Abstract: A method of inkjet printing a color image including a metallic or pearlescent color includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 4.0 ?m as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with an opaque color inkjet ink containing a chromatic color pigment and a white pigment.

Abstract: A method for making a lithographic printing plate by direct-to-plate recording includes the step of image-wise deposition of a hydrophobic coating by microplasma onto a hydrophilic support or a support provided with a hydrophilic layer.

Abstract: A laser markable material includes a laser markable layer, present as a self-supporting layer or as a layer on a support, the laser markable layer including an infrared absorbing dye and an infrared absorbing pigment, characterized in that the amount of the infrared absorbing pigment is between 10 ppm and 1000 ppm relative to the total dry weight of the laser markable layer.

Abstract: A color laser markable article includes at least a first and a second laser markable layer including, respectively, a first infrared dye IR-1 having an absorption maximum in the infrared region ?max(IR-1) and a second infrared dye IR-2 having an absorption maximum in the infrared region ?max(IR-2), characterized in that the color laser markable layers further include a Diffusion Hindered Molecular Assembly (DHMA) which contains a leuco dye.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor includes (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and (ii) a coating including a photopolymerisable layer, characterised in that the photopolymerisable layer includes a compound including at least one free radically polymerisable group and at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I): wherein X represents O or NR* and R* represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group; and * denotes the linking positions to the rest of the compound.

Abstract: A laser markable composition includes (a) an aqueous medium; (b) a leuco dye; (c) an optothermal converting agent; and (d) a color developing agent, characterized in that the color developing agent is a polymer particle capable of forming an acid upon exposure to heat.

Abstract: A laser markable composition includes (a) an aqueous medium; (b) polymeric particles dispersed in the aqueous medium; (c) a color developing agent or color developing agent precursor; and (d) an optothermal converting agent; characterized in that a leuco dye is covalently bonded to the polymeric particles.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface, wherein the panels at least comprise a substrate and a top layer, wherein the top layer comprises a paper layer having a printed pattern, and wherein the method at least comprises the step of providing the paper layer with thermosetting resin by transporting the paper layer through a resin application device in a resin application direction, and the step of providing the paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern by means of a digital inkjet printer, wherein the printed pattern comprises a wood motif having wood nerves extending generally in a nerve direction substantially corresponding to the resin application direction.

Abstract: A method for reducing image disturbances caused by reconstructed defective pixel clusters located in signal-gradient affected diagnostic image regions. An individually adapted central symmetrical pair reconstruction (CSP) kernel is composed for a defective image pixel based on a kernel-pair candidate order encoded in a model thereby using the pixel's validity state. The image impacted by defective pixels is corrected in real-time by statistical filtering or spatial convolution of the kernel-associated image data accessible via a predetermined CSP kernels image-offsets structure.

Abstract: A short axis in a 3 dimensional image of a lesion is determined starting from voxels defining the long axis and voxels in the plane of the long axis. Voxels within the plane of the long axis are projected perpendicularly onto the long axis and receive an identifier indicative of the region on the long axis onto which they are projected. Distances between points (projected sub-voxels) in pairs of points within the same range and within adjacent ranges are evaluated in order to determine the longest distance.

Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink contains: a) a color pigment; b) an alkoxylated fluorosurfactant; and c) an ethoxylated oligomer having a molecular weight smaller than 400; and has a static surface tension at 25° C. of no more than 28 mN·m; and a viscosity between 5 and 12 mPa·s at 32° C. at a shear rate of 1,000 s?1.

Abstract: An inkjet printing method includes the steps of: a) jetting on a substrate one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks including at least one photoinitiator and capsules composed of a cross-linked polymeric shell surrounding a core, with the core containing UV curable compounds; and b) applying UV radiation to the one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks jetted on the substrate.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of decorative laminates includes the steps of: a) printing an ink acceptance layer by jetting droplets having a volume of 1 to 200 nL onto a paper substrate; b) forming a decorative layer by jetting ink droplets having a volume of up to 30 pL of one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks onto the dried ink acceptance layer; and c) heat pressing the decorative layer into a decorative laminate; wherein the ink acceptance layer contains an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B in a weight ratio P/B larger than 1.5.

Abstract: A method of preparing a first and second lithographic printing plate for lithographic printing of a colour digital image on a receiver wherein the colour digital image includes a plurality of colorant separations; the method including the steps of jetting droplets by an inkjet CTP system on a first lithographic support for the first lithographic printing plate thereby forming a printing area of a first lithographic image which represents a first colorant separation of the plurality of colorant separations; and jetting droplets by the inkjet CTP system on a second lithographic support for the second lithographic printing plate thereby forming a printing area of a second lithographic image which represents a second colorant separation of the plurality of colorant separations; and wherein the method of preparing a first and second lithographic printing plates is characterized by forming a part of or whole the first and second lithographic image in a print pass by the inkjet CTP system.

Abstract: A backsheet for a photovoltaic module includes a support and a weather resistant layer, the weather resistant layer including a binder containing a crosslinkable group, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, and a catalyst that improves the crosslinking of the binder, wherein the catalyst is a zinc based catalyst or a bismuth based catalyst.

Abstract: A colorant splitting method performed by a colorant splitter wherein an n-dimensional color in an n-dimensional colorant space is converted to an m-dimensional colorant space by a colorant splitting curve set and wherein the colorant splitting curve set is the result of interpolation of a set of colorant splitting curve sets to improve the image quality of reproduced content and to improve the usage of total coverage of the colorants.

Abstract: A method for processing a frame in a sequence of successively acquired frames in dynamic digital radiography includes the multi-scale representation of frames being subjected to temporal filtering by adding at least one correction image to a corresponding detail image(s) in the multi-scale representations of a frame of interest, the correction image being computed by combining clipped difference images obtained as the difference between the multi-scale representation of the frame of interest and the multi-scale representations of a selection of other frames in said sequence.

Abstract: A scintillator includes CsBrxI(1-x) doped with Europium (CsBrxI(1-x):Eu) wherein x<0.5, and is obtained by annealing CsBrxI(1-x):Eu material at a temperature from 50° C. to 280° C. The EPR spectrum of the obtained scintillator measured at room temperature at a frequency of 34 GHz shows a maximum signal height at a magnetic field of 1200 mT, and the signal height at 1090 mT and 1140 mT does not exceed 40%, wherein the normalized signal height percentage at 1200 mT is calculated to be 100%. The scintillator is useful in a high energy radiation detection and radiography imaging apparatus.

Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; the polymeric shell includes a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyureas, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, and melamine based polymers and copolymers thereof; and the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 ?m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.

Abstract: A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a coating optimized for producing a minimum extent of ablation when exposed to heat and/or light. The coating includes an infrared absorbing agent which contains a structural element according to Formula I: wherein A represents —S—R1 wherein R1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl, alkaryl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group, and/or combinations thereof; and Q=—CHR?—CHR?—, —CR??CR?— or —CHR?—CHR?—CHR??— and R?, R? and R?? independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkaryl, aryl or heteroaryl group, or R? and R? or R? and R?? form together a cyclic structure.