采用双支路和Transformer的视杯视盘分割方法

视网膜血管复杂且背景与视杯视盘区域相似,是造成视杯视盘分割精度不高的原因。为了更加准确地分割视杯视盘,设计了一种具有双支路特征融合的分割网络。网络主支使用Transformer对特征进行提取,弥补了卷积运算在建立远程关系方面存在的不足。采用多个模块来融合浅层空间特征与高级语义特征：尺度感知-特征融合模块(SCA-FFM)用于从高层次特征中收集视盘和视杯的语义和位置信息;识别模块(IM)利用注意力机制减少低层次特征中存在的错误信息和噪声,增强空间细节特征的提取;使用图卷积域-特征融合模块(GCD-FFM)将高级语义特征和低级特征进行融合,使特征图同时具有全局和局部信息。对比实验表明,本文方法表现出更好的分割效果,且具备良好的泛化能力。     

融合金字塔切分注意力模块的视杯视盘分割

视杯和视盘的垂直直径比是青光眼在临床诊断中的重要指标,为了更加准确地测量杯盘比,针对视网膜眼底图像中的视盘和视杯分割精度的问题,提出了一个改进后的端到端的U型卷积神经网络框架,采用Resnet 34作为新的编码部分,并在每一个编码层的末端引入金字塔切分注意力PSA模块以提取更多的有效特征信息。同时使用1×1卷积代替3×3卷积来简化解码结构,并且使用一个3×3卷积与一个通过跳跃连接的1×1卷积结构取代跳跃连接。该网络模型在内部数据集上完成训练后,在DRISHTI-GS数据集进行测试,对视盘和视杯的分割结果在Dice和IOU上分别表现为97.61%和95.32%,92.91%和86.75%,证明了该模型具有良好的泛化性。     

Homing behaviour of axons in the embryonic vertebrate brain

In embryonic nervous systems, growing axons must often travel long distances through diverse extracellular terrains to reach their postsynaptic partners. In most embryos, axons grow to their appropriate targets along particular tracts or nerves, as though they were following guidance cues confined to specific pathways. For example, in all vertebrates, axons from the retina invariably grow to the tectum along the well-defined optic tract. Yet, transplant experiments demonstrate that retinal axons make tectal projections even though they enter the brain at locations which are distinctly off the optic tract. Only recently has it become possible to label discreet growing projections in the embryonic vertebrate brain. Thus, it is not yet known whether displaced retinal axons grow directly towards the tectum or find it accidently, through random extension. To resolve this question, pioneering axons from normal and transplanted eyes in embryonic Xenopus were labelled using a short-survival horseradish peroxidase (HRP) method, and their orientation during growth was quantitatively assessed. The finding that the ectopic fibres head towards their distant targets implies that guidance cues are not restricted to specific pathways but are distributed throughout the embryonic brain. The significance of this result is discussed with respect to the ontogeny and evolution of the visual pathway.     

Segregation of functionally distinct axons in the monkey's optic tract

The classical neuro-ophthalmologic literature describes the organization of the primate's optic tract as containing a single topographic representation of the complete contralateral visual hemifield. In contrast, cats have separate visual field representations for the optic axons of the functionally distinct retinal ganglion cell classes. As the line of decussation for each ganglion cell class in the cat occupies a different location on the retinal surface, whereas in primates they are all superimposed, such a species difference might be expected. We report that implants of horseradish peroxidase placed in either the deep or superficial extremes of the monkey's optic tract produce retrograde labelling of distinct retinal ganglion cell classes, and produce anterograde labelling confined to distinct laminae of the lateral geniculate nucleus. Hence, the optic tract of the primate cannot contain a single representation of the contralateral visual hemifield; rather, independent visual field representations for the functionally distinct optic axons must exist. Their anatomical segregation may account for the clinical observation of selective impairments of distinct visual abilities following partial interruption of the optic tract in man.     

Hedgehog signalling controls eye degeneration in blind cavefish

Hedgehog (Hh) proteins are responsible for critical signalling events during development but their evolutionary roles remain to be determined. Here we show that hh gene expression at the embryonic midline controls eye degeneration in blind cavefish. We use the teleost Astyanax mexicanus, a single species with an eyed surface-dwelling form (surface fish) and many blind cave forms (cavefish), to study the evolution of eye degeneration. Small eye primordia are formed during cavefish embryogenesis, which later arrest in development, degenerate and sink into the orbits. Eye degeneration is caused by apoptosis of the embryonic lens, and transplanting a surface fish embryonic lens into a cavefish optic cup can restore a complete eye. Here we show that sonic hedgehog (shh) and tiggy-winkle hedgehog (twhh) gene expression is expanded along the anterior embryonic midline in several different cavefish populations. The expansion of hh signalling results in hyperactivation of downstream genes, lens apoptosis and arrested eye growth and development. These features can be mimicked in surface fish by twhh and/or shh overexpression, supporting the role of hh signalling in the evolution of cavefish eye regression.     

