广义时频分析方法在耳声发射研究中的应用 Ⅰ.仿真瞬态诱发耳声发射信号的时频分布

为了研究瞬态诱发耳声发射的时频分布,寻找其时频分布的最佳计算方法,首先筚计介绍了广时频分析方法,并描述了其中二次时频表示方法的特特点,然后用Ｗｉｇｎｅｒ分布及其改进型分布计算了仿真的瞬态诱发耳声发射信号的时频分布,通过对不同分布计算结果的比较,得出了锥形核分布最适合用于描述瞬态诱发耳声发射的时频分布。     

广义时频分析方法在耳声发射研究中的应用 Ⅰ.仿真瞬态诱发耳声发射信号的时频分布

为了研究瞬态诱发耳声发射的时频分布, 寻找其时频分布的最佳计算方法, 首先系统地介绍了广义时频分析方法,并描述了其中二次时频表示方法的特点,然后用Ｗｉｇｎｅｒ 分布及其改进型分布计算了仿真的瞬态诱发耳声发射信号的时频分布,通过对不同分布计算结果的比较,得出了锥形核分布最适合用于描述瞬态诱发耳声发射的时频分布。     

广义时频分析方法在耳声发射研究中的应用 Ⅱ.短声与短纯音诱发耳声发射信号的时频分布

为了进一步探讨耳声发射的产生机制,需要研究不同类型刺激诱发的耳声发射之间的相互关系,主要研究短声与短纯音诱发的耳声发射,用广义时频分析方法中的锥形核分布分别计算了它们的时频分布,从其时频分布分析了它们之间的相互关系。结果表明：具有不同中心频率的短纯音刺激诱发耳声发射的时频分布的迭加与短声刺激诱发的耳声发射的时频分布具有相似性,两者时频分布中的主要频率成分数目、潜伏期和持续时间完全相同,它们高度的相     

广义时频分析方法在耳声发射研究中的应用Ⅱ.短声与短纯音诱发耳声发射信号的时频分布

为了进一步探讨耳声发射的产生机制,需要研究不同类型刺激诱发的耳声发射之间的相互关系.主要研究短声与短纯音诱发的耳声发射,用广义时频分析方法中的锥形核分布分别计算了它们的时频分布,从其时频分布分析了它们之间的相互关系.结果表明:具有不同中心频率的短纯音刺激诱发耳声发射的时频分布的迭加与短声刺激诱发的耳声发射的时频分布具有相似性,两者时频分布中的主要频率成分数目、潜伏期和持续时间完全相同,它们高度的相关性支持了短声与短纯音诱发的耳声发射具有共同的产生器的观点.     

耳声发射信号的小波分析及应用

为了利用瞬态诱发耳声发射信号,对耳蜗性和蜗后性两种感音神经性耳聋进行诊断和定位,提出了一种基于小波变换的方法,用于对感音神经性耳聋病变进行诊断和定位。首先,获得听力正常耳信号的小波变换的对数均方根－频率曲线范围,及在对侧刺激声作用下,信号受抑制的小波变换的对数均方根－频率曲线范围;然后根据某一受试耳有无对侧刺激声作用下的瞬态诱发耳声发射信号,得出其小波变换的对数均方根曲线及受抑制的对数均方根曲线。最后,检测受试耳的两条曲线是否分别在正常值范围内,由此对受试耳的耳蜗及内侧橄榄耳蜗系统功能进行检测,同时根据每一条曲线将蜗性及蜗后病变定位到某一细致的频带。此方法与目前临床上采用的耳声发射结合ABR和纯音测听的诊断方法能很好地吻合。     

短纯音诱发耳声发射的指数方法时频分析

目的在于使用指数分布方法计算来自于正常人耳短纯音诱发耳声发射（Ｔｏｎｅ－ｂｕｒｓｔＥｖｏｋｅｄＯｔｏａｃｏｕｓｔｉｃＥｍｉｓｓｉｏｎｓ,ＴＢＯＡＥｓ）的时频分布。对耳声发射的定量分析依赖于谱方法,而ＴＢＯＡＥｓ是非平稳信号,因此传统的谱分析方法已不能满足要求,指数分布能很好地给出ＴＢＯＡＥｓ的时频表示。我们根据对仿真信号及实测ＴＢＯＡＥｓ的计算结果,分析了其时频分布的特点,并对不同的频率成份与潜伏期的关系进行了描述。     

