This document discusses a new pulse model based iterative deconvolution (PMID) method for measuring the energy of scintillation events. The method models the scintillation detector as a linear system and treats energy measurement as a deconvolution problem. It uses an iterative MLEM algorithm to deconvolve digital scintillation pulses into spike signals, whose integrated voltages provide energy information. Experiments showed the PMID method provided better energy resolution than other methods for pileup events, and similar performance to digital gated integration for single events. The method is adaptive to different pulse shapes and can process pileups without detection.
This document reports on a study analyzing the molecular structure, vibrational spectra, and nonlinear optical properties of 4-Chloro-DL-phenylalanine (4CLPA) using density functional theory calculations. Specifically, the researchers recorded and analyzed the FTIR and FT-Raman spectra of 4CLPA. They investigated the equilibrium geometry, bonding features, and harmonic vibrational wavenumbers using DFT calculations. They also analyzed the predicted electronic absorption spectra from TD-DFT calculations compared to the measured UV–Vis spectrum. In addition, they calculated properties like the first order hyperpolarizability and frontier molecular orbitals to understand the charge interactions and reactivity of 4CLPA.
A modified particle swarm optimization algorithm to enhance MPPT in the PV ar...IJECEIAES
This document presents a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to improve the tracking of the maximum power point (MPP) in photovoltaic (PV) arrays. The traditional PSO algorithm can track the MPP under shaded conditions but has issues with tracking speed and optimization process. The proposed modified PSO partitions the duty cycle into two parts - the previous duty ratio is adjusted by a linearization factor, and two new duty cycles are perturbed by a constant value to search the PV curve for the MPP. Simulation results show the modified PSO approach improves tracking speed, accuracy, and efficiency compared to the traditional PSO algorithm.
This document describes the design of a system to control the frequency at which laser diodes are modulated for analyzing samples using photothermal techniques. The system uses an amplitude modulated laser diode with swept frequency. It was developed considering the electrical characteristics of different laser diodes. A driver circuit was created to enable both amplitude modulation and frequency sweeping of the laser diodes without reducing their optical power. Testing on a piezoelectric sensor showed the stability of the driver and different frequency responses for different laser diodes, demonstrating the ability to analyze samples using photothermal techniques.
A Novel Approach for Precise Motion Artefact Detection in Photoplethysmograph...AM Publications
This document presents a novel approach for detecting motion artifacts in photoplethysmograph (PPG) signals using a covered photo-detector. PPG signals are affected by motion artifacts during movement, limiting their use. The proposed method uses two photodetectors - a main photodetector to record the corrupted PPG signal, and a covered photodetector to record only the motion artifact. Experiments show the covered photodetector can accurately reflect motion-induced noise, unlike accelerometers which do not directly correlate with PPG signal noise. This approach provides a reliable reference noise signal for adaptive noise cancellation techniques to remove motion artifacts from PPG signals.
A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Solve Unit Commitment ProblemIOSR Journals
This document describes a study that uses a genetic algorithm approach to solve the unit commitment problem of scheduling generation units in a power system over an 8-hour period. The genetic algorithm approach is able to find near-optimal solutions to the unit commitment problem and results in lower total operating costs than the traditional dynamic programming approach. The genetic algorithm approach encodes potential solutions as strings that are evaluated and evolved over generations to find low-cost solutions that satisfy constraints. The results show the genetic algorithm approach finds schedules with total costs that are $255 lower than those found by dynamic programming for the test power system.
This document discusses integrated quantum photonics and the use of photons to process quantum information. It describes how photons can encode quantum bits or "qubits" and how nonlinear interactions between photons can be used to perform quantum logic gates. It summarizes several experiments where quantum logic gates, algorithms, and walks have been implemented using photons on integrated silicon photonic chips. These experiments demonstrate the potential for scalable and reconfigurable quantum information processing and precision measurement using photons.
35 Charged particle detection at GRAAL - Radiation Effects & Defects in Solid...Cristian Randieri PhD
Charged particle detection at GRAAL - Radiation Effects & Defects in Solids, Taylor & Francis, May June 2009, Vol. 164, N. 5-6, pp. 357-362, ISSN:1042-0150, doi: 10.1080/10420150902811698
di F. Mammoliti, V. Bellini, A. Giusa, C. Randieri, G. Russo, M. L. Sperduto, M. C. Sutera, A. D’Angelo, R. Di Salvo, A. Fantini, D. Franco, D. Moricciani, C. Schaerf, V. Vegna, P. Levi Sandri, G. Mandaglio, G. Giardina (2009)
Abstract
Experimental results on proton and charged pion detection obtained from a study of the γ+n→p+π− reaction are reported in detail. Data have been collected using the tagged and linearly polarized photon beam, impinging on a deuterium target, and the large solid angle apparatus of the GRAAL facility in Grenoble (France). The energy of the charged particles was measured using a BGO calorimeter. A comparison of the experimental data with a GEANT3-based simulation is also presented.
Wigner-Ville Distribution: In Perspective of Fault DiagnosisJungho Park
This document discusses the Wigner-Ville distribution and its properties for time-frequency analysis and fault diagnosis. It contains the following key points:
1. The Wigner-Ville distribution is defined as the Fourier transform of the autocorrelation function and represents the signal's energy distribution over time and frequency.
2. Important properties of the Wigner-Ville distribution include that it is real-valued, and its marginals yield the instantaneous power and energy spectral density. However, it can take on negative values for some signals.
3. For multi-component signals, cross-terms arise in the distribution due to quadratic calculation, which can interfere with interpretation but are not inherently undesirable.
This document reports on a study analyzing the molecular structure, vibrational spectra, and nonlinear optical properties of 4-Chloro-DL-phenylalanine (4CLPA) using density functional theory calculations. Specifically, the researchers recorded and analyzed the FTIR and FT-Raman spectra of 4CLPA. They investigated the equilibrium geometry, bonding features, and harmonic vibrational wavenumbers using DFT calculations. They also analyzed the predicted electronic absorption spectra from TD-DFT calculations compared to the measured UV–Vis spectrum. In addition, they calculated properties like the first order hyperpolarizability and frontier molecular orbitals to understand the charge interactions and reactivity of 4CLPA.
A modified particle swarm optimization algorithm to enhance MPPT in the PV ar...IJECEIAES
This document presents a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to improve the tracking of the maximum power point (MPP) in photovoltaic (PV) arrays. The traditional PSO algorithm can track the MPP under shaded conditions but has issues with tracking speed and optimization process. The proposed modified PSO partitions the duty cycle into two parts - the previous duty ratio is adjusted by a linearization factor, and two new duty cycles are perturbed by a constant value to search the PV curve for the MPP. Simulation results show the modified PSO approach improves tracking speed, accuracy, and efficiency compared to the traditional PSO algorithm.
