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An ablation planning system, comprising: a user interface configured to permit selection of inputs for planning an ablation procedure using multiple ablation probes, the user interface further configured to incorporate selection of the multiple ablation probes, a location of one or more skin entry points for each of the multiple ablation probes, and one or more combinations of ablation powers, durations or parameters applicable to selected probes in the inputs to size the ablation volumes, the user interface including a display for rendering internal images of a patient, the display permitting visualizations of the ablation volumes for the location of the one or more skin entry points on the internal images; a database configured to store information related to the multiple ablation probes such that the information is retrievable by the user interface to select the ablation probe or set of probes to be employed in the inputs, wherein the multiple ablation probes are microwave ablation probes and the information includes power and time data for a plurality of ablation shapes; and an optimization engine coupled to the user interface to receive the inputs and configured to output an optimized therapy plan which includes spatial ablation locations and temporal information for ablation so that collateral damage is reduced, coverage area is maximized and critical structures are avoided in a planned target volume. a user interface configured to permit selection of inputs for planning an ablation procedure using multiple ablation probes, the user interface further configured to incorporate selection of the multiple ablation probes, a location of one or more skin entry points for each of the multiple ablation probes, and one or more combinations of ablation powers, durations or parameters applicable to selected probes in the inputs to size the ablation volumes, the user interface including a display for rendering internal images of a patient, the display permitting visualizations of the ablation volumes for the location of the one or more skin entry points on the internal images; a database configured to store information related to the multiple ablation probes such that the information is retrievable by the user interface to select the ablation probe or set of probes to be employed in the inputs, wherein the multiple ablation probes are microwave ablation probes and the information includes power and time data for a plurality of ablation shapes; and an optimization engine coupled to the user interface to receive the inputs and configured to output an optimized therapy plan which includes spatial ablation locations and temporal information for ablation so that collateral damage is reduced, coverage area is maximized and critical structures are avoided in a planned target volume.
An aerosol generating device comprising: a reservoir for containing vaporisable material, and a target configured to form an aerosol from the vaporisable material when the target is hit with a laser light, wherein the reservoir and the target are at least partially formed as respective hollow cylinders, whereby the reservoir at least partially surrounds the target, wherein the target is configured to receive, within the target, a light guide for guiding the laser light towards the target, and characterised in that the target comprises a first region and a second region, the first region having a lower density than the second region, whereby liquid is drawn from the first region to the second region via capillary action. a reservoir for containing vaporisable material, and a target configured to form an aerosol from the vaporisable material when the target is hit with a laser light, wherein the reservoir and the target are at least partially formed as respective hollow cylinders, whereby the reservoir at least partially surrounds the target, wherein the target is configured to receive, within the target, a light guide for guiding the laser light towards the target, and characterised in that the target comprises a first region and a second region, the first region having a lower density than the second region, whereby liquid is drawn from the first region to the second region via capillary action.
A method of forming a multi-colored image (299, 399) on a substrate (110, 210, 310, 510) that includes a thermochromic material (120, 220, 320, 520) capable of producing at least two different colors, the method comprising: heating individually selected pixels (120, 121; 371, 372, 373; 571, 572, 574) of the thermochromic material that correspond to the image to predetermined temperatures, each predetermined temperature corresponding to a predetermined color shift of the thermochromic material; and while heating the individually selected pixels, flooding an area that includes the individually selected pixels with an amount of UV radiation sufficient to at least partially polymerize the thermochromic material, wherein a color of each individually selected pixel is determined by a predetermined temperature to which the pixel is heated and the amount of UV radiation to which the pixel is exposed. heating individually selected pixels (120, 121; 371, 372, 373; 571, 572, 574) of the thermochromic material that correspond to the image to predetermined temperatures, each predetermined temperature corresponding to a predetermined color shift of the thermochromic material; and while heating the individually selected pixels, flooding an area that includes the individually selected pixels with an amount of UV radiation sufficient to at least partially polymerize the thermochromic material, wherein a color of each individually selected pixel is determined by a predetermined temperature to which the pixel is heated and the amount of UV radiation to which the pixel is exposed.
