The development of new MRI technologies has favoured the use of sequences that significantly improve the spatial resolution of this imaging method, thus yielding thin-section images that allow volumetric analysis. We present our experience at Clínica Vespucio, Santiago, Chile, related to a routine knee MRI protocol performed on 45 patients who underwent conventional proton density-weighted fat-...

PURPOSE To assess retrospectively the effect of the Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 (JPEG2000) compression ratio on the quality of thin-section computed tomographic (CT) images. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this institutional review board-approved investigation (protocol 238/2004), thin-section CT images were subjected to irreversible JPEG2000 compression by using five compression ratios (3...

Thin section polarized-light microscopy is a simple, cost-effective and nondestructive technique utilized to delineate crystalline or amorphous solids at varying scales and spatial resolutions; thereby allowing the different phases to be studied within their textural framework. Estimates of chemical composition and insight into the solid’s genesis can be deduced via unique textural characterist...

hyperion hyperspectral data contains a very rich source of information from the earth surface that collects 242 narrow contiguous spectral bands. achieving this source of rich information is subject to the performance of suitable image processing methods on raw satellite data. satellite image processing methods can be classified into two categories of statistical-based and spectral-based. in th...

To predict multiphase flow through geologically realistic porous media, it is necessary to have a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the pore space. We use multiple-point statistics based on two-dimensional (2D) thin sections as training images to generate geologically realistic 3D pore-space representations. Thin-section images can provide multiple-point statistics, which describe the st...

in this paper, collapse behavior of simple and reinforced thin-walled channel- section beams, subjected to three- point bending, is investigated. many simple channel- section beams of different geometry and some reinforced ones were tested, and their strengths after collapse were obtained thoroughly. since the available theories in this area are complicated and little attention has been paid to...

Part of the work in finding petroleum areas consists of interpreting thin section taken from the sample rocks. Geologists uses many techniques to identifying the rock constituents, but one of the most efficient method relies on recognizing the visual pattern of the thin section using a microscope. This image recognition is a complex task that requires a lot of training. In this paper, we presen...

in order to lighten the prestressed concrete solid members, nowadays, it is possible to make use of the advantage of hpc (fc'>60 mpa) as well as replacing the solid section with a psc thin-walled section for certain members such as circular and box columns. using the strength theory of aci, a numerical procedure along with a computer program was developed for the analysis of such sections ...