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Coil combination using linear deconvolution in k-space for phase imaging
Background: The combination of multi-channel data is a critical step for the imaging of phase and susceptibility contrast in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Magnitude-weighted phase combination methods often produce noise and aliasing artifacts in the magnitude images at accelerated imaging sceneries. To address this issue, an optimal coil combination method through deconvolution in k-space is proposed in this paper.
Methods: The proposed method firstly employs the sum-of-squares and phase aligning method to yield a complex reference coil image which is then used to calculate the coil sensitivity and its Fourier transform. Then, the coil k-space combining weights is computed, taking into account the truncated frequency data of coil sensitivity and the acquired k-space data. Finally, combining the coil k-space data with the acquired weights generates the k-space data of proton distribution, with which both phase and magnitude information can be obtained straightforwardly. Both phantom and in vivo imaging experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed method.
Results: Compared with magnitude-weighted method and MCPC-C, the proposed method can alleviate the phase cancellation in coil combination, resulting in a less wrapped phase.
Conclusions: The proposed method provides an effective and efficient approach to combine multiple coil image in parallel MRI reconstruction, and has potential to benefit routine clinical practice in the future
Rapid prototyping and fast user trial of multimedia broadcast and cellular services
This paper presents the results of fast user trial of multimedia services that are enabled when a mobile terminal has access to converged services over digital broadcast and mobile telecommunications networks. It first describes the motivations behind developing this system and describes the service scenarios that benefit most from it. It then provides an overview of the service components of the test case scenario. Finally, it presents the results of fast user trials on end users of the services that were developed. This work was conducted as part of the EU-funded CISMUNDUS project
Fermi-liquid ground state in n-type copper-oxide superconductor Pr0.91Ce0.09LaCuO4-y
We report nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the low-doped n-type
copper-oxide Pr_{0.91}LaCe_{0.09}CuO_{4-y} (T_c=24 K) in the superconducting
state and in the normal state uncovered by the application of a strong magnetic
field. We find that when the superconductivity is removed, the underlying
ground state is the Fermi liquid state. This result is at variance with that
inferred from previous thermal conductivity measurement and contrast with that
in p-type copper-oxides with a similar doping level where high-T_c
superconductivity sets in within the pseudogap phase. The data in the
superconducting state are consistent with the line-nodes gap model.Comment: version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Optical study of phase transitions in single-crystalline RuP
RuP single crystals of MnP-type orthorhombic structure were synthesized by
the Sn flux method. Temperature-dependent x-ray diffraction measurements reveal
that the compound experiences two structural phase transitions, which are
further confirmed by enormous anomalies shown in temperature-dependent
resistivity and magnetic susceptibility. Particularly, the resistivity drops
monotonically upon temperature cooling below the second transition, indicating
that the material shows metallic behavior, in sharp contrast with the
insulating ground state of polycrystalline samples. Optical conductivity
measurements were also performed in order to unravel the mechanism of these two
transitions. The measurement revealed a sudden reconstruction of band structure
over a broad energy scale and a significant removal of conducting carriers
below the first phase transition, while a charge-density-wave-like energy gap
opens below the second phase transition.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Sub-TeV proton beam generation by ultra-intense laser irradiation of foil-and-gas target
A two-phase proton acceleration scheme using an ultra-intense laser pulse irradiating a proton foil with a tenuous heavier-ion plasma behind it is presented. The foil electrons are compressed and pushed out as a thin dense layer by the radiation pressure and propagate in the plasma behind at near the light speed. The protons are in turn accelerated by the resulting space-charge field and also enter the backside plasma, but without the formation of a quasistationary double layer. The electron layer is rapidly weakened by the space-charge field. However, the laser pulse originally behind it now snowplows the backside-plasma electrons and creates an intense electrostatic wakefield. The latter can stably trap and accelerate the pre-accelerated proton layer there for a very long distance and thus to very high energies. The two-phase scheme is verified by particle-in-cell simulations and analytical modeling, which also suggests that a 0.54 TeV proton beam can be obtained with a 10(23) W/cm(2) laser pulse. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3684658]Physics, Fluids & PlasmasSCI(E)EI0ARTICLE2null1
Evidence for a full energy gap for nickel-pnictide LaNiAsO_{1-x}F_x superconductors by ^{75}As nuclear quadrupole resonance
We report systematic ^{75}As-NQR and ^{139}La-NMR studies on nickel-pnictide
superconductors LaNiAsO_{1-x}F_x (x=0, 0.06, 0.10 and 0.12). The spin lattice
relaxation rate 1/T_1 decreases below T_c with a well-defined coherence peak
and follows an exponential decay at low temperatures. This result indicates
that the superconducting gap is fully opened, and is strikingly different from
that observed in iron-pnictide analogs. In the normal state, 1/T_1T is constant
in the temperature range T_c \sim 4 K < T <10 K for all compounds and up to
T=250 K for x=0 and 0.06, which indicates weak electron correlations and is
also different from the iron analog. We argue that the differences between the
iron and nickel pnictides arise from the different electronic band structure.
Our results highlight the importance of the peculiar Fermi-surface topology in
iron-pnictides.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuation above the Superconducting Dome and the Full-Gaps Superconducting State in LaFeAsO1-xFx Revealed by 75As-Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
We report a systematic study by 75As nuclear-quadrupole resonance in
LaFeAsO1-xFx. The antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation (AFSF) found above the
magnetic ordering temperature TN = 58 K for x = 0.03 persists in the regime
0.04 < x < 0.08 where superconductivity sets in. A dome-shaped x-dependence of
the superconducting transition temperature Tc is found, with the highest Tc =
27 K at x = 0.06 which is realized under significant AFSF. With increasing x
further, the AFSF decreases, and so does Tc. These features resemble closely
the cuprates La2-xSrxCuO4. In x = 0.06, the spin-lattice relaxation rate (1/T1)
below Tc decreases exponentially down to 0.13 Tc, which unambiguously indicates
that the energy gaps are fully-opened. The temperature variation of 1/T1 below
Tc is rendered nonexponential for other x by impurity scattering.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, more references adde
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