A method of wireless communication, the method comprising receiving, at a first device, a reference channel and a target channel, the reference channel including a set of reference samples, and the target channel including a set of target samples; determining, at the first device, a variation between a first mismatch value and a second mismatch value, the first mismatch value indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a first reference sample of the set of reference samples and a first target sample of the set of target samples, the second mismatch value indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a second reference sample of the set of reference samples and a second target sample of the set of target samples; interpolating, at the first device, a portion of the set of target samples based on the variation to generate a set of estimated samples; replacing, at the first device, the portion of the set of target samples with the set of estimated samples to generate an adjusted set of target samples; generating, at the first device, at least one encoded channel based on the set of reference samples and the adjusted set of target samples; and transmitting the at least one encoded channel from the first device to a second device.
A method of recovering wood fibres from engineered wood material, comprising the steps of: mixing shredded engineered wood material with water to form a slurry; and passing an electric current through the slurry to heat the shredded wood material and thereby weaken the bonding between wood fibres in the wood material. mixing shredded engineered wood material with water to form a slurry; and passing an electric current through the slurry to heat the shredded wood material and thereby weaken the bonding between wood fibres in the wood material.
A detector, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel configured to count numbers of X-ray photons incident thereon whose energy falls in a plurality of bins (153A, 153B, 153C), within a period of time; an X-ray absorption layer; wherein the X-ray absorption layer comprises an electrical contact within each of the pixels, and a focusing electrode surrounding the electrical contact and configured to direct to the electrical contact charge carriers generated by an X-ray photon incident within confines of the focusing electrodes; and wherein the detector is configured to add the numbers of X-ray photons for the bins of the same energy range counted by all the pixels, wherein the electrical contacts are at a first surface of the X-ray absorption layer; and characterized in that the focusing electrode extends between the first surface and a second surface of the X-ray absorption layer opposite the first surface. a plurality of pixels, each pixel configured to count numbers of X-ray photons incident thereon whose energy falls in a plurality of bins (153A, 153B, 153C), within a period of time; an X-ray absorption layer; wherein the X-ray absorption layer comprises an electrical contact within each of the pixels, and a focusing electrode surrounding the electrical contact and configured to direct to the electrical contact charge carriers generated by an X-ray photon incident within confines of the focusing electrodes; and wherein the detector is configured to add the numbers of X-ray photons for the bins of the same energy range counted by all the pixels, wherein the electrical contacts are at a first surface of the X-ray absorption layer; and characterized in that the focusing electrode extends between the first surface and a second surface of the X-ray absorption layer opposite the first surface.
A method for providing a filtered fingerprint pattern signal indicative of fingerprint pattern of a user's finger with a fingerprint sensing device comprising an array of sensing elements for sensing the fingerprint pattern, each sensing element is configured to provide a sensing signal indicative of a local fingerprint pattern feature, wherein the method comprises: - receiving analog sensing signals (X1, X2, X3, X4) from each of a set of sensing elements (302, 303, 304, 305) comprising at least four sensing elements from adjacent rows or columns, - computing a Hadamard transform of each set of sensing signals for filtering the set of sensing signals for common mode noise suppression, and to provide a set of filtered output signals (y 2, y 3, y 4), each of the filtered output signals comprises a linear combination of the set of sensing signals in which each sensing signal has a respective coefficient, wherein the coefficients in each linear combination sum up to zero, and wherein the linear combinations are different from each other, wherein the set of filtered output signals is obtained by discarding a sum output from the Hadamard transform, the single sum output that is discarded comprising a sum of the set of sensing signals resulting from a sum operator corresponding to Hadamard matrix elements of the same sign, and - converting, using an analogue-to-digital converter, the set of filtered output signals to a set of filtered digital sensing signals indicative of the user's fingerprint pattern. - receiving analog sensing signals (X1, X2, X3, X4) from each of a set of sensing elements (302, 303, 304, 305) comprising at least four sensing elements from adjacent rows or columns, - computing a Hadamard transform of each set of sensing signals for filtering the set of sensing signals for common mode noise suppression, and to provide a set of filtered output signals (y 2, y 3, y 4), each of the filtered output signals comprises a linear combination of the set of sensing signals in which each sensing signal has a respective coefficient, wherein the coefficients in each linear combination sum up to zero, and wherein the linear combinations are different from each other, wherein the set of filtered output signals is obtained by discarding a sum output from the Hadamard transform, the single sum output that is discarded comprising a sum of the set of sensing signals resulting from a sum operator corresponding to Hadamard matrix elements of the same sign, and - converting, using an analogue-to-digital converter, the set of filtered output signals to a set of filtered digital sensing signals indicative of the user's fingerprint pattern.
