UNLABELLED Hybrid PET systems have spatially varying sensitivity profiles. These profiles are dependent on imaging parameters, namely, number of heads, head configuration, spacing between gantry stops, radius of rotation (RoR), and coincident head acceptance angle. METHODS Sensitivity profiles were calculated across a 500-mm field of view (FoV) for a representative set of existing and theoret...

We report a case of one sister and brother with mirror image myopic anisometropia. One sister and brother complained visual disturbance. The sister was 10 years 11 months old, and brother was 8 years 4 months old. Full ophthalmic examinations were performed, including slit lamp examination, intraocular pressure, keratometry, anterior chamber depth, axial length, fundus examination and the cyclo...

Anaerobic biodegradation tests of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) powder were done at the thermophilic (55 degrees C) and mesophilic temperature (35 degrees C) under aquatic conditions [total solid concentrations of the used sludge were 2.07% (at 55 degrees C) and 2.24% (at 35 degrees C)] using a newly developed evaluation system. With this system, the evolved biogas is collected in a gas sampling bag ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the ability to control knee-extension force during discrete isometric (IC), concentric (CC), and eccentric contractions (EC) in 24 young (mean age +/- SD = 25.3 +/- 2.8 yr) and 24 old (mean age +/- SD = 73.3 +/- 5.5 yr) healthy and active individuals. Subjects were to match a parabola with a time to peak force of 200 ms during IC, CC, and EC at six targe...

We have examined fractal patterns formed by the injection of air into oil in a thin (0.127 mm) layer contained between two cylindrical glass plates of 288 mm diameter (a Hele-Shaw cell), for pressure differences in the range 0.25 < or = DeltaP < or = 1.75 atm. We find that an asymptotic structure is reached at large values of the ratio r/b, where r is the pattern radius and b the gap between th...