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The use of plasma proteins for the diagnosis and management of various diseases in humans has been known since the days of Hippocrates. Recently, a new protein, Urine protein 1 (UP1), has been isolated by Dakopatts Immunoglobulin, Copenhagen, from patients with renal tubular dysfunction. This study reports an investigation into the clinical significance of the protein. The purification, antibody production and semi-characterisation of the protein has also been undertaken. A sensitive, reproducible enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay has been set up and validated for the estimation of UP1. UP1 has been shown to be a stable, negative, low molecular weight (LMW) glycoprotein, with alpha-2 electrophoretic mobility on cellulose acetate. It is suggested that the protein be called alpha-2 glycomicroglobulin (a[2]GM). a[2]GM has been shown to be synthesised in the liver, and, like many other LMW proteins, cleared by the glomeruli, reabsorbed and catabolised mainly by the proximal convoluted tubules. It shows no acute phase reaction, and its serum levels are not significantly affected by pathological states such as myeloma, Hodgkins disease, leukaemia and teratoma, unless there is associated impairment in renal function. Patients with end-stage renal failure showed the highest serum increases. Serum levels of a[2GM were not found to be significantly affected by haemodialysis. Clinically, a[2]GM has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis and assessment of the course of progression of renal disease. It has also been demonstrated that a[2]GM has great potential in the identification, characterisation and monitoring of rejection episodes, and in the assessment of allograft function. Compared to other LMW plasma proteins, a[2]GM indicated clearly superior sensitivity and may be useful in monitoring tubular function in cancer patients on cisplatin chemotherapy. a[2]GM has also been shown to be a useful analyte in the assessment of early renal tubular involvement in diabetics.

Cette thèse présente les différentes sources de champ magnétique dans un véhicule automobile à moteur thermique. Le but de ce travail est d'exploiter la mesure du champ magnétique dans une automobile afin d'extraire des données utiles pour caractériser le fonctionnement ou le dysfonctionnement des éléments du véhicule. Les expérimentations que nous avons conduites nous ont permis de mesurer, identifier, caractériser et modéliser les différentes sources de champ magnétique en automobile. Les circuits électriques, l'alternateur électrique, mais également le déplacement des pièces ferromagnétiques engendrent des champs d'induction. Toutes ces sources se mélangent sur le réseau de capteurs magnétiques installé dans le véhicule. Nous avons mis en œuvre des algorithmes de séparation de sources et de soustraction de bruit permettant de récupérer les signaux utiles pour la surveillance. L'analyse vibratoire déjà utilisée pour le diagnostic des automobiles permet d'étudier les accélérations et chocs des éléments à surveiller. L'analyse magnétique que nous présentons ici permet d'étudier d'autres caractéristiques comme le déplacement de ces pièces ou les courants électriques présents dans le système. Nous montrons que les mesures magnétiques, sont un nouvel outil de diagnostic qui peut être utilisé pour le contrôle automobile, en complément de l'analyse vibratoire. Diverses applications industrielles potentielles utilisant des capteurs à bas coût, sur le contrôle des roues, du moteur et des feux électriques sont développées. Enfin, nous ouvrons une réflexion sur la généralisation de ces résultats aux véhicules électriques en présentant les problématiques et les besoins spécifiques en particulier dans l'étude du comportement magnétique des accumulateurs électriques utilisés pour stocker l'énergie. / In this thesis the various sources of magnetic field in an automobile with heat engine are presented. The aim of this work is to make use of the measures on the magnetic field in an automobile in order to extract useful information for monitoring or diagnosis of the vehicle. The experiments we made led us to measure, to identify, to characterize and to model the various sources of magnetic field in an automobile. The electric circuits, the electric generator, and also the displacements of ferromagnetic pieces can create magnetic field. All those sources are mixed on the sensor network. We have developed source separation algorithms and noise removing techniques, in order to get useful signals. Vibration analysis has already been used for diagnosis in automobile and allows to study the accelerations and shocks of the elements to monitor. The magnetic analysis allows to study other parameters such as pieces displacements or the electric currents in the system. We show that magnetic analysis is a new diagnosis tool that could be used as additional information. Several concrete potential applications on wheel and engine monitoring, and electric bulb diagnosis are presented. Finally, we give an angle of reflection about generalizing those results to electric vehicles by presenting the specific problems and needs for those vehicles. In particular, the study of the magnetic behavior of the electric Lithium batteries is presented.

