1.Improved YOLOv5s based method for immunohistochemically positive cell counting
Xingyue CHEN ; Ziyan JIA ; Qing LI ; Dachuan ZHANG ; Lingjiao PAN ; Dawei SHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2025;42(2):167-174
Objective To propose a novel method for immunohistochemically positive cell counting based on the improved YOLOv5s.Methods Regarding the small target characteristics of positive cells,a small target detection layer was added to refine feature extraction.Then,a bidirectional weighted feature pyramid network was used to replace path aggregation network(PANet)in the neck network for realizing multi-scale feature fusion.Additionally,the method used coordinate attention mechanism to make the model pay more attention to small target characteristics,and replaced the original GIoU with EIoU loss function for enhancing the detection performance.Results The model was trained on the self-built immunohistochemical image dataset.The average accuracy of the improved model was 89.3%,which was 4.0%higher than the original model and surpassed mainstream target detection models.The 5-year survival prediction model constructed with the method achieved an average accuracy of 76.8%and an average area under the curve of 0.81,demonstrating its superior prediction ability.Conclusion The proposed model can quickly detect the number of immunohistochemically positive cells and effectively assist doctors in survival prediction.
2.Ultra-long-term follow-up of renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension and mild chronic kidney disease
Li WANG ; Hao ZHANG ; Chao LI ; Xuemei YIN ; Zhuqing LI ; Qiang HE ; Xiaoqiang SUN ; Dachuan XIA ; Deling KONG ; Chengzhi LU
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2025;53(10):1119-1125
Objective:To investigate the ultra-long-term antihypertensive efficacy, safety, major adverse events, and survival benefits of renal denervation (RDN) in patients with resistant hypertension (rHTN) and mild chronic kidney disease (CKD).Methods:This real-world, single-center retrospective study enrolled patients with rHTN and mild CKD who underwent RDN at Tianjin First Central Hospital between October 2011 and June 2016. Office blood pressure, home self-measured blood pressure, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio were collected at baseline and at 1, 5, and 13 years post-RDN. The total daily defined dose of antihypertensive medications at 13 years post-RDN was recorded, along with endpoint events during follow-up, including cardiovascular death, all-cause death, hospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Patients were stratified according to CKD stage (G1-G2 vs. G3a) and baseline systolic blood pressure (mild-to-moderate vs. severe hypertension), and follow-up data were compared across subgroups.Results:A total of 40 patients were included, aged (51±15) years, including 26 (65%) males. At the 13-year follow-up, office systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) decreased by (-32±20) mmHg and (-15±14) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), respectively; reductions in home self-measured blood pressure (SBP: (-25±14) mmHg, DBP: (-10±11) mmHg) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (SBP: (-16±9 mmHg, DBP: (-10±6) mmHg) were also observed, alongside a reduction in the total daily defined dose of antihypertensive medications by (1.1±0.9) compared to baseline. Renal function assessments showed no significant differences at 13 years versus baseline in serum creatinine ((105±51) μmol/L vs. (96±22) μmol/L), estimated glomerular filtration rate ((72±22) ml·min -1·1.73 m -2 vs. (78±17) ml·min -1·1.73 m -2), or urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio ((101±86) mg/g vs. (127±82) mg/g) (all P>0.05). All-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates during follow-up were 13% (5/40) and 8% (3/40), respectively. Subgroup analysis results showed that, although CKD G1-G2 patients had smaller reductions in office SBP ((-31±20) mmHg vs. (-34±19) mmHg) and DBP ((-13±10) mmHg vs. (-25±18) mmHg) compared to G3a patients at 13 years, intergroup differences were not significant (all P>0.05). In contrast, severe hypertension subgroup exhibited greater reductions in office SBP ((-55±13) mmHg vs. (-20±10) mmHg) and DBP ((-24±17) mmHg vs. (-13±10) mmHg) versus mild-to-moderate hypertension subgroup (all P<0.05). Conclusion:RDN demonstrates sustained antihypertensive efficacy with favorable renal safety in rHTN patients with mild CKD. Patients with higher baseline systolic blood pressure may exhibit better responsiveness to RDN.
