Dry microwave imaging (MWI) systems are more practical, hygienic, and fast to operate since they do not require immersion liquid. However, the dielectric contrast between air part of body under examination is larger, causing larger refraction effects. Including in image reconstruction algorithm significantly increases computational effort, especially when nonuniform shapes. Hence, our systemati...

In this work, the optical and thermal properties of tissuelike materials are measured by using frequency-domain infrared photothermal radiometry. This technique is better suited for quantitative multiparameter optical measurements than the widely used pulsed-laser photothermal radiometry (PPTR) because of the availability of two independent signal channels, amplitude and phase, and the superior...

In individual choices between alternatives x and y, the availability of a third alternative z, judged inferior to x but not to y, tends to increase preferences for x. Two experiments investigated corresponding strategic asymmetric dominance effects in games. In Experiment 1, 72 players chose strategies in six symmetric 3 · 3 games, each having one strategy dominating just one other, or in reduc...

Background SMART1Map is a new single-point technique for cardiac T1 mapping [1]. Unlike Look-Locker approaches, such as MOLLI, which yield an “apparent” T1 (T1*), SMART1Map directly measures true T1. Because T1* is a function of imaging parameters, it is always shorter than T1, and correction methods are required to obtain the true T1. This work compared the accuracy of SMART1Map with MOLLI in ...

Applying the parametrization of dark energy density, we can construct directly independent-model potentials. In Born-Infeld type phantom dark energy model, we consider four special parametrization equation of state parameter. The evolutive behavior of dark energy density with respect to red-shift z, potentials with respect to φ and z are shown mathematically. Moreover, we investigate the effect...

The use of a PHANToM without visual guidance, as by blind people, means a heavier load on haptics. The aim of the paper was to compare accuracy and speed in identifying small virtual 3D objects explored with the PHANToM and analogous real objects explored naturally. The results for virtual objects were far from the results for real objects, which indicates that there is a large potential for im...