1.Similarity of human forward and backward crawling patterns based on multiscale motion coordination analysis
Ying CHEN ; Qiliang XIONG ; Yuan LIU ; Jieyi MO ; Xiaolong SHU ; Bo LIU ; Changyuan DENG
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2025;42(5):640-647
Objective To test the hypothesis that backward crawling and forward crawling share similar inter-joint coordination patterns,thus providing potential evidence for the application of backward crawling in rehabilitation training.Methods The acceleration signals in the X,Y,and Z directions for 9 joints(including bilateral wrists,elbows,shoulders,knees,and hips)in 9 volunteers during forward and backward crawling were collected using a custom signal acquisition system,and the pressure signals were also recorded when the palms contacted the ground.The collected acceleration signals were preprocessed,segmented into cycles,and vectorized.Based on the pressure signals,a single crawling cycle was divided into support phase and swing phase.In addition,principal component analysis was applied to extract inter-joint coordination in limbs at various scales(sagittal,coronal,and transverse planes).Pearson correlation coefficients of inter-joint coordination patterns were compared between forward and backward crawling in support period,swing period,and full cycle.Results The correlation coefficients for coordination patterns in the full cycle at the transverse plane scale were 0.813 5(PC1)and 0.837 5(PC2),and the correlation coefficient of the support period PC2 was 0.901 8.At the sagittal plane scale,the correlation coefficient of the support period PC1 was 0.948 5.Conclusion The study provides preliminary evidence that limb motion coordination patterns during backward crawling are similar to those observed during forward crawling.Future research will further explore the effects of backward crawling on functional rehabilitation in individuals with motor impairments.
2.Lightweight infant pose estimation in home scenarios
Jinliang WAN ; Qiliang XIONG ; Yuan LIU ; Jieyi MO ; Ying CHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2025;42(1):72-81
How to effectively reduce the size of infant pose estimation network models is a key issue restricting the"home-use"of infant pose estimation technology. Therefore,a lightweight method for infant pose estimation in home scenarios is proposed. The method takes the lightweight network MobileNetV3 as the encoding backbone and utilizesa PixelShuffle up-sampling module in the decoder for reducing the quantity of model parameters. Meanwhile,coordinate attention mechanism is used to better capture location information and channel feature information,highlighting the feature information of small targets and occluded human keypoints. Besides,the parallel cross-correlation convolution is further modified to enhance the capability of feature information extraction. The method's performance is verified on the general pose estimation dataset (COCO) and the dedicated infant pose estimation dataset (SyRIP). The results show that,with a calculation volume (GFLOPs) of only 0.96,the method achieves average accuracies of 73.5% and 91.0% on COCO and SyRIP datasets,respectively,proving that it can significantly reduce the quantity of model parameters and calculation volume without sacrificing pose estimation accuracy. The proposed lightweight estimation model is expected to be deployed on home appliances such as smart terminals,thereby realizing intelligent estimation of abnormal infant poses in home scenarios.
3.Research progress of non-invasive biomarkers for neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy in resectable non-small cell lung cancer
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025;52(6):304-308
With the promising overall efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)cohorts,neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy(NAIC)has emerged as a crucial clinical treatment for reducing surgical risks,improving pathological responses,and enhancing postoperative survival prognosis for patients with stage Ⅱ-ⅢB resectable NSCLC.However,the efficacy of NAIC and patient sur-vival outcomes vary between studies.Given the limitations of tissue-based programmed cell death-ligand 1(PD-L1)expression and tumor mutation burden(TMB)in dynamically monitoring the therapeutic efficacy of NAIC,alternative non-invasive potential biomarkers based on peripheral blood and imaging have gained widespread attention.This review highlights the advances in potential biomarkers,including in-flammatory derivatives,T-lymphocyte subsets,cytokines from peripheral blood,and radiomic features derived from CT images,for predict-ing the therapeutic efficacy and survival outcomes of NAIC in patients with NSCLC.
