Fiber optic oblique incidence reflectometry has been demonstrated to be a simple and accurate method for measuring the optical properties, μa and μs', of turbid media such as biological tissues [1,2]. After samp...
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We present a comparative analysis of bandwidth access control schemes under nonstationary traffic conditions for heterogeneous circuit-mode traffic offered to a B-ISDN network link. A unified model for analysing the b...
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We present a comparative analysis of bandwidth access control schemes under nonstationary traffic conditions for heterogeneous circuit-mode traffic offered to a B-ISDN network link. A unified model for analysing the behavior of several bandwidth access control schemes is developed using a Markov process model with acceptance functions. Numerical techniques are used to solve the associated Chapman-Kolmogorov equations and determine the nonstationary behavior. Performance results are given for several common bandwidth access control schemes, namely: complete sharing, complete partitioning, partial sharing, classical trunk reservation, and the probabilistic reservation policy. It is shown that the use of the average arrival rate to estimate the average connection blocking rate may be an underestimate for a system with a time varying arrival process. Also, it is found that a nonstationarity in one traffic class arrival process can impact other stationary traffic classes and the degree of variability depends on the particular access control scheme.
The advantages of single electron devices with asymmetrical tunnel barriers (ATBs), proposed by the authors, over conventional single electron devices with symmetrical tunnel barriers (STBs) are discussed by referring...
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The advantages of single electron devices with asymmetrical tunnel barriers (ATBs), proposed by the authors, over conventional single electron devices with symmetrical tunnel barriers (STBs) are discussed by referring to the features of ATBs and the results of computer simulation of the performance of tunnel-junction-load SET logic and turnstile devices. Experimental observation of a Coulomb staircase and asymmetrical tunnel characteristics in ATBs fabricated with GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures are also reported.
The progress in understanding wafer-fused vertical-cavity lasers and improvements in fabrication techniques have led to the realization of the first room-temperature continuous-wave operating 1.54-/spl mu/m vertical-c...
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The progress in understanding wafer-fused vertical-cavity lasers and improvements in fabrication techniques have led to the realization of the first room-temperature continuous-wave operating 1.54-/spl mu/m vertical-cavity lasers. By demonstrating continuous-wave operation at room temperature using vertical-cavity lasers fabricated by two wafer fusion steps, we have shown that wafer fusion is a viable technique. The lasers comprise strain compensated InGaAsP quantum-well active layers sandwiched between two AlGaAs/GaAs quarter-wave mirrors. Characteristics discussed include cavity losses, the gain-current density relationship, and voltage-current characteristics.
Iterative methods for tomographic image reconstruction often converge slowly. Preconditioning methods can often accelerate gradient-based iterations. Previous preconditioning methods for PET reconstruction have used e...
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Iterative methods for tomographic image reconstruction often converge slowly. Preconditioning methods can often accelerate gradient-based iterations. Previous preconditioning methods for PET reconstruction have used either diagonal or Fourier-based preconditioners. Fourier-based preconditioners are well suited to problems with near-circulant Hessian matrices. However, due to the nonuniform Poisson noise variance in PET, the circulant approximation to the Hessian is suboptimal. This paper shows that a particular combined diagonal/Fourier preconditioner yields a more accurate approximation to the Hessian and gives significantly faster convergence rates than does either preconditioner used alone.
A versatile signal processor has been designed that can perform multiple rotations, multiplications and additions within one clock cycle. The computational elements of this processor include four pipelined CORDIC rota...
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A versatile signal processor has been designed that can perform multiple rotations, multiplications and additions within one clock cycle. The computational elements of this processor include four pipelined CORDIC rotators, two pipelined fast multipliers and two adders. A combination of register files, SRAM, and ROM provides on chip storage for coefficients, running sums and programs. The chip architecture and its applicability to complex valued signal processing tasks are discussed.
The authors have developed a new approach to imaging cardiac electrical activity by measuring and visualizing body surface distributions of the higher-order spatial derivative of the potential. Numerical algorithms ha...
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The authors have developed a new approach to imaging cardiac electrical activity by measuring and visualizing body surface distributions of the higher-order spatial derivative of the potential. Numerical algorithms have developed to construct body surface maps of the spatial derivative of the potential from potential data. computer simulation studies have been conducted to test the feasibility of this approach. Experimental exploration has also been made in healthy human subjects. The authors' experimental and theoretical studies indicate the superior performance of the body surface higher-order derivative electrocardiographic mapping for localizing and imaging spatially separated cardiac electrical sources.
Catheter based ablation of cardiac tissue has been shown to provide an immediate and long lasting cure for cardiac arrhythmia. However, the procedure does not always allow placing the catheter in close proximity to th...
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Catheter based ablation of cardiac tissue has been shown to provide an immediate and long lasting cure for cardiac arrhythmia. However, the procedure does not always allow placing the catheter in close proximity to the pathological tissues requiring ablation. Use of non-invasive focused ultrasound ablation in the moving heart is an attractive potential alternative to catheter based ablative therapy. In this paper, initial studies have been performed to explore the feasibility of using ultrasound phased array technology for this application. A 3-D treatment planning software package was developed to study the available acoustic windows allowing ultrasound to be focused on the myocardium. Numerical simulation studies of the feasibility of precise beam forming by propagating ultrasound around the ribs shows that the beam, even though formed by an irregularly shaped subset of phased array elements not blocked by ribs and air, was very sharply focused at the target. Using invasive phase aberration correction algorithms developed in the authors' lab, experiments with pork and human rib phantoms confirm the ability to precisely form beams with phased array through the available noncontiguous windows.
Specially designed machines, which we call rehabilitators, could automate some of the repetitive aspects of physical and occupational therapy. Rehabilitators might also improve therapy by responding to the patient mor...
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