3.Assessment and management of malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis combined with hepatic encephalopathy
Yang XU ; Juan KANG ; Xiaohao WANG ; Lu ZHANG ; Dachuan CAI
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2025;33(4):402-408
Hepatic encephalopathy and malnutrition due to hyperammonemia often interact with each other, forming a vicious circle in patients with cirrhosis. In addition, hepatic encephalopathy and malnutrition have a high incidence in patients with cirrhosis, which seriously affects the quality of life and prognosis. Therefore, identifying whether malnutrition is present in patients with cirrhosis combined with hepatic encephalopathy is crucial for providing appropriate interventions.This article reviews the pathogenesis, nutritional assessment methods, and nutritional management of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis combined with hepatic encephalopathy.
4.Improved YOLOv5s based method for immunohistochemically positive cell counting
Xingyue CHEN ; Ziyan JIA ; Qing LI ; Dachuan ZHANG ; Lingjiao PAN ; Dawei SHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2025;42(2):167-174
Objective To propose a novel method for immunohistochemically positive cell counting based on the improved YOLOv5s.Methods Regarding the small target characteristics of positive cells,a small target detection layer was added to refine feature extraction.Then,a bidirectional weighted feature pyramid network was used to replace path aggregation network(PANet)in the neck network for realizing multi-scale feature fusion.Additionally,the method used coordinate attention mechanism to make the model pay more attention to small target characteristics,and replaced the original GIoU with EIoU loss function for enhancing the detection performance.Results The model was trained on the self-built immunohistochemical image dataset.The average accuracy of the improved model was 89.3%,which was 4.0%higher than the original model and surpassed mainstream target detection models.The 5-year survival prediction model constructed with the method achieved an average accuracy of 76.8%and an average area under the curve of 0.81,demonstrating its superior prediction ability.Conclusion The proposed model can quickly detect the number of immunohistochemically positive cells and effectively assist doctors in survival prediction.
5.Assessment and management of malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis combined with hepatic encephalopathy
Yang XU ; Juan KANG ; Xiaohao WANG ; Lu ZHANG ; Dachuan CAI
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2025;33(4):402-408
Hepatic encephalopathy and malnutrition due to hyperammonemia often interact with each other, forming a vicious circle in patients with cirrhosis. In addition, hepatic encephalopathy and malnutrition have a high incidence in patients with cirrhosis, which seriously affects the quality of life and prognosis. Therefore, identifying whether malnutrition is present in patients with cirrhosis combined with hepatic encephalopathy is crucial for providing appropriate interventions.This article reviews the pathogenesis, nutritional assessment methods, and nutritional management of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis combined with hepatic encephalopathy.
6.Ultra-long-term follow-up of renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension and mild chronic kidney disease
Li WANG ; Hao ZHANG ; Chao LI ; Xuemei YIN ; Zhuqing LI ; Qiang HE ; Xiaoqiang SUN ; Dachuan XIA ; Deling KONG ; Chengzhi LU
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2025;53(10):1119-1125
Objective:To investigate the ultra-long-term antihypertensive efficacy, safety, major adverse events, and survival benefits of renal denervation (RDN) in patients with resistant hypertension (rHTN) and mild chronic kidney disease (CKD).Methods:This real-world, single-center retrospective study enrolled patients with rHTN and mild CKD who underwent RDN at Tianjin First Central Hospital between October 2011 and June 2016. Office blood pressure, home self-measured blood pressure, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio were collected at baseline and at 1, 5, and 13 years post-RDN. The total daily defined dose of antihypertensive medications at 13 years post-RDN was recorded, along with endpoint events during follow-up, including cardiovascular death, all-cause death, hospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Patients were stratified according to CKD stage (G1-G2 vs. G3a) and baseline systolic blood pressure (mild-to-moderate vs. severe hypertension), and follow-up data were compared across subgroups.Results:A total of 40 patients were included, aged (51±15) years, including 26 (65%) males. At the 13-year follow-up, office systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) decreased by (-32±20) mmHg and (-15±14) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), respectively; reductions in home self-measured blood pressure (SBP: (-25±14) mmHg, DBP: (-10±11) mmHg) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (SBP: (-16±9 mmHg, DBP: (-10±6) mmHg) were also observed, alongside a reduction in the total daily defined dose of antihypertensive medications by (1.1±0.9) compared to baseline. Renal function assessments showed no significant differences at 13 years versus baseline in serum creatinine ((105±51) μmol/L vs. (96±22) μmol/L), estimated glomerular filtration rate ((72±22) ml·min -1·1.73 m -2 vs. (78±17) ml·min -1·1.73 m -2), or urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio ((101±86) mg/g vs. (127±82) mg/g) (all P>0.05). All-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates during follow-up were 13% (5/40) and 8% (3/40), respectively. Subgroup analysis results showed that, although CKD G1-G2 patients had smaller reductions in office SBP ((-31±20) mmHg vs. (-34±19) mmHg) and DBP ((-13±10) mmHg vs. (-25±18) mmHg) compared to G3a patients at 13 years, intergroup differences were not significant (all P>0.05). In contrast, severe hypertension subgroup exhibited greater reductions in office SBP ((-55±13) mmHg vs. (-20±10) mmHg) and DBP ((-24±17) mmHg vs. (-13±10) mmHg) versus mild-to-moderate hypertension subgroup (all P<0.05). Conclusion:RDN demonstrates sustained antihypertensive efficacy with favorable renal safety in rHTN patients with mild CKD. Patients with higher baseline systolic blood pressure may exhibit better responsiveness to RDN.
