Introduction: There has been a curiosity about the spheroid geometry for PET scanners developments since several years ago, therefore in this study, we are aiming to evaluate the performance of this geometry and compare its performance with cylindrical geometry using Monte Carlo simulation. Methods: We simulated a spheroid geometry with a radius of 199 mm...

Empirical data for several ecological systems suggest that how resource availability scales with patch geometry may influence the outcome of species interactions. To study this process, we assume a pseudoequilibrium to reduce the dimensionality of a two-consumer-two-resource model in which different resources are available in the interior of a patch versus at the edge. We analyze the resulting ...

in this paper, a novel directional super wide band micro strip antenna based on a simple and new geometry has been proposed. the antenna exhibits the widest bandwidth ever reported to the authors’ knowledge from 50 ghz to 200 ghz. its radiation pattern is approximately steady in the frequency ranges of 50 ghz to 200 ghz. the antenna consists of a club-like radiating patch, a combination of thre...

the problem of narrow bandwidth in coplanarpatch antennas, and various configurations have been presented to extend the bandwidth. Adding a short on the upper slot of the coplanar-patch antenna and varying its length have achieved an impedance bandwidth of 30 to 40 percent4 at high frequencies for radar applications. However, conventional printed wide slot antennas have an operating bandwidth o...

background the aim of the present study was to compare two analgesic techniques for transrectal ultrasound (trus)-guided biopsy: diclofenac patch versus periprostatic nerve block with 1% lidocaine. objectives to study the efficacy of and compare diclofenac patch and periprostatic nerve block as analgesia in trus-guided prostate needle biopsy. patients and methods in total, 60 patients were pros...

This paper presents a new algorithm for reducing the minimal surface bias associated with volumetric graph cuts for 3D reconstruction from multiple calibrated images. The algorithm is based on an iterative graph-cut over narrow bands combined with an accurate surface normal estimation. At each iteration, we first optimize the normal to each surface patch in order to obtain a precise value for t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with patch angioplasty produces greater results than with primary closure; however, there remains uncertainty on the optimal patch material in CEA. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed to evaluate the effect of angioplasty using venous patch versus synthetic patch material, and Dacron patch versus polytetraf...

Back-arc basins such as the ones behind island-arcs of Western Pacific Ocean or in Mediterranean Sea are ubiquitous structures Earth. They extensional forming overriding plate subduction zones and similarly to continental rifts, they can exhibit different structural styles from narrow, localized rifting wide-rift extension. While these have been long recognized, factors controlling style extens...