Abstract: A hybrid filtering method called Karhunen Loeve Transform-Wavelet (KW) filtering is presented to de-noise dynamic cardiac magnetic resonance images that simultaneously takes advantage of the intrinsic spatial and temporal redundancies of real-time cardiac cine. This filtering technique combines a temporal Karhunen-Loeve transform (KLT) and spatial adaptive wavelet filtering. KW filtering has four steps. The first is applying the KLT along the temporal direction, generating a series of “eigenimages”. The second is applying Marcenko-Pastur (MP) law to identify and discard the noise-only eigenimages. The third applying a 2-D spatial wavelet filter with adaptive threshold to each eigenimage to define the wavelet filter strength for each of the eigenimages based on the noise variance and standard deviation of the signal. Lastly, the inverse KLT is applied to the filtered eigenimages to generate a new series of cine images with reduced image noise.

Abstract: A synchronous rectifier comprising a discrete switching device and a controller for controlling the discrete switching device both mounted on a common die pad and packaged in a single package. The packaging of the discrete switching device and the controller together in a single package provides shortest path of connection between the ports of the controller and the switching device, enabling the controller to accurately sense voltage across the switching device thereby avoiding the effect of parasitic inductances and enabling the controller to enable/disable the switching device at the precise time, resulting in improved power consumption and better efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a salt thereof; and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent.

Abstract: A drive apparatus for an electric bike includes a hollow housing body, an internal ring gear fixed to the housing body, and a main shaft. At least two motor units are mounted in the housing body. Each motor unit includes a support bracket and a number of motors mounted on the support bracket. Each motor drives the internal gear through a transmission mechanism to rotate the housing body about the main shaft. The motors share one controller. Peaks of the motor cogging torque can be staggered.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting an aperiodic SRS in a TDD system. In the technical solution of the present invention, a symbol is defined for the transmission of the aperiodic SRS in a special subframe in the TDD system. This avoids a scenario in which the transmission position of the aperiodic SRS is undefined when a plurality of symbols that can be used to transmit the aperiodic SRS are available in an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS). The problem of transmitting aperiodic SRS in a TDD system special subframe is thus solved. The modification to corresponding instruction messages is not extensive, and there is no overuse of system resources.

Abstract: A method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of TGRAPPA. The SNR of the ACS lines is proportional to the condition number of the GRAPPA kernel encoding equations. Therefore, the GRAPPA kernel estimated from higher SNR ACS lines amplifies the random noise in GRAPPA reconstruction. In TGRAPPA reconstruction of dynamic image series, a widely used method to acquire ACS lines is to average-all-frame (AAF). The present disclosure utilizes a tile-all-frame (TAF) as ACS lines to improve the SNR of the reconstructed images.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, system and device for determining a bandwidth of an uplink sounding reference signal SRS. The method for determining the bandwidth of the uplink SRS comprises the following steps: determining whether SRS is transmitted with the uplink pilot time slot if the SRS is transmitted with the largest bandwidth level; transmitting SRS with the non-extensive SRS bandwidth if SRS is determined to be transmitted with the uplink pilot time slot and the UE reaches the power limit. In the present invention, the signal-to-noise ratio detected on the bandwidth with which SRS transmitted can be maintained, and the accurate detection of the channel information is thereby realized.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for downlink pilot transmission solve the problem of power differences among OFDM symbols caused by Walsh Codes. The transmission method is that dedicated pilots are transmitted in the manner of code division multiplexing (CDM) or hybrid of CDM and frequency division multiplexing (FDM), wherein the dedicated pilots are configured with orthogonal sequence sets according to a preset frequency-domain granularity and rules on the resources for transmitting the dedicated pilots, and the same orthogonal sequence set is employed for the dedicated pilots in each frequency-domain granularity.

Abstract: A method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of TGRAPPA. The SNR of the ACS lines is proportional to the condition number of the GRAPPA kernel encoding equations. Therefore, the GRAPPA kernel estimated from higher SNR ACS lines amplifies the random noise in GRAPPA reconstruction. In TGRAPPA reconstruction of dynamic image series, a widely used method to acquire ACS lines is to average-all-frame (AAF). The present disclosure utilizes a tile-all-frame (TAF) as ACS lines to improve the SNR of the reconstructed images.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a transmission method with multi-carrier aggregation, which includes: performing uplink and downlink configurations for each of the component carriers aggregated in a cell and ensuring coexistence of at least one identical uplink sub-frame and at least one identical downlink sub-frame between at least two of the component carriers and compliance of the configuration of at least one of the component carriers with an uplink and downlink configuration of R8; and transmitting the uplink and downlink configuration of any one of the component carriers and those of the other component carriers aggregated with the any one component carrier to an LTE-A UE accessing the corresponding component carrier. The invention further provides a transmission device with multi-carrier aggregation. With the invention, uplink and downlink configurations in an LTE-A system can be performed to accommodate a demand of a TDD system.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a MBMS dedicated carrier configuration method, including: at least one of MBMS dedicated carriers in a cell is chose and assigned MBMS control information of all MBMS dedicated carriers and MBMS system information; and frequency information and scrambling code group ID information of at least one MBMS dedicated carriers assigned bundling information is assigned to conventional service carriers in the cell. The present invention also discloses a device for realizing said method and a MBMS transmission method based on dedicated carriers assigned the bundling information. The present invention realizes MBMS bundling on the dedicated carriers, and UE can receive services by directly sensing the carriers bearing control signaling, and thus it can reduce meaningless switching sense by the UE and save power.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, system and device for determining a bandwidth of an uplink sounding reference signal SRS. The method for determining the bandwidth of the uplink SRS comprises the following steps: determining whether SRS is transmitted with the uplink pilot time slot if the SRS is transmitted with the largest bandwidth level; transmitting SRS with the non-extensive SRS bandwidth if SRS is determined to be transmitted with the uplink pilot time slot and the UE reaches the power limit. In the present invention, the signal-to-noise ratio detected on the bandwidth with which SRS transmitted can be maintained, and the accurate detection of the channel information is thereby realized.

