The Impact of Small Field’s Off-Set on Output Factor in Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment

In intensity modulated radiation treatment (IMRT) planning, the use of asymmetrically collimated fields that are placed on central axis or its off-set is mostly required. Output is the main topic discussed today for extremely small and/or severe irregularly shaped fields. The air scatter data are involved directly or indirectly in obtaining the output. Despite the fact that extensive data have been published in many studies to provide a guide on the magnitude of output factor for clinical accelerators, there are very few data reviewed about output factor in-air or phantom for off-set fields. This study was aimed to investigate the impact of these conditions for small fields. This study was conducted in Elekta Synergy linear accelerator which produces 6 MV X-ray energy. The in-air output factor (Sc) has been measured by CC04 ion chamber with brass-alloy “build-up” cap and Dose-1 electrometer, and the total output (Scp) measurements were carried on at dose maximum depth in phantom by the same chamber and Thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) for 1 - 10 cm2 fields. The all measurements at center of isocenter and off-set fields at three directions (X2, Y1, Diagonal) were done. By decreasing field size from 10 to 2 cm2 at isocenter, the Sc value using CC04 was decreased to 5.4% and Scp using CC04 and TLD to 14.5% and 11% respectively. By increasing off-set value, the Sc and Scp values were increased in all directions comparing to central fields. The maximum increase was obtained in Y1 direction for Sc and Scp. TLD results for Scp is slightly higher than CC04. The dosimetric properties of small fields and their off-set should be evaluated and modelled appropriately in the treatment planning system to ensure accurate dose calculation in Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment.

Simultaneous detection of CH_(4)and CO_(2)through dual modulation off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy

This study established a novel method for the simultaneous detection of two-component gases.Radio frequency(RF)white noise disturbance laser current and wavelength modulation were simultaneously used to improve the off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy technique,and a high-precision dual modulation OA-ICOS(RF-WM-OA-ICOS)system was established.The two laser beams were coupled into one laser beam that was applied incident to the cavity of RF-WM-OA-ICOS system.The second harmonic signals of CH_(4)and CO_(2)gas simultaneously appeared in the rising or falling edge of a triangular wave.This method was used to measure CH_(4)and CO_(2)with different concentrations.The results indicated that the proposed system has high stability and can accurately and simultaneously measure the concentrations of CH_(4)and CO_(2),with an optimal integration time of 220 s.The minimum detection limit was 10 ppb for CH_(4)and 1.5 ppm for CO_(2).The corresponding noise equivalent absorption sensitivity values were calculated as 2.67×10^(-13)cm^(-1)·Hz^(-1/2)and 5.18×10^(-11)cm^(-1)·Hz^(-1/2),respectively.The proposed dual-component gas simultaneous detection method can also be used for high-precision simultaneous detection of other gases.Therefore,this study may serve as a reference for developing portable multicomponent gas analyzers.

Influence of Structure Parameters on Performance of the Thermoelectric Module

A numerical model of thermoelectric module （TEM） is created by academic analysis,and the impacts of the resistance ratio and thermoelement size on the output power and thermoelectric efficiency of the TEM are analyzed by the MATLAB numerical calculation.The numerical model is validated by the ANSYS thermal,electrical,and structural coupling simulation.The effects of the variable physical property parameters and contact effect on the output power and thermoelectric efficiency are evaluated,and the concept of aspect ratio optimal domain is proposed,which provides a new design approach for the TEM.

Biomarkers of Aging: Changes in Circadian Rhythms Related to the Modulation of Metabolic Output

