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Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a major human pathogen that is responsible for a wide range of systemic infections. Since its propensity to form biofilms in vivo poses formidable challenges for both detection and treatment, tools that can be used to specifically image S. aureus biofilms are highly valuable for clinical management. Here, we describe the development of oxadiazolone-based activity-based probes to target the S. aureus-specific serine hydrolase FphE. Because this enzyme lacks homologues in other bacteria, it is an ideal target for selective imaging of S. aureus infections. Using X-ray crystallography, direct cell labeling, and mouse models of infection, we demonstrate that oxadiazolone-based probes enable specific labeling of S. aureus bacteria through the direct covalent modification of the FphE active site serine. These results demonstrate the utility of the oxadizolone electrophile for activity-based probes and validate FphE as a target for the development of imaging contrast agents for the rapid detection of S. aureus infections.
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Infecções Estafilocócicas , Staphylococcus aureus , Animais , Camundongos , Humanos , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Biofilmes , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Serina , AntibacterianosRESUMO
One of the biggest challenge in the field of deep learning is the parameter selection and optimization process. In recent years different algorithms have been proposed including bio-inspired solutions to solve this problem, however, there are many challenges including local minima, saddle points, and vanishing gradients. In this paper, we introduce the Whale Optimisation Algorithm (WOA) based on the swarm foraging behavior of humpback whales to optimise neural network hyperparameters. We wish to stress that to the best of our knowledge this is the first attempt that uses Whale Optimisation Algorithm for the optimisation task of hyperparameters. After a detailed description of the WOA algorithm we formulate and explain the application in deep learning, present the implementation, and compare the proposed algorithm with other well-known algorithms including widely used Grid and Random Search methods. Additionally, we have implemented a third dimension feature analysis to the original WOA algorithm to utilize 3D search space (3D-WOA). Simulations show that the proposed algorithm can be successfully used for hyperparameters optimization, achieving accuracy of 89.85% and 80.60% for Fashion MNIST and Reuters datasets, respectively.
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Redes Neurais de Computação , Baleias , Algoritmos , AnimaisRESUMO
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is an enteric bacterial disease that is increasing in incidence worldwide. Symptoms of CDI range from mild diarrhea to severe life-threatening inflammation of the colon. While antibiotics are standard-of-care treatments for CDI, they are also the biggest risk factor for development of CDI and recurrence. Therefore, novel therapies that successfully treat CDI and protect against recurrence are an unmet clinical need. Screening for novel drug leads is often tested by manual image analysis. The process is slow, tedious and is subject to human error and bias. So far, little work has focused on computer-aided screening for drug leads based on fluorescence images. Here, we propose a novel method to identify characteristic morphological changes in human fibroblast cells exposed to C. difficile toxins based on computer vision algorithms supported by deep learning methods. Classical image processing algorithms for the pre-processing stage are used together with an adjusted pre-trained deep convolutional neural network responsible for cell classification. In this study, we take advantage of transfer learning methodology by examining pre-trained VGG-19, ResNet50, Xception, and DenseNet121 convolutional neural network (CNN) models with adjusted, densely connected classifiers. We compare the obtained results with those of other machine learning algorithms and also visualize and interpret them. The proposed models have been evaluated on a dataset containing 369 images with 6112 cases. DenseNet121 achieved the highest results with a 93.5% accuracy, 92% sensitivity, and 95% specificity, respectively.
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Clostridioides difficile , Redes Neurais de Computação , Clostridioides , Fluorescência , Humanos , Aprendizado de MáquinaRESUMO
In this research, we present a semi-supervised segmentation solution using convolutional autoencoders to solve the problem of segmentation tasks having a small number of ground-truth images. We evaluate the proposed deep network architecture for the detection of nests of nevus cells in histopathological images of skin specimens is an important step in dermatopathology. The diagnostic criteria based on the degree of uniformity and symmetry of border irregularities are particularly vital in dermatopathology, in order to distinguish between benign and malignant skin lesions. However, to the best of our knowledge, it is the first described method to segment the nests region. The novelty of our approach is not only the area of research, but, furthermore, we address a problem with a small ground-truth dataset. We propose an effective computer-vision based deep learning tool that can perform the nests segmentation based on an autoencoder architecture with two learning steps. Experimental results verified the effectiveness of the proposed approach and its ability to segment nests areas with Dice similarity coefficient 0.81, sensitivity 0.76, and specificity 0.94, which is a state-of-the-art result.
