Abstract: A system for performing ablation includes an ablation device (102) configured to ablate tissue in accordance with control parameters and configured to make measurements during the ablation process. An imaging system (104) is configured to measure an elastographic related parameter to monitor ablation progress. A parameter estimation and monitoring module (115) is configured to receive the measurements from the ablation device and/or the elastographic related parameter to provide feedback to adaptively adjust imaging parameters of the imaging device at different times during an ablation process.

Abstract: Some implementations described herein provide techniques and apparatuses for a semiconductor processing tool including an electrostatic chuck having a voltage-regulation system to regulate an electrical potential throughout regions of a semiconductor substrate positioned above the electrostatic chuck. The voltage-regulation system may determine that an electrical potential within a region of the semiconductor substrate does not satisfy a threshold. The voltage-regulation system may, based on determining that the electrical potential throughout the region does not satisfy the threshold, position one or more electrically-conductive pins within the region. While positioned within the region, the one or more electrically-conductive pins may change the electrical potential of the region.

Abstract: A method includes: providing a first design layout including a plurality of cells; updating a first cell of the plurality of cells using optical proximity correction to provide a first updated cell and a data set; and updating a second cell from remaining cells in the first design layout based on the data set and a model without involvement of optical proximity correction to provide a second updated cell, wherein the model includes hidden layers including nodes and is trained to obtaining converged values of the nodes of the hidden layers through providing a mapping of edge segments before lithography enhancement and edge segments after lithography enhancement using optical proximity correction, and wherein at least one of the providing, and updating is executed by one or more processors.

Abstract: A system for visualization and quantification of ultrasound imaging data may include a display unit, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display unit and to an ultrasound imaging apparatus for generating an image from ultrasound data representative of a bodily structure and fluid flowing within the bodily structure. The processor may be configured to generate vector field data corresponding to the fluid flow, wherein the vector field data comprises axial and lateral velocity components of the fluid, extract spatiotemporal information from the vector field data at one or more user-selected points within the image, and cause the display unit to concurrently display the spatiotemporal information at the one or more user-selected points with the image including a graphical representation of the vector field data overlaid on the image, wherein the spatiotemporal information includes at least one of a magnitude and an angle of the fluid flow.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, touch antenna units and switch circuits. The touch antenna units are arrayed above the substrate, wherein each touch antenna unit includes a first loop electrode. The first loop electrode is completely located in a display area of the display device, and has a first end and a second end. Each of the switch circuits is electrically connected to the first end and the second end of the first loop electrode in a corresponding touch antenna unit.

Abstract: A detection circuit for control pilot abnormality of a DC charging pile, which is electrically connected to a control pilot signal generating circuit and a control circuit, providing instant protection for the DC charging pile while control pilot (CP) abnormality been detected. The detection circuit includes a control pilot (CP) signal potential discrimination module, a charging-discharging module electrically connected to the CP signal potential discrimination module, and a controller protection triggering module electrically connected to the charging-discharging module, wherein the CP signal potential discrimination module justifies the voltage level of the input CP signals been input, activates the charging-discharging module to charge the CP signals to a steady-state voltage higher than a predetermined voltage level within a certain time period, and activates the controller protection trigger module to provide instant protection for the DC charging pile.

Abstract: An intraoral scanner includes a projecting module, an image-capturing module, a linkage structure, and a manipulation part. The projecting module includes a first lens device and a light source. Light emitted by the light source is projected out of the intraoral scanner by the first lens device. The image-capturing module includes a second lens device and an image sensor. The image sensor receives the light from the outside of the intraoral scanner through the second lens device. The manipulation part is exposed from the intraoral scanner and is mechanically linked with the first or second lens device through the linkage structure. Therein, the manipulation part is operable to correspondingly move at least one first lens of the first lens device or at least one second lens of the second lens device through the linkage structure, so as to adjust a scanning zone of the intraoral scanner.

Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display panel is provided, including a first, second, third, fourth, fifth switch, a first capacitor and a diode. The first switch is connected with a positive supplied power voltage. The second switch is connected with the first switch and a data line. The third switch is connected with the first and second switch, generating an emission current as a driving transistor. First end of the first capacitor is connected with the first, second and third switch. Second end of the first capacitor is connected with the third, fourth and fifth switch. The fifth switch is connected with a first initial voltage. Anode of the diode is connected with the third and fourth switch while its cathode is connected with a negative emission source voltage. By configuration of the disclosed pixel circuit, a power rail emission current is independent, without being involved with initial voltages.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display system and method are provided. The system calculates a viewing angle of a user corresponding to a display panel. The system calculates a first display pixel area arrangement and a second display pixel area arrangement of a parallax filter corresponding to the display panel. The system determines a first display pixel area, a second display pixel area, and a no-value pixel area corresponding to the display panel based on the first display pixel area arrangement and the second display pixel area arrangement. The system analyzes the first display pixel area and the second display pixel area adjacent to the no-value pixel area to generate a compensation value corresponding to each of the pixels in the no-value pixel area.

