Introduction Contrast-enhanced fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) is one of the MRI sequences that can be used for detection and evaluation of pathological changes in the brain. In this work, we have studied the effect of different echo times (TE) on the maximum relationship between signal intensity and concentration of the contrast agent using the FLAIR sequence. Materials and Methods...

In order to understand the seismic performance and mechanism of bottom frame seismic wall masonry structure (BFSWMS) and its vulnerability in empirical seismic damage, based on the statistical and numerical analysis of the field seismic damage observation data of 2178 Dujiangyan structures in the Wenchuan great earthquake urban of China on May 12, 2008, a non-linear function model between the s...

For the first commissioning phase of the LHC, a single proton bunch is required. The production of this so-called “LHC pilot bunch” will follow a different scheme than the one of the nominal LHC proton bunch train. Both the transverse and the longitudinal LHC bunch characteristics should already be established in the PS Booster. The parameter space for the LHC pilot bunch spans a factor 66 in b...

By extension of the argument of Kosambi (1944), a family of mapping functions can be derived, which has a parameter regulating the intensity of interference. Different values of this parameter yield the Haldane (1919) and Kosambi mapping functions as special cases. The parameter is the coincidence coefficient for nearby small intervals. The family includes mapping functions for negative interfe...

In the asymptotic limit of a large Ginzburg-Landau parameter, we give a new asymptotic formula for the L-norm of the Ginzburg-Landau order parameter. The formula is valid in the bulk regime where the intensity of the applied magnetic eld is of the same order as the Ginzburg-Landau parameter and strictly below the second critical eld. Our formula complements the celebrated one of Sandier-Serfaty...

We quantitatively analyze how a polarization-sensitive imager can overcome the precision of a standard intensity camera when estimating a parameter on a polarized source over an intense background. We show that the gain is maximized when the two polarimetric channels are perturbed with significantly correlated noise fluctuations. An optimal estimator is derived and compared to standard intensit...

— We study the synchronized/unsynchronized transition as a function of the noise intensity which appears in a system of globally coupled FitzHugh– Nagumo units under the effect of white noise. By the use of the proper definition of an order parameter, we obtain numerically the phase diagram as a function of the noise intensity and coupling constant.

Abstract The Quermass-interaction model allows to generalise the classical germ-grain Boolean model in adding a morphological interaction between the grains. It enables to model random structures with specific morphologies which are unlikely to be generated from a Boolean model. The Quermass-interaction model depends in particular on an intensity parameter, which is impossible to estimate from ...

We propose a method for simultaneous recovery of depth and restoration of scene intensity, given two defocused images of a scene. The space-variant blur parameter and the focused image of the scene are modeled as Markov random.fields (MRFs). Line fields are included to preserve discontinuities. The joint posterior distribution of the blur parameter and the intensity process is examined for loca...