Coal Pillars Safe Mining

Radar Interferometry for Safe Coal Mining in China

Land surface deformation due to underground mining is always a concern to the local communities and environment. The underground coal mines at the study site in Northern China are located quite closely to each other. In order to ensure safe mining as well as to prevent illegal mining activities, differential radar interferometry (DInSAR) was introduced for monitoring mine subsidence. The spaceb...

Pillars of a Smart, Safe Operating Room

Major gains in patient safety can be achieved through development of innovative approaches to the care of surgical patients. Investigators and clinicians have conceived an “operating room of the future” (ORF) that epitomizes those current and future enhancements that can contribute to patient safety in the operative environment. In this article, we explore these enhancements in the context of t...

Coal Exploration and Mining

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Image Mining for Intelligent Autonomous Coal Mining

Automation in underground mining enhances safety and leads to economic efficiencies. After more than 50 years of research, automation tasks have gradually been growing out of the classic engineering/mechanical environment and require a sophisticated datamining treatment. The success of (mechanical) process automation has left only one remaining place in the coal-excavation process where human l...