Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for measuring areas of nonperfusion in the retina using OCT imaging. The disclosed methods and systems allow for the automated segmentation and quantification of avascular areas of the retina utilizing information obtained from both structural OCT and OCT angiography (OCTA) data. The disclosed methods include filtering approaches which enhance vessel structure while suppressing noise, dynamic thresholding approaches to mitigate the detrimental effects of within-scan variability and low scan quality, and distance transform-based approaches to improve detection of ischemic regions. When combined with methods such as projection-resolved OCTA, the sensitivity to detect nonperfusion within different plexuses of the inner retina is demonstrated. In the clinical setting of diabetic retinopathy, the disclosed methods and systems show high sensitivity and specificity to detect the mild non-proliferative form of the disease with high reproducibility.

Abstract: A shift register includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, and a pull-up transistor. The first input circuit is coupled to a first input terminal and a first pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the first input terminal to the first pull-up node when the first input terminal receives an active signal. The second input circuit is coupled to a second input terminal and a second pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the second input terminal to the second pull-up node when the second input terminal receives an active signal. The pull-up transistor includes a first gate electrode coupled to the first pull-up node and a second gate electrode coupled to the second pull-up node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for taking photos. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system. The system includes an electronic device having a camera. The electronic device is configured to determine an object to be taken by the camera. Then the electronic device is configured to determine at least one shooting parameter for the object based on at least one previous photo related to the object. The electronic device is further configured to cause a setting of the camera to be adjusted based on the at least one shooting parameter. According to a further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer program product. The computer program produce is tangibly stored on a non-transient machine-readable medium and include machine-executable instructions.

Abstract: A method of treating a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque can include identifying the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque and administering a sulfated polysaccharide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in an amount and at a frequency sufficient to stabilize and reverse a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a flexible UHF RFID anti-metal tag including a tag chip, an antenna layer, a substrate layer and a metal base layer sequentially attached from top to bottom. The substrate layer includes a first and a second dielectric layer being sequentially attached from top to bottom. The first dielectric layer is attached to the antenna layer, and the second dielectric layer is attached to the metal base layer. A metal member to be labeled and the metal base layer jointly eliminate the interference of the metal on an equivalent circuit of the antenna. The substrate layer uses a polymer material as the first dielectric layer, and a support flexible material with the lower cost, such as the foam dielectric layer, is used as the second dielectric layer, which saves cost while ensuring sufficient flexibility of the substrate layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driver circuit, a pixel circuit, a display panel and a display device. The pixel driver circuit includes two pixel driving units having an identical structure. Each pixel driving unit includes a driving transistor and a driving control module. A gate electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the driving control module, a first electrode thereof receives a first power voltage, and a second electrode thereof is connected to the driving control module and a light-emitting element. The driving control module is connected to a data line, a gate line, and the gate electrode and the second electrode of the driving transistor, and controls a potential at the gate electrode of the driving transistor in accordance with a data voltage applied to the data line under control of a gate driving signal from the gate line, so as to turn on/off the driving transistor.

Abstract: A film test structure and an array substrate are provided. The film test structure includes a conductive film to be tested; a plurality of test leads arranged at a different layer from the conductive film to be tested and electrically connected with the conductive film to be tested respectively; and a plurality of test terminals electrically connected with the plurality of test leads respectively.

Abstract: A fault ride-through circuit with a variable frequency transformer (VFT) and a control method thereof are provided, and the control method comprises: pretreating acquired voltages of grids, a voltage of a stator interface and a voltage of a rotor interface to obtain a rotor voltage DC component and a rotor voltage DC component; testing and treating a voltage frequency of a first grid and a voltage frequency of a second grid; carrying out a reference voltage calculation for a stator voltage DC component, a rotor voltage DC component, the voltage frequencies of the first grid and the second grid to obtain a positive voltage reference value of the first PWM convertor and the second PWM convertor, and processing the voltage reference values to obtain the switch signals for controlling the first PWM convertor and the second PWM convertor.

Abstract: Methods and systems for suppressing shadowgraphic flow projection artifacts in OCT angiography images of a sample are disclosed. In one example approach, normalized OCT angiography data is analyzed at the level of individual A-scans to classify signals as either flow or projection artifact. This classification information is then used to suppress projection artifacts in the three dimensional OCT angiography dataset.