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Interpretação de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Melanócitos/citologia , Pele/diagnóstico por imagem , Aprendizado de Máquina Supervisionado , Algoritmos , Aprendizado Profundo , Humanos , Melanoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Nevo/diagnóstico por imagem , Sensibilidade e EspecificidadeRESUMO
Polyps are very common abnormalities in human gastrointestinal regions. Their early diagnosis may help in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer. Vision-based computer-aided diagnostic systems automatically identify polyp regions to assist surgeons in their removal. Due to their varying shape, color, size, texture, and unclear boundaries, polyp segmentation in images is a challenging problem. Existing deep learning segmentation models mostly rely on convolutional neural networks that have certain limitations in learning the diversity in visual patterns at different spatial locations. Further, they fail to capture inter-feature dependencies. Vision transformer models have also been deployed for polyp segmentation due to their powerful global feature extraction capabilities. But they too are supplemented by convolution layers for learning contextual local information. In the present paper, a polyp segmentation model CoInNet is proposed with a novel feature extraction mechanism that leverages the strengths of convolution and involution operations and learns to highlight polyp regions in images by considering the relationship between different feature maps through a statistical feature attention unit. To further aid the network in learning polyp boundaries, an anomaly boundary approximation module is introduced that uses recursively fed feature fusion to refine segmentation results. It is indeed remarkable that even tiny-sized polyps with only 0.01% of an image area can be precisely segmented by CoInNet. It is crucial for clinical applications, as small polyps can be easily overlooked even in the manual examination due to the voluminous size of wireless capsule endoscopy videos. CoInNet outperforms thirteen state-of-the-art methods on five benchmark polyp segmentation datasets.
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Endoscopia por Cápsula , Cirurgiões , Humanos , Redes Neurais de Computação , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por ComputadorRESUMO
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen responsible for a wide range of systemic infections. Since its propensity to form biofilms in vivo poses formidable challenges for both detection and treatment, tools that can be used to specifically image S. aureus biofilms are highly valuable for clinical management. Here we describe the development of oxadiazolonebased activity-based probes to target the S. aureus-specific serine hydrolase FphE. Because this enzyme lacks homologs in other bacteria, it is an ideal target for selective imaging of S. aureus infections. Using X-ray crystallography, direct cell labeling and mouse models of infection we demonstrate that oxadiazolone-based probes enable specific labeling of S. aureus bacteria through the direct covalent modification of the FphE active site serine. These results demonstrate the utility of the oxadizolone electrophile for activity-based probes (ABPs) and validate FphE as a target for development of imaging contrast agents for the rapid detection of S. aureus infections.
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Friction stir welding (FSW) is an environmentally friendly, solid-state welding technique. In this research work, we analyze the microstructure of a new type of FSW weld applying a two- stage framework based on image processing algorithms containing a segmentation step and microstructure analysis of objects occurring in different layers. A dual-speed tool as used to prepare the tested weld. In this paper, we present the segmentation method for recognizing areas containing particles forming bands in the microstructure of a dissimilar weld of aluminum alloys made by FSW technology. A digital analysis was performed on the images obtained using an Olympus GX51 light microscope. The image analysis process consisted of basic segmentation methods in conjunction with domain knowledge and object detection located in different layers of a weld using morphological operations and point transformations. These methods proved to be effective in the analysis of the microstructure images corrupted by noise. The segmentation parts as well as single objects were separated enough to analyze the distribution on different layers of the specimen and the variability of shape and size of the underlying microstructures, which was not possible without computer vision support.