Dans le monde de la recherche, l’analyse du signal et plus particulièrement d’image, est un domaine très actif, de par la variété des applications existantes, avec des problématiques telles que la compression de données, la vidéo-surveillance ou encore l’analyse d’images médicales pour ne prendre que quelques exemples. Le mémoire s’inscrit dans ce dernier domaine particulièrement actif. Le nombre d’appareils d’acquisition existant ainsi que le nombre de clichés réalisés, entraînent la production d’une masse importante d’informations à traiter par les praticiens. Ces derniers peuvent aujourd’hui être assistés par l’outil informatique. Dans cette thèse, l’objectif est l’élaboration d’un système d’aide au diagnostic, fondé sur l’analyse conjointe, et donc la comparaison d’images médicales. Notre approche permet de détecter des évolutions, ou des tissus aberrants dans un ensemble donné, plutôt que de tenter de caractériser, avec un très fort a priori, le type de tissu cherché.Cette problématique permet d’appréhender un aspect de l’analyse du dossier médical d’un patient effectuée par les experts qui est l’étude d’un dossier à travers le suivi des évolutions. Cette tâche n’est pas aisée à automatiser. L’œil humain effectue quasi-automatiquement des traitements qu’il faut reproduire. Avant de comparer des régions présentes sur deux images, il faut déterminer où se situent ces zones dans les clichés. Toute comparaison automatisée de signaux nécessite une phase de recalage, un alignement des composantes présentes sur les clichés afin qu’elles occupent la même position sur les deux images. Cette opération ne permet pas, dans le cadre d’images médicales, d’obtenir un alignement parfait des tissus en tous points, elle ne peut que minimiser les écarts entre tissus. La projection d’une réalité 3D sur une image 2D entraîne des différences liées à l’orientation de la prise de vue, et ne permet pas d’analyser une paire de clichés par une simple différence entre images. Différentes structurations des clichés ainsi que différents champs de déformation sont ici élaborés afin de recaler les images de manière efficace.Après avoir minimisé les différences entre les positions sur les clichés, l’analyse de l’évolution des tissus n’est pas menée au niveau des pixels, mais à celui des tissus eux-mêmes, comme le ferait un praticien. Afin de traiter les clichés en suivant cette logique, les images numériques sont réinterprétées, non plus en pixels de différentes luminosités, mais en motifs représentatifs de l’ensemble de l’image, permettant une nouvelle décomposition des clichés, une décomposition parcimonieuse. L’atout d’une telle représentation est qu’elle permet de mettre en lumière un autre aspect du signal, et d’analyser sous un angle nouveau, les informations nécessaires à l’aide au diagnostic.Cette thèse a été effectuée au sein du laboratoire LIPADE de l’Université Paris Descartes (équipe SIP, spécialisée en analyse d’images) en collaboration avec la Société Fenics (concepteur de stations d’aide au diagnostic pour l’analyse de mammographies) dans le cadre d’un contrat Cifre. / In the scientific world, signal analysis and especially image analysis is a very active area, due to the variety of existing applications, with issues such as file compression, video surveillance or medical image analysis. This last area is particularly active. The number of existing devices and the number of pictures taken, cause the production of a large amount of information to be processed by practitioners. They can now be assisted by computers.In this thesis, the problem addressed is the development of a computer diagnostic aided system based on conjoint analysis, and therefore on the comparison of medical images. This approach allows to look for evolutions or aberrant tissues in a given set, rather than attempting to characterize, with a strong a priori, the type of fabric sought.This problem allows to apprehend an aspect of the analysis of medical file performed by experts which is the study of a case through the comparison of evolutions.This task is not easy to automate. The human eye performs quasi-automatically treatments that we need to replicate.Before comparing some region on the two images, we need to determine where this area is located on both pictures. Any automated comparison of signals requires a registration phase, an alignment of components present on the pictures, so that they occupy the same space on the two images. Although the characteristics of the processed images allow the development of a smart registration, the projection of a 3D reality onto a 2D image causes differences due to the orientation of the tissues observed, and will not allow to analyze a pair of shots with a simple difference between images. Different structuring of the pictures and different deformation fields are developed here to efficiently address the registration problem.After having minimized the differences on the pictures, the analysis of tissues evolution is not performed at pixels level, but the tissues themselves, as will an expert. To process the images in this logic, they will be reinterpreted, not as pixels of different brightness, but as patterns representative of the entire image, enabling a new decomposition of the pictures. The advantage of such a representation is that it allows to highlight another aspect of the signal, and analyze under a new perspective the information necessary to the diagnosis aid.This thesis has been carried out in the LIPADE laboratory of University Paris Descartes (SIP team, specialized in image analysis) and in collaboration with the Society Fenics (designer of diagnosis aid stations in the analysis of mammograms) under a Cifre convention. The convergence of the research fields of those teams led to the development of this document.

