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Creating Physical 3D Stereolithograph Models of Brain and Skull
The human brain and skull are three dimensional (3D) anatomical structures with complex surfaces. However, medical images are often two dimensional (2D) and provide incomplete visualization of structural morphology. To overcome this loss in dimension, we developed and validated a freely available, semi-automated pathway to build 3D virtual reality (VR) and hand-held, stereolithograph models. To evaluate whether surface visualization in 3D was more informative than in 2D, undergraduate students (n = 50) used the Gillespie scale to rate 3D VR and physical models of both a living patient-volunteer's brain and the skull of Phineas Gage, a historically famous railroad worker whose misfortune with a projectile tamping iron provided the first evidence of a structure-function relationship in brain. Using our processing pathway, we successfully fabricated human brain and skull replicas and validated that the stereolithograph model preserved the scale of the VR model. Based on the Gillespie ratings, students indicated that the biological utility and quality of visual information at the surface of VR and stereolithograph models were greater than the 2D images from which they were derived. The method we developed is useful to create VR and stereolithograph 3D models from medical images and can be used to model hard or soft tissue in living or preserved specimens. Compared to 2D images, VR and stereolithograph models provide an extra dimension that enhances both the quality of visual information and utility of surface visualization in neuroscience and medicine
Precision Measurement of the Mass of the h_c(1P1) State of Charmonium
A precision measurement of the mass of the h_c(1P1) state of charmonium has
been made using a sample of 24.5 million psi(2S) events produced in e+e-
annihilation at CESR. The reaction used was psi(2S) -> pi0 h_c, pi0 -> gamma
gamma, h_c -> gamma eta_c, and the reaction products were detected in the
CLEO-c detector.
Data have been analyzed both for the inclusive reaction and for the exclusive
reactions in which eta_c decays are reconstructed in fifteen hadronic decay
channels. Consistent results are obtained in the two analyses. The averaged
results of the present measurements are M(h_c)=3525.28+-0.19 (stat)+-0.12(syst)
MeV, and B(psi(2S) -> pi0 h_c)xB(h_c -> gamma eta_c)= (4.19+-0.32+-0.45)x10^-4.
Using the 3PJ centroid mass, Delta M_hf(1P)= - M(h_c) =
+0.02+-0.19+-0.13 MeV.Comment: 9 pages, available through http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/,
submitted to PR
Measurement of Charm Production Cross Sections in e+e- Annihilation at Energies between 3.97 and 4.26 GeV
Using the CLEO-c detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have
measured inclusive and exclusive cross sections for the production of D+, D0
and Ds+ mesons in e+e- annihilations at thirteen center-of-mass energies
between 3.97 and 4.26 GeV. Exclusive cross sections are presented for final
states consisting of two charm mesons (DD, D*D, D*D*, Ds+Ds-, Ds*+Ds-, and
Ds*+Ds*-) and for processes in which the charm-meson pair is accompanied by a
pion. No enhancement in any final state is observed at the energy of the
Y(4260).Comment: 19 pages, postscript also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2007/, Submitted to PR
Measurement of the Absolute Branching Fraction of D_s^+ --> tau^+ nu_tau Decay
Using a sample of tagged D_s decays collected near the D^*_s D_s peak
production energy in e+e- collisions with the CLEO-c detector, we study the
leptonic decay D^+_s to tau^+ nu_tau via the decay channel tau^+ to e^+ nu_e
bar{nu}_tau. We measure B(D^+_s to tau^+ nu_tau) = (6.17 +- 0.71 +- 0.34) %,
where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. Combining this
result with our measurements of D^+_s to mu^+ nu_mu and D^+_s to tau^+ nu_tau
(via tau^+ to pi^+ bar{nu}_tau), we determine f_{D_s} = (274 +- 10 +- 5) MeV.Comment: 9 pages, postscript also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2007/, revise
J/psi and psi(2S) Radiative Transitions to eta_c
Using 24.5 million psi(2S) decays collected with the CLEO-c detector at CESR
we present the most precise measurements of magnetic dipole transitions in the
charmonium system. We measure B(psi(2S)->gamma eta_c) =
(4.32+/-0.16+/-0.60)x10^-3, B(J/psi->gamma eta_c)/B(psi(2S)->gamma eta_c) =
4.59+/-0.23+/-0.64, and B(J/psi->gamma eta_c) = (1.98+/-0.09+/-0.30)%. We
observe a distortion in the eta_c line shape due to the photon-energy
dependence of the magnetic dipole transition rate. We find that measurements of
the eta_c mass are sensitive to the line shape, suggesting an explanation for
the discrepancy between measurements of the eta_c mass in radiative transitions
and other production mechanisms.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Inclusive chi_bJ(nP) Decays to D0 X
Using Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) data collected with the CLEO III detector
we have searched for decays of chi_bJ to final states with open charm. We fully
reconstruct D0 mesons with p_D0 > 2.5 GeV/c in three decay modes (K-pi+,
K-pi+pi0, and K-pi-pi+pi+) in coincidence with radiative transition photons
that tag the production of one of the chi_bJ(nP) states. We obtain significant
signals for the two J=1 states. Recent NRQCD calculations of chi_{bJ}(nP) --> c
cbar X depend on one non-perturbative parameter per chi_bJ triplet. The
extrapolation from the observed D0 X rate over a limited momentum range to a
full c cbar X rate also depends on these same parameters. Using our data to fit
for these parameters, we extract results which agree well with NRQCD
predictions, confirming the expectation that charm production is largest for
the J=1 states. In particular, for J=1, our results are consistent with c cbar
g accounting for about one-quarter of all hadronic decays.Comment: Version 2 updates include corrections to important errors in Table V
and VII column headers which summarize results, and additional minor edits.