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The International Skin Imaging Collaboration (ISIC) datasets have become a leading repository for researchers in machine learning for medical image analysis, especially in the field of skin cancer detection and malignancy assessment. They contain tens of thousands of dermoscopic photographs together with gold-standard lesion diagnosis metadata. The associated yearly challenges have resulted in major contributions to the field, with papers reporting measures well in excess of human experts. Skin cancers can be divided into two major groups - melanoma and non-melanoma. Although less prevalent, melanoma is considered to be more serious as it can quickly spread to other organs if not treated at an early stage. In this paper, we summarise the usage of the ISIC dataset images and present an analysis of yearly releases over a period of 2016 - 2020. Our analysis found a significant number of duplicate images, both within and between the datasets. Additionally, we also noted duplicates spread across testing and training sets. Due to these irregularities, we propose a duplicate removal strategy and recommend a curated dataset for researchers to use when working on ISIC datasets. Given that ISIC 2020 focused on melanoma classification, we conduct experiments to provide benchmark results on the ISIC 2020 test set, with additional analysis on the smaller ISIC 2017 test set. Testing was completed following the application of our duplicate removal strategy and an additional data balancing step. As a result of removing 14,310 duplicate images from the training set, our benchmark results show good levels of melanoma prediction with an AUC of 0.80 for the best performing model. As our aim was not to maximise network performance, we did not include additional steps in our experiments. Finally, we provide recommendations for future research by highlighting irregularities that may present research challenges. A list of image files with reference to the original ISIC dataset sources for the recommended curated training set will be shared on our GitHub repository (available at www.github.com/mmu-dermatology-research/isic_duplicate_removal_strategy).
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Melanoma , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Benchmarking , Dermoscopia , Humanos , Melanoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Redes Neurais de Computação , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
Over the past few decades, different clinical diagnostic algorithms have been proposed to diagnose malignant melanoma in its early stages. Furthermore, the detection of skin moles driven by current deep learning based approaches yields impressive results in the classification of malignant melanoma. However, in all these approaches, the researchers do not take into account the origin of the skin lesion. It has been observed that the specific criteria for in situ and early invasive melanoma highly depend on the anatomic site of the body. To address this problem, we propose a deep learning architecture based framework to classify skin lesions into the three most important anatomic sites, including the face, trunk and extremities, and acral lesions. In this study, we take advantage of pretrained networks, including VGG19, ResNet50, Xception, DenseNet121, and EfficientNetB0, to calculate the features with an adjusted and densely connected classifier. Furthermore, we perform in depth analysis on database, architecture, and result regarding the effectiveness of the proposed framework. Experiments confirm the ability of the developed algorithms to classify skin lesions into the most important anatomical sites with 91.45% overall accuracy for the EfficientNetB0 architecture, which is a state-of-the-art result in this domain.
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Tissue segmentation in whole-slide images is an important task in digital pathology, required for efficient and accurate computer-aided diagnostics. Precise tissue segmentation is particularly significant for a correct diagnosis in cases, when tissue structure of a specimen is very porous, such as skin specimens. In this paper, we addressed the problem of fore- and background segmentation in histopatological images of skin specimens stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), which has not been solved yet, by a novel method based on a combination of statistical analysis, color thresholding, and binary morphology. We validated our algorithm on large extracts from 60 high-resolution whole slide images, with differing staining quality and captured under varying imaging conditions, from three laboratories. The size of extracts varies from 2000×1500 to 20000×30000 pixels and the number of images used in our study matches the number of H&E images used by other research teams. We compared our method to the published ones (GrabCut and FESI) and showed that our approach outperforms its counterparts (Jaccard index of 0.929 vs. 0.776 and 0.695).
