X-ray luminescence computed tomography using a focused X-ray beam

Due to the low X-ray photon utilization efficiency and low measurement sensitivity of the electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD) camera setup, the collimator based narrow beam X-ray luminescence computed tomography (XLCT) usually requires a long measurement time. In this paper, we, for the first time, report a focused X-ray beam based XLCT imaging system with measurements by a single optical fiber bundle and a photomultiplier tube (PMT). An X-ray tube with a polycapillary lens was used to generate a focused X-ray beam whose X-ray photon density is 1200 times larger than a collimated X-ray beam. An optical fiber bundle was employed to collect and deliver the emitted photons on the phantom surface to the PMT. The total measurement time was reduced to 12.5 minutes. For numerical simulations of both single and six fiber bundle cases, we were able to reconstruct six targets successfully. For the phantom experiment, two targets with an edge-to-edge distance of 0.4 mm and a center-to-center distance of 0.8 mm were successfully reconstructed by the measurement setup with a single fiber bundle and a PMT.Comment: 39 Pages, 12 Figures, 2 Tables, In submission (under review) to JB

Patient Uncertainty About Physician Online Service Availability

In online medical consultation platforms, the situation when patients pursue a physician who has no availability to respond to the request is averse to patients, physicians, and the platform. We explore a potential coordinating mechanism by information intervention in the platform, namely service availability information disclosure. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the intervention, we first explore whether capacity is the potential constraint to the physicians’ acceptance rate. After that, we explore the effect of the intervention on matching efficiency and quality. Our result demonstrates that there is a negative relationship between the number of consultation requests received, which is the premise of the effectiveness of the intervention

Regularization dependence of pion generalised parton distributions

Pion generalised parton distributions are calculated within the framework of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model using different regularization schemes, including the proper time regularization scheme, the three dimensional momentum cutoff scheme, the four dimensional momentum cutoff scheme, and the Pauli-Villars regularization scheme. Furthermore, we check the theoretical constraints of pion generalised parton distributions required by the symmetries of quantum chromodynamics in different regularization schemes. The diagrams of pion parton distribution functions are plotted, in addition, we evaluate the Mellin moments of generalised parton distributions, which related to the electromagnetic and gravitational form factors of pion. Pion generalised parton distributions are continuous but not differential at $x=\pm \,\xi$, when considering the effect of D-term, generalised parton distributions become not continuous at $x=\pm \,\xi$ in all the four regularization schemes. Generalised parton distributions in impact parameter space are considered, the width distribution of $u$ quark in the pion and the mean-squared $\langle \mathbf{b}_{\bot}^2\rangle_{\pi}^u$ are calculated. The light-front transverse-spin distributions are studied, when quark polarized in the light-front-transverse $+\,x$ direction, the transverse-spin density is no longer symmetric around $(b_x=0,b_y=0)$, the peaks shift to $(b_x=0,b_y>0)$, we compare the average transverse shift $\langle b_{\bot}^y\rangle_1^u$ and $\langle b_{\bot}^y\rangle_2^u$ in different regularization schemes. The light-cone energy radius $r_{E,LC}$ and the light-cone charge radius $r_{c,LC}$ are also evaluated, we find that in the proper time regularization scheme the values of these quantities are the largest, in the three dimensional momentum cutoff scheme they are the smallest.Comment: 34 pages, 39 figure