Spectroscopic instruments. I. Introduction to spectroscopic instruments.

Performance assessment of diffuse optical spectroscopic imaging instruments in a 2-year multicenter breast cancer trial

We present a framework for characterizing the performance of an experimental imaging technology, diffuse optical spectroscopic imaging (DOSI), in a 2-year multicenter American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) breast cancer study (ACRIN-6691). DOSI instruments combine broadband frequency-domain photon migration with time-independent near-infrared (650 to 1000 nm) spectroscopy to meas...

An Introduction to Some Recent Developments in Gestural Musical Instruments

Humans have been making music for millennia, yet the processes of developing existent musical instruments and even inventing new ones are ongoing as technology advances and tastes change. Many recent developments have been made in a category of instruments I have chosen to refer to as "gestural instruments"mainly electronic instruments which can map the performer's gesture to musical output in ...

Introduction to special issue: Video games as research instruments

There is no denying the tremendous success of video games. This makes them fascinating objects of study in their own right. But in addition, it is clear that the rich variety of worlds they offer, makes them useful for research purposes as well. This is not a new idea. They have been used in research at least since the mid 90’s, when Kirsh and Maglio [1] used Tetris to investigate the differenc...

Introduction to the Special issue Spectroscopic Tests of Fundamental Physics

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2014.04.004 0022-2852/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This special issue of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy highlights the recent advances in the use of molecular spectroscopy to test fundamental physics. It follows a special session on the same subject at the 68th International Symposium of Molecular Spectroscopy held on 17–18 June 2013 at The Ohi...

Introduction to nonlinear optical spectroscopic techniques for investigating ultrafast processes