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Algoritmos , Interpretação de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Patologia Clínica/métodos , Pele/patologia , Amarelo de Eosina-(YS) , Hematoxilina , Humanos , Coloração e RotulagemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Atypical vascular pattern is one of the most important features by differentiating between benign and malignant pigmented skin lesions. Detection and analysis of vascular structures is a necessary initial step for skin mole assessment; it is a prerequisite step to provide an accurate outcome for the widely used 7-point checklist diagnostic algorithm. METHODS: In this research we present a fully automated machine learning approach for segmenting vascular structures in dermoscopy colour images. The U-Net architecture is based on convolutional networks and designed for fast and precise segmentation of images. After preprocessing the images are randomly divided into 146516 patches of 64 × 64 pixels each. RESULTS: On the independent validation dataset including 74 images our implemented method showed high segmentation accuracy. For the U-Net convolutional neural network, an average DSC of 0.84, sensitivity 0.85, and specificity 0.81 has been achieved. CONCLUSION: Vascular structures due to small size and similarity to other local structures create enormous difficulties during the segmentation and assessment process. The use of advanced segmentation methods like deep learning, especially convolutional neural networks, has the potential to improve the accuracy of advanced local structure detection.
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Vasos Sanguíneos/diagnóstico por imagem , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Neoplasias/diagnóstico por imagem , Nevo/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasos Sanguíneos/fisiopatologia , Aprendizado Profundo , Dermoscopia/métodos , Humanos , Aprendizado de Máquina , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias/fisiopatologia , Nevo/diagnóstico , Nevo/fisiopatologia , Manejo de EspécimesRESUMO
Background: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an innovative imaging technique that generates high-resolution intracoronary images. In the last few years, the need for more precise analysis regarding coronary artery disease to achieve optimal treatment has made intravascular imaging an area of primary importance in interventional cardiology. One of the main challenges in OCT image analysis is the accurate detection of lumen which is significant for the further prognosis. Method: In this research, we present a new approach to the segmentation of lumen in OCT images. The proposed work is focused on designing an efficient automatic algorithm containing the following steps: preprocessing (artifacts removal: speckle noise, circular rings, and guide wire), conversion between polar and Cartesian coordinates, and segmentation algorithm. Results: The implemented method was tasted on 667 OCT frames. The lumen border was extracted with a high correlation compared to the ground truth: 0.97 ICC (0.97-0.98). Conclusions: Proposed algorithm allows for fully automated lumen segmentation on optical coherence tomography images. This tool may be applied to automated quantitative lumen analysis.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Interpretação de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica/métodos , Algoritmos , Artefatos , HumanosRESUMO
Background. One of the fatal disorders causing death is malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The aim of the modern dermatology is the early detection of skin cancer, which usually results in reducing the mortality rate and less extensive treatment. This paper presents a study on classification of melanoma in the early stage of development using SVMs as a useful technique for data classification. Method. In this paper an automatic algorithm for the classification of melanomas in their early stage, with a diameter under 5 mm, has been presented. The system contains the following steps: image enhancement, lesion segmentation, feature calculation and selection, and classification stage using SVMs. Results. The algorithm has been tested on 200 images including 70 melanomas and 130 benign lesions. The SVM classifier achieved sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 96%. The results indicate that the proposed approach captured most of the malignant cases and could provide reliable information for effective skin mole examination. Conclusions. Micro-melanomas due to the small size and low advancement of development create enormous difficulties during the diagnosis even for experts. The use of advanced equipment and sophisticated computer systems can help in the early diagnosis of skin lesions.
