Better Colon Cancer Care for Extremely Poor Canadian Women Compared with American Women

Extremely poor Canadian women were recently observed to be largely advantaged on most aspects of breast cancer care as compared with similarly poor, but much less adequately insured, women in the United States. This historical study systematically replicated the protective effects of single- versus multipayer health care by comparing colon cancer care among cohorts of extremely poor women in California and Ontario between 1996 and 2011. The Canadian women were again observed to have been largely advantaged. They were more likely to have received indicated surgery and chemotherapy, and their wait times for care were significantly shorter. Consequently, the Canadian women were much more likely to experience longer survival times. Regression analyses indicated that health insurance nearly completely explained the Canadian advantages. Implications for contemporary and future reforms of U.S. health care are discussed

Analysis of multi-sensor, multi-spectral, active and passive imaging measurements.

We study the complementarity of active and passive EO sensors in different spectral bands, applied to friend or foe identification of human activities and of individuals. Laser imaging may complement radar or passive EO sensors. The laser may be fired only when required. During field trials, we have recorded dynamic scenarios of interest with as many as ten sensors simultaneously: three active sensors in the NIR and SWIR regions, and seven passive sensors from the blue to the LWIR. The scenes include personnel using objects of interest, as well as reflectance and resolution targets. A good dataset was recorded, for distances from 600 to 1000 m, against different backgrounds and under a variety of atmospheric conditions. These experimental data are under analysis to determine and understand the key phenomena that can be exploited for enhancing target-tobackground discrimination and for defining sensor combinations of interest. We present first results

2D and 3D flash laser imaging for long-rangesurveillance in maritime border security: detection and identification for counter UASapplications

L. Hespel, N. Riviere, M. Fraces, P.E. Dupouy, A. Coyac, P. Barillot, S. Fauquex, A. Plyer,M. Tauvy, M. Jacquart, I. Vin, et al., “2D and 3D flash laser imaging for long-rangesurveillance in maritime border security: detection and identification for counter UASapplications”, Proc. SPIE 10191, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXII, 1019109(); doi:10.1117/12.2269141