Abstract: Some implementations described herein provide techniques and apparatuses for a semiconductor processing tool including an electrostatic chuck having a voltage-regulation system to regulate an electrical potential throughout regions of a semiconductor substrate positioned above the electrostatic chuck. The voltage-regulation system may determine that an electrical potential within a region of the semiconductor substrate does not satisfy a threshold. The voltage-regulation system may, based on determining that the electrical potential throughout the region does not satisfy the threshold, position one or more electrically-conductive pins within the region. While positioned within the region, the one or more electrically-conductive pins may change the electrical potential of the region.

Abstract: A location device is provided for determining the location of an acoustic sensor. A location process makes use of a plurality of transmit beams (wherein a beam is defined as a transmission from all transducers of an ultrasound array), with a frequency analysis to identify if there is a signal reflected from the acoustic sensor. A location is obtained from the plurality of frequency analyses.

Abstract: Some implementations described herein provide techniques and apparatuses for a semiconductor processing tool including an electrostatic chuck having a voltage-regulation system to regulate an electrical potential throughout regions of a semiconductor substrate positioned above the electrostatic chuck. The voltage-regulation system may determine that an electrical potential within a region of the semiconductor substrate does not satisfy a threshold. The voltage-regulation system may, based on determining that the electrical potential throughout the region does not satisfy the threshold, position one or more electrically-conductive pins within the region. While positioned within the region, the one or more electrically-conductive pins may change the electrical potential of the region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of acetonitrile refining, and in particular, to an acetonitrile purification process for an ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer. According to the acetonitrile purification process provided by the present invention, the production cost may be reduced and the yield may be increased to reach 95% or more while the quality of the chromatographic pure acetonitrile is further improved to reach the UPLC-MS level; and an industrial UPLC-MS level acetonitrile purification and preparation method provided by the present invention has the advantages of simple operation, low cost, safety, high efficiency and capability of realizing large-scale industrial production.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving spectral-shift methods for calculating acoustic attenuation coefficients are disclosed. Systems, methods, and apparatuses for transmitting ultrasound pulse sequences for improved signal-to-noise outside the main passband of ultrasound transducers are disclosed. Systems, methods, and apparatuses for using the echoes from the transmitted pulse sequences to calculate the attenuation coefficient are disclosed.

Abstract: A method includes providing a first design layout including cells; updating a first cell in the plurality of cells using optical proximity correction to provide a first updated cell and a data set; training a model based on a layout-dependent parameter of a second design layout; and updating a second cell based on the data set and the model to provide a second updated cell. The model includes an input layer, a hidden layer and an output layer. Training the model includes obtaining converged values of nodes of the hidden layer. Obtaining converged values of nodes of the hidden layer includes providing information on edge segments before and after lithography enhancement to the input layer and the output layer, respectively, until values of nodes of the hidden layer attains convergence in terms of a cost function.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling the generation of a compound ultrasonic image. The method includes obtaining a first ultrasound image and applying adaptive beamforming to the first ultrasound image, thereby generating a second ultrasound image. A weighting is determined based on the first and second ultrasound images, wherein the weighting comprises at least one weighting component. The compound ultrasound image is then generated based on the first and second ultrasound images and the weighting component.

Abstract: The present application discloses a light sensor circuit, which comprises a photodiode and a capacitor unit. The cathode of the photodiode is controlled by a capacitive unit to maintain the same or close voltage level as the anode of the photodiode, which significantly reduces the effect of the dark current of the photodiode. Thus, the light sensor circuit can effectively maintain the performance and accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter applying the light sensor circuit. The circuit design difficulty and manufacturing cost are also significantly reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes a lower insulating structure disposed over a lower dielectric structure surrounding one or more lower interconnects. A bottom electrode via surrounded by one or more interior sidewalls of the lower insulating structure. The bottom electrode via includes a barrier surrounding a conductive core. A bottom electrode is arranged on the bottom electrode via, a data storage structure is over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode is over the data storage structure. The barrier includes a sidewall disposed along the one or more interior sidewalls of the lower insulating structure and a horizontally covering segment protruding outward from the sidewall to above a top surface of the lower insulating structure.

Abstract: A vacuum suction wall-climbing robot including a body, a vacuum pump and at least four leg mechanisms is disclosed. Each leg mechanism includes a foot unit and a limb unit connecting the foot unit and the body. The foot unit includes a plurality of suction sets connected to the vacuum pump through a pipe. Each suction set includes a sucker able to create a vacuum state within a contact area through the operation of the vacuum pump, and a sheet valve arranged between the pipe and the sucker, which automatically closes the connection between the pipe and the sucker when the vacuum state between the sucker and the contact area becomes a non-vacuum state.

Abstract: A contactless selection device, a light triggering structure thereof, and a biological particle selection apparatus are provided. The light triggering structure includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the first substrate, a photodiode layer formed on the first electrode layer, and an insulating layer that covers the photodiode layer. The photodiode layer has a thickness within a range from 1 µm to 3 µm, and includes a first doped layer, an I-type layer, and a second doped layer, which are sequentially stacked from the first electrode layer. The second doped layer includes a plurality of triggering pads spaced apart from each other. Each of the triggering pads has a width within a range from 3 µm to 7 µm, and a distance between any two of the triggering pads adjacent to each other is less than or equal to 2 µm.