Abstract: An element includes a loop antenna configured to include first and second metal lines on a surface of a substrate on or from which terahertz waves are incident or emitted, and a rectifying element or an oscillation element electrically connected to the first and second metal lines. The element has a facing section at which a first surface of a first end not connected to the rectifying element or the oscillation element at an end of the first metal line faces a second surface of a second end not connected to the rectifying element or the oscillation element at an end of the second metal line, a direction in which the first surface faces the second surface is a direction in which the first end extends and is a direction intersecting a direction in which the second end extends.

Abstract: A luminescent diode surface within the cold shield of an infrared camera to allow for continuous non-uniformity correction with uniform irradiance across an infrared IR detector array. Further provided by the inclusion of a luminescent diode surface within the cold shield paneling is the ability to change the diode bias providing a negative luminescent effect while utilizing reverse bias and an electro-luminescent effect while utilizing a forward bias. This may then further allow for multiple set points to provide continuous offset and gain correction and to correct non-linear response effects.

Abstract: A long-wave infrared detecting element includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field; a substrate on the magnetic field generator; a superparamagnetic material layer disposed to be separated from the substrate and magnetized by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator; a support unit on the substrate to support the superparamagnetic material layer such that the superparamagnetic material layer separated from the substrate, such that the support unit and the superparamagnetic material layer generate heat by absorbing infrared radiation from the outside; and a magneto-electric conversion unit that generates an electrical signal proportional to both a strength of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and the magnetization of the superparamagnetic material layer.

Abstract: The present invention considers bringing a mobile unit closer to the site of interest and conduct the quantification of the tracers by performing the detection methods in situ and in real time at the wellhead, and that can be moved to the site on numerous occasions for the preparation of results during the test where the quantification of tracers is necessary, helping to speed up and reduce times that, until now, have not been achieved with stationary laboratories and that depending on the laboratory can last up to three months providing results.

Abstract: A sensing element of an infrared detector including a first absorber configured to form a first set of minority carriers upon receipt of an infrared flux, a collector, a first barrier disposed between the first absorber and the collector, a second absorber configured to form a second set of minority carriers upon receipt of the infrared flux, and a second barrier disposed between the second absorber and the collector. In response to a voltage being applied to the collector, the first and second set of minority carriers are collected at the collector.

Abstract: Flexible and shockproof electrochemical cells for simultaneously detecting infrared and ultraviolet irradiation are provided. The electrochemical sensors comprise a flexible electrolyte comprising an orange dye suspended in a gel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring radioactivity of radioactive waste, the method comprising an adsorption step (A) of selectively adsorbing a radioactive substance comprising at least one from among radioactive iodine and radioactive cesium from radioactive waste containing radioactive substances on an adsorption member for adsorbing a radioactive substance, and a measurement step (B) of measuring radioactivity of the radioactive substance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure vessel (1) having a pressure vessel wall (1a) which completely surrounds a reaction chamber (2) as a pressure space for the initiation and/or promotion of chemical and/or physical pressure reactions of a sample (P) to be heated which is accommodated in the reaction chamber (2), wherein the pressure vessel wall (1a) has an infrared-permeable high-pressure window (30) which extends away outward in a direction from the reaction chamber (2) and which is supported in the pressure vessel wall (1a) with respect to a pressure in the reaction chamber (2), wherein the pressure vessel (1) furthermore has an infrared to temperature sensor (40) which is situated directly opposite the high-pressure window (30), in order to measure the temperature of a sample (P), accommodated in the reaction chamber (2), during a pressure reaction through the high-pressure window (30).

Abstract: The invention provides novel non-invasive in vitro methods for assessing the metabolic condition of oocytes and/or embryos with fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope, that can be used, for example, in assessment of oocytes and embryos in assisted reproductive technologies.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a medical device is provided. The method includes obtaining an initial trajectory of a component of the medical device. The initial trajectory of the component includes a plurality of initial positions. For each of the plurality of initial positions, the method further includes determining whether a collision is likely to occur between a subject and the component according to the initial trajectory of the component. In response to the determination that the collision is likely to occur, the method further includes updating the initial trajectory of the component to determine an updated trajectory of the component.

Abstract: A method of detecting presence and location uses sensor data received from a plurality of thermopiles, each thermopile having a different field of view. In response to detecting a change in the sensor data, stored background values for each field of view are accessed and then the location of a body (e.g. a human or animal)is determined based on differences between the sensor data and sensor values predicted using a forward model and the stored background values for each field of view. Having determined the location, the stored background values are updated based on differences between the sensor data and the predicted sensor values for a body at the determined location.