4.Similarity of human forward and backward crawling patterns based on multiscale motion coordination analysis
Ying CHEN ; Qiliang XIONG ; Yuan LIU ; Jieyi MO ; Xiaolong SHU ; Bo LIU ; Changyuan DENG
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2025;42(5):640-647
Objective To test the hypothesis that backward crawling and forward crawling share similar inter-joint coordination patterns,thus providing potential evidence for the application of backward crawling in rehabilitation training.Methods The acceleration signals in the X,Y,and Z directions for 9 joints(including bilateral wrists,elbows,shoulders,knees,and hips)in 9 volunteers during forward and backward crawling were collected using a custom signal acquisition system,and the pressure signals were also recorded when the palms contacted the ground.The collected acceleration signals were preprocessed,segmented into cycles,and vectorized.Based on the pressure signals,a single crawling cycle was divided into support phase and swing phase.In addition,principal component analysis was applied to extract inter-joint coordination in limbs at various scales(sagittal,coronal,and transverse planes).Pearson correlation coefficients of inter-joint coordination patterns were compared between forward and backward crawling in support period,swing period,and full cycle.Results The correlation coefficients for coordination patterns in the full cycle at the transverse plane scale were 0.813 5(PC1)and 0.837 5(PC2),and the correlation coefficient of the support period PC2 was 0.901 8.At the sagittal plane scale,the correlation coefficient of the support period PC1 was 0.948 5.Conclusion The study provides preliminary evidence that limb motion coordination patterns during backward crawling are similar to those observed during forward crawling.Future research will further explore the effects of backward crawling on functional rehabilitation in individuals with motor impairments.
5.Lightweight infant pose estimation in home scenarios
Jinliang WAN ; Qiliang XIONG ; Yuan LIU ; Jieyi MO ; Ying CHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2025;42(1):72-81
How to effectively reduce the size of infant pose estimation network models is a key issue restricting the"home-use"of infant pose estimation technology. Therefore,a lightweight method for infant pose estimation in home scenarios is proposed. The method takes the lightweight network MobileNetV3 as the encoding backbone and utilizesa PixelShuffle up-sampling module in the decoder for reducing the quantity of model parameters. Meanwhile,coordinate attention mechanism is used to better capture location information and channel feature information,highlighting the feature information of small targets and occluded human keypoints. Besides,the parallel cross-correlation convolution is further modified to enhance the capability of feature information extraction. The method's performance is verified on the general pose estimation dataset (COCO) and the dedicated infant pose estimation dataset (SyRIP). The results show that,with a calculation volume (GFLOPs) of only 0.96,the method achieves average accuracies of 73.5% and 91.0% on COCO and SyRIP datasets,respectively,proving that it can significantly reduce the quantity of model parameters and calculation volume without sacrificing pose estimation accuracy. The proposed lightweight estimation model is expected to be deployed on home appliances such as smart terminals,thereby realizing intelligent estimation of abnormal infant poses in home scenarios.
6.Research progress of non-invasive biomarkers for neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy in resectable non-small cell lung cancer
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025;52(6):304-308
With the promising overall efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)cohorts,neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy(NAIC)has emerged as a crucial clinical treatment for reducing surgical risks,improving pathological responses,and enhancing postoperative survival prognosis for patients with stage Ⅱ-ⅢB resectable NSCLC.However,the efficacy of NAIC and patient sur-vival outcomes vary between studies.Given the limitations of tissue-based programmed cell death-ligand 1(PD-L1)expression and tumor mutation burden(TMB)in dynamically monitoring the therapeutic efficacy of NAIC,alternative non-invasive potential biomarkers based on peripheral blood and imaging have gained widespread attention.This review highlights the advances in potential biomarkers,including in-flammatory derivatives,T-lymphocyte subsets,cytokines from peripheral blood,and radiomic features derived from CT images,for predict-ing the therapeutic efficacy and survival outcomes of NAIC in patients with NSCLC.
7.Analysis of the prevalence of norovirus infection in children with single center acute gastroenteritis during 2021-2022
Xiuli GU ; Xiaofei ZHANG ; Ying LIU ; Wei ZHANG ; Sixue WANG ; Qiliang LI
International Journal of Pediatrics 2024;51(3):193-197
Objective:To investigate the prevalence of norovirus and the correlation between norovirus infection and stool traits and clinical symptoms in children with acute gastroenteritis during 2021-2022.Method:A total of 2 195 anal swab samples were collected from cases of acute gastroenteritis in Beijing Children 's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2021 to December 2022. PCR fluorescent probe assay was performed to detect norovirus,the clinical information and test results were performed by statistical analysis. Results:The detection rate of norovirus was 19.09%(419/2 195)in 2 195 children. The detection rates of male and female were 17.80%(244/1 371)and 21.24%(175/824),respectively,with statistically significant differences between genders( χ2=3.945, P<0.05). The positivity rate of noroviruses was higher in aged 1 month to 3 years[29.09%(64/220)~40.69%(94/231)],especially in 1 year[40.69%(94/231)]. The norovirus detection rate ranged from 2.44%(2/82)to 35.84%(62/173)in different months,with a high detection rate between January and March,higher in the winter and spring[28.36%(150/529),21.07%(146/693)],showing a clear seasonal distribution.Clinical symptoms of both vomiting and diarrhea were significantly more common among norovirus positive than negative children,the difference was statistically significant( χ2=57.29, P<0.05). Conclusion:In the high incidence season of winter and spring,for infants and young children aged 1 month to 3 years with diarrhea accompanied by vomiting symptoms,especially those aged 1 year,it is recommended to undergo norovirus related testing in time. Early treatment and isolation measures should be taken for diagnosed children to reduce cross infection and prevent outbreaks.