Local positional cues in the neuroepithelium guide retinal axons in embryonic Xenopus brain

Growing retinal axons home to their distant target, the tectum, even when they are displaced from their normal pathway. This argues for long-range guidance mechanisms in the embryonic brain. Growth cones may orientate to diffusible attractants released from the target, as proposed in other systems, or they may use a stable distribution of positional information in the neuroepithelium. To distinguish between these possibilities, small pieces of the presumptive optic tract, through which retinal axons will normally grow, were rotated by approximately 90 degrees either clockwise or counterclockwise. When the retinal axons later encountered the rotated neuroepithelium, they also turned clockwise or counterclockwise, in correspondence with the direction of rotation. This demonstrates that long-range navigation of retinal axons in the vertebrate brain is based partly on stable, local positional factors, rather than on remote diffusible factors.     

Substance P-immunoreactive retinal ganglion cells and their central axon terminals in the rabbit

Retinal ganglion cells are the projection neurons that link the retina to the brain. Peptide immunoreactive cells in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) of the mammalian retina have been noted but their identity has not been determined. We now report that, in the rabbit, 25-35% of all retinal ganglion cells contain substance P-like (SP) immunoreactivity. They were identified by either retrograde transport of fluorescent tracers injected into the superior colliculus, or by retrograde degeneration after optic nerve section. SP immunoreactive cells are present in all parts of the retina and have medium to large cell bodies with dendrites that ramify extensively in the proximal inner plexiform layer. Their axons terminate in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus, superior colliculus and accessory optic nuclei, and these terminals disappear completely after contralateral optic nerve section and/or eye enucleation. In the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus large, beaded, immunoreactive axons and varicosities make up a narrow plexus just below the optic tract, where they define a new geniculate lamina. The varicosities make multiple synaptic contacts with dendrites of dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus projection neurons and presumptive interneurons in complex glomerular neuropil. This is direct evidence that some mammalian retinal ganglion cells contain substance P-like peptides and strongly suggests that, in the rabbit, substance P (or related tachykinins) may be a transmitter or modulator in a specific population or populations of retinal ganglion cells.     

罩杯省量值与其纸样分割的关系

为了使罩杯达到理想的形状\,做出美观\,自然,舒适的文胸,通过对75B人模胸凸全省的实测,对罩杯纸样分割和省量的关系加以分析,找出胸凸全省分配规律,从而设计出符合胸部特征和美学方面要求的罩杯纸样.分析表明,在文胸设计中,款式造型的立体感是依靠罩杯分割线来完成的,通过收省或分割来达到立体的造型.结合人体胸部形态和罩杯省量分布的效果,得到罩杯省量的两种基本收取方式.一种方式是在胸围线处作水平分割,省量分布在前中心和肋侧;另一种方式是通过BP点作垂直分割,分别在胸围线上方和下方各形成一个省.在这两种基本收省方式的基础上,根据造型、功能形式美等要求来设计罩杯分割线.     

Antero-posterior tissue polarity links mesoderm convergent extension to axial patterning

Remodelling its shape, or morphogenesis, is a fundamental property of living tissue. It underlies much of embryonic development and numerous pathologies. Convergent extension (CE) of the axial mesoderm of vertebrates is an intensively studied model for morphogenetic processes that rely on cell rearrangement. It involves the intercalation of polarized cells perpendicular to the antero-posterior (AP) axis, which narrows and lengthens the tissue. Several genes have been identified that regulate cell behaviour underlying CE in zebrafish and Xenopus. Many of these are homologues of genes that control epithelial planar cell polarity in Drosophila. However, elongation of axial mesoderm must be also coordinated with the pattern of AP tissue specification to generate a normal larval morphology. At present, the long-range control that orients CE with respect to embryonic axes is not understood. Here we show that the chordamesoderm of Xenopus possesses an intrinsic AP polarity that is necessary for CE, functions in parallel to Wnt/planar cell polarity signalling, and determines the direction of tissue elongation. The mechanism that establishes AP polarity involves graded activin-like signalling and directly links mesoderm AP patterning to CE.     