Twenty-four hour (circadian) rhythmicity is an important component of biological variability associated with studies relating to biomarkers of aging. Chronobiological testing techniques must be utilized because (1) many variables that are related to the modulation of metabolic output vary dramatically at different times of the day; (2) various experimental variable and treatment groups must be synchronized with environmental cues that control circadian rhythms; and (3) multiple circadian variables may interact together to modulate the rate of aging. The rhythm for physiological factors such as whole animal metabolic output, body temperature, heart rate, urine flow, potassium, etc. were found to be dissociated or altered by the senescence process; behavioral variables such as spontaneous activity, wheel running, feeding and drinking, verbal performance, as well as sleep-wakefulness rhythms, seem to be accurate predictors of biological age. Circadian rhythms for a variety of enzymes of intermediary metabolism which are directly associated with energy metabolism have been well documented. These well-defined rhythms of enzyme activity have also been shown to degenerate with aging. Rhythms tend to lose amplitude as activity falls with age and as a general loss of regulation (especially time of day where maximal activity might be found) of activity across the 24-h span occurs. As with behavioral variables, changes in enzyme rhythms appear to accurately predict aging. Generally speaking, the loss of temporal organization with age, characterized by decreased circadian amplitude, loose internal synchronization, and poor response to external environmental time queues, is associated with poor health states and decreased longevity. Temporal rhythms for whole animal parameters are highly correlated with molecular events, such as regulation of cellular metabolism. DNA repair, and gene expression. Automated data acquisition and process control systems will be required for future Chronobiological studies to develop biomarkers of aging.

High-temperature characteristics of SiC module and 100 kW SiC AC–DC converter at a junction temperature of 180 ℃

High-temperature,high-power converters have gained importance in industrial applications given their ability to operate in adverse environments,such as in petroleum exploration,multi-electric aircrafts,and electric vehicles.SiC metaloxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor(MOSFET),a new,wide bandgap,high-temperature device,is the key component of these converters.In this study,the static and dynamic characteristics of the SiC MOSFET,half-bridge module,are investigated at the junction temperature of 180℃.A simplified experimental method is then proposed pertaining to the power operation of the SiC module at 180℃.This method is based on the use of a thermal resistance test platform and is proven convenient for the study of heat dissipation characteristics.The high-temperature characteristics of the module are verified based on the conducted experiments.Accordingly,a 100 kW high-temperature converter is built,and the test results show that the SiC converter can operate at a junction temperature of 180℃in a stable manner in compliance with the requirements of high-temperature,high-power applications.

Spectral Calculation of the Output Voltage of an Inverter with Bipolar Pulse Width Modulation

Converters with pulse width modulation are used for connections between the direct current （DC） and alternating current （AC） networks, e.g., in uninterrupted power supply systems, AC electromotor drives, for powering induction furnaces, in audio technique. Spectrum of signals sampled by pulse amplitude modulation and output voltage spectrum of the converter with pulse width modulation have similar properties. Spectrum of signals sampled by pulse amplitude modulation contains a harmonic of frequency equal to the frequency of the modulating signal and the harmonics of frequencies equal to the sum of frequency of the modulating signal and multiples of the sampling frequency. The output voltage spectrum of the converter with bipolar pulse width modulation contains harmonic of frequency equal to the frequency of the modulating signal and harmonics of frequencies equal to sum of the frequency of the modulating signal and multiples of the frequency of the carrier signal. It also contains harmonics of frequencies equal to the sum of the multiples of the frequency of the modulating signal and the multiples of the carrier signal. The comparison analysis was carried out for the harmonics of the output voltage of the converter with bipolar pulse width modulation in time domain. The dependency of the amplitudes and frequency spectrum on the wave forms of the carrier signal and modulating signal was shown. Similarity of the output voltage spectrum of the converter and signal spectrum sampled by the pulse width modulation was also shown. Key words： Output voltage converter with bipolar pulse width modulation, spectral analysis, Fourier series, carrier signal, reference signal.

Adaptive modulation in MIMO optical wireless communication systems

In the intensity modulation and direct detection （IM/DD） multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） optical wireless communication systems, a direct-current-biased adaptive modulation scheme is proposed to guarantee the nonnegative property of transmitted signals, and the MIMO channel is converted to a parallel channel by using a singular value decomposition. Besides, a QR decomposition and successive interference cancellation based adaptive modulation scheme is proposed, and the MIMO channel can be simplified to a parallel channel under the bit error ratio （BER） target constraint. The power is optimally allocated to each sub-channel to maximize the data rate. Simulation results show that the proposed adaptive modulation schemes can effectively improve the transmission rate of the systems under the BER target and constant optical power constraints. The proposed adaptive modulation schemes make use of the multiplexing gain of the MIMO techniques, and can further improve the spectrum efficiency of optical wireless systems.

