Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system to provide protection for maritime vessels from multiple threat types including shoulder launched rocket propelled threats, ballistic (howitzer), and larger scale missile systems. According to an exemplary embodiment, the protection system is based on the ballistic launch (from the protected vessel) of an explosive charge(s) aimed ˜5 meters away from the vessel and ˜1 meter beneath the waterline followed by detonation to enable the formation of a water wall. Through the formation of a water wall, incident threats can be initiated (piezo fuze), and passivated through dynamic interaction with the water formation. In addition, the upward velocity of the water wall can enable an upwards rotation of the incident threat changing the orientation of the warhead jet formation (for shape charge warheads) above the vessel.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for medical diagnosis and analysis using mixed model inversions. For example, a medical analyzer using mixed model inversions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be used to diagnose traumatic brain injury (TBI), which allows for isotropic and anisotropic inversions to be performed, enabling more accurate information about brain stiffness to be obtained.