Inverse problems in cancellous bone: estimation of the ultrasonic properties of fast and slow waves using Bayesian probability theory

Quantitative ultrasonic characterization of cancellous bone can be complicated by artifacts introduced by analyzing acquired data consisting of two propagating waves (a fast wave and a slow wave) as if only one wave were present. Recovering the ultrasonic properties of overlapping fast and slow waves could therefore lead to enhancement of bone quality assessment. The current study uses Bayesian probability theory to estimate phase velocity and normalized broadband ultrasonic attenuation (nBUA) parameters in a model of fast and slow wave propagation. Calculations are carried out using Markov chain Monte Carlo with simulated annealing to approximate the marginal posterior probability densities for parameters in the model. The technique is applied to simulated data, to data acquired on two phantoms capable of generating two waves in acquired signals, and to data acquired on a human femur condyle specimen. The models are in good agreement with both the simulated and experimental data, and the values of the estimated ultrasonic parameters fall within expected ranges.     

Simultaneous Acquisition of Quadrupolar Order and Double-QuantumNa Signals

Na⁺with both residual quadrupolar coupling and biexponential relaxation contributes to the signal acquired from DQF-4, while only Na⁺with residual quadrupolar coupling contributes to the signal acquired with the Jeener–Broekaert sequence. Since RF phases and flip angles for DQF-4 and Jeener-Broekaert sequences are identical, these different types of signals can be generated simultaneously. A phase-cycling scheme is developed to differentiate the signals corresponding to residual quadrupolar coupling and biexponential relaxation after the signals are acquired by use of the same RF sequences. This technique can maximize the attainable information from Na⁺in biological tissues in a given acquisition time.     

基于Mie光散射理论的尾流气泡前向散射光特性研究

实验中利用CMOS图像传感器代替传统的光电探测器接受前向散射光,由几何光学和图像处理分析得出不同散射角的散射光与采集图像中的光环相对应.通过计算各个光环的所有像素值的总和就可以得到前向散射光光强的相对值,进而可以得出前向散射光光强变化规律.根据米氏（Mie）光散射理论可以计算出气泡各个方向的散射光光强,通过比较实验结果和Mie理论计算结果可以看出,采用CMOS图像传感器探测和图像处理技术可以准确地得出散射光强度的变化规律.     

The functional analysis of auditory discrimination

Mammals have evolved the ability to acquire auditory discriminations. The characteristics of this discriminative ability presumably fit the natural conditions under which discriminations are normally acquired. The purpose of this paper is to review experiments which were directed at showing that auditory discriminations are most rapidly acquired when natural features are incorporated into the experiments. The experiments were also directed at discovering the underlying characteristics of the discriminative ability. When animals were trained to discriminate the position of a sound source in which natural features were incorporated into the experiment, the discrimination was acquired in one trial. Manipulation of the natural features suggested that one trial acquisition depends upon the following. (1) Stimulus novelty; the effect of reinforcement is stronger in the presence of novel than familiar stimuli. (2) Specific behavioral effect of reinforcement; the effect of reinforcing a response in the presence of a novel auditory stimulus is to increase the strength of approaching and manipulating the sound source.     

Triboelectric Charging of Polymer Particles by Impact

This paper describes an experimental investigation of the charge acquired by a single polymer particle when striking a plate. The particle was projected from a pneumatic gun with variable velocity and angle of impact. The deflected particle was then captured in a Faraday cup and the net acquired charge so measured. The measurements of charge are related, particularly, to the initial potential of the surfaces and to their work functions.     

Echo-shifted multislice EPI for high-speed fMRI

The advantages of event-related functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and the increasing use of fMRI in cognitive experiments are both driving the development of techniques that allow images sensitive to the blood oxygen level-dependent effect to be acquired at ever-higher temporal resolution. Here, we present a technique based on the use of echo shifting (ES) in conjunction with a multislice (MS) echo planar imaging (EPI) readout, which allows T2*-weighted images to be generated with a repetition time per slice that is less than the echo time (TE). Using this ES-MS-EPI approach, it is shown that images with a TE of 40 ms can be acquired with an acquisition time per slice of only 27 ms. The utility of the MS-ES-EPI sequence is demonstrated in a visual-motor, event-related fMRI study in which nine-slice image volumes are acquired continuously at a rate of 4.1 Hz. The sequence is shown to produce reliable activation associated with both visual stimuli and motor actions.     

基于角点匹配的电子稳像算法

提出了一种基于角点匹配的电子稳像算法。分析了Harris角点检测的原理。获得角点后,根据相邻帧对应角点的坐标分布,建立当前帧与参考帧的映射关系,并运用仿射变换模型,以最小二乘解的形式获得帧间全局运动估计矢量。最后,采用Kalman滤波器对运动估计矢量作低通滤波,平滑运动参数,获得运动补偿矢量,实现视频序列的实时稳像。实验表明该算法较好地去除了视频序列的高频抖动,同时保留了摄像机的主动运动,稳像后视频序列的峰值信噪比明显提高。     

Acquired polarization ink·I PNC experiments

Parity non-conserving neutron transmission asymmetries have been calculated for unpolarized beams on polarized targets. As the neutron beam propagates through a polarized target, some components are preferentially absorbed. This acquired polarization complicates the interpretation of transmission measurements. We extend the analysis of Postma et al. to include parity mixing in the neutron resonances and emphasize the importance of the nuclear resonance spectroscopy. The relative importance of the acquired polarization contribution is determined by the spectroscopic parameters.     

