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Our results from tissue-mimicking phantoms with varying oil percentages and ex-vivo porcine liver experiments demonstrate the feasibility of our proposed methods. In both experiments SWA was observed to decrease with applied strain. For 10% compression in ex-vivo livers, shear-wave attenuation decreased on average by 28% (93 Np/m), while SWS increased on average by 20% (0.26 m/s).Unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) methods have shown their promising performance in the cross-modality medical image segmentation tasks. These typical methods usually utilize a translation network to transform images from the source domain to target domain or train the pixel-level classifier merely using translated source images and original target images. However, when there exists a large domain shift between source and target domains, we argue that this asymmetric structure, to some extent, could not fully eliminate the domain gap. In this paper, we present a novel deep symmetric architecture of UDA for medical image segmentation, which consists of a segmentation sub-network, and two symmetric source and target domain translation sub-networks. To be specific, based on two translation sub-networks, we introduce a bidirectional alignment scheme via a shared encoder and two private decoders to simultaneously align features 1) from source to target domain and 2) from target to source domain, which is able to effectively mitigate the discrepancy between domains. Furthermore, for the segmentation sub-network, we train a pixel-level classifier using not only original target images and translated source images, but also original source images and translated target images, which could sufficiently leverage the semantic information from the images with different styles. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method has remarkable advantages compared to the state-of-the-art methods in three segmentation tasks, i.e., cross-modality cardiac, BraTS, and abdominal multi-organ segmentation.AbstractObjective The inverse problem of computing conductivity distributions in 2D and 3D objects interrogated by low frequency electrical signals, which is called Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), is treated using a Method-of-Moment technique.
A Point-Matching-Method-of-Moment technique is used to formulate a global integral equation solver. Radial Basis Functions are adopted to express the conductivity distribution. Single-step quadratic-norm (L2) and iterative total variation (L1) regularization techniques are exploited to solve the inverse problem.

Simulation and experimental tests on a circular reconstruction domain show satisfactory performance in deriving conductivity distribution, achieving a Correlation Coefficient (CC) up to 0863 for 70 dB voltage SNR and 0842 for 40 dB voltage SNR. The proposed methodology with L2-norm regularization provided better results than traditional iterative Gauss-Newtons approach, whereas with L1-norm regularization it showed promising performance. Moreover, 3D res, the proposed method requires only one step to converge with L2-norm regularization. The proposed method with L1-norm regularization also achieves good reconstruction quality with a low number of iterations.
Functional coupling between the motor cortex and muscle activity is commonly detected and quantified by cortico-muscular coherence (CMC) or Granger causality (GC) analysis, which are applicable only to linear couplings and are not sufficiently sensitive some healthy subjects show no significant CMC and GC, and yet have good motor skills. The objective of this work is to develop measures of functional cortico-muscular coupling that have improved sensitivity and are capable of detecting both linear and non-linear interactions.

A multiscale wavelet transfer entropy (TE) methodology is proposed. The methodology relies on a dyadic stationary wavelet transform to decompose electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyogram (EMG) signals into functional bands of neural oscillations. Then, it applies TE analysis based on a range of embedding delay vectors to detect and quantify intra- and cross-frequency band cortico-muscular coupling at different time scales.

Our experiments with neurophysiological signals substantiate the potential of the developed methodologies for detecting and quantifying information flow between EEG and EMG signals for subjects with and without significant CMC or GC, including non-linear cross-frequency interactions, and interactions across different temporal scales. The obtained results are in agreement with the underlying sensorimotor neurophysiology.

These findings suggest that the concept of multiscale wavelet TE provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing cortex-muscle interactions.

The proposed methodologies will enable developing novel insights into movement control and neurophysiological processes more generally.
The proposed methodologies will enable developing novel insights into movement control and neurophysiological processes more generally.
The goal of this work was to develop a novel modular focused ultrasound hyperthermia (FUS-HT) system for preclinical applications with the following characteristics MR-compatible, compact probe for integration into a PET/MR small animal scanner, 3D-beam steering capabilities, high resolution focusing for generation of spatially confined FUS-HT effects.

For 3D-beam steering capabilities, a matrix array approach with 11 11 elements was chosen. For reaching the required level of integration, the array was mounted with a conductive backing directly on the interconnection PCB. The array is driven by a modified version of our 128 channel ultrasound research platform DiPhAS. The system was characterized using sound field measurements and validated using tissue-mimicking phantoms. Preliminary MR-compatibility tests were performed using a 7T Bruker MRI scanner.

