VLSI systems are subject to increasingly prevalent defects and significant parametric variations as technology scales down into the nanometer domain. Reconfigurable computing platforms provide an excellent foundation to achieve reliable and optimized VLSI systems. Most existing reconfigurable computing platform defect detection and diagnosis methods target single defect occurrence. This paper p...

Although problems relating to specific image correction have been explored intensively, the problem of simultaneous diagnosis for multiple photographic defects remains relatively untouched. Solutions to this problem attempt to predict the existence, severity, and locations of common defects. This paper proposes a first attempt at a solution to the general defect diagnosis problem based on our n...

We read the paper by Kaymak et al. published in the latest issue of your journal with great interest (1). In this paper, the authors have discussed the benefit of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the differential diagnosis of fluid filled structures over the calvarium. In the first step of evaluation they used 2D transabdominal ultrasonography and detected a cystic mass over the poster...

The advantage to “one test at a time” fault diagnosis is its ability to implicate the components of complicated defect behaviors. The disadvantage is the large size and opacity of the diagnostic answer. In this paper, we address the problems of per-test fault diagnosis by improving the candidate matching, introducing scoring and ranking techniques, and by developing a method to translate the re...

Condition monitoring of gears with vibration analysis is well established whilst the application of Acoustic Emission (AE) to gear defect diagnosis and monitoring is still in its infancy. This paper details results of an experimental programme to ascertain and validate the applicability of AE to seeded gear defect identification. Furthermore, comparisons are made to vibration diagnosis. As a di...

Anomaly in the development of body stem is a serious congenital developmental defect and characterized by significant anterior abdominal wall with pronounced changes rachis hypoplasia or aplasia umbilical cord. The paper describes cases anomalies fetuses, diagnosis which was carried out during early prenatal ultrasound at stage postmortem autopsy aborted material.

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a common congenital anomaly that is usually treated in infancy or childhood. Adult patients with coarctation have a high incidence of associated cardiac disorders, including valve diseases, atrial fibrillation and ischemic heart disease. Most patients with uncorrected CoA die before reaching the age of 50 from complications such as myocardial infarction, intrac...