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LABOR SAVING TECHNIQUES ARE ESSENTIAL GIVEN THE CURRENT PRESSURE ON CLINICAL COST CONTAINMENT. SINCE BLOOD CLASSIFICATION AND SCREENING IS A NOTORIOUSLY LABOR INTENSIVE AREA OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY, MANUFACTURERS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON DEVELOPING VARIOUS ABO/RH TYPING TECHNIQUES. FEW OF US RECOGNIZE THE SPECIALIZATION NEEDED IN PERFORMING SUCH TESTS, AND THE MINOR IMPACT THESE TESTS HAVE HAD IN T ...

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THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPABILITY OF PRECISION PROTON RADIOGRAPHY WITH ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS DESIGNED OR USED FOR PROTON RADIATION THERAPY. A PROTON RADIOGRAPH TAKEN IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO RADIATION TREATMENT COULD GIVE INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE ADEQUACY OF THE TREATMENT PLAN, CHECK ALIGNMENT WITH TUMOR SITE, AND CONFIRM READINESS AND CALIBRATION OF THE ENT ...

A NOVEL NON-CONTACT NON-INVASIVE INFRARED (IR) SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR IN-SITU DIAGNOSTICS IN CVD REACTORS. DURING CVD PROCESSES, THE SUBSTRATES WILL BE HEATED. THE IR SENSOR TAKES THE ADVANTAGE OF THE HEATED SUBSTRATE AS THE SOURCES OF IR RADIATION. BY SENSING AND ANALYZING THE IR RADIATION FROM A SUBSTRATE, THE SUBSTRATE SURFACE CAN BE PROBED. MOREOVER, LOW TEMPERATURE SILICON EPITAXY HAS BEEN CH ...

THE UNIVERSE OF AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST REQUIREMENTS FOR A BRIGADE OR LOWER LEVEL DEVICE INTENDED TO PRINT MAP DATA. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO SELECT THE BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR A BRIGADE LEVEL HARD COPY DEVICE AND TO OUTLINE THE PHASE II PROGRAM STEPS NEEDED TO BRING THE PRODUCT TO FRUITION. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE THREE STEPS. IN THE FIRST, WE WILL I ...

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES ARE PROPOSED FOR INVESTIGATION IN A PHASE I EFFORT TO DETERMINE PASSIVE RF SURVEILLANCE AND TARGETING SENSORS AND ASSOCAITED METHODOLOGY FOR PERFORMING RAPID AND ACCURAGE MEASUREMENTS OF RANGE/LOCATION OF THREAT RF EMITTERS. THE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS TO BE OBSERVED ARE SENSOR COMPATIBILITY WITH, AND PORTABILITY OF THE ASSOCIATED RANGE DETERMINATION/PROCESSING EQUIPME ...

WE WILL DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENT BASED UPON HALL EFFECT SENSORS FOR MEASURING THREE DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRESSURE AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN TWO SURFACES. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO MEASURE THE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OF FEET WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A SURFACE. WHILE MANY RESEARCHERS IN BIOMECHANICS ARE INTERESTED IN THIS MEASUREMENT, DIABETICS IN PARTICULAR COULD BENEFIT BY IDENTIFICATION OF THE AREAS OF ...

ADVANCED NMR SYSTEMS, INC. PLANS TO DEVELOP A DEDICATED, LOW-COST MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) BREAST SCANNER WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE KNOWN BENEFITS OF MR OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION, SENSITIVITY TO T1 AND T2 RELAXATION, FLOW AND DIFFUSION CONTRAST AND 3D MULTI-SLICE AND VOLUME IMAGING. RECENT EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN THAT WITH THE USE OF PARAMAGNETIC CONTRAST AGENTS SUCH AS GD-DTPA, DYNAMIC MR CAN DIFFERENTIAT ...

THE RECENTLY COMPLETED TEST PROGRAM BY PENELEC AT THE EPRI/CQDC TEST FACILITY, HOMER CITY, PA, UNDER DOE CONTRACT DE-AC22-88PC88853 HAS AGAIN DEMONSTRATED THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE POTENTIAL OF ASH FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FINE COAL CLEANING. THIS TEST PROGRAM CONFIRMED THE ASH EFFECTIVENESS WITH THE SEPARATION EFFICIENCIES EQUIVALENT TOTHOSE ACHIEVED BY ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL FLOTATION, BUT AT A S ...

A SYSTEM DESIGN IS PROPOSED FOR A LOW COST MAN-PORTABLE SATELLITE DIRECT DOWNLINK TERMINAL TO RECEIVE DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS FROM TIROS-N, GOES, METEOSAT AND DMSP WEATHER SATELLITES. KEY AREAS OF ENABLING TECHNOLOGY ARE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED. IN PHASE I, ASDC WILL DEVELOP AND BREADBOARD SUFFICIENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO DEMONSTRATE A WORKING PROOF OF CONCEPT SYSTEM. SPECIFICATIONS AND HARDWARE ...