17 pages, available through http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS
A Study of the Semileptonic Charm Decays D^0 --> pi^- e^+ nu_e, D^+ --> pi^0 e^+ nu_e, D^0 --> K^- e^+ nu_e, and D^+ --> barK^0 e^+ nu_e
Using a sample of 1.8 million DDbar meson pairs collected at the psi(3770)
with the CLEO-c detector, we study the semileptonic decays D^0 -> pi^- e^+
nu_e, D^+ -> pi^0 e^+ \nu_e, D^0 -> K^- e^+ \nu_e, and D^+ -> Kbar^0 e^+ nu_e.
For the total branching fractions we find B(D^0 -> pi^- e^+ \nu_e) =
0.299(11)(9)%, B(D^+ -> pi^0 e^+ \nu_e) = 0.373(22)(13)%, B(D^0 -> K^- e^+
nu_e) = 3.56(3)(9)%, and B(D^+ -> Kbar^0 e^+ nu_e) = 8.53(13)(23)%, where the
first error is statistical and the second systematic. In addition, form factors
are studied through fits to the partial branching fractions obtained in five
q^2 ranges. By combining our results with recent unquenched lattice
calculations, we obtain |Vcd| = 0.217(9)(4)(23) and |Vcs| = 1.015(10)(11)(106),
where the final error is theoretical.Comment: 18 pages, postscript also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2006/, submitted to PR
Measurement of B[Y(5S)->Bs(*) anti-Bs(*)] Using phi Mesons
Knowledge of the Bs decay fraction of the Y(5S) resonance, fs, is important
for Bs meson studies at the Y(5S) energy. Using a data sample collected by the
CLEO III detector at CESR consisting of 0.423/fb on the Y(5S) resonance,
6.34/fb on the Y(4S) and 2.32/fb in the continuum below the Y(4S), we measure
B(Y(5S) -> phi X)=(13.8 +/- 0.7 {+2.3}{-1.5})% and B(Y(4S) -> phi X) = (7.1 +/-
0.1 +/-0.6)%; the ratio of the two rates is (1.9 +/- 0.1 {+0.3}{-0.2}). This is
the first measurement of the phi meson yield from the Y(5S). Using these rates,
and a model dependent estimate of B(Bs -> phi X), we determine fs = (24.6 +/-
2.9 {+11.0}{-5.3})%. We also update our previous independent measurement of fs
made using the inclusive Ds yields to now be (16.8 +/- 2.6 {+6.7}{-3.4)%, due
to a better estimate of the number of hadronic events. We also report the total
Y(5S) hadronic cross section above continuum to be sigma(e^+e^- ->
Y(5S))=(0.301 +/- 0.002 +/- 0.039) nb. This allows us to extract the fraction
of B mesons as (58.9+/-10.0+/-9.2)%, equal to 1-fs. averaging the three methods
gives a model dependent result of fs=(21 {+6}{-3})%.Comment: 23 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2006/, Submitted to PR
Measurement of the eta-Meson Mass using psi(2S) --> eta J/psi
We measure the mass of the eta meson using psi(2S) --> eta J/psi events
acquired with the CLEO-c detector operating at the CESR e+e- collider. Using
the four decay modes eta --> gamma gamma, 3pi0, pi+pi-pi0, and pi+pi-gamma, we
find M(eta)=547.785 +- 0.017 +- 0.057 MeV, in which the first uncertainty is
statistical and the second systematic. This result has an uncertainty
comparable to the two most precise previous measurements and is consistent with
that of NA48, but is inconsistent at the level of 6.5sigma with the much
smaller mass obtained by GEM.Comment: 10 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2007/, Submitted to PR
Measurement of the Total Hadronic Cross Section in e+e- Annihilations below 10.56 GeV
Using the CLEO III detector, we measure absolute cross sections for e+e- -->
hadrons at seven center-of-mass energies between 6.964 and 10.538 GeV. The
values of R, the ratio of hadronic and muon pair production cross sections, are
determined within 2% total r.m.s. uncertainty.Comment: 17 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2007/, Submitted to PR
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