Automatic Bone Structure Segmentation of Under-Sampled CT/FLT-PET Volumes for HSCT Patients

In this thesis I present a pipeline for the instance segmentation of vertebral bodies from joint CT/FLT-PET image volumes that have been purposefully under-sampled along the axial direction to limit radiation exposure to vulnerable HSCT patients. The under-sampled image data makes the segmentation of individual vertebral bodies a challenging task, as the boundaries between the vertebrae in the thoracic and cervical spine regions are not well resolved in the CT modality, escaping detection by both humans and algorithms. I train a multi-view, multi-class U-Net to perform semantic segmentation of the vertebral body, sternum, and pelvis object classes. These bone structures contain marrow cavities that, when viewed in the FLT-PET modality, allow us to investigate hematopoietic cellular proliferation in HSCT patients non-invasively. The proposed convnet model achieves a Dice score of 0.9245 for the vertebral body object class and shows qualitatively similar performance on the pelvis and sternum object classes. The final instance segmentation is realized by combining the initial vertebral body semantic segmentation with the associated FLT-PET image data, where the vertebral boundaries become well-resolved by the 28th day post-transplant. The vertebral boundary detection algorithm is a hand-crafted spatial filter that enforces vertebra span as an anatomical prior, and it performs similar to a human for the detection of all but one vertebral boundary in the entirety of the HSCT patient dataset. In addition to the segmentation model, I propose, design, and test a “drop-in” replacement up-sampling module that allows state-of-the-art super-resolution convnets to be used for purely asymmetric upscaling tasks (tasks where only one image dimension is scaled while the other is held to unity). While the asymmetric SR convnet I develop falls short of the initial goal, where it was to be used to enhance the unresolved vertebral boundaries of the under-sampled CT image data, it does objectively upscale medical image data more accurately than naïve interpolation methods and may be useful as a pre-processing step for other medical imaging tasks involving anisotropic pixels or voxels

Brandon Carson, Composition

Lost (2016); Christmas All Year Long, from Sad Elf the Micro Opera (2015); The Note: for Instruments(s) and Computer (2015); Twinkle Twinkle (2016); Something Else About Tape (2014); Pieces for a Puzzle (2016); Single-Stuffed Oreos (2016

Senior Recital: Kerry Brunson, saxophone

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance Ms. Brunson studies saxophone with Sam Skelton.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1638/thumbnail.jp

Effect of Cupping Therapy on Muscle Tenderness in Collegiate Baseball Players Compared to Sham Treatment: A Randomized, Single-Blinded Trial

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cupping therapy on muscular tenderness in the triceps surae of collegiate baseball players when compared to a control and sham treatment conditions. Methods: 20 collegiate baseball players (age= 22 ± 2 years, height= 186.8 ± 6.9 cm, weight= 88.6 ± 8.5 kg) participated in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to either the treatment or sham treatment group. A mark was placed 10-cm superior to the musculotendinous junction of the Achilles tendon and the gastrocnemius on both legs. The treatment or sham treatment was then applied over the mark on the right leg for 15-minutes, with the left leg serving as a control. Muscle tenderness was measured in both legs with a handheld algometer at baseline and after treatment. An independent samples t-test was performed to determine differences in changes to muscle tenderness between the cupping therapy and sham cupping therapy groups. Paired samples t-tests were used to determine differences in changes to muscle tenderness between cupping therapy and sham cupping therapy groups and their respective controls. Results: A significant difference in reduction of muscle tenderness was found between the cupping therapy treatment group and the respective control group (treatment = 1.37 ± 0.54, treatment control = 0.5 ± 1.5, p = 0.009). A significant difference in reduction of tenderness was also noted between the cupping therapy treatment group, and the sham cupping therapy treatment group (treatment = 1.37 ± 0.54, sham = -0.37, p \u3c 0.001). Conclusion: A single 15-minute cupping therapy treatment can decrease muscle tenderness at the triceps surae when compared to both a control and sham treatment condition. These findings are in keeping with previous studies, with the added benefit of attempting to control for a placebo effect and bias during statistical analysis. Keywords: Cupping Therapy, Myofascial Decompression, Muscle Tenderness, Algometr

Junior Recital, Gabriel Luciano-Carson

The presentation of this junior recital will fulfill in part the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree in Performance. Gabriel Luciano-Carson studies trombone with Dr. Ross Walter

Tribute to Professor Samuel W. Calhoun

A tribute to Professor Samuel W. Calhoun, who served on the faculty of the Washington and Lee University School of Law from 1978 to 2020. Calhoun became Professor of Law, Emeritus in 2020

Concert recording 2017-04-23b

[Track 1]. Slowing down. I. Rotations in an emergency [Track 2]. II. Under the city [Track 3]. III. Forfeit [Track 4]. IV. Something comfortable to fall into / Jeremiah Flannery

The Lantern, 2017-2018

On Dissociation • Untouchable • After Rocket Man • The Science Fair • Cardinal Rule at Stephen J. Memorial • Quentin & Sylvie • Cabello • The Get Out • Painting Day • Black, White and Grey • Family Pruning • How to Remove a Stain • Becoming Ourselves • Wonderbread U • Overture • Pescadero • Gross • Stage Fright • Lucky Daddy • Sarah • Rumble • Silvermine • The Green Iguana • A Poem for Ghost Children • A Poem for Lost Boys • Mother • Drop of Grease • Don\u27t Wanna be White • I • Amelia Earhart Disappeared Into My Vagina: An Ode to Cunts, Menstrual Cups and All Things Woman • Suburban Summer • Nightmares and Dreams Induced by My Mother • Teacups, Skins, etc. • Three Thoughts About My Bedroom • Dear Siri • 2 Queens (Beyonce in Reference to Sonia Sanchez) • Voyeurs • In Front of the Bathroom Mirror • To a Rose • Howl • Mice • Mirror • Language Accordion Volcano Mouth • Lucky Woman • Butterscotch • To Persephone • Wolf • Notes Never Passed • Topple • Bust • Kyoto • Identity • Sunflower • Tornabuoni Bubbles • Olympia • Decayed Hall • Perspectivehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/1186/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, 2015-2016

• Ghosts • Going to China • 98% Guaranteed • Constellation/Boulevard • Prayer • The Little One • Burning • The Amber Macaroon • Becoming • Requiem • Construction Site • Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dragon • Charlie • No Sleep • A Lesson in Physical Education • Statues • Who Can Love a Black Woman? • Apples • Fun Craft • The Door at Midnight • Eve as a Book in the Bible • Boys • Diamond Heart • To Apollo • Joanne and Her July Garden • Option A, 1936 • Young White Girls, Hollow Bodies, and Home • Mama\u27s Stance on Sugar • The Mariana Trench • Hurricane • Part of the Job • Avenue H Blues • Hour of Nones • Send Toilet Paper • Grave Robbing • Wild Turkey • The Creek • Let\u27s Go for a Walk • Deaconess • Border of Love • Your Father, Rumpelstiltskin • Purchasing Poplars • Red Tatters • Sunken • Whispers • Existence • God Took a Cigarette Break with Police Officers • Martian Standoff • In the Headlights • It\u27s a Subtle Thing • Dear Kent • Hanako-san • A Brief Interlude • On Fencing, Gummy Worms, and my Inescapable Fear of Living in the Moment • Stolen Soul • Block • Mortem Mei Fratris • Kalki • Lake Placid • Atom and Eve • The Baerie Queene • Gladston • Soldiers at Gettysburg • Pattern • Foliage • Mass Media • Arrow • Move Out • Wanderers • Riverside Gardenhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/1182/thumbnail.jp