How to choose the best segmentation model using the area under the precision recall curve, IOU and Dice metrics?

I am using several U-Net variants for a medical image segmentation task. I get the following values for the performance measures including Dice, IOU, Area under receiver-operating characteristic...

27 December 2020 7,273 3 View

How to perform pixel-level mappings between different views of chest x rays?

I have a frontal and lateral chest x ray projection for a given patient as shown in the attached figures. I am thinking about performing pixel-level mappings across these views. What are the steps...

26 October 2020 7,309 3 View

Synthesis of black TiO2 powder by vacuum calcination?

I have synthesized TiO2 powder through sol gel method. I tried to do calcination of this white TiO2 powder under vacuum at 500 deg C. No change in colour was observed. Is this normal? because I...

20 August 2020 5,425 4 View

Do we have better image synthesis methods other than GANs to synthesize medical images?

We have seen researchers using various types of GANs to synthesize medical data. However, it is hard to train the GANs and also the synthesized images are no good compared to the actual since...

20 July 2020 6,963 4 View

I am preparing black TiO2 by sol gel method. How to obtain very fine particles after calcination by sol gel method?

Hello everyone, I am actually carrying out my research in the synthesis of Black TiO2 by sol gel method. Took TTIP in Diethylene Glycol as precursor and later did hydrolysis leading to formation...

10 March 2019 1,559 4 View

Are the nanoparticles formed by sol gel method indeed in the nano size range?

I am trying to make black TiO2 by sol gel method. In this I am taking a titanium precursor (TTIP) solution in diethylene glycol followed by its hydrolysis and condensation to form a gel. Drying...

27 February 2019 6,172 5 View

What quantitative measures to use to explain variance across datasets?

I have observed that the performance of a machine learning model trained on a larger dataset is not as convincing as the one trained on a smaller (different) dataset. What quantitative measures I...

16 February 2019 9,398 4 View

What is Lode angle and how it helps in understanding the relation when compared in a 3D contour plot alongside Stress Triaxiality and Fracture Strain?

I came across this interesting 3D contour when trying to understand the Lode angle, Stress Triaxiality and Fracture strain. Can someone help me to see what is lode angle in this context and hoe is...

11 April 2018 4,734 1 View

How to extract features from different layers of GoogLeNet in Matlab?

Commonly we extract features using: net = googlenet() %Extract features featureLayer = 'pool5-drop_7x7_s1'; #the last layer before softmax How to extract features from a different layer earlier in...

29 November 2017 3,753 4 View

What are the factors to be considered while performing Homology modeling of a protein ? also suggest some best tools for above ?

23 September 2017 8,567 7 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

Is there any rich, publicly available English literary corpus?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a rich corpus in English literature, a one which includes literary prose ( e.g., novels or short stories) . can anyone propose a good one? Best regards Fatemeh

01 March 2021 1,970 2 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

Centrality measures computation in Biblioshiny/ Vosviewer?

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

RNA-seq DEGs downstream analysis and reporting in literature?

I used EdgeR to get the list of DEGs (differentially expressed genes) from my liver RNA-seq experiment. I have done the gene overrepresentation and GSEA based pathway analysis. I am currently...

23 February 2021 8,969 1 View

Do you consider undergoing a structure literature review / Meta analysis and getting numerical findings sort of quantitative method?

I am looking for a classification of the research methods included in literature review papers or Meta analysis ones .

22 February 2021 1,131 4 View

How COVID-19 has affected mental health?

The pandemic has led to depression and anxiety and its negative effects shouldn't be ignored. However, it has also led some people to become more resilient! What do you think? Thank you.

21 February 2021 4,733 19 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

How can I interpret a ratio variable?

Dear colleagues, I am running a regression in which I have the following regression FoodExp = 67.04 DepRatio +.....e My interest is in the interpretation of the coefficient on the dependency...

16 February 2021 2,058 2 View

How to calculate ultraviolet dose in Gy or J/kg?

Currently I'm doing a literature review regarding the comparisons of different types of radiation such as uv, electron beam and gamma radiation. But I'm having a difficult time converting uv unit...

11 February 2021 7,642 3 View