Abstract: The present application provides a shift register circuit, a gate driving circuit including the shift register circuit, and a driving method applied to the shift register circuit. The shift register circuit includes an input sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit, an output reset sub-circuit, and a first capacitor, wherein the first capacitor is connected between the pull-up node and the second clock signal terminal, and configured to maintain a high level at the pull-up node through the second clock signal input at the second clock signal terminal. The shift register circuit further includes a second capacitor connected between the pull-down node and a first voltage input terminal, and configured to pull down a level at the pull-down node through a reverse bias voltage input at the first voltage input terminal during a blanking time after a frame of scanning ends.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling data transmission includes: obtaining an amount of data, the data requested by a requesting server, an instructed deadline, and candidate source servers storing the requested data; obtaining, based on the amount of data, a minimum bandwidth required for transmitting the requested data before the deadline as a required bandwidth corresponding to the requested data; and selecting one of the candidate source servers as a source server for transmitting the requested data, based on the required bandwidth, bandwidth resources of the candidate source servers and the requesting server, and remaining bandwidth of links between the candidate source servers and the requesting server. This implementation implements the selection of the most appropriate source server from the holistic perspective, ensures that data transmission can be completed before the deadline, and effectively utilize the link bandwidth.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for taking photos. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system. The system includes an electronic device having a camera. The electronic device is configured to determine an object to be taken by the camera. Then the electronic device is configured to determine at least one shooting parameter for the object based on at least one previous photo related to the object. The electronic device is further configured to cause a setting of the camera to be adjusted based on the at least one shooting parameter. According to a further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer program product. The computer program produce is tangibly stored on a non-transient machine-readable medium and include machine-executable instructions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit, a method for detecting the gate driving circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of cascaded gate driving units, access units, a first signal line and a second signal line. Each access unit is connected to its corresponding gate driving unit and the gate driving unit at the next stage to its corresponding gate driving unit. The access unit corresponding to the gate driving unit at each odd stage is connected to the first signal line such that the first signal line detects an output signal from that gate driving unit via the access unit, and the access unit corresponding to the gate driving unit at each even stage is connected to the second signal line such that the second signal line detects an output signal from that gate driving unit via the access unit.

Abstract: A shift register includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, and a pull-up transistor. The first input circuit is coupled to a first input terminal and a first pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the first input terminal to the first pull-up node when the first input terminal receives an active signal. The second input circuit is coupled to a second input terminal and a second pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the second input terminal to the second pull-up node when the second input terminal receives an active signal. The pull-up transistor includes a first gate electrode coupled to the first pull-up node and a second gate electrode coupled to the second pull-up node.

Abstract: A method, comprising: (a) measuring coordinates of four or five fiducial markers in facial images of a subject captured by a camera facing away from a screen toward the subject; (b) optimising and reducing a multivariate polynomial model that maps the measured coordinates of the four or five fiducial markers in the facial images to estimated coordinates of gaze targets of the subject on the screen; and (c) using the reduced multivariate polynomial model to map the measured coordinates of the four or five fiducial markers to the estimated coordinates of gaze targets of the subject on the screen.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining a security level for accessing a restrictive area. A member that is associated with a restrictive area is determined. A security level for accessing the restrictive area based on data that is collected from a monitoring device associated with the determined member is determined.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure allow user experience of photographing to be improved. In operation, it is determined whether a picture composition of a first object and a second object needs to be adjusted based on a predefined composition rule. If the picture composition needs to be adjusted, an adjusting pattern is determined based on the predefined composition rule. Then, the adjusting pattern is provided to a user to indicate the user to adjust the picture composition based on thereon.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register, a method for driving the same, and a gate driving circuit. A pull-down sub-circuit of the shift register is under the control of a third clock signal terminal and a fourth clock signal terminal, wherein signals of the third clock signal terminal and the fourth clock signal terminal are mutually inverted signals, and signal periods of the third clock signal terminal and the fourth clock signal terminal are a half of a signal period of a first clock signal terminal or a second clock signal terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining a security level for accessing a restrictive area. A member that is associated with a restrictive area is determined. A security level for accessing the restrictive area based on data that is collected from a monitoring device associated with the determined member is determined.

Abstract: A film test structure and an array substrate are provided. The film test structure includes a conductive film to be tested; a plurality of test leads arranged at a different layer from the conductive film to be tested and electrically connected with the conductive film to be tested respectively; and a plurality of test terminals electrically connected with the plurality of test leads respectively.