Magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic lesion with new devised animal surface coil

The ability of dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(DCE MRI) with a new devised animal surface coil was analyzed in identifying atherosclerotic plaques in the rabbit medium-sized iliac artery(IA).Then a comparative analysis of multi-detector computed tomography(MDCT) and DCE MRI was done in discerning morphology and components of 80 atherosclerotic plaques identified by histopathology.It shows that the DCE MRI may be an emerging noninvasive and economic way to characterize atherosclerotic plaques at present.What's more, a new devised animal surface coil would further improve the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) and the quality of imaging.However, CT angiography(CTA) may be better than MR angiography(MRA) in detecting vessel stenosis.     

Hepatic CT image query based on threshold-based classification scheme with gabor features

Hepatic computed tomography(CT) images with Gabor function were analyzed.Then a threshold-based classification scheme was proposed using Gabor features and proceeded with the retrieval of the hepatic CT images.In our experiments, a batch of hepatic CT images containing several types of CT findings was used and compared with the Zhao's image classification scheme, support vector machines(SVM) scheme and threshold-based scheme.     

Granular effect of fly ash repairs damage of recycled coarse aggregate

Repairing effect of fly ash (FA) on damage of recycled coarse aggregate was evaluated by characteristics of pores and cracks in the vicinity of interracial transition zone (ITZ). The interracial structure between the virgin aggregate and the attached old mortar was investigated and compared with ITZ of recycled aggregate concrete in the presence of FA or ultra-fine FA(UFA) by means of scanning electron microscope (SEM). Diam- eter and plumpness frequency distribution of pores as well as width of the old ITZ, length of contacting points and cracks density were analyzed. The SEM results reveal that the diameter of pores is decreases significantly but pores plumpness increases. A decreased ITZ width and cracks density as well as an increased bonding zone length can also been observed, which indicates that FA or UFA repairs damage of recycled coarse aggregate due to its granular effect.     

Identity-based verifiably committed signature scheme without random oracles

An identity-based verifiably committed signature scheme （IB-VCS） was proposed, which is proved secure in the standard model （i.e., without random oracles）. It enjoys the setup-free property and stand-alone property, both of which make an exchange protocol more practical. The scheme is unconditionally secure against the cheating signer, its security against the cheating verifier is reduced to the computational Diffie-Hellman （CDH） problem in the underlying group, it is secure against the cheating trusted third party if the underlying Paterson Schuldt＇s identity based signature （IBS） scheme is secure, which is proven true based on the CDH assumption in the standard model.     

New applications of EXIT chart for iterative decoding systems

Applications on iterative control and multiple input multiple output （MIMO） system were developed. Two new charts derived from extrinsic information transfer （EXIT） chart were employed as the designing tools, which are called as output mutual information chart with defined iterative degree （DID） chart and near optimum output mutual information （NOMI） chart respectively. Different from the EXIT chart, they can show the iterative performance on the whole signal-to-noise ratio range with one single curve, whereas computation complexity is greatly reduced compared with conventional bit error ratio （BER） performance curve. The iterative control was implemented according to a near-optimum iterative degree vector determined by NOMI chart, the reasonability of uncertain parameters was analyzed in one MIMO system. The concepts were illustrated based on bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding （BICM-ID）.     

A secure trust model for P2P systems based on trusted computing

Trust is one of the most important security requirements in the design and implementation of peer-to-peer （P2P） systems. In an environment where peers＇ identity privacy is important, it may conflict with trustworthiness that is based on the knowledge related to the peer＇s identity, while identity privacy is usually achieved by hiding such knowledge. A trust model based on trusted computing （TC） technology was proposed to enhance the identity privacy of peers during the trustworthiness evaluation process between peers from different groups. The simulation results show that, the model can be implemented in an efficient way, and when the degree of anonymity within group （DAWG） is up to 0.6 and the percentage of malicious peers is up to 70%7 the service selection failure rate is less than 0.15.     

Automatic software install/update for embedded Linux

Linux has a special feature of automount in the Linux kernel. Filesystem can be mounted and unmounted automatically. Its performance is similar to MS Windows. It works well under demands of more saving resources and automatization, like memory of system. An approach to install/update software automatically on embedded platform was proposed. This approach derives from above feature based on embedded environment with Linux OS. Configurations of files related to this feature were introduced. An example in practice was given to realize this approach from universal serial bus （USB） memory disk when USB disk is available.     

Feasibility of localizing in vivo micro-devices with electromagnetic methods

In order to measure the location of medical micro-devices in the gastrointestinal tract, electromagnetic methods were developed considering the magnetic permeability of human bodies. Two varieties of electromagnetic localization methods have been implemented： one uses direct current（DC） to generate the electromagnetic field, and the other uses alternating current （AC）. The two varieties of the localization principle were analyzed and relevant experiments were made. The experiments show that the alternating electromagnetic method acquires higher accuracy, higher stability and wider measurement range.     

Intelligent drug delivery system using UML diagrams analysis

A novel intelligent drug delivery system potential for the more effective therapy of the diabeticswas proposed, and the composition of system was analyzed. Based on the design of micro-electro-mechanicalsystems (MEMS), an iterative modeling process was introduced. Unified modeling language (UML) was em-ployed to describe the function requirement, and different diagrams were built up to explore the static model,the dynamic model and the employment model. The mapping analysis of different diagrams can simply verifythe consistency and completeness of the system model.     

Numerical research on wave-making resistance of trimaran

A 3D rankine panel method was developed for calculating the linear wave-making resistance of a tri-maran with Wigiey hulls. In order to calculate the normal vector and derivative of the body surface accurately,non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) was adopted to represent body surface and rankine source density.The radiation condition is satisfied using the numerical technology of staggered grids. Numerical results showthat the linear wave-making resistance of the trimaran can be calculated effectively using this method.