Abstract: An improved spectroscopic analysis apparatus and method are disclosed, comprising directing a beam of radiation onto a measurement location on a specimen, thereby causing a flux of X-rays to emanate from this location; examining the X-ray flux using a detector arrangement, thus acquiring a spectrum; choosing a set of different measurement directions originating from the location; recording outputs from the detector arrangement for different measurement directions; adopting a spectral model that is a convoluted mix of terms B and Lp, where B is the Bremsstrahlung background spectrum and Lp comprises spectral lines corresponding to the specimen composition at the measurement location; and then automatically deconvolving the set of measurements on the basis of the spectral model to calculate Lp to determine the chemical composition of the specimen at the measurement location. The method includes corrections for differential X-ray absorption within the specimen along the different measurement directions.

Abstract: A spectroscopic analysis method, comprising: Directing a beam of radiation onto a location P on a specimen, thereby causing a flux of X-rays to emanate from said location; Examining said flux using a detector arrangement, thus accruing a measured spectrum; Choosing a set of mutually different measurement directions d={dn} that originate from P, where n is a member of an integer sequence; Recording an output On of said detector arrangement for different values of dn, thus compiling a measurement set M={(On, dn)}; Adopting a spectral model On? for On that is a convoluted mix of terms Band Lp, where: B is a substantially continuous spectral component associated with Bremsstrahlung; Lp is a substantially discrete spectral component associated with the specimen composition at location P; automatically deconvolving the measurement set Mon the basis of said spectral model On? and distill Lp therefrom.

Abstract: A technique for frame rate conversion that utilizes motion estimation and motion compensated temporal interpolation includes obtaining a first image and a second image, where the first and second images correspond to different instances in time, compressing the second image using multiple motion vectors that result from motion estimation between the first image and the second image to generate a compressed image, and generating an interpolated image using the compressed image.

Abstract: A system and method for frame rate conversion using multi-resolution temporal interpolation utilizes motion estimation on input images to produce at least one motion vector and temporal interpolation on the input images in at least one spatial resolution that is determined by a characteristic of the at least one motion vector.

Abstract: A system and method for frame rate conversion using multi-resolution temporal interpolation utilizes motion estimation on input images to produce at least one motion vector and temporal interpolation on the input images in at least one spatial resolution that is determined by a characteristic of the at least one motion vector.

Abstract: A technique for frame rate conversion that utilizes motion estimation and motion compensated temporal interpolation includes obtaining a first image and a second image, where the first and second images correspond to different instances in time, compressing the second image using multiple motion vectors that result from motion estimation between the first image and the second image to generate a compressed image, and generating an interpolated image using the compressed image.