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Diagnóstico por Computador/métodos , Melanoma/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico , Máquina de Vetores de Suporte , Algoritmos , Dermoscopia , Diagnóstico por Computador/estatística & dados numéricos , Diagnóstico Precoce , Humanos , Aumento da Imagem/métodos , Melanoma/classificação , Melanoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Nevo/diagnóstico , Nevo/diagnóstico por imagem , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Neoplasias Cutâneas/classificação , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico por imagem , Design de Software , Máquina de Vetores de Suporte/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Given its propensity to metastasize, and lack of effective therapies for most patients with advanced disease, early detection of melanoma is a clinical imperative. Different computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have been proposed to increase the specificity and sensitivity of melanoma detection. Although such computer programs are developed for different diagnostic algorithms, to the best of our knowledge, a system to classify different melanocytic lesions has not been proposed yet. METHOD: In this research we present a new approach to the classification of melanocytic lesions. This work is focused not only on categorization of skin lesions as benign or malignant but also on specifying the exact type of a skin lesion including melanoma, Clark nevus, Spitz/Reed nevus, and blue nevus. The proposed automatic algorithm contains the following steps: image enhancement, lesion segmentation, feature extraction, and selection as well as classification. RESULTS: The algorithm has been tested on 300 dermoscopic images and achieved accuracy of 92% indicating that the proposed approach classified most of the melanocytic lesions correctly. CONCLUSIONS: A proposed system can not only help to precisely diagnose the type of the skin mole but also decrease the amount of biopsies and reduce the morbidity related to skin lesion excision.
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Diagnóstico Diferencial , Melanoma/diagnóstico , Nevo Azul/diagnóstico , Nevo de Células Epitelioides e Fusiformes/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico , Inteligência Artificial , Diagnóstico por Computador , Detecção Precoce de Câncer , Humanos , Melanoma/classificação , Melanoma/patologia , Nevo Azul/patologia , Nevo de Células Epitelioides e Fusiformes/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologiaRESUMO
Background. Detecting and identifying vulnerable plaque, which is prone to rupture, is still a challenge for cardiologist. Such lipid core-containing plaque is still not identifiable by everyday angiography, thus triggering the need to develop a new tool where NIRS-IVUS can visualize plaque characterization in terms of its chemical and morphologic characteristic. The new tool can lead to the development of new methods of interpreting the newly obtained data. In this study, the algorithm to fully automated lipid pool detection on NIRS images is proposed. Method. Designed algorithm is divided into four stages: preprocessing (image enhancement), segmentation of artifacts, detection of lipid areas, and calculation of Lipid Core Burden Index. Results. A total of 31 NIRS chemograms were analyzed by two methods. The metrics, total LCBI, maximal LCBI in 4 mm blocks, and maximal LCBI in 2 mm blocks, were calculated to compare presented algorithm with commercial available system. Both intraclass correlation (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots showed good agreement and correlation between used methods. Conclusions. Proposed algorithm is fully automated lipid pool detection on near infrared spectroscopy images. It is a tool developed for offline data analysis, which could be easily augmented for newer functions and projects.
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Aterosclerose/diagnóstico por imagem , Cardiologia/instrumentação , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Lipídeos/análise , Reconhecimento Automatizado de Padrão/métodos , Placa Aterosclerótica/diagnóstico por imagem , Espectroscopia de Luz Próxima ao Infravermelho , Algoritmos , Angiografia , Artefatos , Cardiologia/métodos , Vasos Coronários/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Software , StentsRESUMO
BACKGROUND: One of the most important lesion features predicting malignancy is border irregularity. Accurate assessment of irregular borders is clinically important due to significantly different occurrence in benign and malignant skin lesions. METHOD: In this research, we present a new approach for the detection of border irregularities, as one of the major parameters in a widely used diagnostic algorithm the ABCD rule of dermoscopy. The proposed work is focused on designing an efficient automatic algorithm containing the following steps: image enhancement, lesion segmentation, borderline calculation, and irregularities detection. The challenge lies in determining the exact borderline. For solving this problem we have implemented a new method based on lesion rotation and borderline division. RESULTS: The algorithm has been tested on 350 dermoscopic images and achieved accuracy of 92% indicating that the proposed computational approach captured most of the irregularities and provides reliable information for effective skin mole examination. Compared to the state of the art, we obtained improved classification results. CONCLUSIONS: The current study suggests that computer-aided system is a practical tool for dermoscopic image assessment and could be recommended for both research and clinical applications. The proposed algorithm can be applied in different fields of medical image analysis including, for example, CT and MRI images.