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The invention discloses a time-of-flight method and apparatus for rapid and high resolution measurement of the optical characteristics of a set of superimposed thin layers within an object, penetrated by an illuminating beam of light. The very high temporal, spectral and spatial resolutions are obtained by illuminating the object with a femtosecond laser and collecting the data characteristic of the different layers simultaneously, by sampling the scattered radiation in the time domain, using a chain of linked non-linear gates.
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The invention describes a method and system, for mapping non-magnetic soils in terms of their local permittivity and velocity of the traversing electromagnetic waves, by measuring the straight-line attenuation and elapsed time between transmitters and receivers located within tubes inserted into the soil.
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The invention describes a method and system, for mapping non-magnetic soils in terms of their local permittivity and velocity of the traversing electromagnetic waves, by measuring the straight-line attenuation and elapsed time between transmitters and receivers located within tubes inserted into the soil.
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The invention describes radiation cameras consisting of interlaced scintillation fiber arrays and a fiber readout method using pixellated photo-detector cameras. Several fabrication methods of the fiber arrays are described. The use of such Radiation Cameras in Medical Imaging systems is also described.
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A directional neutron detector consisting of very thin plastic scintillation fibers and optically coupled to a photo-sensor array, where the directionality of Neutrons is estimated from the sequence of fibers traversed by the scattered protons and energy deposited in each one of them . Several fabrication methods of the large thin fiber arrays are described.
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The invention consists in structuring scintillation radiation detectors as Photonic Bandgap Crystals or 3D layers of thin filaments, thus enabling extremely high spatial resolutions and achieving virtual voxellation of the radiation detector without physical separating walls. The ability to precisely measure the recoil electron track in a Compton camera enables to assess the directions of the gamma rays hitting the detector and consequently dispensing with collimators that strongly reduce the intensity of radiation detected by gamma cameras. The invention enables great enhancements of the capabilities of gamma cameras, SPECT, PET, CT and DR machines as well as their use in Homeland Security applications. Methods of fabrication of such radiation detectors are described.
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The invention consists in an inflatable ultralight parachute deployable before jumping, for jumping or releasing a load from any altitude, without experiencing unduly harm from the impact with the ground. It comprises at least one torus-shaped inflatable tube covered by a thin film substantially flat shroud whose buoyance lifts the parachute and when pulled down by the gravity of the attached body develops the braking force that decelerates its fall. The ultralight parachute is deployed either by the jumper if he has one, or by emergency helpers on the ground and subsequently lifted to the potential jumper. Optional accessories that enhance the braking force of the parachute and attenuate the impact of the attached body with the ground, include an aerodynamically shaped inversed skirt surrounding the torus-shaped tube, an electro-mechanical reel that upon activation shortest the distance between the jumper and the canopy and an air mattress that floats beneath the jumper's feet for reducing the impact of the fall when hitting the ground.
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The invention describes the structure and use of passive Markers to indicate the position of suspicious lesions in tissue and a method to mark the lesions and margins of said suspicious lesions that facilitates the communication between the pathologist and the surgeon in order to excise the minimal amount of tissue from the diseased organ.
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The exemplary disclosure describes a hearing system e.g. comprising a Hearing Aid device comprising a cellphone and/or user worn device where some of the programs are carried out by components embedded onto the user worn device and some programs by hearing system components, e.g. which are inherently part of cellphones. The hearing system improves the intelligibility of voice messages arriving e.g. through the cellphone and/or other speaker, and/or e.g. via connected earphones and/or directly through the free air. The user can call diverse programs suitable for different situations, by using e.g. inertial sensors embedded in the hearing system, e.g. in the user worn system and/or e.g. are inherently part of the cellphone.
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The invention discloses multi-storey building structures of different sizes and purposes, built on long-span beams laid on cornerstones of minimal dimensions, on the opposite sidewalks of streets and the medians separating street lanes. Such buildings basically occupy the air-space above streets and roads and may be used for parking garages, residential, office and commercial space or for an optimal combination of them. Parking garages built on the air-space above intersections of roads may enable entry from any direction and exit to a different one, with or without parking and greatly contribute to the rationalization of car traffic in modern mega-cities. Such multi-storey buildings comprising in addition to parking garages, office, residential and commercial space, may save valuable timing wasted in going from one place to another.