This document describes the design of a system to control the frequency at which laser diodes are modulated for analyzing samples using photothermal techniques. The system uses an amplitude modulated laser diode with swept frequency. It was developed considering the electrical characteristics of different laser diodes. A driver circuit was created to enable both amplitude modulation and frequency sweeping of the laser diodes without reducing their optical power. Testing on a piezoelectric sensor showed the stability of the driver and different frequency responses for different laser diodes, demonstrating the ability to analyze samples using photothermal techniques.
A Novel Approach for Precise Motion Artefact Detection in Photoplethysmograph...AM Publications
This document presents a novel approach for detecting motion artifacts in photoplethysmograph (PPG) signals using a covered photo-detector. PPG signals are affected by motion artifacts during movement, limiting their use. The proposed method uses two photodetectors - a main photodetector to record the corrupted PPG signal, and a covered photodetector to record only the motion artifact. Experiments show the covered photodetector can accurately reflect motion-induced noise, unlike accelerometers which do not directly correlate with PPG signal noise. This approach provides a reliable reference noise signal for adaptive noise cancellation techniques to remove motion artifacts from PPG signals.
A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Solve Unit Commitment ProblemIOSR Journals
This document describes a study that uses a genetic algorithm approach to solve the unit commitment problem of scheduling generation units in a power system over an 8-hour period. The genetic algorithm approach is able to find near-optimal solutions to the unit commitment problem and results in lower total operating costs than the traditional dynamic programming approach. The genetic algorithm approach encodes potential solutions as strings that are evaluated and evolved over generations to find low-cost solutions that satisfy constraints. The results show the genetic algorithm approach finds schedules with total costs that are $255 lower than those found by dynamic programming for the test power system.
This document discusses integrated quantum photonics and the use of photons to process quantum information. It describes how photons can encode quantum bits or "qubits" and how nonlinear interactions between photons can be used to perform quantum logic gates. It summarizes several experiments where quantum logic gates, algorithms, and walks have been implemented using photons on integrated silicon photonic chips. These experiments demonstrate the potential for scalable and reconfigurable quantum information processing and precision measurement using photons.
35 Charged particle detection at GRAAL - Radiation Effects & Defects in Solid...Cristian Randieri PhD
Charged particle detection at GRAAL - Radiation Effects & Defects in Solids, Taylor & Francis, May June 2009, Vol. 164, N. 5-6, pp. 357-362, ISSN:1042-0150, doi: 10.1080/10420150902811698
di F. Mammoliti, V. Bellini, A. Giusa, C. Randieri, G. Russo, M. L. Sperduto, M. C. Sutera, A. D’Angelo, R. Di Salvo, A. Fantini, D. Franco, D. Moricciani, C. Schaerf, V. Vegna, P. Levi Sandri, G. Mandaglio, G. Giardina (2009)
Abstract
Experimental results on proton and charged pion detection obtained from a study of the γ+n→p+π− reaction are reported in detail. Data have been collected using the tagged and linearly polarized photon beam, impinging on a deuterium target, and the large solid angle apparatus of the GRAAL facility in Grenoble (France). The energy of the charged particles was measured using a BGO calorimeter. A comparison of the experimental data with a GEANT3-based simulation is also presented.
Wigner-Ville Distribution: In Perspective of Fault DiagnosisJungho Park
This document discusses the Wigner-Ville distribution and its properties for time-frequency analysis and fault diagnosis. It contains the following key points:
1. The Wigner-Ville distribution is defined as the Fourier transform of the autocorrelation function and represents the signal's energy distribution over time and frequency.
2. Important properties of the Wigner-Ville distribution include that it is real-valued, and its marginals yield the instantaneous power and energy spectral density. However, it can take on negative values for some signals.
3. For multi-component signals, cross-terms arise in the distribution due to quadratic calculation, which can interfere with interpretation but are not inherently undesirable.
Nanostructured materials for magnetoelectronicsSpringer
This document discusses experimental approaches to studying magnetization and spin dynamics in magnetic systems with high spatial and temporal resolution.
It describes using time-resolved X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (TR-XPEEM) to image the temporal evolution of magnetization in magnetic thin films with picosecond time resolution. Results are presented showing the changing domain structure in a Permalloy thin film following excitation with a magnetic field pulse. Different rotation mechanisms are observed depending on the initial orientation of the magnetization with respect to the applied field.
A novel pump-probe magneto-optical Kerr effect technique using higher harmonic generation is also discussed for addressing spin dynamics in magnetic systems with femtosecond time resolution and element selectivity.
Analytical Modeling of Vibration Signals from a Planetary Gear in Normal and ...Jungho Park
This document summarizes analytical modeling of vibration signals from a planetary gear. It first introduces dynamic modeling of planetary gears from previous literature. It then describes modeling normal vibration signals by considering gear configurations and phase differences. Code is shown to simulate the signals. Modeling of faulty signals is also discussed by considering amplitude modulation and frequency modulation. The document concludes by noting the need to simulate developed faulty behaviors and validate with test data.
Fault detection of a planetary gear under variable speed conditionsJungho Park
This document presents a planetary gears fault detection method called the Positive Energy Residual (PER) method. The method uses wavelet transforms to extract fault features from vibration signals under variable speed conditions. A Gaussian process is then used to model the statistical properties and account for speed variation. An energy residual is calculated and its positive portions are used to determine a PER value. Case studies on a simulation model and experimental data demonstrate the PER method can better detect faults under variable speeds compared to other techniques. The method shows potential for application to other rotating machinery.
MPPT for Photovoltaic System Using Multi-objective Improved Particle Swarm Op...Nooria Sukmaningtyas
Making full use of abundant renewable solar energy through the development of photovoltaic (PV)
technology is an effective means to solve the problems such as difficulty in electricity supply and energy
shortages in remote rural areas. In order to improve the electricity generating efficiency of PV cells, it is
necessary to track the maximum power point of PV array, which is difficult to make under partially shaded
conditions due to the odds of the appearance of two or more local maximum power points., In this paper, a
control algorithm of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) based on improved particle swarm optimization
(IPSO) algorithm is presented for PV systems. Firstly, the current in maximum power point is searched
with the IPSO algorithm, and then the real maximum power point is tracked through controlling the output
current of PV array. The MPPT method based on IPSO algorithm is established and simulated with Matlab
/ Simulink, and meanwhile, the comparison between IPSO MPPT algorithm and traditional MPPT algorithm
is also performed in this paper. It is proved through simulation and experimental results that the IPSO
algorithm has good performances and very fast response even to partial shaded PV modules, , which
ensures the stability of PV system.
Quantum Mechanical Study of the Structure and Spectroscopic (FTIR, FT-Raman, ...iosrjce
This document reports on a quantum mechanical study of the structure, spectroscopy, and properties of 2-[(methylamino)methyl]pyridine (2MAMP) using density functional theory calculations. Key findings include:
1) Geometry optimization, vibrational frequency analysis, and thermodynamic calculations were performed using B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) to analyze the structure and properties of 2MAMP.
2) Theoretical infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectra were calculated and found to agree well with experimental spectra.