A speech processing apparatus comprising: a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions adapted to: determine an unvoicing parameter reflecting a characteristic of unvoiced speech in a current frame of a speech signal comprising a plurality of frames, determine a smoothed unvoicing parameter to include information of the unvoicing parameter in a frame prior to the current frame of the speech signal, compute a difference between the unvoicing parameter and the smoothed unvoicing parameter, and determine whether the current frame comprises unvoiced speech or voiced speech using the computed difference as a decision parameter; wherein the unvoicing parameter is a combined parameter reflecting a product of a periodicity parameter and a spectral tilt parameter. a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions adapted to: determine an unvoicing parameter reflecting a characteristic of unvoiced speech in a current frame of a speech signal comprising a plurality of frames, determine a smoothed unvoicing parameter to include information of the unvoicing parameter in a frame prior to the current frame of the speech signal, compute a difference between the unvoicing parameter and the smoothed unvoicing parameter, and determine whether the current frame comprises unvoiced speech or voiced speech using the computed difference as a decision parameter; determine an unvoicing parameter reflecting a characteristic of unvoiced speech in a current frame of a speech signal comprising a plurality of frames, determine a smoothed unvoicing parameter to include information of the unvoicing parameter in a frame prior to the current frame of the speech signal, compute a difference between the unvoicing parameter and the smoothed unvoicing parameter, and determine whether the current frame comprises unvoiced speech or voiced speech using the computed difference as a decision parameter;
Storage container for low-temperature storage of laboratory objects, comprising - a housing, - an inner space, - an insulation arranged around the inner space, - a ceiling region which closes off the inner space at the top, - an opening in the ceiling region which provides access to the inner space from the outside, - a rotating carousel arranged in the inner space with storage places for the laboratory objects, - an upper pivot bearing which is located above the carousel and on which the carousel is rotatably suspended, characterized in that the storage container comprises a plurality of storage cassettes, each storage cassette forming a plurality of storage locations one above the other, wherein each storage cassette is removable from the storage container through the opening and wherein the carousel comprises a bottom element, on which the bearing cassettes rest and the carousel has at least one guide element spaced apart from the bottom element, which guide element horizontally secures the storage cassettes resting on the bottom element, but permits vertical movement of the storage cassettes. - a housing, - an inner space, - an insulation arranged around the inner space, - a ceiling region which closes off the inner space at the top, - an opening in the ceiling region which provides access to the inner space from the outside, - a rotating carousel arranged in the inner space with storage places for the laboratory objects, - an upper pivot bearing which is located above the carousel and on which the carousel is rotatably suspended,
Fuel cell comprising a stack comprising a plurality of cells aligned along a stack axis and a plurality of fluid flow shafts in the stack, two end plates placed at the ends of the stack along the stack axis, and a plurality of traction members connecting the end plates to each other in order to compress the stack, fuel cell characterized in that at least one end plate comprises: • a main device comprising a main body comprising at least one access opening aligned with a flow shaft and at least one main traction member configured to apply a main compression to the main body so as to urge the main body against the stack at the flow shaft of the stack and • an auxiliary device comprising an auxiliary body and at least one auxiliary traction member configured to apply an auxiliary compression to the auxiliary body so as to urge the auxiliary body against the stack, the auxiliary compression being applied at a distance from the flow shaft of the stack, the main device being mounted removably with respect to the auxiliary device, the main device being configured to be removed when the auxiliary traction member applies an auxiliary compression to the auxiliary body. • a main device comprising a main body comprising at least one access opening aligned with a flow shaft and at least one main traction member configured to apply a main compression to the main body so as to urge the main body against the stack at the flow shaft of the stack and • an auxiliary device comprising an auxiliary body and at least one auxiliary traction member configured to apply an auxiliary compression to the auxiliary body so as to urge the auxiliary body against the stack, the auxiliary compression being applied at a distance from the flow shaft of the stack, the main device being mounted removably with respect to the auxiliary device, the main device being configured to be removed when the auxiliary traction member applies an auxiliary compression to the auxiliary body.
