The ANSDM Converters Dynamic Range Design Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ryszard Golański ◽  
Juliusz Godek

The results of analytic and simulating works proved that for nonstationary sources, the delta converters with adaptive sampling expose higher coding efficiency than the former proposals, based on uniform sampling methods. The knowledge of the sampling interval range and the algorithm of the Nonuniform Sampling Delta Modulation and Adaptive Nonuniform Sampling Delta Modulation allows finding the necessary number of the sampling intervals and their values that maximizes SNR. The total dynamic range of the ANSDM modulator is the product of the dynamic range both from sampling interval and step size adaptation. Due to the high complexity of the calculations, the ANSDMsoft program was developed to support computing. All computational works were carried out using the Maple environment. Maple allows to solve complex mathematical functions and display their results in a simple way. Most importantly, it supports the LambertW function, used in the computing of NSDM or ANSDM modulators parameters. Graphic illustrations of the NSDM and ANSDM modulator dynamic range as a function of the minimum and maximum sampling frequency are presented.

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1121
Author(s):  
Georgios S. Ioannidis ◽  
Søren Christensen ◽  
Katerina Nikiforaki ◽  
Eleftherios Trivizakis ◽  
Kostas Perisinakis ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to define lower dose parameters (tube load and temporal sampling) for CT perfusion that still preserve the diagnostic efficiency of the derived parametric maps. Ninety stroke CT examinations from four clinical sites with 1 s temporal sampling and a range of tube loads (mAs) (100–180) were studied. Realistic CT noise was retrospectively added to simulate a CT perfusion protocol, with a maximum reduction of 40% tube load (mAs) combined with increased sampling intervals (up to 3 s). Perfusion maps from the original and simulated protocols were compared by: (a) similarity using a voxel-wise Pearson’s correlation coefficient r with in-house software; (b) volumetric analysis of the infarcted and hypoperfused volumes using commercial software. Pearson’s r values varied for the different perfusion metrics from 0.1 to 0.85. The mean slope of increase and cerebral blood volume present the highest r values, remaining consistently above 0.7 for all protocol versions with 2 s sampling interval. Reduction of the sampling rate from 2 s to 1 s had only modest impacts on a TMAX volume of 0.4 mL (IQR −1–3) (p = 0.04) and core volume of −1.1 mL (IQR −4–0) (p < 0.001), indicating dose savings of 50%, with no practical loss of diagnostic accuracy. The lowest possible dose protocol was 2 s temporal sampling and a tube load of 100 mAs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pawlus ◽  
R. Reizer ◽  
M. Wieczorowski ◽  
W. Żelasko

AbstractContact of random machined two-process steel textures with a smooth, flat steel surface is discussed in this paper. Two-process surfaces were machined by vapour blasting followed by lapping. An elastic-plastic contact model was applied, assuming distributed radius of asperities. Calculation procedures allowed the mean surface separation, contact pressure, and area fraction to be computed as functions of sampling intervals. Parameters characterizing the summits important in contact mechanics were calculated for different sampling intervals. Plasticity index of two-process textures was calculated using the modified procedure. It was found that the influence of sampling interval on normal contact depended on the rough surface ability to plastic deformation. The use of a traditional method of calculation overestimated the plasticity index. Peaks from plateau surface region governed contact characteristics of two-process surfaces.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Catalán ◽  
Nelson Valdivia ◽  
Ricardo Scrosati

In rocky intertidal environments, the vertical gradient of abiotic stress generates, directly or indirectly, significant spatial variation in community structure. Along shorelines within biogeographic regions, abiotic changes also generate horizontal biological variation, which when measured at large sampling intervals may surpass vertical biological variation. Little is known, however, on how vertical variation compares with horizontal variation measured at multiple spatial scales in habitats with similar environmental conditions. Here, we compare spatial variability in rocky-intertidal communities between vertical stress gradients and three horizontal spatial scales (sampling interval) across habitats experiencing the same wave exposure on the Northwest Atlantic (NWA) and Southeast Pacific (SEP) coasts. For both regions, the vertical variation in species richness and composition (Raup-Crick and Bray-Curtis indices) was higher than the variation measured at all horizontal scales, from a few cm to hundreds of km. The patterns of variation in community structure matched those of abundance for the dominant sessile organisms, the foundation species Ascophyllum nodosum (seaweed) in NWA and Perumytilus purpuratus (mussel) in SEP. This interhemispheric comparison reveals the tight link between environmental and biological variation, indicating that studies comparing spatial scales of biological variation must consider the underlying environmental variation in addition to simply scale alone.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Catalán ◽  
Nelson Valdivia ◽  
Ricardo Scrosati