7.Computer-vision-based artificial intelligence for detection and recognition of instruments and organs during radical laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a multicenter study
Kecheng ZHANG ; Zhi QIAO ; Li YANG ; Tao ZHANG ; Fenglin LIU ; Dachuan SUN ; Tianyu XIE ; Lei GUO ; Canrong LU
Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2024;27(5):464-470
Objective:To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of computer vision-based artificial intelligence technology in detecting and recognizing instruments and organs in the scenario of radical laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Methods:Eight complete laparoscopic distal radical gastrectomy surgery videos were collected from four large tertiary hospitals in China (First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital [three cases], Liaoning Cancer Hospital [two cases], Liyang Branch of Jiangsu Province People's Hospital [two cases], and Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center [one case]). PR software was used to extract frames every 5–10 seconds and convert them into image frames. To ensure quality, deduplication was performed manually to remove obvious duplication and blurred image frames. After conversion and deduplication, there were 3369 frame images with a resolution of 1,920×1,080 PPI. LabelMe was used for instance segmentation of the images into the following 23 categories: veins, arteries, sutures, needle holders, ultrasonic knives, suction devices, bleeding, colon, forceps, gallbladder, small gauze, Hem-o-lok, Hem-o-lok appliers, electrocautery hooks, small intestine, hepatogastric ligaments, liver, omentum, pancreas, spleen, surgical staplers, stomach, and trocars. The frame images were randomly allocated to training and validation sets in a 9:1 ratio. The YOLOv8 deep learning framework was used for model training and validation. Precision, recall, average precision (AP), and mean average precision (mAP) were used to evaluate detection and recognition accuracy.Results:The training set contained 3032 frame images comprising 30 895 instance segmentation counts across 23 categories. The validation set contained 337 frame images comprising 3407 instance segmentation counts. The YOLOv8m model was used for training. The loss curve of the training set showed a smooth gradual decrease in loss value as the number of iteration calculations increased. In the training set, the AP values of all 23 categories were above 0.90, with a mAP of 0.99, whereas in the validation set, the mAP of the 23 categories was 0.82. As to individual categories, the AP values for ultrasonic knives, needle holders, forceps, gallbladders, small pieces of gauze, and surgical staplers were 0.96, 0.94, 0.91, 0.91, 0.91, and 0.91, respectively. The model successfully inferred and applied to a 5-minutes video segment of laparoscopic gastroenterostomy suturing.Conclusion:The primary finding of this multicenter study is that computer vision can efficiently, accurately, and in real-time detect organs and instruments in various scenarios of radical laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
8.Expert Consensus on the Application of Free Polyfoliate Perforator Flaps
Juyu TANG ; Yixin ZHANG ; Shimin ZHANG ; Yongjun RUI ; Xiaoheng DING ; Xin WANG ; Lei XU ; Guangyue ZHAO ; Shuming ZHANG ; Qingtang ZHU ; Shanlin CHEN ; Wenjun LI ; Xinyu FAN ; Xianyou ZHENG ; Shihui GU ; Panfeng WU ; Jie ZHAN ; Yaping LIU ; Xiaoju ZHENG ; Xing ZHANG ; Lu YIN ; Fang YU ; Liming QING ; Songlin XIE ; Mingjiang LIU ; Jun LIU ; Xiaodan XIA ; Kuangwen LI ; Fei LIU ; Zengtao WANG ; Huaqiao WANG ; Guangtai MU ; Maolin TANG ; Yongqing XU ; Liqiang GU ; Dachuan XU ; Chunlin HOU
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery 2024;47(6):601-610
The polyfoliate perforator flap is a new type of flap that was developed on the basis of the traditional polyfoliate myocutaneous flap, polyfoliate fascial flap and perforator flap. It overturns the traditional idea that the deep fascial vascular network is the fundamental for a survival of the flap, and enables the flaps to achieve the best profile and function of the recipient areas with minimal damage to the donor area. In order to improve the understanding of the polyfoliate perforator flap and further standardise its clinical application, this paper forms a consensus on the definition, classification, indications, operative points and precautions of the polyfoliate perforator flap, so as to provide references in diagnosis and treatment process and practical application for the surgeons.
