348 research outputs found
Color Changes in Electronic Endoscopic Images Caused by Image Compression
In recent years, recording of color still images into magneto–optical video disks has been
increasingly used as a method for recording electronic endoscopic images. In this case,
image compression is often used to reduce the volume and cost of recording media and
also to minimize the time required for image recording and playback. With this in mind,
we recorded 8 images into a magneto-optical video disk in 4 image compression modes
(no compression, weak compression, moderate compression, and strong compression)
using the Joint Photographic Image Coding Experts Group (JPEG) system, which is a
widely used and representative method for compressing color still images, in order to
determine the relationship between the degree of image compression and the color
information in electronic endoscopic images. The acquired images were transferred to an
image processor using an offline system. A total of 10 regions of interest (ROls) were
selected, and red (R), green (G), and blue (B) images were obtained using different
compression modes. From histograms generated for these images, mean densities of R,
G, and B in each ROI were measured and analyzed. The results revealed that color
changes were greater for B, which had the lowest density, than for R or G as the degree
of compression was increased
The Bose-Einstein distribution functions and the multiparticle production at high energies
The evolution properties of propagating particles produced at high energies
in a randomly distributed environment are studied. The finite size of the phase
space of the multiparticle production region as well as the chaoticity can be
derived.Comment: 18 pages, LaTeX, no figures, no table
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-like correlation on a coherent-state basis and inseparability of two-mode Gaussian states
The strange property of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) correlation between
two remote physical systems is a primitive object on the study of quantum
entanglement. In order to understand the entanglement in canonical
continuous-variable systems, a pair of the EPR-like uncertainties is an
essential tool. Here, we consider a normalized pair of the EPR-like
uncertainties and introduce a state-overlap to a classically correlated mixture
of coherent states. The separable condition associated with this state-overlap
determines the strength of the EPR-like correlation on a coherent-state basis
in order that the state is entangled. We show that the coherent-state-based
condition is capable of detecting the class of two-mode Gaussian entangled
states. We also present an experimental measurement scheme for estimation of
the state-overlap by a heterodyne measurement and a photon detection with a
feedforward operation.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures. A part of the materials in Sec. VI B of previous
versions was moved into another paper: Journal of Atomic, Molecular, and
Optical Physics, 2012, 854693 (2012).
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamop/2012/854693
Measurement induced quantum-classical transition
A model of an electrical point contact coupled to a mechanical system
(oscillator) is studied to simulate the dephasing effect of measurement on a
quantum system. The problem is solved at zero temperature under conditions of
strong non-equilibrium in the measurement apparatus. For linear coupling
between the oscillator and tunneling electrons, it is found that the oscillator
dynamics becomes damped, with the effective temperature determined by the
voltage drop across the junction. It is demonstrated that both the quantum
heating and the quantum damping of the oscillator manifest themselves in the
current-voltage characteristic of the point contact.Comment: in RevTex, 1 figure, corrected notatio
Magnified Examination of Small Colorectal Polyps Using a Prototype Electronic Endoscope
Magnifying electronic endoscopes are frequently used to evaluate the pit patterns of the
colorectal mucosa, but such endoscopes suffer from a number of problems. For example, they
tend to have long, hard tips and heavy controller sections. In addition, the magnified
endoscopic images obtained are often quite coarse due to the small number of pixels in the
charge-coupled device (CCD). As a result, at higher magnification ratios, the orientation of
the field of view is easily lost. A newly developed prototype colorectal electronic endoscope
(Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo) overcomes these problems. The length of the hard tip of the
scope and the weight of the controller section are comparable to those of the TCE-3680MH
(Toshiba Corporation). High-resolution magnified images can be obtained, because a
410,000-pixel CCD is employed. Two magnification methods are available, optical
magnification and electronic zooming, permitting images to be magnified by a factor of up
to 90–120 without losing the orientation of the field of view. This newly developed magnifying
electronic endoscope was found to be very useful, allowing us to observe the pit patterns of the
colorectal mucosa in 82 small colorectal polyps measuring 7 mm or less in diameter
Phenomenological theory of a scalar electronic order: application to skutterudite PrFe4P12
By phenomenological Landau analysis, it is shown that a scalar order
parameter with the point-group symmetry explains most properties
associated with the phase transition in PrFeP at 6.5 K. The
scalar-order model reproduces magnetic and elastic properties in
PrFeP consistently such as (i) the anomaly of the magnetic
susceptibility and elastic constant at the transition temperature, (ii)
anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility in the presence of uniaxial pressure,
and (iii) the anomaly in the elastic constant in magnetic field. An Ehrenfest
relation is derived which relates the anomaly of the magnetic susceptibility to
that of the elastic constant at the transition.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figure
A Calculation of Baryon Diffusion Constant in Hot and Dense Hadronic Matter Based on an Event Generator URASiMA
We evaluate thermodynamical quantities and transport coefficients of a dense
and hot hadronic matter based on an event generator URASiMA (Ultra-Relativistic
AA collision Simulator based on Multiple Scattering Algorithm). The statistical
ensembles in equilibrium with fixed temperature and chemical potential are
generated by imposing periodic boundary condition to the simulation of URASiMA,
where energy density and baryon number density is conserved. Achievement of the
thermal equilibrium and the chemical equilibrium are confirmed by the common
value of slope parameter in the energy distributions and the saturation of the
numbers of contained particles, respectively. By using the generated ensembles,
we investigate the temperature dependence and the chemical potential dependence
of the baryon diffusion constant of a dense and hot hadronic matter.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, LaTeX2
Impediments to mixing classical and quantum dynamics
The dynamics of systems composed of a classical sector plus a quantum sector
is studied. We show that, even in the simplest cases, (i) the existence of a
consistent canonical description for such mixed systems is incompatible with
very basic requirements related to the time evolution of the two sectors when
they are decoupled. (ii) The classical sector cannot inherit quantum
fluctuations from the quantum sector. And, (iii) a coupling among the two
sectors is incompatible with the requirement of physical positivity of the
theory, i.e., there would be positive observables with a non positive
expectation value.Comment: RevTex, 21 pages. Title slightly modified and summary section adde
Decoherence, fluctuations and Wigner function in neutron optics
We analyze the coherence properties of neutron wave packets, after they have
interacted with a phase shifter undergoing different kinds of statistical
fluctuations. We give a quantitative (and operational) definition of
decoherence and compare it to the standard deviation of the distribution of the
phase shifts. We find that in some cases the neutron ensemble is more coherent,
even though it has interacted with a wider (i.e. more disordered) distribution
of shifts. This feature is independent of the particular definition of
decoherence: this is shown by proposing and discussing an alternative
definition, based on the Wigner function, that displays a similar behavior. We
briefly discuss the notion of entropy of the shifts and find that, in general,
it does not correspond to that of decoherence of the neutron.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figure
INTRINSIC MECHANISM FOR ENTROPY CHANGE IN CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM EVOLUTION
It is shown that the existence of a time operator in the Liouville space
representation of both classical and quantum evolution provides a mechanism for
effective entropy change of physical states. In particular, an initially
effectively pure state can evolve under the usual unitary evolution to an
effectively mixed state.Comment: 20 pages. For more information or comments contact E. Eisenberg at
[email protected] (internet)
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