In many circles, the justification for purchasing a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) has already been settled because of the proliferation of image data. A PACS is used to acquire medical images digitally from the various modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and digital radiography (1). The need to manage, ...

Future hospital information systems should permit the systematic storage of all information generalized within the hospital, including medical diagnostic images. For such a system to be realized, implementation of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is needed. The development of computed radiography with an imaging plate (CR) has made it possible for digitalization of all kinds ...

For some applications of magnetic flux compression generators, shorter pulse widths, with associated higher voltages and power levels, are required. We have developed a family of small, tapered stator generators that begin to address these requirements. Specifically, the three versions of these FCGs developed use stator angles of 10, 12, and 13 with respect to the generator axis. These three re...

Explosive-driven magnetic-flux-compression generators have been around since the early 1950s, when they were independently invented in the United States and the Former Soviet Union. Interest in these generators has been cyclic over the years and we appear to be in the upswing of renewed interest, not only in the US and Russia but other countries as well. Therefore, it was decided that it was ti...

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is an imaging technique that uses wide-band nonsinusoidal electromagnetic waves to produce high-resolution images of the subsurface typically from 0-–10 m depth. GPR is an effective tool for subsurface inspection and quality control on engineering construction projects. The survey method is rapid, nondestructive and noninvasive. GPR has been successfully applied t...