Hardware Implementation and Simulations of Joint Coding and Modulation Diversity MIMO-OFDM Scheme

This paper presents an efficient Joint Coding and Modulation Diversity ( JCMD ) scheme. The proposed scheme applied modulation diversity technique to MIMO-OFDM system which can effectively use time, frequency and space diversity combined with channel coding. In fading channel,the proposed scheme not only achieves high spectral efficiency,but also greatly enhances the reliability of wireless transmission. The self- developed hardware prototype system proves that the proposed scheme can be realized and has high reliability. Compared with traditional MIMO-OFDM scheme based on bit-interleaved coded modulation ( BICM) ,software and hardware simulation results show that the proposed scheme with the optimal rotational angle can obtain a significant performance advantage both for precoded and non-precoded system in the condition of non-perfect channel knowledge and non-ideal synchronization.

SERIALLY CONCATENATED CONTINUOUS PHASE MODULATION WITH REDUCED ITERATIVE DEMODULATION AND DETECTION

A reduced state Soft Input Soft Output (SISO) a posteriori probability algorithm for Seri-ally Concatenated Continuous Phase Modulation (SCCPM) is proposed in this paper. Based on the Reduced State Sequence Detection (RSSD),it has more general form compared with other reduced state SISO algorithms. The proposed algorithm can greatly reduce the state number,thus leads to the computation complexity reduction. It also minimizes the degradation in Euclidean distance with decision feedback in the reduced state trellis. Analysis and simulation results show that the perform-ance degradation is little with proper reduction scheme.

Measurement and Analysis of PDDs Profile and Output Factors for Small Field Sizes by cc13 and Micro-Chamber cc01

Small radiation fields are abundantly used in modern radiotherapy techniques like in IMRT and SRS. In order to commission these techniques, dosimetric data for small fields is required. The purpose of this study is to compare dosimetric measurements with two different ion chambers cc13, and cc01 for smaller fields. Dosimetric measurements are beam profile, output factor, pdds, and collimator factor. Dosimetric data is acquired in water phantom for two different photon beam energies 6 MV and 15 MV with zero gantry angle. In beam profiles cc13 chamber, measure wider penumbra as compare to cc01. And this wider measurement of penumbra occurs for smaller as well as for larger field sizes. Accumulated relative error in the measurement of penumbra for number of field sizes and 6 MV at dmax, and at 10 cm depth are 34.32% and 27.72% respectively. Accumulated relative error in the measurement of penumbra for number of field sizes and 15 MV at dmax, and at 10 cm depth are 28.49% and 23.92%. In case of output factor for smaller fields cc13 underestimates the output factor relative to cc01, with non-linear increase for smaller fields. But for larger fields, this increase in output factor is almost linear difference of two chambers is decreased. For very smaller fields × 2 cm, relative error in output factor of cc13 and cc01 is greater than 5% and rapidly increases with decreasing field size. But for lager fields, this relative error is negligible. In measurement of pdds after the buildup region difference occurs in the response of two chambers cc13 and cc01 for smaller fields. For field sizes ≤2 cm × 2 cm average cc13-cc01 at various depths 30 cm, 40 cm, 50 cm, 60 cm, 70 cm, and 80 cm is almost greater than 0.5 cm. And similarly as output factor, this difference (cc13-cc01) increases with field size decreasing.

Modulation recognition of MIMO radar signal based on joint HOS and SNR algorithm

This paper presents a joint high order statistics （HOS） and signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） algorithm for the recognition of multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） radar signal without a priori knowledge of the signal parameters. This method is capable of recognizing the MIMO radar signal as well as discriminating it from single-carrier signal adopted by conventional radar. Meanwhile, the sub-carrier number of the none-coding MIMO radar signal is estimated. Extensive simulations are carried out in different operating conditions. Simulation results prove the feasibility and indicate that the recognition probability could reach over 90% when the value of SNR is above 0 dB.