盐度对盐生杜氏藻叶绿体超微结构的影响

研究不同盐度对盐生杜氏藻（ Ｄｕｎａｌｉｅｌｌａｓａｌｉｎａ（ Ｄｕｎａｌ．） Ｔｅｏｄ ．） 叶绿体超微结构的影响．结果显示,在ＮａＣｌ 浓度为２ ．７ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ 的培养液中,其叶绿体为典型的杯状结构．在ＮａＣｌ 浓度从２ ．７ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ 增加到４ ．３ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时,其杯状叶绿体逐渐离解为多个相互连结或分离的部分;叶绿体内的类囊体片层系统解体并出现大量的嗜锇质体小球;在分离的叶绿体间隙中形成多个线粒体．在培养液的ＮａＣｌ 浓度逐步从４ ．３ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ 降低到２ ．７ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ后,盐藻的叶绿体又逐步恢复为典型的杯状结构．由此可知,不同盐度下盐藻叶绿体的结构变化是一个可逆的过程,这种可逆变化是盐藻得以在高盐度,强光照,易蒸发的自然环境中生存的一种适应机制．     

基于相似度滤波算法的视网膜血管分割

在计算机辅助眼底图像视网膜血管分割中,基于匹配滤波算法的应用非常广泛.而传统匹配滤波器算法存在分割细小血管效果较差、噪声多以及视盘干扰等问题.本文提出一种相似度滤波算法的眼底图像视网膜血管分割方法.首先用多层阈值和水平集算法提取视盘干扰区域,利用高斯模糊去除视盘干扰区域.然后采用相似度滤波运算对去除视盘干扰的彩色眼底图像进行处理.最后,将余弦相似度图进行二值化后与余弦相似度加强图进行区域连通性判断,实现眼底图像视网膜血管分割.结果 表明,该算法能较好地分割细小血管以及去除视盘干扰,能更为准确地提取眼底图像视网膜血管.     

In vitro osteoclast generation from different bone marrow fractions, including a highly enriched haematopoietic stem cell population

It is well established that the osteoclast is formed by fusion of post-mitotic, mononuclear precursors derived from circulating progenitor cells. However, the precise haematopoietic origin of the osteoclast is unknown. We have investigated this here by fractionating mouse bone marrow and isolating haematopoietic stem cells using a three-step method combining equilibrium density centrifugation and two fluorescence-activated cell sortings (FACS), and have tested the ability of each bone marrow fraction, including highly purified haematopoietic stem cells, to generate osteoclasts during co-culture with preosteoclast-free embryonic long bones. The osteoclast-forming capacity was found to increase with increasing stem cell purity. On the other hand, the culture time needed for osteoclast formation also increased with purification, suggesting the presence of progressively more immature progenitor cells. The pluripotent haematopoietic stem cell fractions with the highest purity needed preincubation with a stem cell-activating factor (interleukin-3) to activate the predominantly quiescent stem cells in vitro.     

视网膜神经节细胞非经典感受野及其方位倾向性的模型研究

建立了包含无长突细胞相互抑制网络的视网膜神经节细胞的三层网络模型,以验证李朝义等提出的非经典感受野可能源于无长突细胞相互抑制的假说,并探讨神经节细胞感受野的方位倾向性的可能机制．模拟结果表明,通过无长突细胞之间的相互抑制可以形成神经节细胞的非经典感受野．模型模拟了神经节细胞的中心区和大周边区的方位倾向性及其相互作用,结果提示神经节细胞的方位倾向性可能主要源于神经节细胞树突野的空间分布．     

视神经损伤引起斑马鱼视网膜神经细胞凋亡的研究

用石蜡连续切片苏木精染色法,通过定量分析研究夹伤和切断视神经后,斑马鱼视网膜神经节细胞、视杆和视锥细胞密度的变化。结果发现,在损伤视神经7～21d后,上述3种细胞的细胞核密度均呈减少趋势,节细胞减少的比率大于感光细胞,而感光细胞中视锥细胞所受影响比视杆细胞更为明显;在夹伤和切断视神经两种情况中,后者引起视网膜神经节细胞核密度的减少更为显著。上述结果表明,损伤视神经不但影响与其相连的神经节细胞,而且可逆向跨神经元地影响感光细胞的变化。由上述结果推测,由于损伤视神经使视网膜神经节细胞失去靶组织而引起的各种神经细胞密度减少是视网膜中神经细胞凋亡的表现。     

日本沼虾胚胎复眼发生的研究

应用光镜技术和透射电镜技术,研究了日本沼虾胚胎复眼的发生.在原肠期,胚区前端的外胚层细胞增殖形成视叶原基.发育至后无节幼体期开始形成视神经节.在前蚤状幼体早期胚胎出现复眼色素，同时构成复眼的细胞开始分化。前蚤状幼体晚期，复眼色素区扩大到复眼直径的一半。复眼由个眼构成，每个个眼由角膜、角膜生成细胞、晶锥、小网膜细胞等组成。超微结构显示，胚胎的复眼结构与成体的相似，但感杆束直径比成体小。至胚胎孵化，眼柄尚未发育完善。     