Abstract: The planetary gear train includes a first sun gear driven by the motor, a first ring gear, a first carrier, and a plurality of first planetary gears arranged at one side of the first carrier and meshing with the first sun gear and the first ring gear. The first sun gear, first planetary gears and first ring gear are helical gears so that meshing surface is increased. Helical teeth formed on an inner surface of the first ring gear mesh with the helical teeth of the first planetary gears. Therefore, the operation is stable and the noise is low. The planetary gears are made of plastic to further decrease the noise. The first ring gear is made by sintered powder metallurgy.

Abstract: A pseudo-random, incoherent sampling technique, called Variable density Incoherent Spatiotemporal Acquisition (VISTA) is disclosed, which is based on minimal Riesz energy problem. Compared with other pseudorandom methods (e.g., PDS), VISTA has the unique ability to incorporate a variety of problem-specific constraints. In this study, VISTA was applied to real-time CMR, where it not only provided an incoherent sampling with variable density but also ensured a constant temporal resolution and a fully sampled time-averaged data.

Abstract: A phase locked loop and an associated alignment method are provided. A disclosed phase locked loop receives a reference signal to provide a feedback signal. The phase locked loop is first opened. When the phase locked loop is open, a frequency range of an oscillating signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator is substantially selected. The feedback signal is provided according to the oscillation signal. After the frequency range is selected, the phase locked loop is kept open and the phases of the reference signal and the feedback signal are substantially aligned. The phase locked loop is then closed after the reference signal and the feedback signal are aligned.

Abstract: An adaptive modulation and coding method includes selecting punctured Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) to transmit downlink data for User Equipment (UE); determining Transport Block Size (TBS) and number of punctured PRB pairs for transmission to the UE based on the carried service; scheduling downlink data for the UE based on determined TBS, and transmitting the number of used punctured PRB pairs and a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) sequence number to the UE; and the UE converting number of the punctured PRB pairs to number of normal PRB pairs, determining modulation scheme and TBS sequence number based on the MCS sequence number, and determining TBS of the downlink data based on number of normal PRB pairs and TBS sequence number.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is used to enhance immunity of the human body. The composition contains potent components of lanostane compounds. A method is devised to obtain an extract from metabolite, sclerotium, or fermentation product of Poria cocas (Schw) Wolf. The extract contains 5-60% of the lanostane compounds by weight of the extract. The extract is devoid of secolanostane capable of inhibiting immunity development.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a salt thereof; and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent.

Abstract: An oscillation signal generator includes a quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO), a phase corrector and a frequency adjusting circuit. The QVCO provides multiple oscillation signals having difference phases. The phase corrector selects one of the oscillation signals as a first oscillation signal and outputs the first oscillation signal from a first output terminal, and selects one of the oscillation signals as a second oscillation signal and outputs the second oscillation signal from a second output terminal. A phase difference between the first and second oscillation signals satisfies a predetermined relationship. The frequency adjusting circuit is coupled to the phase corrector, and generates a quadrature signal and an in-phase signal according to the oscillation signals. The frequency of the oscillation signals is a non-integral multiple of the frequencies of the quadrature and in-phase signals.

Abstract: Disclosed are a response information transmission method, system and device. A base station can configure at least two PUCCH transmission carriers for user equipment, accordingly, the user equipment can select at least one PUCCH transmission carrier from the at least two PUCCH transmission carriers which are configured by the base station to transmit response information fed back on a corresponding subframe, and accordingly, the base station can receive the response information which is fed back by the user equipment on at least one PUCCH transmission carrier. The technical solution increases the number of PUCCH transmission carriers, so that compared with the manner of only configuring one PUCCH transmission carrier in the prior art, the reconfiguration operations caused by the movement of user equipment can be reduced, thereby reducing the condition that UE cannot normally communicate in the process of reconfiguration, and reducing the signaling overhead caused by the reconfiguration operation.