Otoscopy and Photography

1979 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 771-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Chen ◽  
Terry L. Fry ◽  
Newton D. Fischer

A new hand-held otoscope photographic system, convenient and suitable for clinical application, is introduced. This instrument allows clear otoscopic examination in stenotic or tortuous ear canals, and photographs the subject in one procedure. The instrument consists of a rodlens optical system, a fiberoptic light source, a camera, and exchangeable speculum and a strobe light. Color photographs of tympanic membranes and middle ear pathology are presented.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Pedro A. Lomelí-Mejía ◽  
Alfredo Cruz-Orea ◽  
Víctor M. Araujo-Monsalvo ◽  
Alberto López-Sánchez ◽  
Andrés Huerta-Azuara ◽  
...  

The trachea serves a variety of functions during breathing and swallowing. In cases requiring a partial resection, the treatment may involve anastomosis of the healthy ends of the trachea. The tension in the anastomosis should not exceed 1,000 g. Traditional methods for estimating tension in the trachea are very invasive. The aim of this work is to develop a noninvasive optical system devoted to estimate the tension of the trachea in vivo. An optical system was designed using a light source and a photosensor. To determine the most suitable wavelength for the light source, a photoacoustic spectroscopy study was performed. To test the system, a cadaveric pig trachea was mounted on a universal testing machine, and it was subjected to three tensile tests of up to 30 mm elongation. The optical response was measured at 0, 10, 20, and 30 mm elongation. An exponential response was observed so that the optical voltage-response curves were adjusted, and three exponential equations were derived to correlate the voltage with the optical response. We can conclude that the proposed optical system is able to noninvasively estimate the tension of a cadaveric porcine trachea.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 4901
Author(s):  
Lucjan Setlak ◽  
Rafał Kowalik

Sometimes, it is impossible to conduct tests with the use of the GNSS system, or the obtained results of the measurements made differ significantly from the predicted accuracy. The most common cause of the problems (external factors, faulty results) are interference disturbances from other radio telecommunication systems. The subject of this paper is to conduct research, the essence of which is an in-depth analysis in the field of elimination of LTE interference signals of the GNSS receiver, that is based on the developed effective methods on counteracting the phenomenon of interference signals coming from this system and transmitted on the same frequency. Interference signals are signals transmitted in the GNSS operating band, and unwanted signals may cause incorrect processing of the information provided to the end-user about his position, speed, and current time. This article presents methods of identifying and detecting interference signals, with particular emphasis on methods based on spatial processing of signals transmitted by the LTE system. A comparative analysis of the methods of detecting an unwanted signal was made in terms of their effectiveness and complexity of their implementation. Moreover, the concept of a new comprehensive anti-interference solution was proposed. It includes, among others, information on the various stages of GNSS signal processing in the proposed system, in relation to the algorithms used in traditional GNSS receivers. The final part of the article presents the obtained research results and the resulting significant observations and practical conclusions.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 663
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Dengfei Liu ◽  
Yinwan Wei ◽  
Hong Wang

We propose a design method of asymmetric double freeform surface lens for an integrated LED automobile headlamp and develop an integrated LED automobile optical system. A single asymmetric double freeform surface lens is designed to redistribute rays emitting from the light source for realizing both low and high beams. Moreover, a freeform surface reflector is used to improve the energy efficiency of high beams. The prism placed in the optical path can suppress chromatic dispersion on the edge of the target plane. Simulation and experimental results show that the illumination values and color temperature of the key points can fully meet the requirements of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe vehicle regulations (ECE) R112, 48, and 128. The volume of the whole optical system comprised of freeform surface elements is smaller than that of the low beam system of a traditional headlamp, resulting in saved space, in which other electronic devices can be installed for the safety of the driver, which indicates that the proposed method is practical in the field of automobile lighting.


2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Monirul Haque ◽  
Hironari Yamada ◽  
Ahsa Moon ◽  
Mami Yamada

The performance of the far-infrared (FIR) beamline of the 6 MeV tabletop synchrotron light source MIRRORCLE-6FIR dedicated to far-infrared spectroscopy is presented. MIRRORCLE-6FIR is equipped with a perfectly circular optical system (PhSR) placed around the 1 m-long circumference electron orbit. To illustrate the facility of this light source, the FIR output as well as its spectra were measured. The optimum optical system was designed by using the ray-tracing simulation code ZEMAX. The measured FIR intensity with the PhSR in place is about five times higher than that without the PhSR, which is in good agreement with the simulation results. The MIRRORCLE-6FIR spectral flux is compared with a standard thermal source and is found to be 1000 times greater than that from a typical thermal source at ∼15 cm−1. It is also observed that the MIRRORCLE-6FIR radiation has a highly coherent nature. The broadband infrared allows the facility to reach the spectral range from 10 cm−1 to 100 cm−1. MIRRORCLE-6FIR, owing to a large beam current, the PhSR mirror system, a large dynamic aperture and small ring energy, can deliver a bright flux of photons in the FIR/THz region useful for broadband spectroscopy.


2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Smalko

Relations Between Safety and Security in Technical Systems The subject of this paper deals with the relationship between safety and security of the man - machine system. In the above system a man can act both as a decision - maker and operator. His desired psychophysical efficiency lies in the undertaking the correct decisions as well as in the skilful machine control and operating.


2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Hirano ◽  
Nobutaka Kikuiri ◽  
Masatoshi Hirono ◽  
Riki Ogawa ◽  
Hiroyuki Sigemura ◽  
...  

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1375
Author(s):  
Junji Pu ◽  
Kai Zeng ◽  
Yulie Wu ◽  
Dingbang Xiao

In recent years, the optical accelerometer based on the optical trapping force effect has gradually attracted the attention of researchers for its high sensitivity and high measurement accuracy. However, due to its large size and the complexity of optical path adjustment, the optical force accelerometers reported are only suitable for the laboratory environment up to now. In this paper, a miniature optical force dual-axis accelerometer based on the miniature optical system and a particles cavity which is prepared by Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology is proposed. The overall system of the miniature optical levitation including the miniature optical system and MEMS particles cavity is a cylindrical structure with a diameter of about 10 mm and a height of 33 mm (Φ 10 mm × 33 mm). Moreover, the size of this accelerometer is 200 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm. Due to the selected light source being a laser diode light source with elliptical distribution, it is sensitive to the external acceleration in both the long axis and the short axis. This accelerometer achieves a measurement range of ±0.17 g–±0.26 g and measurement resolution of 0.49 mg and 1.88 mg. The result shows that the short-term zero-bias stability of the two orthogonal axes of the optical force accelerometer is 4.4 mg and 9.2 mg, respectively. The main conclusion that can be drawn is that this optical force accelerometer could provide an effective solution for measuring acceleration with an optical force effect for compact engineering devices.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Abay Satubaldin ◽  
Kunikey Sakhiyeva

This article discusses the museum system of modern Kazakhstan and offers, for the first time ever, a classification and typology of the country’s museums.In recent years in independent Kazakhstan, on the basis of the Soviet system, a modern museum network has been formed which currently lists 250 museums. Among them are 17 national-level museums, 54 at the regional level, 73 at the provincial level, 103 branches of regional- and district-level museums and four private museums.The purpose of this article is to analyse the museum system of modern Kazakhstan and develop a classification and typology of the country’s museums.In the course of the study, conducted in 2017–2018, data was collected on the activities of museums at the national, regional and district levels over the past seven years. From the results of this investigation, the museums of Kazakhstan were systematized according to the subject or topic of the museum (e.g. history, art, scientific), its affiliation (national, regional district), and by size, measured by number of employees.


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