Purpose An automatic, accurate and fast segmentation of hemorrhage in brain Computed Tomography (CT) images is necessary for quantification and treatment planning when assessing a large number of data sets. Though manual segmentation is accurate, it is time consuming and tedious. Semi-automatic methods need user interactions and might introduce variability in results. Our study proposes a modified distance regularized level set evolution (MDRLSE) algorithm for hemorrhage segmentation. Methods Study data set (from the ongoing CLEAR-IVH phase III clinical trial) is comprised of 200 sequential CT scans of 40 patients collected at 10 different hospitals using different machines/vendors. Data set contained both constant and variable slice thickness scans. Our study included pre-processing (filtering and skull removal), segmentation (MDRLSE which is a two-stage method with shrinking and expansion) with modified parameters for faster convergence and higher accuracy and post-processing (reduction in false positives and false negatives). Results Results are validated against the gold standard marked manually by a trained CT reader and neurologist. Data sets are grouped as small, medium and large based on the volume of blood. Statistical analysis is performed for both training and test data sets in each group. The median Dice statistical indices (DSI) for the 3 groups are 0.8971, 0.8580 and 0.9173 respectively. Pre- and post-processing enhanced the DSI by 8 and 4% respectively. Conclusions The MDRLSE improved the accuracy and speed for segmentation and calculation of the hemorrhage volume compared to the original DRLSE method. The method generates quantitative information, which is useful for specific decision making and reduces the time needed for the clinicians to localize and segment the hemorrhagic regions.

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Traditional color reproduction technology based on the Metamerism principle, the disadvantage is that different observer condition leads to different color appearance.To fulfill the color consistency, the spectrum reflectance of the object color sample need to be reconstructed. The principal component analysis makes use of the linear combination of a few principal components to reconstruct the spectral reflectance of sample. This paper analyzes the 31*31 matrix of Munsell spectral data by the principle component analyze method and achieves the principal component for spectrum reflectance. The numbers of principal components are identified as six by discussing the variance contribution rate. Spectral reconstruction of four Munsell testing samples makes use of first six principal components, which has met the accuracy requirements. Research shows that the reconstruction of spectral accuracy decreased when training samples and testing samples belong to the different database.

With the advantages of no pollution and no poison, the water-based ink, as a new type of green packaging material, is especially applicable to the food, medicine and drink packaging. However, the traditional domestic water-based ink, featuring some disadvantages in the properties of stability, gloss and so on, increasingly evolves into an enormous obstacle to the widespread application of the packaging and the rapid development of the whole industry. In this paper, the polyurethane resin is adopted to replace the ordinary binder resin in the experiment of the water-based ink, and the gloss of the polyurethane water-based ink is also studied. It is shown that the gloss of water-based ink is influenced by the dispersion of pigment, water content and surface tension of water-based ink system, hydrotropic agent and some other factors.