Background: A variable resolution X-ray (VRX) CT scanner provides a great increase in the spatial resolution. In VRX CT scanners, the spatial resolution of the system and its field of view (FOV) can be changed according to the object size. One of the main factors that limit the spatial resolution of VRX CT scanner is the effect of the X-ray focal spot. Materials and Methods: A theoreti...

A space-based superconducting gravitational low-frequency wave detector is considered. Sensitivity of the detector is sufficient to use the detector as a partner of other contemporary low-frequency detectors like LIGO and LISA. This device can also be very useful for experimental study of other effects predicted by theories of gravitation.

We report initial results from the design and evaluation of two pixellated PIN Cadmium Zinc Telluride detectors and an ASIC-based readout system. The prototype imaging PIN detectors consist of 4 × 4 1.5 mm square indium anode contacts with 0.2 mm spacing and a solid cathode plane on 10 × 10 mm CdZnTe substrates of thickness 2 mm and 5 mm. The detector readout system, based on low noise preampli...

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to develop algorithm calculating the traffic queue length which is main variable for effective operation at signalized intersection. For the methods to calculate the traffic queue length, there are queue theory and shock wave theory. And, the estimation of traffic queue length by existing point detection system utilizes traffic queue theory calculating ...

We study an electrostatic qubit monitored by a point-contact detector. Projecting an entire qubit-detector wave function on the detector eigenstates we determine the precision limit for the qubit measurements, allowed by quantum mechanics. We found that this quantity is determined by qubit dynamics as well as decoherence, generated by the measurement. Our results show how the quantum precision ...

UNLABELLED Detectors with depth-encoding allow a PET scanner to simultaneously achieve high sensitivity and high spatial resolution. METHODS A prototype PET scanner, consisting of depth-encoding detectors constructed by dual-ended readout of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) arrays with 2 position-sensitive avalanche photodiodes (PSAPDs), was developed. The scanner comprised 2 detector plates, ...