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Principles of Neural Science

Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery

This document provides updates to IEEE Std 802.16's MIB for the MAC, PHY and asso- ciated management procedures in order to accommodate recent extensions to the standard.

IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems Draft Amendment: Management Information Base Extensions

The objective of this study was to develop anatomically correct whole body human models of an adult male (34 years old), an adult female (26 years old) and two children (an 11-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy) for the optimized evaluation of electromagnetic exposure. These four models are referred to as the Virtual Family. They are based on high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images of healthy volunteers. More than 80 different tissue types were distinguished during the segmentation. To improve the accuracy and the effectiveness of the segmentation, a novel semi-automated tool was used to analyze and segment the data. All tissues and organs were reconstructed as three-dimensional (3D) unstructured triangulated surface objects, yielding high precision images of individual features of the body. This greatly enhances the meshing flexibility and the accuracy with respect to thin tissue layers and small organs in comparison with the traditional voxel-based representation of anatomical models. Conformal computational techniques were also applied. The techniques and tools developed in this study can be used to more effectively develop future models and further improve the accuracy of the models for various applications. For research purposes, the four models are provided for free to the scientific community.

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The Virtual Family—development of surface-based anatomical models of two adults and two children for dosimetric simulations

Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility

An Estimation of Electric Far-Field Strength Radiated from Printed Circuit Boards by A FDTD Calculation of the Common-mode Current on the Trace Pattern

This paper aims to perform a comparison study of two approaches, two-step hybrid method and S-parameter measurement method, for determining the whole-body average-specific absorption rate (WBA-SAR) for rats in a reverberation chamber (RC). The two-step hybrid method incorporates finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical solutions with electric field measurements in a RC-type exposure system; S-parameter measurement method is a totally experimental evaluation method to estimate the WBA-SAR in an RC. We first compare the WBA-SAR results derived in two rat-equivalent phantoms, then investigate the influence of measurement error on the relative error of WBA-SAR to clarify the validity and accuracy of these two approaches.

Two approaches for determining the whole-body average SAR in a reverberation chamber

Electromagnetic disturbances in vehicle-mounted FM radios are mainly caused by conducted noise currents flowing through wiring-harnesses from printed circuit boards (PCBs). To suppress these kinds of noise currents, we previously investigated the FM-band cross-talks between two parallel signal traces on two-layer PCBs with slit ground patterns, and showed that the cross-talks cannot always be reduced by widening the width of the divided ground patterns from finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations and measurements. In this paper, to examine geometrical configuration effects in reducing the FM-band cross-talks, we further performed the FDTD simulations for new-type PCBs on which two signal traces were kept in the centre of their corresponding ground patterns. The result showed that the wider the ground slit width is, the smaller the cross-talks become. To explain the difference between the above findings, we calculated the mutual inductances ‘M’ between the two signal trace circuits for the previous and new-type PCBs, which largely affect the cross-talks, and found that both Ms have the same dependence of the ground slit width as the cross-talks.

Reduction effects of geometrical configuration on FM-band cross-talks between two parallel signal traces on vehicle-mounted printed circuit boards

Nuclear fusion research requires the production of high-temperature plasma. One of the plasma heating methods is the use of radio frequency (RF) waves. The RF wave heating system uses a high-power amplifier, which poses a concern about the leakage electromagnetic fields. Therefore, a new wide-area multipoint electromagnetic monitoring system using personal RF monitors has been developed. The developed monitoring system was applied to the megawatt-class amplifiers for the “ion cyclotron range of frequency” (ICRF) heating system in the frequency range of ion cyclotron resonance from 30 to 40 MHz. As a result, the leakage magnetic field was less than the measurement sensitivity during the plasma experiment, in which the leakage electric field was detected with sufficient sensitivity. The leakage electric field becomes larger as the RF forward power increases, and thus the electric field would be radiated through the stub and/or high voltage supply line connected to the anode of tetrode in the ICRF amplifier. The electric field around the ICRF amplifiers did not exceed the reference level of International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). The developed wide-area multipoint monitoring system will be useful for monitoring the leakage RF electromagnetic fields around the ICRF heating system at the future fusion devices.

A New Wide-Area Monitoring System of Electromagnetic Fields Around Megawatt-Class Amplifiers for Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency Heating at a Fusion Test Facility

Jianqing Wang

Papers

An Estimation of Electric Far-Field Strength Radiated from Printed Circuit Boards by A FDTD Calculation of the Common-mode Current on the Trace Pattern

Two approaches for determining the whole-body average SAR in a reverberation chamber

Reduction effects of geometrical configuration on FM-band cross-talks between two parallel signal traces on vehicle-mounted printed circuit boards

A New Wide-Area Monitoring System of Electromagnetic Fields Around Megawatt-Class Amplifiers for Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency Heating at a Fusion Test Facility

Dosimetry Analysis of Pregnant and New-Born Rats in a 2-GHz Unrestrained Whole-Body Exposure Setup