Abstract: A USB portable disk-pen includes a USB plug that is inserted to a computer at an upper pen shaft, and is joined as one body with a sheath. A printed circuit board is connected with one end of the sheath, penetrated into the sheath, and positioned along with the sheath in the upper pen shaft. The upper pen shaft is relative lighter in weight for not containing a refill, and is therefore steadier and less likely to wobble when being inserted to a computer, thereby preventing poor contact quality of the USB plug.

Abstract: A Ligth-Emitting USB portable disk-pen includes a USB plug that is inserted to a computer at an upper pen shaft, the USB plug is accommodated with a locating plate and joined as one body with a sheath. A printed circuit board is connected with one end of the sheath, penetrated into the sheath, and positioned along with the sheath in the upper pen shaft. The upper pen shaft is relative lighter in weight for not containing a refill, and is therefore steadier and less likely to wobble when being inserted to a computer, the LED at the PCB emits light via a bulb at the upper pen shaft, and thereby preventing poor contact quality of the USB plug.

Abstract: A multi-sector back-off logic algorithm for obtaining optimal slice-sensitive computed tomography (“CT”) profiles. The systems and methods of the present invention improving the temporal resolution of a CT system by checking for Z location errors between sectors and automatically backing-off to an alternative multi-sector algorithm when necessary (i.e., selecting an optimized maximum number of sectors to reconstruct), providing less Z location error. Based upon this Z location error, the systems and methods of the present invention also calculating the maximum number of sectors that should be used for reconstruction “on-the-fly” (i.e., on a per image basis across an entire series of images). These systems and methods utilizing the Recommended Protocol for Cardiac Reconstruction Algorithms.

Abstract: A method includes calculating a sum of all samples at each projection view of a scan of an object, determining a maximum value of the calculated sums, averaging a plurality of samples m at a projection view index k when the sum of all samples at index k is less than a predetermined percentage of the maximum value, comparing the average to a threshold t, determining the projection truncated when the average is greater than t, and determining the projection not truncated when the average is not greater than t.

Abstract: A method includes scanning an object in a first modality having a first field of view to obtain first modality data including fully sampled field of view data and partially sampled field of view data. The method also includes scanning the object in a second modality having a second field of view larger than the first field of view of obtain second modality data, and reconstructing an image of the object using the second modality data and the first modality partially sampled field of view data.

Abstract: A transistor comprising a gate, a channel beneath the gate and separated from the gate by an insulator, a source adjacent to the channel on a first side of the gate, a drain adjacent to the channel on a second side of the gate, doped extension regions into the channel from the source and the drain that underlap the gate, and insulating spacers adjacent to sidewalls of the gate that overlap the extension regions. The insulating spacers may be used to align the doped extension regions, offset the extension regions from the gate, and reduce Miller capacitance and standby leakage current.

Abstract: A transistor comprising a gate, a channel beneath the gate and separated from the gate by an insulator, a source adjacent to the channel on a first side of the gate, a drain adjacent to the channel on a second side of the gate, doped extension regions into the channel from the source and the drain that underlap the gate, and insulating spacers adjacent to sidewalls of the gate that overlap the extension regions. The insulating spacers may be used to align the doped extension regions, offset the extension regions from the gate, and reduce Miller capacitance and standby leakage current.