9.Potential mechanism of Babao Dan in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma based on network pharmacology
Xinyu ZHU ; Haoran BAI ; Naping ZHAO ; Dachuan QI ; Lixin WEI ; Li ZHANG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Service 2024;42(4):157-164
Objective To explore the potential mechanism of Babao Dan on primary liver cancer based on network pharmacology. Methods First, the diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma rat(HCC)model was used to observe the effects of Babao Dan. Then, the effective components in Babao Dan were detected by UPLC-MS, and the potential target sites of these effective components were predicted in the Swiss Target Prediction databases, etc. The corresponding target sites for HCC were screened using GeneCards, OMIM and Therapeutic Target Database, and the common target sites between Babao Dan and HCC were obtained after getting the intersection. The protein-protein interaction network was drawn by Cytoscape software and the STRING database, and the key molecules regulating HCC by Babao Dan were screened out. The effective target sites were subjected to GO analysis in the DAVID database and enrichment analysis in the Pathway’s KEGG. Finally, the clinical relevance of key molecules to liver cancer patients was verified by the TCGA database. Results Babao Dan could slow down the tumor development. 851 chemical components were detected in BaBao Dan by UPLC-MS , 9 major active components and 285 target sites were identified. 637 hepatocellular carcinoma-related targets were screened out, and 16 targets of Babao Dan regulating HCC were identified. GO enrichment analysis showed 802 biological processes, 11 cell compositions, and 43 molecular functions, while KEGG pathway enrichment analysis identified a total of 90 pathways. Correlation analysis of TCGA identified three key molecules associated with the survival of liver cancer patients. Conclusion In the primary rat liver cancer model, Babao Dan was found to significantly prolong the survival of cancer-induced rats and reduce tumor burden. The initial prediction of the mechanism by which Babao Dan regulating liver cancer was made through UPLC-MS analysis and network pharmacology methods, indicating that Babao Dan has the characteristics of multi-component, multi-pathway, and multi-target regulation of primary liver cancer, which could provide a reference for further relevant experimental research.
10.Depression recognition based on frequency-space domain fusion and 3D-CNN-Attention
Jianshang WANG ; Bingtao ZHANG ; Xiaomin WANG ; Dachuan YAN
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2024;41(10):1307-1314
A three-dimensional feature construction method based on spectral information is presented,in which the power values of each channel are arranged into two-dimensional feature vectors based on electrode positions.The different frequency band features are arranged into a three-dimensional integral feature tensor to extract the information in frequency domain.Meanwhile,in order to reduce the influence of volume conductor effect,functional connectivity is utilized to map the temporal electroencephalogram data to the spatial brain functional network for extracting the spatial information.By analyzing the relationship between features and target classes,a 3D-CNN-Attention network model is proposed to incorporate an Attention mechanism in 3D-CNN network to enhance the electroencephalogram feature learning capability.A series of comparative experiments on publicly available datasets show that 3D-CNN-Attention network framework outperforms other methods in depression detection,obtaining an accuracy rate of up to 96.32%.The proposed method provides an effective solution for depression detection.

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