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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum levels of malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (MDA-LDL) and vascular inflammation evaluated by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Methods/results: The study involved 106 consecutive patients (75 males and 31 female, mean age...
In this paper, we propose a coding algorithm for high dynamic range images (HDRI). Our encoder applies a tone mapping model based on scaled mu-Law encoding, followed by a conventional low dynamic range image (LDRI) encoder. The tone mapping model is designed to minimize the difference between the tone mapped HDRI and its LDR version. By virtue of the nature of the model, not only the quality of the...
In this paper, we propose a high dynamic range image coding method based on wavelet compression. In our method, we employ a pre-processing function to minimize errors between rendered (i.e. tone mapped) version of an original and compressed images. To enhance efficiency of the coding, we introduce the Hill function as the pre-processing. This function partially compresses the dynamic range of the...
Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) can now be cured with long-term erythromycin treatment. Our group conducted a prospective open trial of long-term treatment with a macrolide antibiotic, clarithromycin. We studied ten patients who were treated for 4 years with oral clarithromycin (200mg once a day). Pulmonary function test, blood gas analysis, comprehensive improvement score, and bacterial culture of...
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