3) Calculations of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, dipole moment, polarizability, and hyperpolarizability indicate 2MA
The document discusses qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy and electron microscopy. It describes how XRF can be used to identify elements in a sample based on peaks in the emission spectrum. Quantitative analysis methods discussed include internal standard methods, fundamental parameter methods, and ZAF methods used in electron microscopy to calculate elemental concentrations accounting for matrix effects. Requirements for XRF sample preparation and applications in various fields are also summarized.
Characterization of Liquid Waste in Isotope production and Research Facilitiesiosrjce
IOSR Journal of Applied Physics (IOSR-JAP) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of physics and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in applied physics. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Comparison of optimization technique of power system stabilizer by using geaIAEME Publication
This document compares two optimization techniques - phase compensation and genetic algorithm (GA) - for tuning the parameters of a power system stabilizer (PSS). The PSS helps damp low-frequency oscillations in power systems. The phase compensation technique involves designing phase lead compensators to provide the required phase shift. The GA approach uses genetic operators like selection, crossover and mutation to evolve optimal PSS parameters over generations. Both techniques are applied to a single machine connected to an infinite bus system to optimize the PSS gain, washout time constant and lead/lag time constants. The effectiveness of each technique in enhancing power system stability is then evaluated.
2.a literature survey on design of smart structuresEditorJST
In real time situation machine members are subjected to variable and impact loading experience displacement patterns that may through loading of beam members beyond the yield stress. This causes permanent deformations and excessive fatigue making the beam weak and unserviceable
Model Order Reduction of an ISLANDED MICROGRID using Single Perturbation, Dir...IRJET Journal
This document discusses using model order reduction techniques to simplify the model of an islanded microgrid system from 6th order to lower order approximations. It evaluates three methods: single perturbation, direct truncation, and particle swarm optimization. Single perturbation and direct truncation are used to reduce the model to 4th order, while particle swarm optimization further reduces it to 2nd order. The responses of the reduced models are compared to the original 6th order model, showing that even the 2nd order model reduced using particle swarm optimization provides an improved response.
Qualitative analysis of Fruits and Vegetables using Earth’s Field Nuclear Mag...IJERA Editor
Among the imaging techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-contact and a non-invasive technique to obtain images of the objects rich in water content and provides an excellent tool to study variation of contrast among the soft issues. It often utilizes a linear magnetic field gradient to obtain an image that combines the visualization of molecular structure and dynamics. It measures the characteristics of hydrogen nuclei of water and nuclei with similar chemical shifts, modified by chemical environment across the object. In the present work, MRI of fresh tomatoes has been recorded using Terranova-MRI for qualitative analysis. The technique is effective, powerful and reliable as an investigative tool in the quality analysis and diagnosis of infections in fruits and vegetables.
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USED FOR GEAR FAULT DIAGNOSISJungho Park
The slides are about signal processing techniques widely used for gear fault diagnosis (also the techniques could be used for other various rotating machine diagnosis such as bearing, rotor, motor, etc.). The techniques include wavelet transform, EMD (empirical mode decomposition), HHT (Hilbert-Huang transform), AR-MED filter, Spectral kurtosis, and cyclo-stationary analysis.
This curriculum vitae is for Amal Sarkar of IIT Bombay. It provides details of his education including a Ph.D in experimental particle physics from IIT Bombay, as well as his work experience including research associate positions at IIT Bombay and RHIC. It also lists his research focusing on measuring moments of net kaon distributions to search for the QCD critical point and studying D meson production.
Nuclear Material Verification Based on MCNP and ISOCSTM Techniques for Safegu...IOSRJAP
Recently, Mathematical techniques such as Monte Carlo and ISOCSTM software are being increasingly employed in the absolute efficiency calibration of gamma ray detector. Monte Carlo simulations and Canberra ISOCSTM software bring the possibility to establish absolute efficiency curve for desired energy range based on numerical simulation, with use of known or guessed geometry and chemical composition, of measured item. Broad-energy germanium (BEGe) detector was employed to perform the NDA measurements to five standard reference nuclear material (NBS, SNM-969). MC calculations were performed to calculate some factors (attenuation, geometry and efficiency) which affect the uranium isotope mass estimation. 235U and 238U masses are calculated based on MCNPX modeling calibration and also upon spectra analysis using ISOCSTM Calibration Software. The obtained results from the two different efficiency calibration methods were compared with each other and with the declared value for each sample. The obtained results are in agreements with the declared values within the estimated relative accuracy (ranges between -2.81 to 1.83%). The obtained results indicate that the techniques could be applied for the purposes of NM verification and characterization where closely matching NM standards are not available.
SENSOR SELECTION SCHEME IN TEMPERATURE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKijwmn
In this paper, we propose a novel energy efficient environment monitoring scheme for wireless sensor
networks, based on data mining formulation. The proposed adapting routing scheme for sensors for
achieving energy efficiency from temperature wireless sensor network data set. The experimental
validation of the proposed approach using publicly available Intel Berkeley lab Wireless Sensor Network
dataset shows that it is possible to achieve energy efficient environment monitoring for wireless sensor
networks, with a trade-off between accuracy and life time extension factor of sensors, using the proposed
approach.
This document lists 57 publications by John O'Reilly, including books, papers, and conference proceedings. The publications cover a wide range of topics including distributed computing, venture capital litigation, hedge fund litigation, object-oriented databases, multi-microprocessor computers, distributed systems, real-time control systems, signal processing, particle physics, and charmonium spectroscopy. Many of the publications were presented at major physics and computing conferences between 1976-1990.
Rolling Element Bearing Condition Monitoring using Filtered Acoustic Emission IJECEIAES
This document summarizes research on using filtered acoustic emission signals to monitor the condition of rolling element bearings. The researchers collected acoustic emission data from both healthy and defective bearings. They applied three active noise cancellation techniques (LMS, EMD, wavelet) to filter the noisy acoustic signals and compared their performance based on SNR and MSE, finding that EMD provided the best filtering. Time, frequency, and time-frequency analyses were then used to analyze the filtered signals and diagnose bearing faults. The analyses clearly showed differences between healthy and defective bearings and could detect different types of defects. The research demonstrates that acoustic emission monitoring combined with noise filtering is effective for rolling element bearing condition monitoring and fault diagnosis.
The NOvA Test Beam Program aims to deploy a scaled-down version of the NOvA detectors at Fermilab's Test Beam Facility to expose it to a tertiary beam of pions, protons, muons and electrons. This will help address energy-related and detector response systematic uncertainties in NOvA's neutrino oscillation analyses. The test beam will directly measure the detector's muon, hadron and electromagnetic response, build a database of single particle events, and provide an independent calibration of the detector.
A Novel Method to Improve Measurement Results of Flame Photometry Using Image...CSCJournals
The estimation of alkali metals in clinical chemistry has many parameters which can influence the result. A novel method to improve the measurement parameters of the Flame Photometer is presented. The improvement of accuracy and reliability is achieved through image processing Change Detection technique using Wiener Filter. The proposed method can be used in low cost Medical Equipment with improved measurement parameters performance.
