An accurate and early diagnosis of brain tumors based on medical ima-ging modalities is of great interest because brain tumors are a harmful threat to a person’s health worldwide.Several medical imaging techniques ha...An accurate and early diagnosis of brain tumors based on medical ima-ging modalities is of great interest because brain tumors are a harmful threat to a person’s health worldwide.Several medical imaging techniques have been used to analyze brain tumors,including computed tomography(CT)and magnetic reso-nance imaging(MRI).CT provides information about dense tissues,whereas MRI gives information about soft tissues.However,the fusion of CT and MRI images has little effect on enhancing the accuracy of the diagnosis of brain tumors.Therefore,machine learning methods have been adopted to diagnose brain tumors in recent years.This paper intends to develop a novel scheme to detect and classify brain tumors based on fused CT and MRI images.The pro-posed approach starts with preprocessing the images to reduce the noise.Then,fusion rules are applied to get the fused image,and a segmentation algorithm is employed to isolate the tumor region from the background to isolate the tumor region.Finally,a machine learning classifier classified the brain images into benign and malignant tumors.Computing statistical measures evaluate the classi-fication potential of the proposed scheme.Experimental outcomes are provided,and the Enhanced Flower Pollination Algorithm(EFPA)system shows that it out-performs other brain tumor classification methods considered for comparison.展开更多
In this paper, we report the substrate temperature induced change in structural, optical, morphological,luminescence and photoelectrochemical properties of CdS films deposited by a simple and facile approach called ne...In this paper, we report the substrate temperature induced change in structural, optical, morphological,luminescence and photoelectrochemical properties of CdS films deposited by a simple and facile approach called nebulized spray pyrolysis technique. X-ray diffraction study confirmed the deposited CdS films belong to hexagonal wurtzite structure, with preferential orientation along c-axis,(002) direction perpendicular to the substrate plane. The crack free, uniform, and homogeneously distributed spherical particles are witnessed from AFM image. Various optical parameters like energy band gap, optical conductivity,refractive index, extinction coefficient, dielectric constants, and dispersion energy parameters of the films were evaluated. The strong band edge emission observed in the PL study may be attributed to the recombination of excitations and/or shallowly trapped electron-hole pairs. The first and second overtone of LO modes of CdS at 302 and 600 cm-1are observed in the Raman study. The photoelectrochemical properties of the films were also tested.展开更多
Yttrium(Y)and cerium(Ce)co-doped ZnO nanoparticles(NPs)were synthesized via the simple sol-gel auto-combustion route.The effect of Ce and Y doping on the structure,morphology,optical,Zeta potential,and photocatalytic ...Yttrium(Y)and cerium(Ce)co-doped ZnO nanoparticles(NPs)were synthesized via the simple sol-gel auto-combustion route.The effect of Ce and Y doping on the structure,morphology,optical,Zeta potential,and photocatalytic activities of ZnO NPs was examined by Fourier transform infrared(FTIR)spectrometer,X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscope(TEM),UV-vis spectrophotometer,and Zetasizer instrument.XRD data show that the fabricated samples crystallize into a hexagonal wurtzite structure.The dopants Y and Ce affect the crystal structure of ZnO NPs.The crystallite size is reduced with the co-doping effect.TEM results confirm the nano-sized particles of the prepared samples.An increase in optical bandgap values from 3.19 eV for x=0.0 to 3.22,3.24,and 3.25 eV for x=0.01,0.03,and 0.05 samples was confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis.Y and Ce co-doped ZnO nanoparticles show significant alteration of zeta potential and photocatalytic properties compared to undoped ZnO NPs.Comparatively,undoped ZnO shows better stability in deionized water as compared to Ce-Y doped ZnO NPs and exhibits high photocatalytic activity(degradation rate,97.92%)for methyl orange(MO)degradation.展开更多
文摘An accurate and early diagnosis of brain tumors based on medical ima-ging modalities is of great interest because brain tumors are a harmful threat to a person’s health worldwide.Several medical imaging techniques have been used to analyze brain tumors,including computed tomography(CT)and magnetic reso-nance imaging(MRI).CT provides information about dense tissues,whereas MRI gives information about soft tissues.However,the fusion of CT and MRI images has little effect on enhancing the accuracy of the diagnosis of brain tumors.Therefore,machine learning methods have been adopted to diagnose brain tumors in recent years.This paper intends to develop a novel scheme to detect and classify brain tumors based on fused CT and MRI images.The pro-posed approach starts with preprocessing the images to reduce the noise.Then,fusion rules are applied to get the fused image,and a segmentation algorithm is employed to isolate the tumor region from the background to isolate the tumor region.Finally,a machine learning classifier classified the brain images into benign and malignant tumors.Computing statistical measures evaluate the classi-fication potential of the proposed scheme.Experimental outcomes are provided,and the Enhanced Flower Pollination Algorithm(EFPA)system shows that it out-performs other brain tumor classification methods considered for comparison.
基金University Grants Commission(UGC),New Delhi,India for the financial support under UGC-BSR Research Fellowship SchemeUGC,New Delhi,India for the financial support under Major Research Project(Ref.:F.No.42-818/2013(SR),dt.22.03.2013)
文摘In this paper, we report the substrate temperature induced change in structural, optical, morphological,luminescence and photoelectrochemical properties of CdS films deposited by a simple and facile approach called nebulized spray pyrolysis technique. X-ray diffraction study confirmed the deposited CdS films belong to hexagonal wurtzite structure, with preferential orientation along c-axis,(002) direction perpendicular to the substrate plane. The crack free, uniform, and homogeneously distributed spherical particles are witnessed from AFM image. Various optical parameters like energy band gap, optical conductivity,refractive index, extinction coefficient, dielectric constants, and dispersion energy parameters of the films were evaluated. The strong band edge emission observed in the PL study may be attributed to the recombination of excitations and/or shallowly trapped electron-hole pairs. The first and second overtone of LO modes of CdS at 302 and 600 cm-1are observed in the Raman study. The photoelectrochemical properties of the films were also tested.
文摘Yttrium(Y)and cerium(Ce)co-doped ZnO nanoparticles(NPs)were synthesized via the simple sol-gel auto-combustion route.The effect of Ce and Y doping on the structure,morphology,optical,Zeta potential,and photocatalytic activities of ZnO NPs was examined by Fourier transform infrared(FTIR)spectrometer,X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscope(TEM),UV-vis spectrophotometer,and Zetasizer instrument.XRD data show that the fabricated samples crystallize into a hexagonal wurtzite structure.The dopants Y and Ce affect the crystal structure of ZnO NPs.The crystallite size is reduced with the co-doping effect.TEM results confirm the nano-sized particles of the prepared samples.An increase in optical bandgap values from 3.19 eV for x=0.0 to 3.22,3.24,and 3.25 eV for x=0.01,0.03,and 0.05 samples was confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis.Y and Ce co-doped ZnO nanoparticles show significant alteration of zeta potential and photocatalytic properties compared to undoped ZnO NPs.Comparatively,undoped ZnO shows better stability in deionized water as compared to Ce-Y doped ZnO NPs and exhibits high photocatalytic activity(degradation rate,97.92%)for methyl orange(MO)degradation.
