Abstract: The multi-modal imaging system, in particular for brain imaging, comprising a pump signal generator which emits at least one pump signal in the radio frequency (RF)-range with a first power P1 and a second power P2, a wireless detection unit, which comprises at least one parametric resonator circuit with multiple resonance modes, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit comprises at least two varactors, at least one capacitor and at least one inductance, wherein, in a first detection mode, the pump signal, having a first power P1, induces a first pump current in the at least one parametric resonator circuit, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit is operated below its oscillation threshold and generates a first output signal by amplifying a first input signal, which is provided due to a magnetic-resonance (MR) measurement, wherein an external receiving device receives the first output signal, wherein, in a second detection mode, the pump signal, having a second power P2, induces a

Abstract: A projection system, comprising a first light source which is an array light source, the first light source being divided into a plurality of illumination areas, and each illumination area may be independently controllable so as to generate a first illumination light field of which the brightness and darkness may be modulated; a second light source comprises an illumination unit and a light steering unit; the light steering unit redistributes illumination light emitted from the illumination unit to generate a second illumination light field of which the brightness and darkness may be modulated, wherein the first and second illumination light fields overlap to generate a combined light field. Also provided is a projection display method. The goal of simultaneously increasing image peak value brightness and lowering image dark field brightness is achieved, and a projection system that has a high contrast ratio is thus obtained.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of DDCE-MRF. The method can include: a) introducing two or more contrast agents to a region of interest (ROI) of a subject, the two or more contrast agents having different relaxivities; b) measuring a T1 relaxation time and a T2 relaxation time for locations within the ROI using magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF); c) determining, using equations that relate the different relaxivities, the T1 relaxation time, the T2 relaxation time, and concentrations of the two or more contrast agents, the concentrations of the two or more contrast agents for each of the locations within the ROI; and d) producing an image depicting the ROI based, at least in part, on the concentrations of the two or more contrast agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are a light source system and a control method thereof, as well as a display device and a control method thereof. The light source system includes: an array light source, including M light emitting bodies with independently adjustable brightness; an optical switch disposed on an optical path of light outputted from the array light source, for guiding illumination light emitted by the M light emitting bodies to N sub-regions of a preset illumination region; and a control device for controlling the optical switch to adjust, at a preset frame rate, a direction of the illumination light emitted from each of at least part of the M light emitting bodies, and guiding the illumination light emitted from each of the at least part of the light emitting bodies to a sub-region different from that for one or more image frames previous to the current image frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device and a control method thereof. The control method of the display device comprises: obtaining, based on the first light output ratio and the second light output ratio, a first luminous flux set composed of values of luminous fluxes output by a combination path at a current bit depth, and a second luminous flux set composed of values of luminous fluxes output by the combination path at a target bit depth respectively; obtaining, based on the first luminous flux set and the second luminous flux set, a value of a luminous flux to be expanded to achieve the target bit depth at the current bit depth; and adjusting a mapping relationship between the value of each luminous flux to be expanded and a value of a maximum luminous flux in the first luminous flux set corresponding to the current bit depth based on a display bit depth of the display device.

Abstract: A residual gas ignitor for use in igniting a fuel-air mixture within a main combustion chamber of an engine. The residual gas ignitor includes at least one inlet/outlet port, a residual gas ignitor chamber for receiving a combustion gas from the main combustion chamber, an ignitor valve for opening and closing the at least one inlet/outlet port, an actuator for actuating the ignitor valve to open and close the at least one inlet/outlet port, a valve guide for keeping the ignitor valve in a correct orientation within the residual gas ignitor, a preload spring for being in compression when the actuator disposes the ignitor valve into the closed position, and a heating element for maintaining or increasing a temperature of the combustion gas while the combustion gas is in the residual gas ignitor chamber. The residual gas ignitor may be used in engines for initiating combustion of fuel-air mixtures.

Abstract: A lentiviral vector production system comprises (a) a lentiviral culture supplement to control cell growth, (b) a transfection reagent comprising DHDMS, DOPE, and cholesterol to increase transfection efficiency, (c) a lentiviral production enhancer comprising sodium propionate, sodium butyrate, and caffeine to boost lentiviral production, wherein the lentiviral vector production system is serum-free. A method of lentiviral vector production comprises using the lentiviral production system. Another method for lentiviral vector production comprises (a) culturing eukaryotic cells in a serum-free medium, (b) providing a lentiviral culture supplement to control cell growth, (c) transfecting the cells with a lentiviral vector using a transfection reagent comprising DHDMS, DOPE, and cholesterol to increase transfection efficiency, and (d) providing a lentiviral production using a lentiviral production enhancer comprising sodium propionate, sodium butyrate capable of boosting lentiviral production.

Abstract: A saliency detection explicitly models complementary information between appearance, or color, and depth information in images. A mutual-information minimization is used as a regularizer to reduce the redundancy between appearance features from RGB and geometric features from depth in the latent space. Then the latent features of each of the appearance and geometric modalities are fused to achieve multi-modal feature fusion for saliency detection.

