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A scalable system for microcalcification cluster automated detection in a distributed mammographic database
A computer-aided detection (CADe) system for microcalcification cluster
identification in mammograms has been developed in the framework of the
EU-founded MammoGrid project. The CADe software is mainly based on wavelet
transforms and artificial neural networks. It is able to identify
microcalcifications in different datasets of mammograms (i.e. acquired with
different machines and settings, digitized with different pitch and bit depth
or direct digital ones). The CADe can be remotely run from GRID-connected
acquisition and annotation stations, supporting clinicians from geographically
distant locations in the interpretation of mammographic data. We report and
discuss the system performances on different datasets of mammograms and the
status of the GRID-enabled CADe analysis.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures; Proceedings of the IEEE NNS and MIC Conference,
October 23-29, 2005, Puerto Ric
Yukawa Coupling Unification in Supersymmetric Models
We present an updated assessment of the viability of t-b-tau Yukawa coupling
unification in supersymmetric models. For the superpotential Higgs mass
parameter mu>0, we find unification to less than 1% is possible, but only for
GUT scale scalar mass parameter m_{16}~8-20 TeV, and small values of gaugino
mass m_{1/2}<400 GeV. Such models require that a GUT scale mass splitting
exists amongst Higgs scalars with m_{H_u}^2<m_{H_d}^2. Viable solutions lead to
a radiatively generated inverted scalar mass hierarchy, with third generation
and Higgs scalars being lighter than other sfermions. These models have very
heavy sfermions, so that unwanted flavor changing and CP violating SUSY
processes are suppressed, but may suffer from some fine-tuning requirements.
While the generated spectra satisfy b->s gamma and (g-2)_mu constraints, there
exists tension with the dark matter relic density unless m_{16}<3 TeV. These
models offer prospects for a SUSY discovery at the Fermilab Tevatron collider
via the search for chargino_1 neutralino_2 -> 3 leptons events, or via gluino
pair production. If mu<0, Yukawa coupling unification to less than 5% can occur
for m_{16} and m_{1/2}>1-2 TeV. Consistency of negative mu Yukawa unified
models with b->s gamma, (g-2)_mu, and relic density all imply very large values
of m_{1/2} typically greater than about 2.5 TeV, in which case direct detection
of sparticles may be a challenge even at the LHC.Comment: 38 pages, 15 figures. Fig.15 changed, some references were added. A
copy of the paper with better resolution figures can be found at
http://www.hep.fsu.edu/~balazs/Physics/Papers/2003
Perancangan Dan Implementasi Game Edukasi Marbel Untuk Kurikulum Tingkat Sekolah Dasar
Banyak orang tua yang khawatir dengan perkembangan anaknya, terlebih lagi karena anak-anaklebih suka bermain dan enggan untuk belajar. Di sekolahnya anak pada tingkat sekolah dasar sudahdiberikan materi pelajaran, diajari membaca, menulis serta berhitung. Tetapi banyak anak yangtidak menyukai pelajaran khususnya dalam mata pelajaran matematika yang dianggap olehsebagian anak adalah pelajaran yang sulit dan menakutkan. Dalam pengembangannya aplikasi inimenggunakan model System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) dengan metode pendekatanterstruktur. Adapun teknik pengambilan data dalam game MARBEL ini adalah analisis sistem,perencanaan sistem, perancangan sistem, dan implementasi sistem. Dengan adanya gameMARBEL ini dapat membantu anak dalam memahami soal-soal matematika yang dianggap sulit,dan menambah daya tarik anak dalam belajar karena dikemas dalam bentuk permainan yangmenyenangkan. Adanya gambar yang nyata memiliki nilai yang lebih tinggi bagi perkembangandan daya ingat pada anak, dan berhasil memberikan variasi pembelajaran yang berbeda pada anaksehingga menimbulkan minat belajar yang lebih tinggi
A FRAMEWORK FOR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE HBIM SEMANTIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Despite the recognized advantages of the use of BIM in the field of architecture and engineering, the extension of this procedure to the architectural heritage is neither immediate nor critical. The uniqueness and irregularity of historical architecture, on the one hand, and the great quantity of information necessary for the knowledge of architectural heritage, on the other, require appropriate reflections. The aim of this paper is to define a general framework for the use of BIM procedures for architectural heritage. The proposed methodology consists of three different Level of Development (LoD), depending on the characteristics of the building and the objectives of the study: a simplified model with a low geometric accuracy and a minimum quantity of information (LoD 200); a model nearer to the reality but, however, with a high deviation between virtual and real model (LoD 300); a detailed BIM model that reproduce as much as possible the geometric irregularities of the building and is enriched by the maximum quantity of information available (LoD 400)
Third generation sfermions decays into Z and W gauge bosons: full one-loop analysis
The complete one-loop radiative corrections to third generation scalar
fermions into gauge bosons Z and W^\pm is considered. We focus on \wt{f}_2 \to
Z \wt{f}_1 and \wt{f}_i \to W^\pm \wt{f'}_j (f,f'=t,b). We include both
SUSY-QCD, QED and full electroweak corrections. It is found that the
electroweak corrections can be of the same order as the SUSY-QCD corrections.
The two sets of corrections interfere destructively in some region of parameter
space. The full one loop correction can reach 10% in some SUGRA scenario, while
in model independent analysis like general MSSM, the one loop correction can
reach 20% for large \tan\beta and large trilinear soft breaking terms A_b.Comment: Latex file, 18 pages, 8 figures, version to appear in PR
A scalable Computer-Aided Detection system for microcalcification cluster identification in a pan-European distributed database of mammograms
A computer-aided detection (CADe) system for microcalcification cluster
identification in mammograms has been developed in the framework of the
EU-founded MammoGrid project. The CADe software is mainly based on wavelet
transforms and artificial neural networks. It is able to identify
microcalcifications in different kinds of mammograms (i.e. acquired with
different machines and settings, digitized with different pitch and bit depth
or direct digital ones). The CADe can be remotely run from GRID-connected
acquisition and annotation stations, supporting clinicians from geographically
distant locations in the interpretation of mammographic data. We report the
FROC analyses of the CADe system performances on three different dataset of
mammograms, i.e. images of the CALMA INFN-founded database collected in the
Italian National screening program, the MIAS database and the so-far collected
MammoGrid images. The sensitivity values of 88% at a rate of 2.15 false
positive findings per image (FP/im), 88% with 2.18 FP/im and 87% with 5.7 FP/im
have been obtained on the CALMA, MIAS and MammoGrid database respectively.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures; Proceedings of the ITBS 2005, 3rd International
Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences, 25-28 September
2005, Milos Island, Greec
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