O câncer de pele é a neoplasia maligna mais incidente, no Brasil correspondendo a aproximadamente 29% de todos os tumores diagnosticados. O melanoma maligno é sua apresentação menos frequente, com cerca de 1% de todos os diagnósticos, porém com maior índice de mortalidade, comparado com outros tumores não melanomas. O fato de o melanoma ser considerado um tipo de câncer muito agressivo e não ser radiossensível, um diagnóstico precoce garante um alto índice de sobrevida ao paciente. O método mais utilizado para a análise de melanomas é a regra do ABCD, que consiste em extrair características de: assimetria, borda, coloração e diâmetro das lesões, a fim de diferenciá-las das demais lesões de pele. A dermatoscopia é uma técnica não invasiva, que permite fazer o reconhecimento das estruturas superficiais da pele com uma ampliação de até 400x, o que facilita a análise das lesões. A contribuição deste presente trabalho consiste na análise de lesões associada à técnica de processamento de imagem digital, com o objetivo de fornecer uma ferramenta de auxílio ao médico, dando um amparo no momento de se fornecer um diagnóstico ao paciente. O software desenvolvido neste trabalho utiliza imagens dermatoscópicas de lesões de pele associado à regra do ABCD, fornecendo por meio da análise destas características, um diagnóstico, se a lesão é melanoma ou não melanoma. / Skin cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in Brazil representing approximately 29% of all diagnosed tumors. Malignant melanoma is the least common presentation, with about 1% of all diagnoses, but with higher mortality rate compared to other non-melanoma tumors. Early diagnosis ensures a high patient survival rate. The most used method for the analysis of these lesions is the ABCD rule, where features such as asymmetry, border, color and diameter of lesions are extracted. Dermatoscopy is a noninvasive technique that allows the recognition of skin structure with a magnification of up 400x. A good diagnosis is associated with the degree of subjectivity of the operator doctor. The contribution of this present work consists in the analysis of lesions associated with digital image processing technique, with the goal of provide a support tool to doctor, giving one support in time to give a diagnosis to the patient. The software developed here with dermatoscopic images of skin lesions associated with ABCD rule, giving a diagnosis, by the analysis of the lesion characteristics, indicating if the lesion is melanoma or no melanoma.

O câncer de pele é a neoplasia maligna mais incidente, no Brasil correspondendo a aproximadamente 29% de todos os tumores diagnosticados. O melanoma maligno é sua apresentação menos frequente, com cerca de 1% de todos os diagnósticos, porém com maior índice de mortalidade, comparado com outros tumores não melanomas. O fato de o melanoma ser considerado um tipo de câncer muito agressivo e não ser radiossensível, um diagnóstico precoce garante um alto índice de sobrevida ao paciente. O método mais utilizado para a análise de melanomas é a regra do ABCD, que consiste em extrair características de: assimetria, borda, coloração e diâmetro das lesões, a fim de diferenciá-las das demais lesões de pele. A dermatoscopia é uma técnica não invasiva, que permite fazer o reconhecimento das estruturas superficiais da pele com uma ampliação de até 400x, o que facilita a análise das lesões. A contribuição deste presente trabalho consiste na análise de lesões associada à técnica de processamento de imagem digital, com o objetivo de fornecer uma ferramenta de auxílio ao médico, dando um amparo no momento de se fornecer um diagnóstico ao paciente. O software desenvolvido neste trabalho utiliza imagens dermatoscópicas de lesões de pele associado à regra do ABCD, fornecendo por meio da análise destas características, um diagnóstico, se a lesão é melanoma ou não melanoma. / Skin cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in Brazil representing approximately 29% of all diagnosed tumors. Malignant melanoma is the least common presentation, with about 1% of all diagnoses, but with higher mortality rate compared to other non-melanoma tumors. Early diagnosis ensures a high patient survival rate. The most used method for the analysis of these lesions is the ABCD rule, where features such as asymmetry, border, color and diameter of lesions are extracted. Dermatoscopy is a noninvasive technique that allows the recognition of skin structure with a magnification of up 400x. A good diagnosis is associated with the degree of subjectivity of the operator doctor. The contribution of this present work consists in the analysis of lesions associated with digital image processing technique, with the goal of provide a support tool to doctor, giving one support in time to give a diagnosis to the patient. The software developed here with dermatoscopic images of skin lesions associated with ABCD rule, giving a diagnosis, by the analysis of the lesion characteristics, indicating if the lesion is melanoma or no melanoma.