瞬态刺激诱发耳声发射非线性特性的研究

耳声发射（ＯｔｏａｃｏｕｓｔｉｃＥｍｉｓｓｉｏｎｓ,ＯＡＥｓ）是目前对外周听觉系统是否完好无损评价的客观指标。瞬态刺激诱发的耳声发射（ＴｒａｎｓｉｅｎｔＥｖｏｋｅｄＯＡＥｓ,ＴＥＯＡＥｓ）在初始部分通常混杂有伪迹成份（主要指耳道对刺激声直接反射的回声）,这就使得ＯＡＥｓ的测量在临床使用中受到了很多的限制。因此,为了消除伪迹,一种称作“导出的非线性响应＂（ＤｅｒｉｖｅｄＮｏｎｌｉｎｅａｒｉｔｙＲｅｓｐｏｎｓｅ,ＤＮＬＲ）的非线性处理技术取代了传统的线性同步平均技术。本文的主要目的首先是根据听觉系统结构的特点建立了一个简单的模型,通过该模型解释了ＤＮＬＲ方法成立的第一个基本假设,然后根据对正常听力成年人耳朵的实测结果,计算了ＴＥＯＡＥｓ的输入／输出关系曲线,并证明了ＤＮＬＲ方法成立的第二个基本假设,最后对ＤＮＬＲ技术和同步平均技术进行了比较和分析,并且得到了一些有益的结论。     

瞬态诱发耳声发射的能量分布图

耳声发射是近年来耳科界研究的热点。文章提出以小波变换提取不同尺度下瞬态诱发耳声发射（ＴＥＯＡＥ）的小波信号,并以其平均能量作为特征参数,建立了ＴＥＯＡＥ能量分布图,为ＴＥＯＡＥ的定量频率分析提供新手段。ＴＥＯＡＥ能量分布图以正常人的平均能量作为０ｄＢ,以单侧５％位数作为９５％正常值范围,它体现了能量的损失情况,便于与纯音测听的结果相比较。ＴＥＯＡＥ能量分布图的建立,说明ＴＥＯＡＥ信号也包含了定量的频率信息,并提供了其定量分析的有效手段,有较好的临床应用前景     

诱发性耳声发射的掩蔽

３４例听觉正常受试者（共４８耳）进行疏波短声诱发性耳声发射（ＥＯＡＥ）掩蔽实验,项目包括同侧同时掩蔽、同侧后掩蔽和对倒后掩蔽。同时掩蔽的掩蔽声是稳态白噪声,后掩蔽的掩蔽声是宽带噪声。同侧同时掩蔽强度达３０ｄＢＳＬ时,未观察到对ＥＯＡＥ的掩蔽效应,但对主观听觉感受有掩蔽作用,表明ＥＯＡＥ的客观属性反映听觉行为有其局限性、同侧及对侧后掩蔽出现掩蔽效应时的掩蔽强度分别为３０和５０ｄＢＳＬ,掩蔽阈约分别为５９和６８ｄＢＳＬ。耳蜗的机械特性－非线性或耳蜗内存在的某种功能性的反馈调节系统可能是同侧后掩蔽的作用机理。下行的对侧橄榄耳蜗内侧束对外毛细胞主动收缩的抑制性作用,可有效解释对倒后掩蔽的ＥＯＡＥ变化。     

