Abstract:
A scan speed procedure and method wherein a minimum radiation exposure period is determined on an object by object basis for a transmission study. Two transmission scans are performed including a prescan followed by a second transmission scan phase. The first transmission prescan is performed using a radiation source over the object. This prescan is of a rapid and predetermined duration (Tp). A resultant count density associated with the object is then generated and examined. The portion having the smallest count density (Cm) is determined and a value (Co) representing the minimum required number of counts for transmission study is given. From the above, a transmission period (Ts) is determined by the system and the second transmission scan phase is performed for the duration Ts using a multi-pass scan phase. The computed duration Ts represents the minimum exposure duration required to collect transmission data to ensure that the count density distribution associated with the object will contain at least Cm count density over each portion of the object.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for collecting transmission information utilizing a large field of view of a detector and for collecting emission data using a small field of view window of the same detector. The system employs the large field of view of a scintillation detector in order to collect transmission data for the entire body being scanned. Such a technique improves the quantitative capability of emission data by acquiring non-truncated attenuation factors. The emission data of a small field of view window is collected so that high resolution image pixels are used for processing the emission data (e.g., of a particular body organ). Since a large field of view is used for collecting the transmission data, the imaging pixels for transmission data are of lower resolution than the emission data. The emission data can be collected using a roving zoom technique during an ECT scan. A computation adjusts the transmission data to account for the known location of the emission zoom window on the crystal and for the different pixel sizes between the full field of view transmission scan of the body and the smaller roving electronic field of view emission scan of the body organ.
Abstract:
A method of reducing the effects of Compton scattered photons detected in a gamma ray detection arrangement includes the steps of receiving data responsive to energy states of the detected photons and storing the data in memory locations corresponding to predetermined image grid points, grouping the stored data, whereby a coarser grid having fewer image grid points is produced, calibrating the gamma ray detection arrangement by utilizing a spectral shape corresponding to a calibration function which is expected to correspond to a first data set corresponding to unscattered ones of the detected photons, processing the stored data for at least selected ones of the predetermined grid points employing minimization of a function which includes a product of an energy regularization term times an energy regularization parameter, as well as a spatial regularization term times a spatial regularization parameter, for separating the stored data into the first data set corresponding to unscattered ones of the detected photons and a second data set corresponding to scattered ones of the detected photons, summing the first data set for each of the predetermined grid points on the coarser grid for determining a number of the unscattered ones of the detected photons, interpolating from the first data set for each of the predetermined grid points on the coarser grid for producing a data set corresponding to the unscattered ones of the detected photons for each of the predetermined number of grid points; and forming an image utilizing the number of the unscattered ones of the detected photons.
Abstract:
A technique for post-processing media content on a network by a GPU cloud computing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of computer systems providing a content submission connection for uploading the media content. The system includes a processor configured to receive descriptive information related to the media content via the network, receive the media content via the content submission connection which has a quicker uploading bandwidth than the network, process the media content; and distribute processed media content via the network that is separated from the content submission connection. The system further includes a distributed GPU cloud computing platform to perform parallel post-processing of the media content, and an immersive 3D interface.
Abstract:
A technique for distributing high-quality, user-generated high definition (HD) video content on the web is presented. A system according to the technique may include a service provider including a user database, a catalog database, and a media library. The service provider may receive the HD video content from a user through a content submission method. A method according to the technique receives registration information for the HD video content to be shared and receives the HD video content from a user through a content submission method. The HD video content may then be further processed, such as transcoding to a streamable format using a massively parallel cloud computing platform.
Abstract:
A method for preparing low-cost clean steel includes steps of: preliminarily desulfurizing iron melt: preliminarily desulfurizing in an iron melt channel during blast furnace tapping and during iron folding in an iron folding room, adding a desulfurizing ball into the iron melt during the blast furnace tapping or the iron folding; dephosphorizing and controlling sulfur: dephosphorizing and controlling sulfur during converter steelmaking, in such a manner that P≦0.014% and S≦0.004% during tapping; rapidly dephosphorizing by slag-forming: rapidly dephosphorizing by slag-forming during converter tapping, at a converter end point, controlling a C content at 0.02˜0.10%, adding a dephosphorizing ball through an alloy chute during the converter tapping, blowing argon and stirring at the same time; purifying steel melt during RH refining: adding a purifying ball at a late stage of the RH refining when a vacuum degree is at 66.7˜500 Pa; and continuously casting with whole-process protection.
Abstract:
The present invention is an optical system, comprising: a light source for providing light rays; a combined two or more parabolic reflectors or elliptical reflectors having inner reflecting surfaces, wherein the reflectors sharing a common focal point, and a device-under-test is disposed thereabout the focal point; wherein the collimated light rays coming into the parabolic reflector parallel to the axis of symmetry of each parabolic reflector would be directed to the focal point on the surface of the device-under-test. The reflected light rays from the device-under-test are directed by the other parabolic reflectors along the axes of symmetry of each parabolic reflector and generate information indicative of the device-under-test; wherein the reflected light rays exit the reflector; and a detector for receiving the exited light rays.
Abstract:
A method of performing image reconstruction in a gamma camera system comprises the steps of performing a transmission scan of an object about a number of rotation angles to collect transmission projection data and performing an emission scan of the object about numerous rotation angles to collect emission projection data. The outer boundary of the object is then located based on the transmission projection data. Information identifying the boundary is then either stored in a separate body contour map or embedded in an attenuation map. The information identifying the boundary can be in the form of flags indicating whether individual pixels are inside or outside the boundary of the object. The emission projection data is then reconstructed, using the attenuation map if desired, to generate transverse slice images. By using the body boundary information, portions of the emission projection data representing points outside the boundary of the object are not reconstructed in order to reduce total reconstruction time.
Abstract:
A mechanism and method for performing transmission and emission scanning sessions with two line sources and two detectors wherein two sliding transmission detection windows are employed to differentiate between transmission and emission photons. Transmission and emission data can be collected simultaneously. This system provides that the dual transmission detection windows are each associated with a particular line source and move in synchronization with the associated line source. Further, the two line sources and the two detector windows all move in synchronization in the direction of the long axis of the object being scanned and at any given position all are within a given spatial plane that is transverse to the long axis of the object. In this configuration, the system can effectively reduce the amount of cross-talk detected by a detector (e.g., cross-talk being scattered photon radiation detected by a given detector but not originating from the detector's associated line source). The configuration of this system also effectively operates in conjunction with systems employing tracking zoom regions across detector surfaces (e.g., used for cardiac studies).