Abstract: A display device includes a control device configured to divide a display period of each frame of an image to be displayed into a first time period and a second time period; and send a light source control signal and a modulation signal corresponding to each pixel in the image to be displayed, according to original image data of each frame of the image to be displayed; a light source system configured to emit light source light according to the light source control signal, the light source light including first light and second light; and a light modulation device configured to modulate the first light according to the modulation signal to generate first image light of the image to be displayed, and modulate the second light according to the modulation signal to generate second image light of the image to be displayed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for classifying an abnormality in a medical image. An input medical image depicting a lesion is received. The lesion is localized in the input medical image using a trained localization network to generate a localization map. The lesion is classified based on the input medical image and the localization map using a trained classification network. The classification of the lesion is output. The trained localization network and the trained classification network are jointly trained.

Abstract: A display system includes: a light source system configured to emit light beams; a scanner configured to scan the light beams on the surface of a spatial light modulator in the form of a light spot, the light spot corresponding to multiple pixels of the spatial light modulator; a spatial light modulator configured to modulate, according to an image modulation signal from a processing and control system, the light spot projected onto the spatial light modulator by the scanner to output image light; a processing and control system configured to output a light source timing modulation signal to a light source modulation device according to an input image signal and output an image modulation signal to the spatial light modulator; and a light source modulation device configured to adjust the output brightness of the light source system according to the light source timing modulation signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases.

Abstract: Receive, by a price calculation microservice, tenant user input from a particular tenant of a multi-tenant system. Generate, by the price calculation microservice, a particular charge model based on the tenant user input. Detect, by a usage microservice, a usage event associated with a customer of the particular tenant of the multi-tenant system. Receive, by a rating microservice, a rating request, the rating request being received in response to the detecting the usage event. Calculate, by the price calculation microservice in response to the receiving the rating request, a usage charge for the usage event based on the particular charge model. Store, by the rating microservice, the usage charge. Generate an invoice based on the usage charge stored by the rating microservice. Provide the invoice to the customer of the particular tenant of the multi-tenant system.

Abstract: Provided is a projection display device for displaying a time period of one frame of stereo image as a first modulation period. The projection display device includes: a light source for emitting illumination light; a spatial light modulator for modulating the illumination light according to a plurality of frames of two-dimensional images corresponding to a stereo image to be displayed, and sequentially emitting, within the first modulation period, image light corresponding to the plurality of frames of the two-dimensional images; an angle deflection apparatus arranged in an emergent optical path of the image light and used for deflecting the image light corresponding to the plurality of frames of two-dimensional images to different angles for emission; and a projection screen for displaying the image light deflected by the angle deflection apparatus.

Abstract: The display device comprises a light source device, an image pre-processing controller, and a light modulation device. The light source device emits first light and second light, wherein a color gamut range of the second light is wider than that of the first light. The image pre-processing controller acquires a color gamut range of the image to be displayed and a brightness value of each pixel based on original image data of an image data to be displayed, and determines a current color gamut range and controls the light source device to emit first light and the second light corresponding to amount of light required in the current color gamut range. The light modulation device modulates the light emitted by the light source device to generate image light of the image to be displayed based on image data corresponding to the current color gamut range.

Abstract: An automated vehicle parking system for a motor vehicle is disclosed and includes at least one camera obtaining images proximate a vehicle, at least one sensor array detecting objects proximate the vehicle, and a controller configured to generate a mask of an area proximate the vehicle from the images obtained by the at least one camera including labeled features identified within the obtained images and project the generated mask onto an occupancy grid generated with information from the at least one sensor array, wherein the controller is configured to locate a parking space responsive to open spaces defined within the generated mask.

Abstract: An automated parking system for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure includes, among other possible things, a camera configured to obtain images of objects proximate the vehicle, and a controller configured to review the obtained images of objects proximate the vehicle to classify a location of the vehicle, determine a height of overhead objects associated with the classified location and initiate an automated parking function of the vehicle that corresponds to the determined height of the overhead objects.

Abstract: An automated parking system for a vehicle includes a camera configured to obtain images of objects proximate the vehicle, and a controller configured to review the obtained images of objects proximate the vehicle to classify an environment proximate the vehicle, determine a type of parking lot associated with the classified location and initiate an automated parking function of the vehicle corresponding to the determined type of parking lot.

Abstract: A method of visual-inertial odometry for a ground vehicle is disclosed and includes obtaining an initial set of images with a camera on-board a vehicle, identifying features within the initial set of images, determining a three-dimensional pose using the visual features in the initial set of images, obtaining information indicative of vehicle movement with an inertial measurement unit, obtaining information indicative of vehicle movement with wheel speed sensors and a steering wheel angle sensor, fusing the identified features within the images, the vehicle movement from the IMU, and vehicle sensors within a two-dimensional plane, and determining a vehicle position relative to an initial start location based on the visual features in the images and the vehicle movement information from the IMU, wheel speed sensors, and the steering wheel angle.

Abstract: A method determining an angle of a trailer relative to a vehicle. The method includes generating a projection on a trailer with a projector. An image is obtained of the projection on the trailer with a camera. An angle of the trailer relative to a vehicle is determined by comparing the image of the projection with a known pattern of the projection.