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Strong invariance principles for sequential Bahadur--Kiefer and Vervaat error processes of long-range dependent sequences
In this paper we study strong approximations (invariance principles) of the
sequential uniform and general Bahadur--Kiefer processes of long-range
dependent sequences. We also investigate the strong and weak asymptotic
behavior of the sequential Vervaat process, that is, the integrated sequential
Bahadur--Kiefer process, properly normalized, as well as that of its deviation
from its limiting process, the so-called Vervaat error process. It is well
known that the Bahadur--Kiefer and the Vervaat error processes cannot converge
weakly in the i.i.d. case. In contrast to this, we conclude that the
Bahadur--Kiefer and Vervaat error processes, as well as their sequential
versions, do converge weakly to a Dehling--Taqqu type limit process for certain
long-range dependent sequences.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053606000000164 in the
Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
In vivo super-resolution photoacoustic computed tomography by localization of single dyed droplets
The spatial resolution of photoacoustic (PA) computed tomography (PACT) is limited by acoustic diffraction. Here, we report in vivo superresolution PACT, which breaks the acoustic diffraction limit by localizing the centers of single dyed droplets. The dyed droplets generate much stronger PA signals than blood and can flow smoothly in blood vessels; thus, they are excellent tracers for localization-based superresolution imaging. The flowing droplets were first localized, and then their center positions were used to construct a superresolution image that exhibits sharper features and more finely resolved vascular details. A 6-fold improvement in spatial resolution has been realized in vivo
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