Experimental study of embedded insulated antennas

Experimental studies are reported of several coaxial structures useful us embedded antennas and transmission lines. These include the insulated coaxial line with extended inner conductor, the insulated dipole with choke section, and the insulated sleeve dipole. The purpose of the experiments is to confirm theoretical calculations that involve numerous approximations.     

Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures

X-ray fluoroscopically guided cardiac electrophysiological procedures are routinely carried out for diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. X-ray images have poor soft tissue contrast and, for this reason, overlay of static 3-D roadmaps derived from preprocedural volumetric data can be used to add anatomical information. However, the registration between the 3-D roadmap and the 2-D X-ray image can be compromised by patient respiratory motion. Three methods were designed and evaluated to correct for respiratory motion using features in the 2-D X-ray images. The first method is based on tracking either the diaphragm or the heart border using the image intensity in a region of interest. The second method detects the tracheal bifurcation using the generalized Hough transform and a 3-D model derived from 3-D preoperative volumetric data. The third method is based on tracking the coronary sinus (CS) catheter. This method uses blob detection to find all possible catheter electrodes in the X-ray image. A cost function is applied to select one CS catheter from all catheter-like objects. All three methods were applied to X-ray images from 18 patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The 2-D target registration errors (TRE) at the pulmonary veins were calculated to validate the methods. A TRE of 1.6 mm ± 0.8 mm was achieved for the diaphragm tracking; 1.7 mm ± 0.9 mm for heart border tracking, 1.9 mm ± 1.0 mm for trachea tracking, and 1.8 mm ± 0.9 mm for CS catheter tracking. We present a comprehensive comparison between the techniques in terms of robustness, as computed by tracking errors, and accuracy, as computed by TRE using two independent approaches.     

SHORT COMMUNICATION: Solar cell efficiency tables (version 25)

Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these tables are outlined and new entries since June 2004 are reviewed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

有源阵列天线的发展及应用

介绍了有源阵列天线的发展概况、组成结构及技术特点,并对比其与无源阵列天线的优缺点,讨论了有源阵列天线的应用及发展前景。     

The propagation of a Gaussian pulse in sea water and itsapplicaiton to remote sensing

The propagation of a single Gaussian pulse in sea water and of a Gaussian pulse as an envelope for a low-frequency burst are analyzed and their anomalous behavior determined. The use of such a pulse to locate a metal cylinder submerged in the sea is studied quantitatively for two pulse widths. It is concluded that detection of the cylinder by means of its backscattered field should be possible     

扩容优化CDMA网短信平台提升业务性能

江西电信CDMA 2000网络的短信业务量及业务种类的迅速增长,对短信平台业务处理能力提出了更高要求。通过新增短信平台调度中心,增强各调度中心处理能力,实现了平台业务能力扩容;不同类型短信业务分流至不同调度中心的优化策略,实现了短信业务的QoS保障。2009年运营数据表明,平台扩容及策略优化,确保了短信平台能力满足业务发展需求,并对重要业务实施了QoS保障,提升了短信业务性能。     

Comments on “Propagation of EM pulses excited by an electricdipole in a conducting medium” [with reply]

Comments that the authors of the original paper (see Song and Chen, ibid., vol.41, no.10, p.1414-1421, 1993) wish to determine the transient electromagnetic field generated in a conducting medium by an impulsive current in a short electric dipole. Their approach and their results, however, seem to be questionable. To start with, their choice of a delta-function excitation causes serious mathematical difficulties which have been overlooked. Because the spectrum of the delta-function pulse extends over all frequencies with equal Fourier amplitudes, the assumption that the conducting medium, specifically sea water, is characterized by frequency independent permittivity and conductivity is incorrect. The authors reply that they are aware that the conductivity and permittivity of sea water is frequency dependent. They made the approximation of constant conductivity and permittivity for two reasons. First, the exciting impulse current contains all the frequency components from zero to ∞. The second reason for the assumption of constant conductivity and permittivity is that with this assumption we are able to obtain an exact solution for the EM field excited by an impulse current     

考虑目标运动状态的激光在线跟踪标刻方法

为了解决传统方法容易受到噪声、光照等因素影响,导致目标检测精度与标刻效果降低的问题,在考虑目标运动状态基础上提出一种激光在线跟踪标刻方法.首先根据激光点构建对应运动模型,并通过迭代计算求解获取出目标运动激光点和实际像素坐标,实现激光对实际目标的自主瞄准,并得出目标运动粗略范围;使用改进粒子滤波法进一步精细定位,由此计算...     

An efficient framework for image/video inpainting

Image inpainting has been widely applied to many applications, such as restoring corrupted old photos, erasing video logos, concealing errors in a digital video processing system, and so on. However, traditional geometric inpainting methods suffer low efficiency. To tackle this problem, this paper addresses an efficient transform based framework for geometric methods. Given an image, we firstly decompose it, then separately perform restoration process and finally employ Laplacian diffusion function to hold local texture coherence. Experimental results show that the proposed method not only speeds up and enhances the performances of geometric methods, but also obtains a better restoration results compared with the traditional texture and hybrid methods.     

Investigation of a solid-state detector for advanced computed tomography

Utilization of solid-state detectors for computed tomography (CT) has been the focus of many studies. Previous phantom and clinical experiments have shown that one of the important performance parameters for the solid-state detector is the primary speed and afterglow. In this paper, we present a detailed investigation on the signal decay characteristics of the HiLight (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI) scintillating detector. The detector primary speed and afterglow are modeled by a multiexponential function and fully characterized by a set of time constants and relative strengths. The sensitivity of these parameters to X-ray photon energy, detector aging, and radiation exposure is then established and analyzed. No statistically significant variation is observed in these parameters due to changes in the above external variables. The impact of various decay time constants on CT image quality, such as spatial resolution, noise, and artifacts, is subsequently illustrated with computer simulations and phantom experiments. Finally, an algorithmic correction scheme is derived to compensate for detector afterglow. The correction scheme employs a recursive filter to remove adverse effects of the detector decay on image quality. Experimental results have shown that the correction scheme successfully restores system spatial resolution, produces a more homogeneous noise pattern, and eliminates ring-band image artifacts due to detector afterglow. The effectiveness and robustness of the correction scheme are demonstrated by extensive phantom and clinical experiments.