PURPOSE Conventional saturation pulses cannot be used for 7 Tesla ultra-high-resolution time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF MRA) due to specific absorption rate (SAR) limitations. We overcome these limitations by utilizing low flip angle, variable rate selective excitation (VERSE) algorithm saturation pulses. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-five neurosurgical patients (male n = 8, ...

High-field imaging of the spine with the use of 3 Tesla MRI promises improved image quality and clinical efficiency, providing excellent capability for better diagnosis and prognosis. Advanced techniques related to the spine include 3D imaging, whole-body MRI, magnetic resonance neurography, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and functional imaging. These techniques are being used in patients wit...

Standardisation of imaging acquisition is essential in facilitating multicentre studies related to childhood CNS tumours. It important ensure that the protocol can be adopted by centres with varying capabilities without compromising image quality. An has been developed Brain Tumour Imaging Working Group European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) based on consensus among its members, which...

BACKGROUND The thickness of fibrous caps (FCT) of atherosclerotic lesions is a critical factor affecting plaque vulnerability to rupture. This study tests whether 3 Tesla high-resolution intravascular cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) employing tiny loopless detectors can identify lesions and accurately measure FCT in human arterial specimens, and whether such an approach is feasible in v...

This paper describes the design and implementation of a new interface, Nico, which allows new and existing musical devices to control Tesla Coils. The interface uses an Arduino microcontroller to convert OSC and MIDI control data to TTL pulses that command the behavior of a Tesla Coil. This paper will give some background on the Tesla Coil, outline the design and capabilities of the interface, ...

The TESLA linear collider needs damping rings to achieve the required small transverse emittances for optimum luminosity. Due to the TESLA pulse structure the damping rings are about 17 km long. The resulting unusual ratio of circumference to energy leads to a large space charge tune shift. The originally proposed damping ring [1] has thus been redesigned for higher energy. This paper describes...

In this paper, we present The gEoSpatial Language Annotator (TESLA)—a tool which supports human annotation of geospatial language corpora. TESLA interfaces with a GIS database for annotating grounded geospatial entities and uses Google Earth for visualization of both entity search results and evolving object and speaker position from GPS tracks. We also discuss a current annotation effort using...

TESLA is one of the projects for a next generation TeV linear collider. Emphasis is on e + e ?-Physics at an initial center of mass energy of 500GeV and a luminosity above 510 33 cm ?2 s ?1. Diierent to other approaches, TESLA has chosen superconducting acceleration structures operated at 1.3GHz. In this report, the TESLA project is brieey described and some aspects of a possible e ? e ?-mode a...