Modeling and Analysis of Pulse Skip Modulation

The state space average model and the large signal models of Pulse Skip Modulation （PSM） mode are given in this paper. Farther more, based on these models and simulations of PSM converter circuits, the analysis of the characteristics of PSM converter is described in this paper, of which include efficiency, frequency spectrum analysis, output voltage ripple, response speed and interference rejection capability. Compared with PWM control mode, PSM converter has high efficiency, especially with fight loads, quick response, good interference rejection and good EMC characteristic. Improved PSM slightly, it could be a kind of good independent regulating mode during the whole operating process for a DC-DC converter. Finally, some experimental results are also presented in this paper.

QSM-IDM -A novel quadrature spatial modulation based on interleaving division multiplexing for multiple antenna system

Quadrature Spatial Modulation (QSM) is a high spectral efficiency Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technique used to improve the spectral efficiency of wireless communication systems. The main concept of QSM is to extend the spatial constellation of the conventional Spatial Modulation (SM) in both the in-phase and quadrature components of the data symbol. In this paper, because QSM-based on Interleaxdng Division Multiplexing (IDM) has not been introduced in the literature as a multiple antenna system, we introduced a novel scheme, called QSM system based on Interleaving Division Multiplexing (QSM-IDM). The antenna sets are also applied to a spreader, before being used to assign an antenna number for information transmission. Analysis and simulations for a flat fading channel show that the proposed QSM-IDM method significantly outperforms the original QSM system with the same data rate, while maintaining a relatively acceptable complexity. The obtained simulation results show that the conducted analysis yields significant improvements for the accuracy of the proposed scheme, with satisfactory complexity.

Evaluation Method of Output Waveform Quality for Neutral⁃Point⁃ Clamped Three⁃Level Converter

An analytical evaluation method for output waveform quality of space vector pulse width modulation(PWM)strategies applied in neutral⁃point⁃clamped three⁃level converter(3L⁃NPC)is proposed in this paper.Low frequency error caused by neutral point voltage ripple and high frequency error introduced by space vector synthesis were both taken into account,and the unified error model of output current ripple was established.By taking continuous and discontinuous modulation strategies as examples,the unified error model was validated through Fourier analysis of the experimental results.The proposed evaluation method will be helpful for the switching sequence optimization and the modulation strategy selection.

An Improved Design of a Fully Automated Multiple Output Micropotentiometer

This paper describes in details a new design of a fully automated multiple output micropotentiometer (?pot). A prototype has been built at the National Institute for Standards (NIS), Egypt to establish this highly improved AC voltage source in the millivolt range. The new device offers three different outputs covering a wide frequency range from only one outlet. This valuably supports the precise sourcing ranges of low AC voltage at NIS. The design and the operation theory of this prototype have been discussed in details. An automatic calibration technique has been introduced through specially designed software using the LabVIEW program to enhance the calibration technique and to reduce the uncertainty contributions. Relative small AC-DC differences of our prototype in the three output ranges are fairly verified. The expanded uncertainties of the calibration results for the three output ranges have been faithfully estimated. However, further work is needed to achieve the optimum performance of this new device.

低复杂度水声多输入多输出正交时频空调制通信方法研究

在多输入多输出正交时频空调制(MIMO-OTFS)水声通信系统中,基于消息传递(MP)算法的MIMO-OTFS通信的计算复杂度较高,在实际应用中会增加设备成本。针对上述问题,该文提出一种基于2维虚拟时间反转镜(VTRM)的MIMO-OTFS均衡算法,该算法利用VTRM的时频空聚焦特性,有效提高了均衡性能,并通过改进的2维比例归一化最小均方(IPNLMS)算法进行信道估计,该算法利用时延-多普勒域信道的稀疏特性以较低的复杂度提高了收敛速度,最后通过2维自适应判决反馈均衡算法消除残余的码间串扰,进一步提高系统性能。仿真结果表明,所提均衡算法具有可行性,且在保证相同性能时,复杂度低于MP算法。