Retinal ganglion cells lose response to laminin with maturation

The decisive role played by adhesive interactions between neuronal processes and the culture substrate in determining the form and extent of neurite outgrowth in vitro has greatly influenced ideas about the mechanisms of axonal growth and guidance in the vertebrate nervous system. These studies have also helped to identify adhesive molecules that might be involved in guiding axonal growth in vivo. One candidate molecule is laminin, a major glycoprotein of basal laminae which has been shown to induce a wide variety of embryonic neurones to extend neurites in culture. Moreover, laminin is found in large amounts in injured nerves that can successfully regenerate but is absent from nerves where regeneration fails. However, it is unclear to what extent the mechanisms that regulate axonal regeneration also operate in the embryo when axon outgrowth is initiated. Here we have examined the substrate requirements for neurite outgrowth in vitro by chick embryo retinal ganglion cells, the only cells in the retina to send axons to the brain. We show that while retinal ganglion cells from embryonic day 6 (E6) chicks extend profuse neurites on laminin, those from E11 do not, although they retain the ability to extend neurites on astrocytes via a laminin-independent mechanism. This represents the first evidence that central nervous system neurones may undergo a change in their substrate requirements for neurite outgrowth as they mature.     

RGM is a repulsive guidance molecule for retinal axons

Axons rely on guidance cues to reach remote targets during nervous system development. A well-studied model system for axon guidance is the retinotectal projection. The retina can be divided into halves; the nasal half, next to the nose, and the temporal half. A subset of retinal axons, those from the temporal half, is guided by repulsive cues expressed in a graded fashion in the optic tectum, part of the midbrain. Here we report the cloning and functional characterization of a membrane-associated glycoprotein, which we call RGM (repulsive guidance molecule). This molecule shares no sequence homology with known guidance cues, and its messenger RNA is distributed in a gradient with increasing concentration from the anterior to posterior pole of the embryonic tectum. Recombinant RGM at low nanomolar concentration induces collapse of temporal but not of nasal growth cones and guides temporal retinal axons in vitro, demonstrating its repulsive and axon-specific guiding activity.     

Platelet-derived growth factor from astrocytes drives the clock that times oligodendrocyte development in culture

The various cell types in a multicellular animal differentiate on a predictable schedule but the mechanisms responsible for timing cell differentiation are largely unknown. We have studied a population of bipotential glial (O-2A) progenitor cells in the developing rat optic nerve that gives rise to oligodendrocytes beginning at birth and to type-2 astrocytes beginning in the second postnatal week. Whereas, in vivo, these O-2A progenitor cells proliferate and give rise to postimitotic oligodendrocytes over several weeks, in serum-free (or low-serum) culture they stop dividing prematurely and differentiate into oligodendrocytes within two or three days. The normal timing of oligodendrocyte development can be restored if embryonic optic-nerve cells are cultured in medium conditioned by type-1 astrocytes, the first glial cells to differentiate in the nerve: in this case the progenitor cells continue to proliferate, the first oligodendrocytes appear on the equivalent of the day of birth, and new oligodendrocytes continue to develop over several weeks, just as in vivo. Here we show that platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) can replace type-1-astrocyte-conditioned medium in restoring the normal timing of oligodendrocyte differentiation in vitro and that anti-PDGF antibodies inhibit this property of the appropriately conditioned medium. We also show that PDGF is present in the developing optic nerve. These findings suggest that type-1-astrocyte-derived PDGF drives the clock that times oligodendrocyte development.     

Surface mechanics mediate pattern formation in the developing retina

Pattern formation of biological structures involves organizing different types of cells into a spatial configuration. In this study, we investigate the physical basis of biological patterning of the Drosophila retina in vivo. We demonstrate that E- and N-cadherins mediate apical adhesion between retina epithelial cells. Differential expression of N-cadherin within a sub-group of retinal cells (cone cells) causes them to form an overall shape that minimizes their surface contact with surrounding cells. The cells within this group, in both normal and experimentally manipulated conditions, pack together in the same way as soap bubbles do. The shaping of the cone cell group and packing of its components precisely imitate the physical tendency for surfaces to be minimized. Thus, simple patterned expression of N-cadherin results in a complex spatial pattern of cells owing to cellular surface mechanics.     

改进型电容压力传感器的设计

电容式集成压力传感器因其特有的一系列优点而被广泛采用，但硅杯开头对传感器的灵敏度影响较大，本文提出了一种新的硅杯开头，并通过分析计算，设计出了改进型的电容式集成压力传感器。