BACKGROUND The one third middle cerebral artery territory ((1/3) MCA) method and the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) were used to detect significant early ischemic changes (EIC) on CT brain of acute stroke patients. We sought to compare the reliability of the 2 methods in routine clinical practice. METHODS Eighty consecutive patients admitted to a community hospital in Hong Ko...

A committee chaired by Professor Paolo Montuschi conducted the search process for the new EIC. The position had been advertised in Computer, on the Web, and via other media. Several outstanding candidates were considered and the committee presented to the IEEE Computer Society Publications Board in May 2009 its recommendation in favor of Dr. Skadron. At the end of the process, Dr. Kathy Land, 2...

Epidermal inclusion cysts (EICs) are the most common cutaneous cysts, occurring anywhere in the body but infrequently on the breast. It is usually seen in the third and fourth decades of life and very rarely seen in children. They can be either congenital or posttraumatic. Most of the EICs described in children were secondary to trauma. Congenital EIC on the breast is quite a rare entity. Thus,...

In this report, we perform a rigorous analysis of EKF-based visual-inertial odometry (VIO) and present a method for improving its performance. Specifically, we examine the properties of EKF-based VIO, and show that the standard way of computing Jacobians in the filter inevitably causes inconsistency and loss of accuracy. This result is derived based on an observability analysis of the EKF’s lin...

Positioning of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS, drones) is predominantly based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Due to potential signal disruptions, redundant positioning are needed for reliable operation. The objective this study was implement and assess a system high flying altitude drone operation visual-inertial odometry (VIO). A new sensor suite with stereo cameras an inertial...

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a future particle accelerator to be built at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and primary purpose of experiments EIC resolve question partonic structure nucleons nuclei. To achieve physics goals EIC, hadron calorimeter high energy resolution required forward rapidity. A Dual-readout Calorimeter (DRC) which has been developed for collider considered as an up...