An automated treatment planning strategy for highly noncoplanar radiotherapy arc trajectories

Radiation therapy is a technology-driven cancer treatment modality that has experienced significant advances over the last decades, due to multidisciplinary contributions that include engineering and computing. Recent technological developments allow the use of noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), one of the most recent photon treatment techniques, in clinical practice. In this work, an automated noncoplanar arc trajectory optimization framework designed in two modular phases is presented. First, a noncoplanar beam angle optimization algorithm is used to obtain a set of noncoplanar irradiation directions. Then, anchored in these directions, an optimization strategy is proposed to compute an optimal arc trajectory. The computational experiments considered a pool of twelve difficult head-and-neck tumor cases. It was possible to observe that, for some of these cases, the optimized noncoplanar arc trajectories led to significant treatment planning quality improvements, when compared with coplanar VMAT treatment plans. Although these experiments were done in a research environment treatment planning software (matRad), the conclusions can be of interest for a clinical setting: automated procedures can simplify the current treatment workflow, produce high-quality treatment plans, making better use of human resources and allowing for unbiased comparisons between different treatment techniques.     

Perception‐aware autonomous mast motion planning for planetary exploration rovers

Highly accurate real‐time localization is of fundamental importance for the safety and efficiency of planetary rovers exploring the surface of Mars. Mars rover operations rely on vision‐based systems to avoid hazards as well as plan safe routes. However, vision‐based systems operate on the assumption that sufficient visual texture is visible in the scene. This poses a challenge for vision‐based navigation on Mars where regions lacking visual texture are prevalent. To overcome this, we make use of the ability of the rover to actively steer the visual sensor to improve fault tolerance and maximize the perception performance. This paper answers the question of where and when to look by presenting a method for predicting the sensor trajectory that maximizes the localization performance of the rover. This is accomplished by an online assessment of possible trajectories using synthetic, future camera views created from previous observations of the scene. The proposed trajectories are quantified and chosen based on the expected localization performance. In this study, we validate the proposed method in field experiments at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Mars Yard. Furthermore, multiple performance metrics are identified and evaluated for reducing the overall runtime of the algorithm. We show how actively steering the perception system increases the localization accuracy compared with traditional fixed‐sensor configurations.     

中国大陆PCB产业自动化的现况与未来

从中国大陆PCB发展的现况分析实行设备自动化连线为企业所创造的价值。设备自动化连线是中国大陆PCB必须面临的改革出路。     

实验室质量体系的建立与运行

详细论述了质量和质量体系的基本概念、建立质量体系的必要性、质量体系的构成和建立过程、质量体系文件的编制、质量体系的运行和持续改进以及中国实验室国家认可委员会的有关政策。     

交互控制程序编程方法

交互控制是计算机程序的重要功能 ,也是实现人—机对话的基本途径。VisualBasic编程语言以其易学习掌握、开发灵活的特点而成为目前流行的程序开发工具 ,本文以VisualBasic语言为例介绍了交互控制程序编程方法 ,并对具体的每一种方法编写了相应的示例。     

广州蓄能水电厂运行与管理的现代化

介绍了广州蓄能水电厂的基本情况，其借鉴国外电站管理的先进经验，从设备在线监控 到运行、检修、生产管 理和办公均全面应用以计算机为核心的自动化系统及计算机网络技术，为提高机组安全可靠 运行、电站的管理水平和减人增效方面发挥了很好作用。文中着重介绍广州蓄能水电厂的运 行管理方式及值班规则、生产管理和设备管理方法、办公自动化经验以及相关的规章制度。     

碱式苦味酸铅针刺药的应用研究

提出了以碱式苦味酸铅为主体的针刺药在组合点火管中的应用，并对其针刺药的点火性能及能量传递进行了讨论，阐明了此类针刺药良好性能和应用价值。     

数据采集与监控软件Genie

Genie是具有国际先进水平的数据采集与监控软件，它提供了一个面向对象的图形化用户界面，因此简化了数据采集过程、控制应用程序开发和操作员界面。本文介绍了Genie的特点、功能、基本用途以及VISUALBA－SIC在设计这类监控软件中的作用。     

故县大坝变形监测存在的问题及自动化改造初步设想

介绍了故县大坝变形监测系统的构成及存在的问题，并根据故县大坝的实际情况，提出了实施自动化改造的初步设想。     

捞油车自动排绳控制装置

针对部分油田采用捞油的采油方式，介绍的自动排绳装置，是双通道化例闭环控制系统，特点是按照输入的给定、误差信号方向、大小变化，输出信号的方向、大小随之变化，自动跟踪，自动补偿，输出速度连续无级变速，可以手动和自动工作。