Abstract: Deep learning to improve or gauge the performance of a surface-penetrating radar (SPR) system for localization or navigation. A vehicle may employ a terrain monitoring system including SPR for obtaining SPR signals as the vehicle travels along a route. An on-board computer including a processor and electronically stored instructions, executable by the processor, may analyze the acquired SPR images and computationally identify subsurface structures therein by using the acquired image as input to a predictor that has been computationally trained to identify subsurface structures in SPR images.

Abstract: Surface-penetrating radar (SPR) systems provide localization information for provision to a blockchain application. SPR can be used in environments, such as cities, where multipath or shadowing degrades GPS accuracy, or as an alternative to optical sensing approaches that cannot tolerate darkness or changing scene illumination or whose performance can be adversely affected by variations in weather conditions. In particular, SPR can be used to acquire scans containing surface and subsurface features as a vehicle traverses terrain, and the acquired data scans may be compared to reference scan data that was previously acquired within the same environment in order to localize vehicle position within the environment. If the reference scan data has been labeled with geographic location information, a vehicle's absolute location can thereby be determined.

Abstract: A location system utilizes a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) antenna array both to detect surface and subsurface road features as well as broadcast transmissions, which are used to improve localization. For example, the GPR antenna may pick up an AM or FM radio transmission or Wi-Fi signals, and may use these to calculate or refine the estimated position of the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and sequestering target analytes in a fluid sample. The system comprises a bulk specimen reservoir for receiving a liquid sample, along with paramagnetic materials operative to selectively bind to the target analyte of interest. A vertex is interconnected with the bulk specimen reservoir to define a specimen chamber assembly to which a magnetic chamber is deployed about the vertex portion thereof and operative to sequester the magnetic particles, as well as any analyte of interest bound thereto, within the interior of the vertex. Once sufficient time is allowed for mixing and allowing the magnetic capsule to sufficiently retain the magnetic particles within the vertex, the vertex is disconnected from the specimen reservoir and the paramagnetic materials retained therein analyzed to determine the presence of the analyte of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods to induce dislodgement of target prostatic cells from the prostate organ, collecting said cells, and subsequently examining the cell population. Such methods comprise the administration of an agent that facilitates the dislodgement of the target cells from within the prostate, which then migrate into the urethra. Exemplary agents include 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors. The cells induced to pass into the urethra are then collected non-invasively, such as through urine or semen samples. Such collection is further strategically calculated relative the administration of the agent so as to maximize the sample collection of the target cells of interest.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and sequestering target analytes in a fluid sample. The system comprises a bulk specimen reservoir for receiving a liquid sample, along with paramagnetic materials operative to selectively bind to the target analyte of interest. A vertex is interconnected with the bulk specimen reservoir to define a specimen chamber assembly to which a magnetic chamber is deployed about the vertex portion thereof and operative to sequester the magnetic particles, as well as any analyte of interest bound thereto, within the interior of the vertex. Once sufficient time is allowed for mixing and allowing the magnetic capsule to sufficiently retain the magnetic particles within the vertex, the vertex is disconnected from the specimen reservoir and the paramagnetic materials retained therein analyzed to determine the presence of the analyte of interest.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and sequestering target analytes in a fluid sample. The system comprises a bulk specimen reservoir for receiving a liquid sample, along with paramagnetic materials operative to selectively bind to the target analyte of interest. A vertex is interconnected with the bulk specimen reservoir to define a specimen chamber assembly to which a magnetic chamber is deployed about the vertex portion thereof and operative to sequester the magnetic particles, as well as any analyte of interest bound thereto, within the interior of the vertex. Once sufficient time is allowed for mixing and allowing the magnetic capsule to sufficiently retain the magnetic particles within the vertex, the vertex is disconnected from the specimen reservoir and the paramagnetic materials retained therein analyzed to determine the presence of the analyte of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods to induce dislodgement of target prostatic cells from the prostate organ, collecting said cells, and subsequently examining the cell population. Such methods comprise the administration of an agent that facilitates the dislodgement of the target cells from within the prostate, which then migrate into the urethra. Exemplary agents include 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors. The cells induced to pass into the urethra are then collected non-invasively, such as through urine or semen samples. Such collection is further strategically calculated relative the administration of the agent so as to maximize the sample collection of the target cells of interest.