正常足月儿畸变产物耳声发射(DPOAEs)特性分析

研究提出正常足月儿畸变产物耳声发射（ＤＰＯＡＥｓ） 特性分析如下：１ ． ＤＰＯＡＥｓ 反应强度曲线,ＤＰ 图显示两个反应峰（ｆ２ ＝ １ ．６ 和５ ．０ ｋＨｚ） 和一个反应谷（ｆ２ ＝ ３ ．１ ～４ ．０ ｋＨｚ） ;２． ＤＰＯＡＥ 本底噪声及其特性,ｆ２ ＝ １．０ ｋＨｚ 其测试频率点（２ｆ１ －ｆ２） 本底噪声最高（Ｐ＜ ０ ．０５） ,ｆ２ ＝ ３ ．１ ,４．０ 和５ ．０ｋＨｚ ,测试频率点（２ｆ１ －ｆ２） 本底噪声较低（Ｐ＜ ０．０５） ;除ｆ２ ＝ ４．０ ｋＨｚ 外,ＤＰＯＡＥ 本底噪声与其反应强度均未呈现直线相关特性;３ ． ＤＰＯＡＥ ＳＮＲ 特性,ｆ２ ＝ １．０ ｋＨｚ 其ＳＮＲ 最小（Ｐ＝ ０．０００） ,ｆ２ ＝２ ．０ ｋＨｚ 其ＳＮＲ 最大（Ｐ０ ．００３） ;４． ＤＰＯＡＥ ＳＮＲ 和ＴＥＯＡＥ ＳＮＲ 相关特性,除１．０ ｋＨｚ 频段外,其余频段其二者间均有着非常显著的直线相关特性。     

Distribution of mislocalizations of tactile stimuli on the fingers of the human hand

Sensitivity of the fingers of the two hands to faint tactile stimuli were tested in eight healthy subjects with a von Frey hair in a forced choice point localization test. Frequencies of correct responses were higher on the left than on the right hand, consistent with a right hemispheric advantage for spatial processing. Within the hands, stimulations of the ring fingers resulted in the highest percentage of correct localizations and stimulations of the thumbs in the fewest correct responses. This superiority of the ring fingers is probably related to a higher point pressure sensitivity and does not reflect the relative size of the representational area of the different fingers in the somatosensory cortex. Mislocalizations, i.e., stimuli that were not correctly attributed to the stimulation site, were located in the vicinity of the stimulation site within the finger as well as across fingers. The distribution of mislocalization across fingers deviates from a distribution expected by chance, showing a higher frequency of mislocalizations to the neighboring fingers than to more distant fingers. This observation in humans matches well with electrophysiological evidence from animal studies that some primary somatosensory cortex neurons have receptive fields that are not restricted to a single digit, but rather cover neighboring digits.     

Denoising array-based comparative genomic hybridization data using wavelets

Array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) provides a high-throughput, high-resolution method to measure relative changes in DNA copy number simultaneously at thousands of genomic loci. Typically, these measurements are reported and displayed linearly on chromosome maps, and gains and losses are detected as deviations from normal diploid cells. We propose that one may consider denoising the data to uncover the true copy number changes before drawing inferences on the patterns of aberrations in the samples. Nonparametric techniques are particularly suitable for data denoising as they do not impose a parametric model in finding structures in the data. In this paper, we employ wavelets to denoise the data as wavelets have sound theoretical properties and a fast computational algorithm, and are particularly well suited for handling the abrupt changes seen in array-CGH data. A simulation study shows that denoising data prior to testing can achieve greater power in detecting the aberrant spot than using the raw data without denoising. Finally, we illustrate the method on two array-CGH data sets.     

线性时频分析在ECG信号分析中的应用

目的:心电信号(Electrocardio-signal,ECG)是人体中最重要的生物信号之一,是一种具有非平稳性和非线性特性的信号.分析ECG信号是诊断心脏疾病的有利工具,近年来国内外很多学者致力于这方面的研究.本文探讨短时Fourier变换(STFT)和离散小波变换(DWT)这两种时频分析方法在ECG信号分析中的应用.方法:本文采用麻省理工学院的MIT-BIH数据库中提供的数据,运用MATLAB软件编程,讨论短时Fourier变换和离散小波变换在ECG信号分析中的应用.结果:通过编程,做出了正常ECG信号和失常ECG信号的短时Fourier变换的时域图和频谱图以及正常ECG信号和失常ECG信号的单级离散小波变换的结果.结论:正常ECG信号和失常ECG信号的STFT变换的时域图和频谱图都能反应出信号的频率和时间的变化关系.但是,正常信号和失常信号的频率和时间有明显不同,正常信号的能量随时间和频率的变化关系有序整齐,而且周围有较少的杂波;失常信号的能量随时间和频率的变化关系杂乱,而且周围存在较多的杂波.通过离散小波变化后,正常信号和失常信号均产生了不同的离散小波系数,根据不同的离散小波系数,可以很容易判断正常信号和失常信号的区别.     