A method of fabricating a composite structure, said method comprising: providing a composite preform having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface, said upper and lower surfaces (14, 15) each defining a preform major surface; locating a heat sink in proximity to one of said preform major surfaces so as to extend across only a portion of said composite preform; curing a resin in said composite preform to form the composite structure, said resin curing exothermically; and during curing of said resin, conducting heat away from said portion of said composite preform into said heat sink, wherein the method further comprises: locating said lower surface of said composite preform on an upper tool surface of a tool; placing a first vacuum bagging film over said composite preform and sealing said first vacuum bagging film relative to said upper tool surface to define a sealed first cavity between said first vacuum bagging film and said upper tool surface, said composite preform being located in said first cavity; and applying at least partial vacuum pressure to said first cavity during curing of said resin; and wherein said heat sink is located above said first vacuum bagging film in proximity to said upper surface of said composite preform. providing a composite preform having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface, said upper and lower surfaces (14, 15) each defining a preform major surface; locating a heat sink in proximity to one of said preform major surfaces so as to extend across only a portion of said composite preform; curing a resin in said composite preform to form the composite structure, said resin curing exothermically; and during curing of said resin, conducting heat away from said portion of said composite preform into said heat sink, locating said lower surface of said composite preform on an upper tool surface of a tool; placing a first vacuum bagging film over said composite preform and sealing said first vacuum bagging film relative to said upper tool surface to define a sealed first cavity between said first vacuum bagging film and said upper tool surface, said composite preform being located in said first cavity; and applying at least partial vacuum pressure to said first cavity during curing of said resin;
A method comprising: receiving, at a service responsible for sending signaling to a user equipment or an access network serving the user equipment, a request to send the signaling to the user equipment or to the access network together with access type control information indicating whether the signaling is transmittable using any of a plurality of access types or a specific access type provided in the request; and selectively forwarding from the service the signaling to the user equipment or the access network based on the access type control information, wherein the selectively forwarding is characterised by: rejecting by the service the request when it is not possible to send the signaling via the specific access type provided in the request; wherein the service detects that it is not possible to send the signaling via the specific access type provided in the request when the service detects at least one of following: the user equipment is not in a connected state via the specific access type and either the user equipment cannot be paged via the specific access type or the user equipment does not answer to paging over the specific access type, or the user equipment is in the connected state via the specific access type and the access network indicates a failure of access network paging. receiving, at a service responsible for sending signaling to a user equipment or an access network serving the user equipment, a request to send the signaling to the user equipment or to the access network together with access type control information indicating whether the signaling is transmittable using any of a plurality of access types or a specific access type provided in the request; and selectively forwarding from the service the signaling to the user equipment or the access network based on the access type control information, wherein the selectively forwarding is characterised by: rejecting by the service the request when it is not possible to send the signaling via the specific access type provided in the request; wherein the service detects that it is not possible to send the signaling via the specific access type provided in the request when the service detects at least one of following: the user equipment is not in a connected state via the specific access type and either the user equipment cannot be paged via the specific access type or the user equipment does not answer to paging over the specific access type, or the user equipment is in the connected state via the specific access type and the access network indicates a failure of access network paging. the user equipment is not in a connected state via the specific access type and either the user equipment cannot be paged via the specific access type or the user equipment does not answer to paging over the specific access type, or the user equipment is in the connected state via the specific access type and the access network indicates a failure of access network paging.