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    An Accelerating 3D Image Reconstruction System Based on the Level-of-Detail Algorithm

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    This paper proposes a research of An Accelerating 3D Image Reconstruction System Based on the Level-of-Detail Algorithm and combines 3D graphic application interfaces, such as DirectX3D and OpenCV to reconstruct the 3D imaging system for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and adds Level of Detail (LOD) algorithm to the system. The system uses the volume rendering method to perform 3D reconstruction for brain imaging. The process, which is based on the level of detail algorithm that converts and formulates functions from differing levels of detail and scope, significantly reduces the complexity of required processing and computation, under the premises of maintaining drawing quality. To validate the system's efficiency enhancement on brain imaging reconstruction, this study operates the system on various computer platforms, and uses multiple sets of data to perform rendering and 3D object imaging reconstruction, the results of which are then verified and compared

    Simultaneous measurement of ionizing radiation and heart rate using a smartphone camera

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    Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cameras have been used to detect ionizing radiation when shaded from light or under the condition of static scenes. We propose a novel idea for simultaneous measurement of ionizing radiation and heart rate (HR) by using a smartphone with its CMOS camera lens covered by a finger in one measurement. Verified experiments were conducted: videos were recorded using a Xiaomi8 smartphone when the camera lens was covered by a finger and a light-tight tape for controlled experiment, with a ∼33 mCi 99mTc liquid radioactive source at six different distances (from 20 to 70 cm, step size 10 cm) from the camera. The exact HRs were measured using an oximeter at the same time. Image processing algorithm is proposed to extract radiation events and HR in the same videos. Results show that: (1) frame numbers containing radiation-related bright spots in two experiments have a linear relationship, and they are inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the camera and radiation source; (2) the HR difference between the video processing and the oximeter result is less than 2 beats per minute. In conclusion, it verifies that the proposed method is available to detect ionizing radiation and measure HR simultaneously with smartphone camera lens covered by a finger. We have been working on the development of an Android phone application based on the algorithms

    Active RFID System with Cryptography and Authentication Mechanisms *

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    Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems have recently been used in a large number of applications. Security and privacy issues have also imposed significant challenges on these systems. Cryptography and authentication protocols have been utilized to effectively solve the security and privacy problems in RFID systems. In this paper, we integrate public key encryption, embedded computation, and wireless communication technologies into the active RFID system that we proposed with cryptography and authentication mechanisms. In our proposed active RFID system, a secure RFID Tag intermittently transmits cipher text to a RFID Reader which then transmits in multi-hop relaying to a back-end platform to perform data comparison for authentication. In addition, the digital signature scheme – Tame Transformation Signatures (TTS) has the advantages of high security, high-speed key generation, signature, and suitability to embedded systems and is thus suitable to be used in our authentication system. It is used in our proposed system to protect the plain text. The TTS algorithm is from the family of asymmetric public key systems and thus has superiority such as better security, fast key generation, complex algorithm, and low signature delay. The TTS algorith
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