The use of ionisation constants of amino acids for protein signal analysis within the resonant recognition model--application to proteases

Biological functions of proteins and their active 3D structures are determined by the linear sequences of amino acids. The resonant recognition model (RRM) is a physico-mathematical model developed for structure/function analysis of protein and DNA sequences. Here, we are comparing results of the RRM analysis [1,2] of protease proteins using the electron-ion interaction potential (EIIP) and ionisation constant (IC) of amino acids. The results obtained reveal that the IC parameter can be successfully used to determine the characteristic patterns of different functional protease subgroups.     

Otoacoustic emissions in humans,birds, lizards,and frogs: evidence for multiple generation mechanisms

Many non-mammalian ears lack physiological features considered integral to the generation of otoacoustic emissions in mammals, including basilar-membrane traveling waves and hair-cell somatic motility. To help elucidate the mechanisms of emission generation, this study systematically measured and compared evoked emissions in all four classes of tetrapod vertebrates using identical stimulus paradigms. Overall emission levels are largest in the lizard and frog species studied and smallest in the chicken. Emission levels in humans, the only examined species with somatic hair cell motility, were intermediate. Both geckos and frogs exhibit substantially higher levels of high-order intermodulation distortion. Stimulus frequency emission phase-gradient delays are longest in humans but are at least 1 ms in all species. Comparisons between stimulus-frequency emission and distortion-product emission phase gradients for low stimulus levels indicate that representatives from all classes except frog show evidence for two distinct generation mechanisms analogous to the reflection- and distortion-source (i.e., place- and wave-fixed) mechanisms evident in mammals. Despite morphological differences, the results suggest the role of a scaling-symmetric traveling wave in chicken emission generation, similar to that in mammals, and perhaps some analog in the gecko.     

ECG 信号QRS 波群检测算法的进展

QRS波群是ECG信号的重要组成部分,是心电信号分析的基础.QRS波群的检测方法已经有很多种实用有效的方法,并逐步地走向成熟,在实际应用中得到实现.本文就QRS波群的检测方法作了具体的整理与分析,较全面的阐述了实际应用中的各种算法,最后作者对检测算法的发展趋势进行了总结和展望.     

The Pseudo Signal Peptide of the Corticotropin-releasing Factor Receptor Type 2a Decreases Receptor Expression and Prevents Gi-mediated Inhibition of Adenylyl Cyclase Activity

The corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 2a (CRF_2(a)R) belongs to the family of G protein-coupled receptors. The receptor possesses an N-terminal pseudo signal peptide that is unable to mediate targeting of the nascent chain to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane during early receptor biogenesis. The pseudo signal peptide remains uncleaved and consequently forms an additional hydrophobic receptor domain with unknown function that is unique within the large G protein-coupled receptor protein family. Here, we have analyzed the functional significance of this domain in comparison with the conventional signal peptide of the homologous corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1 (CRF₁R). We show that the presence of the pseudo signal peptide leads to a very low cell surface receptor expression of the CRF_2(a)R in comparison with the CRF₁R. Moreover, whereas the presence of the pseudo signal peptide did not affect coupling to the G_s protein, G_i-mediated inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity was abolished. The properties mediated by the pseudo signal peptide were entirely transferable to the CRF₁R in signal peptide exchange experiments. Taken together, our results show that signal peptides do not only influence early protein biogenesis. In the case of the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor subtypes, the use of conventional and pseudo signal peptides have an unexpected influence on signal transduction.