Introduction MR molecular imaging of low doses of tracer material often requires long scan times and makes motion compensation strategies desirable. 3D radial imaging with golden section profile interleaving allows auto-navigated motion compensation [1,2]. Here, it is applied to simultaneous F/H imaging of the aorta of atherosclerotic rabbits after systemic administration of F-based angiogenesi...

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is frequently present in heart failure (HF), and it may take the form of obstructive (OSA) and central (CSA) sleep apnea. The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with OSA and HF is associated with an improved neuroendocrine profile and cardiac function. The degree of upper airway obstruction and the airway closing pressure (and the PAP ...

With the translation of metabolic MRI with hyperpolarized 13C agents into the clinic, imaging approaches will require large volumetric FOVs to support clinical applications. Parallel imaging techniques will be crucial to increasing volumetric scan coverage while minimizing RF requirements and temporal resolution. Calibrationless parallel imaging approaches are well-suited for this application b...

An Information and Services Manager has been developed in order to provide user-customized information and services through a speech interface. The ISM has three main functions: search and download documents of interest to a user, summarize available information according to the user’s preference, and allow the user to query and search for additional information. The ISM employs a user profile ...

We propose a feature extraction method for noninvasive diagnosis of melanoma based on tensor decomposition of the clinical color image of skin lesion. Extracted features are elements of the core tensor in the corresponding Tucker3 model, and represent spatial-spectral profile of the lesion. In contrast to majority of methods that exploit either texture or spectral diversity of the tumor only, t...

This whitepaper describes the programming techniques used to develop an auto-tuning compression scheme for sparse matrices with respect to accelerating matrix-vector multiplication and minimizing its energy footprint, as well as a method for extracting a power profile from a corresponding implementation of the conjugate gradient method. Using two example systems, we show how these techniques ca...

SQUID magnetometry, normally used to characterise the properties of solids, was used to follow a clock reaction in solution, namely the auto-catalytic oxidation of [Co(II)EDTA]2- by H2O2, in real time and it was shown that, in combination with other methods (e.g., magnetic resonance proton relaxation studies and UV-vis absorption analysis), SQUID magnetometry can be a powerful method in elucida...

rfid technology has great potential to improve the benefits of supply chain management. auto- manufacturing is a competitive industry that every player of it needs great operation efficiency to gain competitive advantage to survive. rfid systems are good enhancements to supply chain processes, therefore it's obvious that every industry has to pay great attention to this it solution, and in this...

Objectives:Hypertension is one of the most common diseases of the modern era. This study evaluates the effect of hydro-alcoholic celery leaf extract onsystolic blood pressure (SBP), heart rate (HR) and lipid profile in animals’ model of hypertension induced by fructose. Materials and Methods: Sprague Dawley rats were divided into five groups: 1) control group (free access to tap drinking water)...