湿法和溶脱法的亚微米ZnO:Al光栅制备

以激光干涉法得到的光刻胶图案为掩模,采用湿法刻蚀和溶脱-剥离法制备了具有良好减反射特性的亚微米掺铝氧化锌（ZnO:Al, AZO）光栅。表面形貌特征和反射光谱测试结果表明,湿法刻蚀较溶脱-剥离法得到的AZO光栅表面更为粗糙,两者均方根粗糙度分别为25.4,7.6 nm。在400～900 nm波段,两种方法制备的周期和高度相同的光栅,平均总反射率分别由AZO薄膜的12.5%下降到8.3%和10.2%。两者的平均镜面反射率分别为6.2%和6.6%,平均漫反射率分别为2.1%和3.6%。湿法刻蚀得到的表面较为粗糙AZO光栅的漫反射明显减弱,从而导致总的减反特性优于溶脱-剥离法得到的表面起伏相对较小的AZO光栅。     

一种多基阵机动目标被动跟踪算法

由多部声纳基阵获取的方位信息对水中机动目标的跟踪实质上是一个非线性状态估计问题,文中首先依据各基阵的方位信息,采用最小二乘法得到目标位置在各采样时刻的初步估计,然后将其作为测量值用于交互多模型算法(IMM)并结合线性卡尔曼滤波(KF)得到目标运动速度和轨迹,避免了应用非线性估计算法直接进行多个方位数据融合过程中存在的各种问题。仿真结果表明这一算法简便,与双基阵纯方位机动目标被动跟踪相比具有较快的收敛速度和较高的跟踪精度。     

On the extraction and filtering of signals acquired from rotating machines

The presentation of time domain signals acquired from rotating machines can be important for diagnostic applications involving signature analysis. Efficient methods are presented for extracting and filtering such periodic signatures. The procedures are based on leakage free data sampling, enabling the design of sluggishless but sharp filters of almost any kind. In conjunction with various windows, a new procedure for the suppression of strong interferences is presented, and simple design formulae for this developed. The subject is thus of importance to anyone acquiring dynamic data from rotating machinery. Experimental examples are given for signals acquired from a combustion engine.     

匹配垂直质点振速的浅海地声参数反演

海底声学参数对海洋波导中的声场特性研究和相关应用具有重要意义。针对一次夏季黄海声传播实验,分析了浅海负跃层环境下垂直质点振速的传播特性和简正波结构,说明当声源和接收器均位于负跃层下时,除海底附近外的大部分深度上垂直质点振速能量较高,且与声压相比,号数高的简正波对垂直质点振速的贡献更大,利用垂直质点振速进行匹配场反演能获得更高的海底参数敏感性。分析了海底吸收系数对垂直质点振速匹配场反演的影响,结果表明只有当进行匹配场反演时设置的海底吸收系数接近真实值时,才能获得准确的海底声速、密度和海深反演结果。利用实验中矢量水听器获取的垂直质点振速信号进行匹配场反演,将海底吸收系数在变化范围内取不同值对海底声速、密度和平均海深进行全局搜索,根据代价函数值最大确定了海底声速、密度及平均海深的反演结果,并利用不同距离上的声压传播损失反演出不同频率下的海底吸收系数。根据反演得到的海底声学参数计算声压传播损失,与实验中声压水听器测量结果符合较好。     

多光谱大面阵彩色CCD数字航测相机设计

针对大比例尺数字航空测量系统的特点,利用系统高度集成技术,研制了一套大像幅,高分辨率、多光谱的数字航空测量系统.该系统的核心是四台面阵CCD相机,其中一台是9k×9k的大面阵CCD相机,获取全色图像;另三台是2k×2k面阵CCD相机分别获取红(Red,R),绿(Green,G),蓝(Blue,B)三个可见光的图像,通过数据融合实现彩色图像的获取.详细阐述了高分辨、多光谱相机的关键技术及其实现方法.该系统在Y-5遥感飞机上进行了搭载飞行实验,对获取的图像进行处理和分析,获得满意的图像,满足了大比例尺数字航空测量要求.     

