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THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF A PROTON THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT WILL LEAD TO A SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCEMENT OVER EXISTING METHODSOF CANCER TREATMENT WITH PROTONS. DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPONENTS WILL INCLUDE RASTER SCANNING MAGNETS, SMALL APERTURE BENDING MAGNETS, GANTRY SYSTEMS, AND PERMANENT MAGNET TRANSPORT SYSTEMS OF WIDE MOMENTUM ACCEPTANCE. SUCH EQ ...

THE ARS-9 PRIMARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR HAS A DIGITAL OUTPUT INSTEAD OF THE ANALOG OUTPUT OF IT'S PREDECESSORS. THE COMPUTER AND DISPLAYS EQUIPMENT FOR NAVAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMPUTER NEEDS DIFFERENT DATA THAN THE ASR-9, NOW SUPPLIES. AN INTERFACE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL TAKE THE OUTPUT OF THE ASR-9 EITHER FROM MODEM OR FIBER OPTICK LINK OR MICROWAVE LINK OR ON-SITE ATTACHMENT AND CONVERT FOR T ...

THIS PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING AIRCRAFT DURING GROUND OPERATIONS. WE WILL APPLY THE USE OFNEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHEDULING AND TRACKING AIRCRAFT. THIS ROBUST AND MASSIVELY PARALLEL AUTOMATION TECHNIQUE HAS POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR GROUND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. OUR CONCEPT SHOULD WORK WITH RUNWAY FOOTPRINT DETECTION SCHEMES. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO PATTERN RECOGN ...

PERIODIC RESPONSE TIME TESTING HAS BEEN PERFORMED FOR THE PAST TWELVE YEARS ON THE SAFETY SYSTEM PRESSURE SENSORS IN MANY NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. HOWEVER, THE RESULTS OF THESE TESTS ARE NOT RELIABLE FOR ASSESSMENT OF AGING EFFECTS. THEIS BECAUSE INADEQUATE METHODS AND PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN USED IN PERFORMING THE MAJORITY OF THE TESTS. THIS PROPOSAL OFFFERS AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT TO PROVIDE ...

BASED UPON THERMODYNAMIC DATA AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, AMI HAS DETERMINED THAT ZIRCONIUM DIBORIDE IS ONE OF THE FEW CERAMIC MATERIALS THAT IS CHEMICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH TITANIUM METAL AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE, THIS CERAMIC MATERIAL, REINFORCED WITH SUITABLE CERAMIC WHISKERS, SHOULD BE AN IDEAL CANDIDATE TO REPLACE TUNGSTEN CARBIDE AS A MACHINE TOOL INSERT FOR MACHINING TITANIUM ALLOYS. ...

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A FAST NEUTRON DOSIMETER IS PLANNED THAT WOULD BE USED BY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN RESEARCH OR MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH NEUTRONS, AND WOULD THUS SATISFY SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI). THE DOSIMETER WILL BE SENSITIVE TO NEUTRONS OF >3-KEV ENERGY WITH NEGLIGIBLE RESPONSE TO OTHER RADIATION. THE NOVEL SYSTEM USES RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY (RIS) TO COUNT NOBLE GAS ATOMS S ...

SPUTTER INITIATED RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY (SIRIS),BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF RESONANCE IONIZATION OF SPUTTERED ATOMS, OFFERS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE IN SITU CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC MICROANALYSES WITH EXCELLENT SENSITIVITY, MINIMAL FRACTIONATION AND MATRIX EFFECTS, AND FREEDOM FROM ISOBARIC INTERFERENCES-FACTORS WHICH FREQUENTLY LIMIT ION MICROPROBE ANALYSES IN GEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. MEASUREME ...

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THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT A MEASURE OF THE ULTRASOUND NONLINEAR PARAMETER (B/A) CAN BE A GOOD TISSUE CLASSIFIER. RECENTLY, THE MEDICAL ULTRASOUND COMMUNITY HAS WITNESSED A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER, TO DATE ALL THE REPORTED TECHNIQUES ARE EITHER SUITABLE ONLY FOR TRANSMISSION MODE OR REQUIRE A MULTITUDE OF ULTRASOUND BEAMSOR FREQUENCIES (OR BOTH). THESE ARE, OF COURSE, SEVERE SHORTCO ...