The document discusses using big data and bootstrap sampling techniques to efficiently monitor multiple photovoltaic (PV) plants from a central location. It aims to (1) monitor the energy efficiency of individual PV plants, and (2) monitor multiple PV plants constituting a "constellation" with less computational burden than analyzing full datasets. The bootstrap technique creates resamples from an original sample, requiring less time than standard sampling while providing a representative sample for preliminary analysis of plant performance. This allows energy efficiency monitoring of large constellations of PV plants from a central location with reduced processing demands.
"Are those with absolute pitch less vulnerable to false auditory memories?" This is a proposal I wrote for a course studying the neuropsychological bases of human memory.
Nanostructured materials for magnetoelectronicsSpringer
This document discusses experimental approaches to studying magnetization and spin dynamics in magnetic systems with high spatial and temporal resolution.
It describes using time-resolved X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (TR-XPEEM) to image the temporal evolution of magnetization in magnetic thin films with picosecond time resolution. Results are presented showing the changing domain structure in a Permalloy thin film following excitation with a magnetic field pulse. Different rotation mechanisms are observed depending on the initial orientation of the magnetization with respect to the applied field.
A novel pump-probe magneto-optical Kerr effect technique using higher harmonic generation is also discussed for addressing spin dynamics in magnetic systems with femtosecond time resolution and element selectivity.
Analytical Modeling of Vibration Signals from a Planetary Gear in Normal and ...Jungho Park
This document summarizes analytical modeling of vibration signals from a planetary gear. It first introduces dynamic modeling of planetary gears from previous literature. It then describes modeling normal vibration signals by considering gear configurations and phase differences. Code is shown to simulate the signals. Modeling of faulty signals is also discussed by considering amplitude modulation and frequency modulation. The document concludes by noting the need to simulate developed faulty behaviors and validate with test data.
Fault detection of a planetary gear under variable speed conditionsJungho Park
This document presents a planetary gears fault detection method called the Positive Energy Residual (PER) method. The method uses wavelet transforms to extract fault features from vibration signals under variable speed conditions. A Gaussian process is then used to model the statistical properties and account for speed variation. An energy residual is calculated and its positive portions are used to determine a PER value. Case studies on a simulation model and experimental data demonstrate the PER method can better detect faults under variable speeds compared to other techniques. The method shows potential for application to other rotating machinery.
MPPT for Photovoltaic System Using Multi-objective Improved Particle Swarm Op...Nooria Sukmaningtyas
Making full use of abundant renewable solar energy through the development of photovoltaic (PV)
technology is an effective means to solve the problems such as difficulty in electricity supply and energy
shortages in remote rural areas. In order to improve the electricity generating efficiency of PV cells, it is
necessary to track the maximum power point of PV array, which is difficult to make under partially shaded
conditions due to the odds of the appearance of two or more local maximum power points., In this paper, a
control algorithm of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) based on improved particle swarm optimization
(IPSO) algorithm is presented for PV systems. Firstly, the current in maximum power point is searched
with the IPSO algorithm, and then the real maximum power point is tracked through controlling the output
current of PV array. The MPPT method based on IPSO algorithm is established and simulated with Matlab
/ Simulink, and meanwhile, the comparison between IPSO MPPT algorithm and traditional MPPT algorithm
is also performed in this paper. It is proved through simulation and experimental results that the IPSO
algorithm has good performances and very fast response even to partial shaded PV modules, , which
ensures the stability of PV system.
Quantum Mechanical Study of the Structure and Spectroscopic (FTIR, FT-Raman, ...iosrjce
This document reports on a quantum mechanical study of the structure, spectroscopy, and properties of 2-[(methylamino)methyl]pyridine (2MAMP) using density functional theory calculations. Key findings include:
1) Geometry optimization, vibrational frequency analysis, and thermodynamic calculations were performed using B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) to analyze the structure and properties of 2MAMP.
2) Theoretical infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectra were calculated and found to agree well with experimental spectra.
3) Calculations of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, dipole moment, polarizability, and hyperpolarizability indicate 2MA
The document discusses qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy and electron microscopy. It describes how XRF can be used to identify elements in a sample based on peaks in the emission spectrum. Quantitative analysis methods discussed include internal standard methods, fundamental parameter methods, and ZAF methods used in electron microscopy to calculate elemental concentrations accounting for matrix effects. Requirements for XRF sample preparation and applications in various fields are also summarized.
Characterization of Liquid Waste in Isotope production and Research Facilitiesiosrjce
IOSR Journal of Applied Physics (IOSR-JAP) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of physics and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in applied physics. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Comparison of optimization technique of power system stabilizer by using geaIAEME Publication
This document compares two optimization techniques - phase compensation and genetic algorithm (GA) - for tuning the parameters of a power system stabilizer (PSS). The PSS helps damp low-frequency oscillations in power systems. The phase compensation technique involves designing phase lead compensators to provide the required phase shift. The GA approach uses genetic operators like selection, crossover and mutation to evolve optimal PSS parameters over generations. Both techniques are applied to a single machine connected to an infinite bus system to optimize the PSS gain, washout time constant and lead/lag time constants. The effectiveness of each technique in enhancing power system stability is then evaluated.
2.a literature survey on design of smart structuresEditorJST
In real time situation machine members are subjected to variable and impact loading experience displacement patterns that may through loading of beam members beyond the yield stress. This causes permanent deformations and excessive fatigue making the beam weak and unserviceable
Model Order Reduction of an ISLANDED MICROGRID using Single Perturbation, Dir...IRJET Journal
This document discusses using model order reduction techniques to simplify the model of an islanded microgrid system from 6th order to lower order approximations. It evaluates three methods: single perturbation, direct truncation, and particle swarm optimization. Single perturbation and direct truncation are used to reduce the model to 4th order, while particle swarm optimization further reduces it to 2nd order. The responses of the reduced models are compared to the original 6th order model, showing that even the 2nd order model reduced using particle swarm optimization provides an improved response.
Qualitative analysis of Fruits and Vegetables using Earth’s Field Nuclear Mag...IJERA Editor
Among the imaging techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-contact and a non-invasive technique to obtain images of the objects rich in water content and provides an excellent tool to study variation of contrast among the soft issues. It often utilizes a linear magnetic field gradient to obtain an image that combines the visualization of molecular structure and dynamics. It measures the characteristics of hydrogen nuclei of water and nuclei with similar chemical shifts, modified by chemical environment across the object. In the present work, MRI of fresh tomatoes has been recorded using Terranova-MRI for qualitative analysis. The technique is effective, powerful and reliable as an investigative tool in the quality analysis and diagnosis of infections in fruits and vegetables.
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USED FOR GEAR FAULT DIAGNOSISJungho Park
The slides are about signal processing techniques widely used for gear fault diagnosis (also the techniques could be used for other various rotating machine diagnosis such as bearing, rotor, motor, etc.). The techniques include wavelet transform, EMD (empirical mode decomposition), HHT (Hilbert-Huang transform), AR-MED filter, Spectral kurtosis, and cyclo-stationary analysis.