8.Analysis on clinical efficacy of ureteroscope-assisted laparoscopic ureteroplasty at lying and running position of healthy side in the treatment of postoperative ureteral stenosis
Hua CHEN ; Tairong LIU ; Qiuhua ZHU ; Leming SONG ; Qiliang ZHAI ; Jiaqi GE ; Jiansheng XIAO
Chinese Journal of Urology 2024;45(1):29-33
Objective:To explore the safety and efficacy of ureteroscopy-assisted laparoscopic ureteroplasty in the healthy side-lying running position for the treatment of ureteral stenosis after pelvic surgery.Methods:The data of 92 patients with ureteral stenosis after surgery admitted to Ganzhou People’s Hospital from June 2017 to February 2023 were retrospectively analysed. There were 31 male patients and 61 female patients, with an average age of (46.4±23.3) years. Of the 92 patients, 53 patients had previously undergone stone fragmentation or stone retrieval surgery for urinary system stones, 35 patients had undergone gynecologic laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic diseases, 2 patients had previous intestinal surgery, and 2 patients had undergone laparoscopic ureteral reconstruction surgery. The mean preoperative serum creatinine was (120.33±16.52) μmol/L, the mean blood urea nitrogen was (14.28 ± 2.47) mmol/L, and the mean renal pelvis dilation was (3.23±2.47) cm. All patients were placed in healthy side-lying running position with general anesthesia. The patient's lower limbs were in the oblique supine position, and the angle of the lower limbs was 60-80°. By using a transabdominal approach, the narrow section of the ureter was mobilized and excised under the guidance of ureteroscopy. The posterior wall of the ureter was sutured and a zebra guidewire was placed into the renal pelvis. An F7 double-J stent was then retrogradely advanced over the guidewire. Then the anterior wall of the ureter was anastomosed to complete the surgery. The operation time, average length of hospital stay, perioperative complications, preoperative and postoperative pyelectasis and renal function changes were recorded, and the clinical efficacy were evaluated by comparative analysis.Results:Of the 92 patients, 90 patients were successfully treated with ureterovesical anastomosis. Two patients underwent ureterovesical reimplantation because of the low position and heavy adhesion of the stenosis segment. There were no cases of conversion to open surgery or intraoperative death. The mean surgery duration was (121.52±22.35) min, the mean drainage tube indwelling time was (3.16±1.23) d, and the mean hospital stay was (6.46±2.37) d. A patient with moderate hydronephrosis exhibited postoperative urinary leakage. Two patients developed symptoms of hematuria after ambulation. Following treatment with bed rest, adequate drainage, and appropriate hemostatic medication, all patients recovered smoothly and were discharged. The double J tube was removed 3 months after operation, and the CT reexamination after extubation showed that the degree of pyelectasis was (2.52±1.54) cm, the average serum creatinine was (89.64±15.21) μmol/L, and urea nitrogen was (9.42±1.36) mmol/L, which was all significantly different from that before operation ( P<0.05). The patients were followed up for 6 to 12 months, and there was no ureteral restenosis. Conclusions:Ureteroscopic-assisted laparoscopic ureteroplasty in the healthy side-lying running position is a safe and effective surgical method for the treatment of short segment (narrow segment <3 cm) ureteral cicatrix stenosis after surgery. And this surgical method has the advantages of accurate positioning of the narrow segment, safe and convenient ureteral free, exact ureteral anastomosis, and easy placement of double J tube.