Off-resonance correction using an estimated linear time map

Images acquired in the presence of magnetic field deviations and reconstructed without taking into account the off-resonance, are distorted and corrupted with artifacts. Several post-processing algorithms have been developed for correcting the distortion when it is not possible to fix the field inhomogeneities. These off-resonance correction methods are, in general, slow and computing intensive. To make them faster they are usually adapted to a particular situation or approximated. One of these approximations is to assume that the field map is linear. Although this assumption makes the algorithm fast and robust it is not well suited for arbitrary field maps. On the other hand, there are k-space trajectories with an almost linear time map (time at which each k-space value is acquired), such as 2DFT and EPI. This paper presents an algorithm for off-resonance correction based on a linear time map approximation. This approximation allows a fast algorithm that takes advantage of the almost linearity of the time map and uses the whole field map to correct the images. The proposed correction algorithm reduces the off-resonance induced artifacts while being fast. The linear approximation of the time map needs to be done only once for each trajectory because it does not depend on the acquired image or field map data. The method can also be extended to a multi-plane approximation for sequences with more complex time maps.     

A software channel compression technique for faster reconstruction with many channels

In magnetic resonance imaging, highly parallel imaging using coil arrays with a large number of elements is an area of growing interest. With increasing channel numbers for parallel acquisition, the increased reconstruction time and extensive computer memory requirements have become significant concerns. In this work, principal component analysis (PCA) is used to develop a channel compression technique. This technique efficiently reduces the size of parallel imaging data acquired from a multichannel coil array, thereby significantly reducing the reconstruction time and computer memory requirement without undermining the benefits of multichannel coil arrays. Clinical data collected with a 32-channel cardiac coil are used in all of the experiments. The performance of the proposed method on parallel, partially acquired data, as well as fully acquired data, was evaluated. Experimental results show that the proposed method dramatically reduces the processing time without considerable degradation in the quality of reconstructed images. It is also demonstrated that this PCA technique can be used to perform intensity correction in parallel imaging applications.     

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Gases: A Single-Point Ramped Imaging with T1 Enhancement (SPRITE) Study

A pure phase-encoding MRI technique, single-point ramped imaging withT₁enhancement, SPRITE, is introduced for the purpose of gas phase imaging. The technique utilizes broadband RF pulses and stepped phase encode gradients to produce images, substantially free of artifacts, which are sensitive to the gasT₁andT^*:₂relaxation times. Images may be acquired from gas phase species with transverse relaxation times substantially less than 1 ms. Methane gas images,¹H, were acquired in a phantom study. Sulfur hexafluoride,¹⁹F, images were acquired from a gas-filled porous coral sample. High porosity regions of the coral are observed in both the MRI image and an X-ray image. Sensitivity and resolution effects due to signal modulation during the time-efficient acquisition are discussed. A method to increase the image sensitivity is discussed, and the predicted improvement is shown through 1D images of the methane gas phantom.     

自发喇曼散射技术对燃烧场的诊断

 介绍了利用Nd:YAG激光的三倍频激发自发振动喇曼散射技术对燃烧场的诊断及相关的实验原理，测量了不同配比条件下的CH₄-air预混火焰内的主要组分(N₂，O₂，H₂O，CH₄)及其相对浓度；并分别用分子浓度测温法和斯托克斯谱与反斯托克斯谱强度比法测量了火焰的温度；还对该技术测温、测浓度的不确定度进行了分析。将该技术应用到对复杂的固体燃剂燃烧场的诊断，取得了燃烧场中几种主要燃烧组分（N₂，H₂CO，CH₄，H₂O）的喇曼光谱，以及这些组分在燃烧过程中的变化信息。     

Evaluation of CVD diamond coating layer using leaky Rayleigh wave

In the present study, the possibility of using leaky Rayleigh waves as a nondestructive tool for the evaluation of CVD diamond coating layer is explored experimentally. For this purpose, a set of CVD diamond coated specimens are prepared and the leaky Rayleigh waves are measured in an immersion, pulse-echo setup. For the proper analysis of the acquired signals we propose a novel signal analysis approach, namely the "time trace angular scan (TTAS)" image. Then, the proposed approach together with the backward radiation profiles are applied for the analysis of signals acquired in the initial experiments. The TTAS image shows the entire information on both time-of-arrival and angle of incidence of the signals for the proper "time-angle windowing." Then, the backward radiation profile of the windowed signals provides adequate parameters from which nondestructive evaluation of the coated specimens is carried out.     

侧面抽运的掺Yb双包层光纤激光器

利用光纤角度磨抛侧面耦合新技术研究了侧面抽运的掺Yb双包层光纤激光器。实验上采取新的加工工艺获得了端面具有小锐角磨抛斜角的多模光纤,专门设计的高精密机械调整结构有效地将多模光纤的斜面和双包层光纤的侧面精确对准,通过不同的折射率匹配材料进行的研究,发现折射率匹配材料对于注入功率和抽运效率都有较大影响。实验中通过光纤角度侧面耦合器能够注入1．12W抽运光进入双包层光纤,侧面耦合效率最高可达80％。将该侧面耦合技术用于侧面抽运的掺Yb双包层光纤激光器,在单个尾纤输出的半导体激光器侧面抽运下得到光纤激光器的最大连续激光输出功率282mW,斜率效率为55．5％。实验结果表明,光纤角度磨抛耦合技术是掺Yb双包层光纤激光器的一种简单有效的侧面抽运方式。