This curriculum vitae is for Amal Sarkar of IIT Bombay. It provides details of his education including a Ph.D in experimental particle physics from IIT Bombay, as well as his work experience including research associate positions at IIT Bombay and RHIC. It also lists his research focusing on measuring moments of net kaon distributions to search for the QCD critical point and studying D meson production.
Nuclear Material Verification Based on MCNP and ISOCSTM Techniques for Safegu...IOSRJAP
Recently, Mathematical techniques such as Monte Carlo and ISOCSTM software are being increasingly employed in the absolute efficiency calibration of gamma ray detector. Monte Carlo simulations and Canberra ISOCSTM software bring the possibility to establish absolute efficiency curve for desired energy range based on numerical simulation, with use of known or guessed geometry and chemical composition, of measured item. Broad-energy germanium (BEGe) detector was employed to perform the NDA measurements to five standard reference nuclear material (NBS, SNM-969). MC calculations were performed to calculate some factors (attenuation, geometry and efficiency) which affect the uranium isotope mass estimation. 235U and 238U masses are calculated based on MCNPX modeling calibration and also upon spectra analysis using ISOCSTM Calibration Software. The obtained results from the two different efficiency calibration methods were compared with each other and with the declared value for each sample. The obtained results are in agreements with the declared values within the estimated relative accuracy (ranges between -2.81 to 1.83%). The obtained results indicate that the techniques could be applied for the purposes of NM verification and characterization where closely matching NM standards are not available.
SENSOR SELECTION SCHEME IN TEMPERATURE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKijwmn
In this paper, we propose a novel energy efficient environment monitoring scheme for wireless sensor
networks, based on data mining formulation. The proposed adapting routing scheme for sensors for
achieving energy efficiency from temperature wireless sensor network data set. The experimental
validation of the proposed approach using publicly available Intel Berkeley lab Wireless Sensor Network
dataset shows that it is possible to achieve energy efficient environment monitoring for wireless sensor
networks, with a trade-off between accuracy and life time extension factor of sensors, using the proposed
approach.
This document lists 57 publications by John O'Reilly, including books, papers, and conference proceedings. The publications cover a wide range of topics including distributed computing, venture capital litigation, hedge fund litigation, object-oriented databases, multi-microprocessor computers, distributed systems, real-time control systems, signal processing, particle physics, and charmonium spectroscopy. Many of the publications were presented at major physics and computing conferences between 1976-1990.
Rolling Element Bearing Condition Monitoring using Filtered Acoustic Emission IJECEIAES
This document summarizes research on using filtered acoustic emission signals to monitor the condition of rolling element bearings. The researchers collected acoustic emission data from both healthy and defective bearings. They applied three active noise cancellation techniques (LMS, EMD, wavelet) to filter the noisy acoustic signals and compared their performance based on SNR and MSE, finding that EMD provided the best filtering. Time, frequency, and time-frequency analyses were then used to analyze the filtered signals and diagnose bearing faults. The analyses clearly showed differences between healthy and defective bearings and could detect different types of defects. The research demonstrates that acoustic emission monitoring combined with noise filtering is effective for rolling element bearing condition monitoring and fault diagnosis.
The NOvA Test Beam Program aims to deploy a scaled-down version of the NOvA detectors at Fermilab's Test Beam Facility to expose it to a tertiary beam of pions, protons, muons and electrons. This will help address energy-related and detector response systematic uncertainties in NOvA's neutrino oscillation analyses. The test beam will directly measure the detector's muon, hadron and electromagnetic response, build a database of single particle events, and provide an independent calibration of the detector.
A Novel Method to Improve Measurement Results of Flame Photometry Using Image...CSCJournals
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tracer. As a result, the system’s energy resolution (ER) has a significant influence on its scatter
fraction, sensitivity and noise equivalent counts (Watson 1997, Jaszczak et al 1985, Koral and
Dewaraja 1999). Moreover, energy information is even utilized in Anger logic algorithm to
localize an event’s position in PET systems equipped with position-sensitive photomultiplier
tubes (PMTs) (Anger 1958, Wong et al 1998).
Scintillation detectors are usually considered as a linear system, which will produce a
current signal with amplitude proportional to the energy of the detected photon (Monzo et al
2008, Knoll 2010). All kinds of analogue or digital event energy measurement methods have
been developed. Goulding et al (1994) used a quasi-trapezoidal pulse shaper to change the
original pulse into a flat-top form and then performed peak extraction to measure the energy
as peak’s height. Radeka (1972) proposed the gated integrator (GI) to integrate the gated
section of a signal with a time-invariant prefilter to calculate the energy. The GI filter is
quite complex and is vulnerable to low frequency extraneous noises such as microphony and
power supply ripple (Imperiale and Imperiale 2001). Based on digital signals, moving window
deconvolution algorithm (Stein et al 1996) fits the input pulse to an exponential decreasing
form, whose peak height is measured as the energy. This method requires the pulse tail to
be exponential and does not consider the noise property. Adaptive filters based on least-
mean-squares algorithm are proposed to adopt trapezoidal shaping in the characterization of
PET signals (Monzo et al 2008), with event energy expressed by the pulse height. Generally
speaking, measuring the energy by the pulse height is liable to the influences of signal–noise
rate, count rate and pulse shape (Young et al 2000, Pichler et al 2003, Musrock et al 2003,
Shao et al 2010).
The above methods are designed to calculate the energy of single events. Their accuracy
is severely affected when two or more pulses are piled up. Such piled-up events are usually
caused by high source activities, long pulse duration and etc. Pileup processing is important in
the energy measurement (Tenney 1984, Germano and Hoffman 1990, Debertin and Sch¨otzig
1977, Gardner and Wielopolski 1977, Cano-Ott et al 1999). Lots of researches have been
focused on it over the past few decades, while the majority of them aimed at detecting the
pileups for rejection (Moszy´nski et al 1967, M´ath´e 1963, Tenney 1984, Blatt et al 1968,
Westphal 1979, Barradas and Reis 2006). The pileup rejection sacrifices the counting rate
for the purity of the detected events (Pomm´e 1999). Some other methods tried to recover
the event information from the detected pileups. The delay-line clipping (DLC) method
shortened the integration duration to measure the energy (Tanaka et al 1979, Woldemichael
2008, Raad and Cheded 2006). However, it will result in a loss of ER due to the clipping
of pulse tail and maybe a further loss of spatial resolution in position-sensitive detectors.
Assuming the pulse tail as an exponential shape, dynamic integrator length methods are
capable of recovering the energy information from pileups (Wong and Li 1998, Tanaka et al
2002).