9.Staged and segmented two hybrid surgeries for total repair of Debakey type Ⅰ aortic dissection: a series of 10 cases
Debin LIU ; Hong WANG ; Yanzhen WANG ; Cheng YU ; Shengxiong LIN ; Shiqun WU ; Zehui CAO ; Qiliang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Surgery 2024;62(5):424-431
Objective:To examine the efficacy and experience of staged and segmented two hybrid surgeries for total repair of Debakey type Ⅰ aortic dissection (TIAD).Methods:This study was a retrospective case series. The clinic data of 10 patients with acute TIAD who were admitted to the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University or the First People′s Hospital of Lanzhou, between January 2016 and August 2022, were retrospectively studied. Ten patients underwent hybrid surgeries in two hospitalizations (stages), including 7 males and 3 females with an age of (60±7) years (range: 49 to 71 years). In stage 1, the first type Ⅱ hybrid arch repair was performed to treat the ascending, total arch, and descending thoracic aorta for acute TIAD without circulatory arrest. In stage 2, the second hybrid surgery including infrarenal abdominal aorta replacement, visceral arteries bypass and endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair was performed to treat residual thoracoabdominal aortic dissection after the first hybrid operation (segmented). Basic data, preoperative concomitant diseases, high-risk factors, surgical approaches and postoperative complications of all important organs, as well as CT imaging were analyzed.Results:There was no death in the 20 hybrid surgical procedures. In stage 1 type Ⅱ hybrid surgery, 4 cases underwent reconstruction of the aortic sinutubular junction, while Bentall and David surgery was performed for 3 cases, respectively. A patient received coronary artery bypass grafting. Then all patients were sequentially treated with arch debranching and thoracic aortic endovascular repair. Postoperative complications included renal insufficiency (4/10), hemofiltration (1/10), hypoxemia (4/10), neurologic event (1/10) and type Ⅱ endoleak (1/10). Complete false lumen thrombosis occurred in 9/10 of the patients. All complications recovered successfully at discharge and the average hospital stay was (21±4) days (range: 16 to 28 days) in the first hospitalization. At stage 2, the second hybrid surgery was successfully performed in all patients. No paraplegia, hepatic or renal insufficiency, or endoleak occurred. However, branch graft embolism of the left renal artery was found in one patient 3 days after laparotomy, as well as of superior mesenteric artery in another. Superior mesenteric artery occlusion was successfully treated by endovascular recanalization. Complete false lumen thrombosis occurred in all patients. Although all patients had different degrees of intestinal dysfunction, they were gradually relieved at discharge, and the average hospital stay was (19±2)days (range:16 to 21 days) in the second hospitalization. During follow-up, CT angiography showed aortic remodeling in all patients.Conclusion:Staged and segmented two hybrid surgeries are safe and feasible for total repair of Debakey type Ⅰ aortic dissection and are associated with acceptable early and midterm outcomes.
10.Staged and segmented two hybrid surgeries for total repair of Debakey type Ⅰ aortic dissection: a series of 10 cases
Debin LIU ; Hong WANG ; Yanzhen WANG ; Cheng YU ; Shengxiong LIN ; Shiqun WU ; Zehui CAO ; Qiliang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Surgery 2024;62(5):424-431
Objective:To examine the efficacy and experience of staged and segmented two hybrid surgeries for total repair of Debakey type Ⅰ aortic dissection (TIAD).Methods:This study was a retrospective case series. The clinic data of 10 patients with acute TIAD who were admitted to the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University or the First People′s Hospital of Lanzhou, between January 2016 and August 2022, were retrospectively studied. Ten patients underwent hybrid surgeries in two hospitalizations (stages), including 7 males and 3 females with an age of (60±7) years (range: 49 to 71 years). In stage 1, the first type Ⅱ hybrid arch repair was performed to treat the ascending, total arch, and descending thoracic aorta for acute TIAD without circulatory arrest. In stage 2, the second hybrid surgery including infrarenal abdominal aorta replacement, visceral arteries bypass and endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair was performed to treat residual thoracoabdominal aortic dissection after the first hybrid operation (segmented). Basic data, preoperative concomitant diseases, high-risk factors, surgical approaches and postoperative complications of all important organs, as well as CT imaging were analyzed.Results:There was no death in the 20 hybrid surgical procedures. In stage 1 type Ⅱ hybrid surgery, 4 cases underwent reconstruction of the aortic sinutubular junction, while Bentall and David surgery was performed for 3 cases, respectively. A patient received coronary artery bypass grafting. Then all patients were sequentially treated with arch debranching and thoracic aortic endovascular repair. Postoperative complications included renal insufficiency (4/10), hemofiltration (1/10), hypoxemia (4/10), neurologic event (1/10) and type Ⅱ endoleak (1/10). Complete false lumen thrombosis occurred in 9/10 of the patients. All complications recovered successfully at discharge and the average hospital stay was (21±4) days (range: 16 to 28 days) in the first hospitalization. At stage 2, the second hybrid surgery was successfully performed in all patients. No paraplegia, hepatic or renal insufficiency, or endoleak occurred. However, branch graft embolism of the left renal artery was found in one patient 3 days after laparotomy, as well as of superior mesenteric artery in another. Superior mesenteric artery occlusion was successfully treated by endovascular recanalization. Complete false lumen thrombosis occurred in all patients. Although all patients had different degrees of intestinal dysfunction, they were gradually relieved at discharge, and the average hospital stay was (19±2)days (range:16 to 21 days) in the second hospitalization. During follow-up, CT angiography showed aortic remodeling in all patients.Conclusion:Staged and segmented two hybrid surgeries are safe and feasible for total repair of Debakey type Ⅰ aortic dissection and are associated with acceptable early and midterm outcomes.

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