Abstract: A method for fabricating a patter is provided as followed. First, a material layer is provided, whereon a patterned hard mask layer is formed. A spacer is deposited on the sidewalls of the patterned hard mask layer. Then, the patterned hard mask layer is removed, and an opening is formed between the adjacent spacers. Afterwards, a portion of the material layer is removed to form a patterned material layer by using the spacer as mask.

Abstract: A method for delineation of characteristic points in an electrocardiogram signal includes the steps of: (a) processing the electrocardiogram signal to obtain at least one multiscale differential operator wavelet transform thereof; and (b) locating at least one characteristic point in at least one wave segment of the electrocardiogram signal based on the at least one multiscale differential operator wavelet transform.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer comprising a flexible membrane, a first electrode in the flexible membrane, a second electrode in the flexible membrane, and a chamber in the flexible membrane between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A three-dimensional electrocardiogram display method for 3-D representation of a plurality of cardiac signals is provided. In this method, a 3-D rectangular coordinate system is defined to display the 3-D representation of the cardiac signals. Further, an amplitude display scheme, preferably an amplitude-to-color mapping table, is defined to assign various quantization levels of amplitude to specified distinctive colors. By graphic processing and display means, the 3-D representation of the cardiac signals can be generated and displayed. The physicians can choose to observe the 3-D graph in various views, including perspective view, sectional view, and top rectangular view. This allows the physicians to make diagnosis of heart diseases by observing just one or two 3-D representations of the cardiac signals. The physicians can thus have an overall integral view over a plentiful number of cardiac signals and thereby make diagnosis about the heart conditions of the patient more easily.

Abstract: The non-acicular modified maghemite and magnetite have high coercivity of, for the maghemite, up to 2200 Oe, saturation and residual magnetization of 63-85 emu/g and 43-52 emu/g, respectively; for the magnetite, the corresponding values are 800-1600 Oe, 82-87 emu/g, and 44-51 emu/g, respectively; while retaining same squareness ratio and same chemistry with conventional iron oxides, fine particle size of around 50 nm, easier dispersion and coating, invaried properties after curing, and low value of temperature coefficient of coercivity (0.24-0.37%/.degree. C. for the maghemite and 0.20-0.33%/.degree. C. for the magnetite), have been invented. They are thus especially suitable for high density recording. The modified maghemite and magnetite are prepared by precipitating from aqueous solution containing Fe, Mn, Co and Zn ions at proper ratio using an organic alkali as precipitant, followed by specific heat treatment sequences.

Abstract: A method for preparing a magnetic recording medium includes the following steps of providing a substrate; providing a solution consisting essentially of ions of cobalt, manganese and iron in deionized water; and preheating the substrate and spraying the solution onto the preheated substrate at an elevated temperature to uniformly distribute droplets thereon and form a magnetic recording medium film on the subtrate. Such method can prepare a magnetic thin film which has a high recording density and is cost-effective.

Abstract: A method for preparing a barium-ferrite-coated, needle-shaped .gamma.-Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 magnetic powder of better properties is provided. The method includes the following steps of a) letting an iron-containing solution undergo a reaction to precipitate a needle-shaped .alpha.-FeOOH phase powder, b) mixing said .alpha.-FeOOH powder into a barium-containing solution in a predetermined Fe/Ba ratio, c) filtering without washing the precipitated powder, and d) subjecting the precipitated powder to heat treatments including calcination, reduction and oxidation.

Abstract: A method for preparing a magnetic recording medium includes the steps of providing a substrate, providing an alloy composite target attaching thereon Co and Fe pellets to modify the composition of this magnetic recording medium, and utilizing the target to form a (Co,Mn) modified .gamma.-Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 thin film on the substrate under controlled conditions. Such method can provide a magnetic recording medium which is cost-effective and has a better SNR, a better resistance to corrosion and a high coercivity.

Abstract: An automatic monitoring and recording device for erythrocyte sedimentation employs a light source and a photodetector to detect the changes of light transmittance at the junction of plasma and red blood cell column. Changes of light transmittance at the junction reflect the descent of red blood cell column. The light source and photodetector pair is arranged so that it will track to the plasma - red blood cell column junction all the way the red blood cells fall. The whole course of erythroctye sedimentation is monitored and recorded automatically by a microcomputer.