomized trials to test CATE homogeneity and compares with observational data.
result Identifies potential confounding and effect heterogeneity in treatment effects.
Bayesian meta-learning improves health prediction models across similar diseases.
problem Inter- and intra-task variability in healthcare predictions due to disease heterogeneity and patient differences.
method Bayesian meta-learning approach that models task similarity to mitigate negative transfer and improve generalizability.
result Significant generalizability improvements in stroke prediction tasks using electronic health record data.
trVAE improves conditional out-of-sample generation for unpaired data.
problem Challenges in generating high-dimensional samples conditional on low-dimensional descriptors out-of-sample.
method trVAE uses maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) to match distributions across conditions in the decoder layer.
result Improved robustness and accuracy in predicting cellular perturbation responses and disease.
The paper proposes a new algorithm to select subsets of training data for better accuracy and explainability.
problem Tackles the challenge of balancing accuracy and explainability in pattern recognition.
method Identifies multiple subsets with simple local patterns by clustering similar instances.
result The sub-setting algorithm outperformed traditional decision trees by 15% on the international stroke dataset.
The way developers collaborate inside and particularly across teams often escapes management's attention, despite a formal organization with designated teams being defined. Observability of the actual, organically formed engineering structure provides decision makers invaluable additional tools to manage their talent p…
We study two aspects of noisy computations during inference. The first aspect is how to mitigate their side effects for naturally trained deep learning systems. One of the motivations for looking into this problem is to reduce the high power cost of conventional computing of neural networks through the use of analog ne…
ES-VAE models skeletal pose trajectories by removing nuisance factors.
problem Handling camera orientation, subject scale, viewpoint, and execution speed in skeletal data.
method ES-VAE uses TSRVF representation on Kendall's shape manifold to isolate shape dynamics.
result ES-VAE outperforms standard VAEs and sequence modeling baselines in gait cycle prediction and action recognition.
Bayesian Supervised Causal Clustering identifies patient subgroups for personalized decision-making.
problem Finding patient subgroups with similar characteristics for personalized decision-making.
method Bayesian Supervised Causal Clustering (BSCC) that identifies homogenous subgroups based on treatment effects.
result BSCC identifies subgroups with similar covariate profiles and treatment effects.
Background: Cardiac MRI derived biventricular mass and function parameters, such as end-systolic volume (ESV), end-diastolic volume (EDV), ejection fraction (EF), stroke volume (SV), and ventricular mass (VM) are clinically well established. Image segmentation can be challenging and time-consuming, due to the complex a…
Robotic table tennis learns efficient policies to return balls at 100Hz.
problem Developing efficient robotic table tennis strategies.
method Model-free reinforcement learning using evolutionary search on CNN-based policies.
result Robots can develop multi-modal styles (forehand and backhand) with 80% return rate.
Log-supermodularity of weight functions and the loading monotonicity of weighted insurance premiumsq-fin.RM
The paper is motivated by a problem concerning the monotonicity of insurance premiums with respect to their loading parameter: the larger the parameter, the larger the insurance premium is expected to be. This property, usually called loading monotonicity, is satisfied by premiums that appear in the literature. The inc…
Resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) scans hold the potential to serve as a diagnostic or prognostic tool for a wide variety of conditions, such as autism, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. While a growing number of studies have demonstrated the promise of machine learning algorithms for rs-fMRI based clinical or beha…