“三调针法”治疗脊髓损伤后神经源性膀胱临床观察

目的:观察“三调针法”治疗脊髓损伤后神经源性膀胱(neurogenic bladder,NB)的临床疗效。方法:选择脊髓损伤后NB患者60例,随机分为对照组和观察组,每组30例。对照组采用间歇无菌导尿、训练辅助排尿等常规治疗,观察组在对照组基础上采用“三调针法”进行治疗,比较两组治疗前后尿流动力学、残余尿量的变化情况及临床疗效。结果:治疗后两组尿流动力学指标均明显改善(P<0.05),观察组较对照组改善明显(P<0.05)。治疗后两组膀胱残余尿量均较治疗减少(P<0.05);观察组较对照减少明显(P<0.05);总有效率观察组[100.00%(30/30)]高于对照组[83.33%(25/30)](P<0.05)。结论:“三调针法”治疗脊髓损伤后NB,可改善尿流动力学,恢复排尿功能,提高临床疗效。

环境因素对光伏组件的温度及输出特性影响研究

为提升光伏发电效率,以本校YL250P-29b型多晶硅太阳电池封装组成的光伏组件串联而成的光伏阵列为研究对象,建立光伏组件温度数值模型。通过对比人工积灰试验数据与模拟结果,验证了该数值模型的合理性。以此模型为基础,模拟分析风速、辐照度、环境温度、积灰密度对光伏组件温度的影响;依据光电转换效率和输出功率的经验公式,探究了上述环境因素对光伏组件输出特性的影响规律。结果表明:光伏组件温度和光电转换效率与风速之间为负相关关系,与辐照度、环境温度、积灰密度之间为正相关关系;光伏组件输出功率与环境温度和积灰密度之间为负相关关系,与风速和辐照度之间为正相关关系。在该文的研究范围内,各环境因素与光伏组件温度和光电转换效率的关联顺序均为:环境温度>辐照度>风速>积灰密度,与输出功率的关联顺序为:辐照度>积灰密度>环境温度>风速;环境温度每升高1℃,光伏组件温度也升高约1℃,光电转换效率和输出功率分别下降约0.06%和0.4%;积灰使光伏组件温度下降,光电转换效率升高,但会极大降低光伏组件的输出功率。

积灰对光伏组件性能影响的试验研究及数值模拟

探究光伏组件表面积灰对其输出特性的影响及污秽颗粒在组件表面的沉积规律,有助于制定清灰方案,提高光电转化效率。以置于华北电力大学风机大厅楼顶的光伏阵列为研究对象,进行人工布灰试验,探究了不同积灰量对组件输出功率、电流和电压的影响;为探究某单一因素对污秽颗粒沉积的影响,利用COMSOL软件建立与光伏组件自然积灰试验条件相同的颗粒沉积数值模型,模拟分析了风速、湿度、颗粒粒径和污秽浓度对光伏组件表面污秽颗粒沉积的影响。试验结果表明:积灰对工作电压影响较小,对输出功率和工作电流影响较大,且当积灰密度为5.07 g/m^(2)时,组件输出功率、电流和电压的变化率分别为8.71%、6.48%和0.40%。模拟结果表明:其他条件相同时,颗粒的沉积量随风速和粒径的增大均先减小后增大,在风速3 m/s和粒径15μm时取得最小值;相同条件下,颗粒沉积量均随湿度和污秽的浓度的增大而增大。

多接收子阵下特征波束的角度空间调制方法

基于波束赋形的波束切换空间调制算法,不仅可以提高频谱效率,还可以利用天线阵列增益提高能量效率。该文利用信道响应构造统计平均的协方差矩阵,构造正交特征向量作为阵列的加权矢量,形成相互独立的多个等效传输信道,利用波束赋形增益和分集增益提高无线通信的传输可靠性和传输能力。进一步采用天线子阵分组方法,克服信道相关性带来的不利影响。性能分析和仿真结果表明,特征波束角度空间调制方案可获得更多的波束组合数目,会明显改善译码性能和频谱效率。