La cystoscopie est actuellement l'examen clinique de référence permettant l'exploration visuelle des parois internes de la vessie. Le cystoscope (instrument utilisé pour cet examen) permet d'acquérir une séquence vidéo des parois épithéliales de la vessie. Cependant, chaque image de la séquence vidéo ne visualise qu'une surface réduite de quelques centimètres carrés de la paroi. Les travaux réalisés dans le cadre de cette thèse ont pour objectif de construire une carte 3D reproduisant d'une manière fidèle les formes et les textures des parois internes de la vessie. Une telle représentation de l'intérieur de la vessie permettrait d'améliorer l'interprétation des données acquises lors d'un examen cystoscopique. Pour atteindre cet objectif, un nouvel algorithme flexible est proposé pour le calibrage de systèmes cystoscopiques à vision active. Cet algorithme fournit les paramètres nécessaires à la reconstruction précise de points 3D sur la portion de surface imagée à chaque instant donné de la séquence vidéo cystoscopique. Ainsi, pour chaque acquisition de la séquence vidéo, un ensemble de quelques points 3D/2D et une image 2D est disponible. L'objectif du deuxième algorithme proposé dans cette thèse est de ramener l'ensemble des données obtenues pour une séquence dans un repère global pour générer un nuage de points 3D et une image panoramique 2D représentant respectivement la forme 3D et la texture de la totalité de la paroi imagée dans la séquence vidéo. Cette méthode de cartographie 3D permet l'estimation simultanée des transformations 3D rigides et 2D perspectives liant respectivement les positions du cystoscope et les images de paires d'acquisitions consécutives. Les résultats obtenus sur des fantômes réalistes de vessie montrent que ces algorithmes permettent de calculer des surfaces 3D reproduisant les formes à retrouver / Cystoscopy is currently the reference clinical examination for visual exploration of the inner walls of the bladder. A cystoscope (instrument used in this examination) allows for video acquisition of the bladder epithelium. Nonetheless, each frame of the video displays only a small area of few squared centimeters. This work aims to build 3D maps representing the 3D shape and the texture of the inner walls of the bladder. Such maps should improve and facilitate the interpretation of the cystoscopic data. To reach this purpose, a new flexible algorithm is proposed for the calibration of cystoscopic active vision systems. This algorithm provides the required parameters to achieve accurate reconstruction of 3D points on the surface part imaged at each given moment of the video cystoscopy. Thus, available data for each acquisition are a set of few 3D points (and their corresponding 2D projections) and a 2D image. The aim of the second algorithm described in this work is to place all the data obtained for a sequence in a global coordinate system to generate a 3D point cloud and a 2D panoramic image representing respectively the 3D shape and the texture of the bladder wall imaged in the video. This 3D cartography method allows for the simultaneous estimation of 3D rigid transformations and 2D perspective transformations. These transformations give respectively the link between cystoscope positions and between images of consecutive acquisitions. The results obtained on realistic bladder phantoms show that the proposed method generates 3D surfaces recovering the ground truth shapes

The topic of this thesis is on how text mining could be used on patient-reported symptom descriptions, and how it could be used to aid doctors in their diagnostic process. Healthcare delivery today is struggling to provide care to remote settings, and costs are increasing together with the aging population. The aid provided to doctors from text mining on patient descriptions is unknown.Investigating if text mining can aid doctors by presenting additional information, based on what patients who write similar things to what their current patient is writing about, could be relevant to many settings in healthcare. It has the potential to improve the quality of care to remote settings and increase the number of patients treated on the limited resources available. In this work, patient texts were represented using the Bag-of-Words model and clustered using the k-means algorithm. The final clustering model used 41 clusters, and the ten most important words for the cluster centroids were used as representative words for the cluster. An experiment was then performed to gauge how the doctors were aided in their diagnostic process when patient texts were paired with these additional words. The results were that the words aided doctors in cases where the patient case was difficult and that the clustering algorithm can be used to provide the current patient with specific follow-up questions. / Ämnet för detta examensarbete är hur text mining kan användas på patientrapporterade symptombeskrivningar, och hur det kan användas för att hjälpa läkare att utföra den diagnostiska processen. Sjukvården har idag svårigheter med att leverera vård till avlägsna orter, och vårdkostnader ökar i och med en åldrande population. Idag är det okänt hur text mining skulle kunna hjälpa doktorer i sitt arbete. Att undersöka om läkare blir hjälpta av att presenteras med mer information, baserat på vad patienter som skriver liknande saker som deras nuvarande patient gör, kan vara relevant för flera olika områden av sjukvården. Text mining har potential att förbättra vårdkvaliten för patienter med låg tillgänglighet till vård, till exempel på grund av avstånd. I detta arbete representerades patienttexter med en Bag-of-Words modell, och klustrades med en k-means algoritm. Den slutgiltiga klustringsmodellen använde sig av 41 kluster, och de tio viktigaste orden för klustercentroider användes för att representera respektive kluster. Därefter genomfördes ett experiment för att se om och hur läkare blev behjälpta i sin diagnostiska process, om patienters texter presenterades med de tio orden från de kluster som texterna hörde till. Resultaten från experimentet var att orden hjälpte läkarna i de mer komplicerade patientfallen, och att klustringsalgoritmen skulle kunna användas för att ställa specifika följdfrågor till patienter.