Four 11 11 arrays between 0.5 and 2 MHz were developed and characterized with respect to sound field properties and HT generation. Focus sizes between 1 and 4 mm were reached depending on depth and frequency. We showed heating by 4C within 60 s in phantoms. The integration concept allows a probe thickness of less than 12 mm.

We demonstrated FUS-HT capabilities of our modular system based on matrix arrays and a 128 channel electronics system within a 3D-steering range of up to 30. The suitability for integration into a small animal MR could be demonstrated in basic MR-compatibility tests.

The developed system presents a new generation of FUS-HT for preclinical and translational work providing safe, reversible, localized, and controlled HT.
The developed system presents a new generation of FUS-HT for preclinical and translational work providing safe, reversible, localized, and controlled HT.
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a greater risk of developing coronary artery disease. However, the frequency of specific coronary artery vascular phenotypes, such as coronary artery ectasia (CAE), which has a frequency of 5% in the general population, has not been studied in patients with OSA. This study aimed to estimate CAE frequency in patients with OSA who underwent coronary angiography.

A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed. The results of each polysomnography were reviewed, classifying OSA severity according to the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). Each coronary angiography was reviewed.CAEwas defined and classified according to the scales described in the literature. Two groups of patients were classified and compared (OSA/CAE group vs. OSA/Non-CAE group).

We identified the frequency of CAE in 185 patients with OSA who underwent coronary angiography. The frequency of CAE was 18.4% in these patients. ST-elevation myocardial infarction as the indication for coronary angiography was significantly greater in the OSA/CAE group than the OSA/Non-CAE group (26.5% vs. 9.9%; p = 0.02). buy CQ31 A 62% of the patients having severe OSA (AHI ≥ 30 events/h). These patients in the OSA/CAE group had a significantly higher median AHI than in the OSA/Non-CAE group (72.5 events/h vs. 53.5 events/h, respectively; p=0.039). The CAE severity was not directly related to the OSA severity.

The frequency of CAE in patients with OSA is higher than that reported for the general population. The severity of OSA is related to the presence of CAE but not to its severity.
The frequency of CAE in patients with OSA is higher than that reported for the general population. The severity of OSA is related to the presence of CAE but not to its severity.
The current study aimed to determine the role of psychological experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (depression, anxiety, loneliness, and COVID-19-related grief and worry) on young adult physical and mental health functioning as measured by health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Using hierarchical multiple regression analyses, this cross-sectional study examined psychological predictors of physical and mental health functioning among young adults (age 18 to 30 years) from April 13 to September 5, 2020.

Pre-existing depression diagnoses (beta = -0.124, P < .001), current depression symptoms (beta = -0.298, P < .001), and COVID-19-related worry (beta = -0.142, P < .001) significantly predicted poorer physical health functioning. Current depression and anxiety symptoms (beta = -0.342 and beta = -0.268), loneliness (beta = -0.135), and COVID-19-related grief (beta = -0.180) predicted lower self-reported mental health functioning (P < .001). Black (beta = -0.072) and Hispanic/Latinx participants (beta = -0.082) were more likely to indicate poorer physical health functioning (P < .01) relative to White participants, whereas women reported poorer mental health relative to men (beta = -0.047, P < .05).

This study identifies potential negative impacts of pandemic-related psychological experiences for young adults' health during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to consider mental health symptomatology, COVID-19-related experiences, race, and gender when designing efforts to address long-term implications on health.
This study identifies potential negative impacts of pandemic-related psychological experiences for young adults' health during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to consider mental health symptomatology, COVID-19-related experiences, race, and gender when designing efforts to address long-term implications on health.
Inflammation, motivational anhedonia, and neuropsychiatric disorders are associated with significant functional impairment and are a major public health concern. The objective of this systematic review is to examine the relationship between inflammatory activity and motivational anhedonia in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Preclinical and clinical studies were qualitatively synthesized and summarized.

We found an association between inflammation and neuropsychiatric disorders, and a transdiagnostic association between motivational anhedonia and neuropsychiatric disorders. This review also identified brain regions associated with motivational processes that might have a latent vulnerability to persistent inflammatory activity. Motivational processes might be impacted early in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders, and could lead to a precursory manifestation of motivational anhedonia before (eg, prodromal phase) or early in the clinical course of the disorder.

Although inflammation, motivational anhedonia, and neuro psychiatric disorders are strongly associated, direct evidence of causal interactions are limited.
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