VariantQC: a visual quality control report for variant evaluation

A case report of variant scimitar syndrome

Background: Scimitar syndrome (SS) or congenital pulmonary venolobar syndrome is a rare anomaly, most commonly including partial pulmonary venous drainage into the inferior vena cava, right lung hypoplasia, dextroposition of the heart, and anomalous systemic arterial supply from aorta or one of its branches to the right lung. Case report: A 10-day-old female infant was referred to our hospital...

Visual Quality Evaluation for Images and Videos

Visual-quality evaluation methodology for multiview displays

Multiview displays are characterized by a multitude of parameters such as spatial resolution, brightness, 3D-crosstalk, etc., which individually and in their combination influence the visual quality of the displayed 3D scene. These parameters are specified by values, precisely measured by optical means. However, it is difficult for an average consumer or content producer to compare the visual q...

Recycled paper visual indexing for quality control

In this paper, we describe the development of a system for evaluating an specific quality characteristic of recycled paper sheets using techniques of image analysis and pattern recognition. We call Bumpiness the phenomenon of interest, which is new in the literature on paper quality. This phenomenon is characterized by the appearance of macroscopic undulations on the paper sheet surface that ma...

Oncocytic Variant Of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma - A Case Report

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare tumor arising from parafollicular C-cells. The oncocytic variant of MTC is an extremely rare diagnosis, with less than 20 cases reported. Here we present the case of a 36-year-old male patient with complaints of neck swelling and dysphagia. On fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), a Hürthle cell neoplasm was suggested. Finally with histopathol...