Abstract: The present application discloses a pixel circuit of a photo detector panel. The pixel circuit includes a reset sub-circuit for resetting voltages at a first node and a second node, a photoelectric-conversion sub-circuit coupled to the first node and configured to convert an optical signal to a first voltage at the first node, a compensation sub-circuit coupled between the first node and the second node and configured to store the first voltage and determine a second voltage at the second node. The pixel circuit further includes an integration sub-circuit coupled to the first node and to determine a third voltage at the second node to be applied to a gate of a driving transistor to generate a current flowing from an input port provided with a bias voltage to an output port. The current is substantially independent from a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and the bias voltage.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a plurality of infrared images of a banknote that involves simultaneously illuminating the banknote with infrared light at a first wavelength and infrared light at a second wavelength, capturing an image of the banknote with an RGB camera, obtaining from both a first output channel signal and a second output channel signal of the RGB camera sensor where the intensity distribution of the infrared light at the first wavelength and the intensity distribution of the infrared light at the second wavelength uses a first calibration coefficient and a second calibration coefficient of the RGB camera sensor, producing separate infrared images of the banknote at the first wavelength and the second wavelength from the respective intensity distributions.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a temperature measuring device and a temperature measuring method for measuring the temperature of molten metals. The temperature measuring device includes a temperature sensing element, a support tube, a connecting tube and an exhaust structure. The temperature sensing element is a cermet tube with a closed end and an open end, and can sense the temperature of a molten metal and emit stable thermal radiation energy based on the blackbody cavity principle when being extended into the molten metal. The open end of the cermet tube is fixedly connected to one end of the support tube, the cermet tube is communicated with the support tube, and the other end of the support tube is fixedly connected with the connecting tube. The exhaust structure is used to discharge the smoke inside the cermet tube and the support tube.

Abstract: A computer determines one or more temperature sensitive components from a part details in a bill of materials for soldering on a printed circuit board assembly, where the bill of materials is a record comprising part details having a reference designator. The computer determines whether temperature sensitive components exist in the bill of materials. Based on determining that at least one of the temperature sensitive components exist in the bill of materials, the computer determines temperature limits for each temperature sensitive component based on the reference designator, monitors, using the thermographic cameras the measured temperatures of the temperature sensitive components during soldering in the reflow oven.

Abstract: A system for inspecting a moving person comprises an x-ray source, disposed in a fixed position with respect to the moving person, to generate one or more scanning x-ray beams. Each of the one or more x-ray beams being obliquely incident on either a front of the moving person, a rear of the moving person, or both. The system further comprises one or more backscatter detectors arranged to detect radiation scattered from the moving person, and to produce a detection signal therefrom. The system further comprises a processor and a memory with computer code instructions stored thereon. The memory is operatively coupled to the processor such that, when executed by the processor, the computer code instructions cause the system to produce a backscatter image based on the detection signal. When two or more x-ray beams are implemented, the two or more x-ray beams are temporarily interleaved to prevent crosstalk.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining a background count rate in liquid scintillation counting. The method comprises measuring an external standard spectrum (201, 202) of a sample, determining, from the external standard spectrum, an external standard count rate within an energy window (203), determining, based on the external standard count rate within the energy window, a background reference parameter, and determining, based on the background reference parameter, the background count rate from a background reference curve (301).

Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and plural pixels that accumulate charges generated in accordance with radiation, a flexible first cable including one ends electrically connected to a connection region disposed at a predetermined side of the sensor substrate, a first circuit substrate electrically connected to the other end of the first cable and in which a first component used for processing a digital signal in a circuit unit driven in a case of reading out the charges in the plural pixels is mounted, a flexible second cable including one end electrically connected to a connection region disposed at a side different from the predetermined side, and a second circuit substrate electrically connected to the other end of the second cable and in which a second component used for processing an analog signal in the circuit unit is mounted.

Abstract: A radiation detection module according to an embodiment includes: an array substrate including multiple photoelectric converters; a scintillator provided on the multiple photoelectric converters; a sealing part that has a frame shape, is provided around the scintillator, is bonded to the array substrate and the scintillator, and includes a thermoplastic resin as a major component; and a moisture-resistant part covering the scintillator from above, in which a peripheral edge vicinity is bonded to an outer surface of the sealing part. The shape of the outer surface of the sealing part is a curved surface protruding outward.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and an apparatus for processing a nuclear energy spectrum. The apparatus includes: a detector, a nuclear pulse processing module, and a nuclear energy spectrum processing module; the detector is configured to detect nuclear radiation and convert the nuclear radiation into nuclear pulse signals with corresponding amplitudes; the nuclear pulse processing module is configured to shape the nuclear pulse signals into narrow pulses, and perform amplitude analysis on the narrow pulses to generate the nuclear energy spectrum; the nuclear energy spectrum processing module is configured to reduce a value of an energy resolution of the nuclear energy spectrum to obtain the nuclear energy spectrum with the energy resolution of the reduced value.