Driver’s Attention Monitoring System with Low Light Capability

Author(s):  
Joseph L. Sazon ◽  
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G.Y. Fan ◽  
J.M. Cowley

In recent developments, the ASU HB5 has been modified so that the timing, positioning, and scanning of the finely focused electron probe can be entirely controlled by a host computer. This made the asynchronized handshake possible between the HB5 STEM and the image processing system which consists of host computer (PDP 11/34), DeAnza image processor (IP 5000) which is interfaced with a low-light level TV camera, array processor (AP 400) and various peripheral devices. This greatly facilitates the pattern recognition technique initiated by Monosmith and Cowley. Software called NANHB5 is under development which, instead of employing a set of photo-diodes to detect strong spots on a TV screen, uses various software techniques including on-line fast Fourier transform (FFT) to recognize patterns of greater complexity, taking advantage of the sophistication of our image processing system and the flexibility of computer software.


Author(s):  
W. Lin ◽  
J. Gregorio ◽  
T.J. Holmes ◽  
D. H. Szarowski ◽  
J.N. Turner

A low-light level video microscope with long working distance objective lenses has been built as part of our integrated three-dimensional (3-D) light microscopy workstation (Fig. 1). It allows the observation of living specimens under sufficiently low light illumination that no significant photobleaching or alternation of specimen physiology is produced. The improved image quality, depth discrimination and 3-D reconstruction provides a versatile intermediate resolution system that replaces the commonly used dissection microscope for initial image recording and positioning of microelectrodes for neurobiology. A 3-D image is displayed on-line to guide the execution of complex experiments. An image composed of 40 optical sections requires 7 minutes to process and display a stereo pair.The low-light level video microscope utilizes long working distance objective lenses from Mitutoyo (10X, 0.28NA, 37 mm working distance; 20X, 0.42NA, 20 mm working distance; 50X, 0.42NA, 20 mm working distance). They provide enough working distance to allow the placement of microelectrodes in the specimen.


Author(s):  
Ray Keller

The amphibian embryo offers advantages of size, availability, and ease of use with both microsurgical and molecular methods in the analysis of fundamental developmental and cell biological problems. However, conventional wisdom holds that the opacity of this embryo limits the use of methods in optical microscopy to resolve the cell motility underlying the major shape-generating processes in early development.These difficulties have been circumvented by refining and adapting several methods. First, methods of explanting and culturing tissues were developed that expose the deep, nonepithelial cells, as well as the superficial epithelial cells, to the view of the microscope. Second, low angle epi-illumination with video image processing and recording was used to follow patterns of cell movement in large populations of cells. Lastly, cells were labeled with vital, fluorescent dyes, and their behavior recorded, using low-light, fluorescence microscopy and image processing. Using these methods, the details of the cellular protrusive activity that drives the powerful convergence (narrowing)


Author(s):  
Susanne Roesner ◽  
Heinrich Küfner
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<span class="fett">Hintergrund und Zielsetzung:</span> PHAR-MON ist ein Monitoring-System, das die auf dem deutschen Markt befindlichen Arzneimittel in ihrer Bedeutung für die Entwicklung von Missbrauch und Abhängigkeit in Suchtberatungsstellen überwacht. </p><p> <span class="fett">Methodik:</span> Klienten ambulanter Beratungsstellen werden im Rahmen der Standarddokumentation zu ihrem Arzneimittelkonsum befragt und Fälle eines abhängigen Konsums, eines schädlichen Gebrauchs oder eines Missbrauchs in PHAR-MON dokumentiert. </p><p> <span class="fett">Ergebnisse:</span> Im Jahr 2006 wurden insgesamt 448 Meldungen von 276 überwiegend alkohol- und drogenabhängigen Klienten in das Monitoring einbezogen. Tranquilizer vom Benzodiazepin-Typ wurden in allen Klientengruppen mit Anteilen zwischen 29,1 % und 35,3 % am häufigsten dokumentiert. An benzodiazepinabhängige Klienten werden zunehmend auch Nicht-Benzodiazepin-Hypnotika verordnet. Bei opioidabhängigen Klienten war im Zeitraum der letzten fünf Jahre ein Anstieg im missbräuchlichen Substitutionsmittelkonsum von 14,9 % auf 33,8 % zu verzeichnen. </p><p> <span class="fett">Schlussfolgerungen:</span> Das Risiko gefährlicher Wechselwirkungen zwischen Arzneimitteln mit Alkohol und Drogen sollte stärker als bisher in die ärztliche Verordnungsentscheidung einbezogen werden.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyun Peng ◽  
Mahtab Ghazizadeh ◽  
Linda Ng Boyle ◽  
John D. Lee

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