In this work, we proposed an iterative energy measurement method, which can process
pileup without detection and is independent of signal pulse shape. Our method applies MLEM
algorithm to deconvoluting the digital scintillation pulses and then integrates the voltages of
the resulting spike signals to obtain energy information. The real world experiments showed
that the proposed method provided encouraging performance in ER and count rate recovery.
For singles data, measured energy using our pulse model based iterative deconvolution
(PMID) method is equal to that of the digital gate integrator (DGI). For pileups data, the
ER achieved by PMID at 511 keV is 12.88%, which is better than that of digital DLC
(DDLC). It is even close to the ER produced by DGI for singles data. Meanwhile, the
counts collected by PMID are 5.75 times to those collected by DGI with a 2% energy
window.
4. Scintillation event energy measurement via PMID 7817
2. Methods
2.1. Characteristics of the scintillation pulse
For a scintillation detector system, an incoming photon can be modeled as an impulse function
fi(t) = Eiδ(t − ti), where δ(t − ti) is a shifted Dirac delta function. For the photon with index
i, its energy and arrival time are denoted as Ei and ti, respectively. The overall inputs of the
system are a series of high energy photons and can be represented as f (t) = fi(t). The
output signals are waveforms denoted as p(t). The scintillation detection procedure is then
expressed as a linear convolution equation
p(t) = f (t) ∗ ϕ(t) + n(t), (1)
where ϕ(t) is the system’s unit impulse response function, n(t) is the noise and ∗ is the
convolution operator. If the arrival times of adjacent events are too close, there will be pileups
in p(t). Otherwise, p(t) contains only single events. To retrieve the energy information Ei, we
need to solve the inverse problem of (1), using the collected signal p(t) to compute f (t).
Solving (1) requires the unit impulse response function ϕ(t) to be formulated. For a fixed
scintillation detector, input signals with different energies will result in output pulses with
different amplitudes but of the same shape (Xie et al 2005). With input signal regarded as an
impulse function, the fixed shape of normalized output pulse is indeed a representation of the
system’s unit impulse response function ϕ(t). More specifically, the ϕ(t) can be defined by
the curve fitting of the normalized mean pulse.
The above mechanism is general enough to be applied to any scintillation detection system,
but the mean pulse of a particular system has to be obtained individually. Single pulses need
to be sampled and statistically analyzed to determine the shape of mean pulse. To account
for the procedure of formulating ϕ(t), we take the LYSO/PMT detector system used in our
experiments as an example. We collected 5000 pulses from the system with a 50 GSps high
speed oscilloscope. One typical pulse is shown in figure 1(a). Figure 1(b) shows the average
of all pulses with normalized amplitude and aligned arrival time. Based on the resulting mean
pulse, the unit impulse response function ϕ(t) is formulated as follows (Shao 2007):
ϕ(t) = K 1 − exp −
t
τ1
exp −
t
τ
u(t), (2)
where τ1 = 0.7013 ns, τ = 42.55 ns, u(·) is a unit step function and K is the system gain. It
should be noticed that the formula of impulse response function can be different for various
systems and will not affect the validity of the subsequent processing in our method. There is
no prerequisite on the mean pulse being of any particular shape, such as one-sided exponential
and so on.
Using the collected pulses, we also investigated the properties of noise n(t), especially
the relationship between noise level and mean pulse. The noise level is characterized by
the variance of the normalized and aligned pulses. As shown in figure 1(c), the variance of
pulses has the same shape as that of the mean. The decay constants of the exponential tails
are almost equal. Figure 1(d) shows the total variance of pulses with different energies. The
linear correlation coefficient resulted from the linear regression was 0.9993 and the slope was
0.027 93 keV. Based on above observations, we got
˜n(t) = C · ¯p(t), (3)
where the ¯p(t) and ˜n(t) denote the mean pulse and the corresponding noise variance,
respectively. C is just a constant. Equation (3) suggests that the main noise component in
scintillation detector could be considered as multiplicative. Furthermore, the scintillation
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Figure 1. (a) A typical scintillation pulse sampled by a high speed oscilloscope. (b) Mean of
the 5000 acquired pulses after normalization and alignment. The exponential fitting result shows
the decay constant is 42.55 ns. (c) Variance of the 5000 acquired pulses after normalization and
alignment. The exponential fitting result shows the decay constant is 42.26 ns. (d) Total variance
of pulses with different energy level.
photon emission can be characterized by an inhomogeneous Poisson process (Hero III 1991,
Choong 2009). Thus, it is safe here to assume the main noise as a filtered Poisson noise (Aykac
et al 2010).
2.2. Inversion of the Toeplitz matrix via MLEM iteration
In practice, signals mentioned above are handled in their discrete forms. We denote f = { fj},
p = {pl} and n = {nl} as the discrete forms of the input, output and noise signal sequences,
respectively. The system impulse response function is also expressed as a vector ϕ = {ϕr},
where ϕr = ϕ(r · t) and t is the sampling interval. r, j and l are element indexes in the
corresponding vectors. For the convenience of computation, the convolution operation in (1)
is rewritten as matrix multiplication. A Toeplitz matrix H = T{ϕ} is generated from ϕ and the
convolution (1) is transferred to
p = H f + n. (4)
The element of H is denoted as
hl j = ϕl−j, (5)
where ϕl−j is the (l − j)th element in vector ϕ. Obtaining f from (4) is an inverse problem
which can be solved by many kinds of well established methods (Stoer et al 1993, Greenbaum
1987), such as singular value decomposition (Mees et al 1987), conjugate gradients (Hestenes
and Stiefel 1952), Newton iteration, MLEM (Shepp and Vardi 1982, Bissantz et al 2008, Zeintl
et al 2010) and etc. When the dominant noise of signals p follows a Poisson-like distribution,
6. Scintillation event energy measurement via PMID 7819
MLEM is especially suitable to realize the inversion of (4) (Shepp and Vardi 1982). The
general form of MLEM algorithm that expresses the updating procedure at the kth iteration is
fk
j =
fk−1
j
l
hl j l
hl j
pl
j
hl j fk−1
j
, (6)
where fk
j denotes jth element of solution f at the kth iteration. With enough rounds of
iterations, the solution will approach to the original impulse function f. Essentially, MLEM
is employed here as an instance of iterative deconvolution methods, which have been
used in other applications like image restorations (Richardson 1972, Schlueter et al 1994),
image enhancement (Kulkarni et al 1997), polymer analysis (Liu and Subhash 2006) and
chromatography (Crilly 1991).
In addition, for each solution produced during the iteration, the energy sum of the solution
fk
is always equal to that of the system output p. Without changing the sum, each iteration
just produces a redistribution of energy among the elements of solution. This is the so-called
energy conservation property of the MLEM algorithm (Pruksch and Fleischmann 1998), which
can be denoted as
j
fk
j =
l
pl. (7)
Another feature of MLEM is the nonnegativity of the solution fk
j , since it is updated by
multiplication with a positive value. The nonnegativity conforms to the real world situation. In
contrast, some methods, such as the DLC method, may yield a negative solution. It is also worth
mentioning that the choice of initial solution may affect the final result. It is not unreasonable
to set the initial solution of MLEM iteration here as the output of the deconvolution filtering,
which is usually close to the convergent solution (Fessler 1995).