In rocky intertidal environments, the vertical gradient of abiotic stress generates, directly or indirectly, significant spatial variation in community structure. Along shorelines within biogeographic regions, abiotic changes also generate horizontal biological variation, which when measured at large sampling intervals may surpass vertical biological variation. Little is known, however, on how vertical variation compares with horizontal variation measured at multiple spatial scales in habitats with similar environmental conditions. Here, we compare spatial variability in rocky-intertidal communities between vertical stress gradients and three horizontal spatial scales (sampling interval) across habitats experiencing the same wave exposure on the Northwest Atlantic (NWA) and Southeast Pacific (SEP) coasts. For both regions, the vertical variation in species richness and composition (Raup-Crick and Bray-Curtis indices) was higher than the variation measured at all horizontal scales, from a few cm to hundreds of km. The patterns of variation in community structure matched those of abundance for the dominant sessile organisms, the foundation species Ascophyllum nodosum (seaweed) in NWA and Perumytilus purpuratus (mussel) in SEP. This interhemispheric comparison reveals the tight link between environmental and biological variation, indicating that studies comparing spatial scales of biological variation must consider the underlying environmental variation in addition to simply scale alone.


2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Affan Badar ◽  
Shivakumar Raman ◽  
P. Simin Pulat ◽  
Randa L. Shehab

In earlier work [Bader et al., ASME J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. 125(2), pp. 263–271 (2003); Int. J. Mach. Tools Manuf. 45(1), pp. 63–75 (2005)] the authors have presented an adaptive sampling method utilizing manufacturing error patterns and optimization search techniques for straightness and flatness evaluation. The least squares method was used to compute a tolerance zone. In this paper, experimental analysis is performed to verify the sturdiness of the adaptive sampling procedure. Experiments are carried out to investigate the effects of different factors on the sample size and absolute percent error of the estimated tolerance from that of a large population sample. Twelve 7075-T6 aluminum plates are end-milled and 12 cast iron plates are face-milled. Two sets of four plates from each lot are selected randomly, one each for straightness and flatness estimation. Factor A used in both straightness and flatness analyses is manufacturing process (i.e., surface error profile). Factor B for straightness is step size whereas for flatness it is search strategy (i.e., number of bad moves and restart allowed). Factor C for flatness is search algorithm (i.e., tabu and hybrid). Plates are nested within the levels of manufacturing process. The results have been analyzed and compared with other sampling methods. The analyses reveal that the current approach is more efficient and reliable.


1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 2059-2062 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Kronberg ◽  
H G Zimmer ◽  
V Neuhoff

Abstract We describe the design principles of a photometric flatbed scanner with a scan area of 250 X 250 mm2, a dynamic range of 4000 gray levels, a signal/noise ratio of 2000/1, a step size of 0.1 mm, and a step frequency of 2000 steps per second. It is controlled by a microcomputer and used to acquire data for quantitative evaluation of gels or chromatograms. The performance of the instrument is demonstrated by the data obtained by scanning gratings, gray step filters, and high-resolution electropherograms.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yan Wang ◽  
Xuelong Hu ◽  
Xiaojian Zhou ◽  
Yulong Qiao ◽  
Shu Wu

In statistical process control (SPC), t charts play a vital role in the monitoring of the process mean, especially when the process variance is unknown. In this paper, two separate upper-sided and lower-sided exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) t charts are first proposed and the Monte Carlo simulation method is used to obtain their run length (RL) properties. Compared with the traditional one-sided EWMA t charts and several run rules t charts, the proposed charts are proven to have better performance than these competing charts. In addition, by adding the variable sampling interval (VSI) feature to the proposed charts, the new VSI one-sided EWMA t charts are shown to detect different shift sizes in the process more efficient than the chart without VSI feature. Finally, an example of a milk filling process illustrates the use of the charts.


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