Ideally, the solution after deconvolution should be a series of impulses with zero duration.
However, due to the noise and inaccuracy in signal measurement, the results are in fact spike-
like signals. Figures 2(b) depicts the outcome of MLEM iteration as the deconvolution result
for the scintillation signal shown in figure 2(a). Although not ideal impulses, most resulting
spikes are narrow enough to be well separated from each other. We can conveniently retrieve the
event arrival time using the peak extraction technique (Raad and Cheded 2006) and calculate
the event energy by integrating each individual spike’s voltage.
The above processing would be sufficient for all the singles and most pileups. However,
there may still be a very small fraction of resulting spikes which remain inseparable from
each other, like those in the dashed boxes in figure 2(b). Such inseparable spikes indicate that
the corresponding events are piled up too closely. If the handling of these seriously piled-up
events is necessary, we can conduct an additional two-step processing which is similar to the
method proposed in Wong and Li (1998), Tanaka et al (2002). The first step is estimating the
pulse amplitude using the shape information given by the mean pulse, the truncated integral of
the frontier scintillation pulse and the events’ arrival time given by peak extraction on spikes.
The second step is subtracting the estimated pulse from the original piled-up pulses. The two
steps are executed recursively for N-1 times for N-event pileups.
3. Experiment
3.1. Experimental setup
To evaluate the performance of the PMID method using MLEM algorithm on energy
measurement, we carried out experiments to obtain real world event data with a gamma
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Figure 2. (a) The original scintillation pulses, containing pileups and singles. (b) The solution after
the MLEM iteration in the PMID method.
(a ) (b )
Dark box
Digital oscilloscope
Radioactive source
Scintillation crystal
PMT
(c )
Figure 3. (a) The LYSO scintillation crystal is in the size of 16.5×16.5×10 mm3. (b) The detector
consists of an LYSO crystal coupled to a Hamamatsu R9800 photomultiplier tube. (c) The pileups
data experiment setup. Only one channel of oscilloscope was used.
ray detector shown in figure 3. An LYSO crystal was optically coupled to a Hamamatsu
R9800 PMT via one of its six facets, while the other five were wrapped in aluminum foil.
The PMT’s operation voltage was set to 1300 V and its output was directly connected to a
Tektronics DPO 71604 digital storage oscilloscope with a 50 termination. The oscilloscope
was operated with a 16 GHz bandwidth and a 50 GSps sampling rate per channel. With an inner
diameter of 5.0 mm, a test tube filled with F18-FDG solution was placed near the crystal’s top
facet as the radiative source. The whole system setup is illustrated in figure 3(c).
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0 100 200 300 400 500 600
0
1
2
3
x 10
4
Energy (keV)
Counts
DGI :ER=12.62%
DDLC:ER=13.74%
PMID :ER=12.62%
Figure 4. The energy histogram obtained from 900 000 single events. Results based on events
acquired at channel 1 of the digital scope is displayed here.
The PMID method was compared with the digital versions of GI (Weng 1995) and
DLC (Hatch 1977) methods, referred to as DGI and DDLC respectively, in two experiments
performed with different source activities. The first experiment aimed to acquire singles data
with a 0.05 mCi source. In this experiment, totally 900 000 singles were acquired. Each single
event was sampled by the oscilloscope for 200 ns, resulting in 10 000 data points. The second
experiment was to collect pileups data. It used a 1.35 mCi source and thus the count rate was
high enough to generate pileup events. The pulse data were collected as frames, each of which
contained 5 × 107
data points continuously sampled in a duration of 1 ms. Totally 150 frames
were obtained and used for evaluating the pileup processing performance of DGI, DDLC and
PMID methods. Both the DGI and DDLC methods calculated the energy by digital integration
of a duration of the signal sequence, which was triggered by the signal’s surpassing of 60 mV.
The length of integration duration was 200 ns for DGI and 42 ns for DDLC. However, DDLC
will clip the pulse tails before the integration, by subtracting a delayed copy of the signal from
a amplified copy. The delay time was set to 42 ns, approximately equal to the time constant of
the pulse tail.
3.2. Experimental results
At first, energy measurement performances of DGI, DDLC and PMID methods were evaluated
with singles data and the results are compared in figure 4. The ER was calculated from the
Gaussian fitting to the photopeak of energy histogram. Both DGI and PMID obtained an ER
of 12.62% at 511 KeV, while DDLC got 13.74%. For DDLC method, its short integration
duration limited the collection of scintillator photons and thus deteriorated the ER (Tanaka
et al 2002).
The energy measurement results for the pileups data are shown in figure 5. There was
a peak around 1000 keV in the energy spectrum of DGI method, which has no pileup
discrimination. This peak represented the misinterpretation of pileups as singles. There was
no such pileup peak in the energy spectra of DDLC and PMID, both of which were capable of
pileup processing. As expected, ERs of all the methods were worse than those for singles data
due to pulse aliasing. The corresponding ERs were 22.48%, 14.88% and 12.88% at 511 keV
for DGI, DDLC and PMID, respectively. DGI method produced the worst ER, because its
long integral duration was very vulnerable to the disturbance of the piled-up event. For the
two methods capable of pileup discrimination and processing, PMID method outperformed
DDLC and its ER was even close to that of singles data.
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0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
x 10
4
Energy (keV)
Counts
DGI :ER=22.46%
DDLC:ER=14.88%
PMID :ER=12.88%
Figure 5. The energy histogram obtained from pileups data.
50G 25G 10G 1G 500M 200M 100M
14
16
18
20 No Shaper
3ns Leading Edge
5ns Leading Edge
7ns Leading Edge
Sampling Rate (Sps)
EnergyResolution(%)
Figure 6. The ER evaluation of PMID on pileups data with different sampling rates and pulse
shapes.
The above results were obtained from data sampled at 50 GSps. The pre-stored pulses data
with a high sampling rate allow electronic designer to evaluate their DSP algorithms with good
operability and flexibility. However, 50 GSps is not necessary for the PMID method to process
the pileups. We investigated the sampling rate’s effect on the PMID method. Data points were
picked up at different intervals from the original sequence to simulate different ADC sampling
rates, ranging from 100 MSps to 50 GSps. Thereafter, the re-sampled waveform was screened
and processed by the PMID method. Figure 6 shows that the ER of PMID method remained
almost unchanged until the sampling rate was decreased to 1 GSps. With a 500 MSps sampling
rate, the PMID method still maintained an ER of 13.26% at 511 keV. Since different pulse
shapes of single-photon responses will affect the required sampling rate, we evaluated another
three pulses with the rise time of 3, 5 and 7 ns. These pulses are obtained by applying different
digital Gaussian shaper on the original pulses and the relative ER versus sampling rate curves
are shown in figure 6. The results indicate that the requirement on sampling rate decreases
with the increasing of the rise time.
We also evaluated the counting rate performance with pileups and depicted the results
in figure 7. Since DGI cannot discriminate and process pileups, its counting rates were the
worst with every energy window. DDLC and PMID recovered valid counts from the piled-up
events and provided much better counting rates. Furthermore, the counting rates of PMID
were higher than those of DDLC, mainly because of PMID’s better ER. Those results verified
the superior pileup processing ability of PMID.
The computing burden of PMID was analyzed to investigate its feasibility. At first,
we estimated its computational complexity. One iteration of PMID involves mainly
two convolution operations, which can be further decomposed as an FFT operation, a
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2 5 8 10 15 20
0
2
4
x 10
5
DGI
DDLC
PMID
Energy Window (%)
Counts
Figure 7. The restored counting evaluation. The chosen energy window is 2%, 5%, 8%, 10%, 15%
and 20% of 511 keV energy peak.
0 10 20 30 40 50
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
x 10
4
Total Number of Iterations
RequiredComputingCapability(Gflops)
Sample Rate = 1 GSps
Sample Rate = 2 GSps
Sample Rate = 3 GSps
Sample Rate = 4 GSps
Figure 8. Computing capacity requirements of PMID in real-time mode with different data
sampling rates and total iteration numbers.
multiplication, a division and an IFFT operation. Considering the symmetry of FFT and
IFFT, we can approximate one PMID iteration as four FFT operations. If the number of
samples is assumed as N, the computational complexity of PMID should be O(N log(N)), on
the same level as that of FFT. On the other hand, DGI algorithm requires an over-threshold
operation and an integration operation, while DDLC requires one more multiplication and one
more subtraction. Thus, both of their computational complexities can be estimated as O(N).
Although PMID’s computational complexity is O(log(N)) times larger than those of DGI and
DDLC, it will become a problem only in applications with real-time processing requirement.
We further assessed the computing capability required to realize PMID in real-time mode. If
the signal sequence’s length is 1 us and the sampling rate is x GSps, there is N = 1000x. Since
the computing burden of FFT is (34/9) log2(N)N floating-point operations when N > 64
(Johnson and Frigo 2007), that of one PMID iteration is (136/9) log2(N)N floating-point
operations. The computing capability required to execute the PMID with 20 iterations in
real-time mode is (136/9) log2(N)N ×20/1000 ≈ 302.2 log2(1000x)x Gflops (Giga floating-
point operations per second). With a sampling rate of 1 GSps, the corresponding computing
capability requirement is about 3000 Gflops as shown in figure 8). Such requirement can be
satisfied by nowadays high-end GPU, such as the Tesla K20X, whose peak floating point
performance is 3950 Gflops (NVIDIA 2012).
To further understand the performance of the PMID method, we monitored the changes of
the pulse shape, event energy, ER and corresponding elapsed time during the first 50 iteration.
Figure 9(a) suggests that the resulting signals were narrowing down as the iteration went on,
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0
0.1
0.2 Original Sequence
0
0.5 Iteration 2
0
1
2
Iteration 10Voltage(V) A B C D E
0
5 Iteration 20 F
200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
0
5
Time (ns)
Iteration 40
(a)
12 5 10 20 30 40 50
350
400
450
500
Energy(keV)
Iterations
2−Event Pileup: A B
Single Event: C
3−Event Pileup: D E F
A B C D E F
(b)
0 10 20 30 40 50
350
360
370
380
390
400
ElapsedTime(s)
Iterations
0 10 20 30 40 50
0.12
0.13
0.14
0.15
0.16
0.17
EnergyResolutionElapsed Time
Energy Resolution
(c)
Figure 9. (a) The original pileup scintillation sequence and the deconvoluted spikes at the 2nd,
10th, 20th, 40th iteration. (b) The energy convergence in the first 50 iterations. (c) The energy
resolution and corresponding elapsed time in the first 50 iterations.
until they were spike-like. In this way, most piled-up events became distinguishable from each
other. The energy values of single events such as C in figure 9(b) remained constant, equal
to the integration of the original scintillation pulses. That conformed to the PMID’s energy
conversation property mentioned in subsection 2.2. For the two-event pileup (like events A and
B in figure 9(b)) or three-event pileup (events D, E and F in figure 9(b)), the total energy also
remained constant while its distribution among the piled-up events would change during the
iteration until a convergence was reached. Both figures 9(b) and (c) indicate that convergence
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happens at around 20 iterations, when the variation of the mean energy was less than 0.1%.
Figure 9(c) also shows that the elapsed time of PMID is around 370 s per iteration. That is
obtained in the Matlab environment running in a PC with an Intel Core i3-3220@3.30 GHz
CPU and 8GB 1600 MHz Kingston DDR3 memory.
4. Discussion and conclusion
Based on the mean pulse of scintillation signals, we constructed a linear model for scintillation
detection systems and thus transferred the measurement of event energy to a deconvolution
problem. Thereafter, we applied the MLEM algorithm to solve this problem. Experiments
with real world signals showed that this method provided good ERs with both the singles and
pileups. The counting rate performance of this method was also better than the widely used
DGI and DDLC methods.
The proposed method does not require the mean pulse of scintillation signals to be in a
particular shape, as long as it is fixed. In contrast to it, dynamic integrator methods proposed
in Wong and Li (1998), Tanaka et al (2002) are based on the one-sided exponential model.
Since different front-end electronics in detection systems may produce different pulse shapes,
the adaptability of the proposed method would be appreciated in applications.
Another issue worth mentioning is that the majority of pileups and singles are processed
uniformly in the proposed method, without any specific detection or processing for pileups.
Only a small number of seriously piled-up events, i.e. less than 3% of the total events under
a 10 Mcps counting rate, need further processing. Thus, the proposed method is unlikely to
encounter the false pileup detection caused by noise. This feature may have made a contribution
to its good performance.
In the future works, we will apply the PMID method to data obtained by multi-voltage
threshold digitizer instead of the high speed ADC. Since both nulti-voltage threshold method
and the PMID method require the prior knowledge of pulse shape, they could be well-
matched. Other iterative algorithms, such as maximum a posterior or ordered subset expectation
maximization, can also be considered in the PMID method.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Mr Yanzhao Li and Mr Xiaoqing Cao for the inspiring discus-
sions, Ms Yongqian Chen and Mr Mohammed Abdullah Abdusalam Ahmed for proofreading
the paper, Ms Yawen Zheng, Mr Ming Niu and Mr Jun Zhu for assistance in the experiment
setup. This work was supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
grant #U1201256 and #61027006, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST)
grant #2012DFG31970, the Research and Development Programme of Hubei Province grant
#2011BFA005, the Wuhan Programs for Science and Technology Development grant
#201231234461 and the Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation grant #BK2011329.
Some related computations were performed on the High Performance Computing Center exper-
imental testbed in SCTS/CGCL (http://grid.hust.edu.cn/hpcc) and the High Performance Com-
puting platform provided by Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province.
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