Advancements, Trends and Future Prospects of Lower Limb Prosthesis by Muhammad Asif, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Noman Naseer

“…A mutual observation demands the design of a bio-compatible, lightweight, and economic prosthesis to track the normal human gait by eliminating phantom limb pain. This will empower the amputees to live a quality life in society. …”
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Dark Energy in Spherically Symmetric Universe Coupled with Brans-Dicke Scalar Field by Koijam Manihar Singh, Gauranga C. Samanta

“…In the first model, the dark energy behaves like a phantom type and in such a universe the existence of negative time is validated with an indication that our universe started its evolution before t=0. …”
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Invalidity of SUV Measurements of Lesions in Close Proximity to Hot Sources due to “Shine-Through” Effect on FDG PET-CT Interpretation by Yiyan Liu

“…The magnitude of SUV overestimation of the lesions directly neighboring the large hot sources is varied among the different cases, and it is possibly secondary to “shine-through” effect of the hot sources, which would warrant further systematic investigation such as phantom simulation experiment. If the lesion is in the close territory of the hot source, measured SUV is often overestimated and invalid. …”
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Multislot Antenna with a Screening Backplane for UWB WBAN Applications by Yun-fei Wei, Christophe Roblin

“…Simulated results of the antenna close to a three-layer arm phantom are presented. Impedance and radiation measurements of the isolated antenna as well as propagation characteristics along the human body demonstrating the desensitization effect are also presented. …”
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Compressed Sensing Photoacoustic Imaging Reconstruction Using Elastic Net Approach by Xueyan Liu, Shuo Dai, Mengyu Wang, Yining Zhang

“…To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, a series of numerical simulations and tissue-mimicking phantom experiments are performed. The experiment results indicate that, compared with the L1-norm and L2-normbased regularization methods with different numerical phantoms, Gaussian noise of 10-50 dB, and different regularization parameters, the EN method with α=0.5 has better image quality, calculation speed, and antinoise ability.…”
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Implantable Tx–Rx wireless systems. An overview of their efficiency analysis through scattering matrix formalism by Koulouridis, Stavros

“…Looking at the system as a black box, remarks on optimum link calculation in relation to frequency, antenna size, phantom use, matching circuit integration and efficiency intensifiers are being carried out. …”
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Spinor Quintom Cosmology with Intrinsic Spin by Emre Dil

“…Choosing suitable potentials leads to the quintom scenario crossing between quintessence and phantom epochs, or vice versa. Analyzing three quintom scenarios provides stable expansion phases avoiding Big Rip singularities and yielding matter dominated era through the stabilization of the spinor pressure via spin contribution. …”
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Voir les fantômes. Sentir la multiplicité temporelle de la ville grâce aux œuvres d’art by Estelle Grandbois-Bernard

“…Through the study of temporal experiences shaped by three contemporary works of art about the transformation in cities (Souvenirs de Berlin-Est by Sophie Calle, The Writing on the Wall by Shimon Attie and Phantom Shangai by Greg Girard), I try to think about how they let fell the presence of the past in urban space, and how they all seem to suggest that “living together” also mean “living with our ghosts”.…”
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A controversial legacy from the Romantic period. Al-Andalus echoes in films featuring tourists (1905-1975) by Alfonso Fernández-Tabales, María C. Puche-Ruiz

“…Furthermore, the secondary objectives are to analyse the intense debate, running since the beginning of the 19th century, about the image of Al-Andalus among Spanish intellectuals; and analyse the (re)production of “phantom image” linked to Al-Andalus in films with tourists, using a qualitative method of film image analysis that can be considered novel (Grounded Theory built through visual analysis with NVivo software). …”
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Elastography Method for Reconstruction of Nonlinear Breast Tissue Properties by Z. G. Wang, Y. Liu, G. Wang, L. Z. Sun

“…Simulations are conducted on a three-dimensional heterogeneous breast phantom extracting from real imaging including fatty tissue, glandular tissue, and tumors. …”
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Multispectral Bioluminescence Tomography: Methodology and Simulation by Alexander X. Cong, Ge Wang

“…Here we present a bioluminescence tomography (BLT) method for a bioluminescent source reconstruction from multispectral data measured on the external surface, and demonstrate the advantages of multispectral BLT in a numerical study using a heterogeneous mouse chest phantom. The results show that the multispectral approach significantly improves the accuracy and stability of the BLT reconstruction even if the data are highly noisy.…”
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Flexible Dual-Frequency Applicator for Local Hyperthermia by Houda Halheit, André Vander Vorst, Smail Tedjini, Rachida Touhami

“…To conform the body’s curvature, the applicator is bent on a cylindrical body. 3D electromagnetic CST Microwave Studio was used to determine the performance of the applicator and to evaluate the specific absorption rate (SAR) distribution in cylindrical human body phantom. The results obtained show that the antenna can be used in curved situation for uniform and superficial treatment.…”
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Modelling and Testing the Dynamic Properties of a Launcher with Unguided Missiles by Zbigniew J. DZIOPA, Maciej NYCKOWSKI

“…The launching process was recorded using a Phantom high-speed digital camera. The recorded images were then analysed using TEMA software. …”
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“Three Crossings” Compensations of the High Speed Moving MIMO Radar by Cheng Luo, Zishu He

“…This method could compensate the “Three Crossings” simultaneously with little complexity of calculation because the preprocess deals only with the transmitting signals. Lastly, the phantom antenna array is employed in the simulations, the working model of “sparse transmitting dense receiving” is applied to the simulation of crossing-beam, and the results of simulations demonstrate the validity and the practicability of the method of combining the preprocess and the FrFT to compensate “Three Crossings.”…”
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Generalization of the Randall-Sundrum Model Using Gravitational Model F(T,Θ) by S. Davood Sadatian, S. M. Hosseini

“…To be specific, dark energy could either be quintessence-like, phantom-like, or the so-called “quintom”-like. The models of quintom type suggest that the equation of state parameter of dark energy can cross the cosmological constant boundary ω=-1. …”
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Thermoacoustic Molecular Imaging of Small Animals by Robert A. Kruger, William L. Kiser, Daniel R. Reinecke, Gabe A. Kruger, Kathy D. Miller

“…We describe a dual-wavelength subtraction technique for isolating optical dyes with TCT. Phantom experiments demonstrate that we can detect 5 fmol of a near-infrared dye (indocyanine green, ICG) in a 1-ML volume using dual-wavelength subtraction. …”
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Use of Liposomal Bupivacaine in Pediatric Peripheral Nerve Blocks after Traumatic Amputation by Gregory M. Halenda, Stylianos Voulgarelis

“…The patient did not develop chronic pain or phantom limb syndrome. While liposomal bupivacaine is not currently FDA-approved for peripheral nerve blockade in children, this case highlights a potentially effective use of this drug and possible area for further investigation.…”
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Design and Performance Investigation of a Robot-Assisted Flexible Ureteroscopy System by Jianchang Zhao, Jianmin Li, Liang Cui, Chaoyang Shi, Guowu Wei

“…A joint-to-joint mapping strategy and several control strategies are built to realize intuitive and safe operations. Both phantom and animal experiments validate that the robot has significant advantages over manual operations, including the easy-to-use manner, reduced intraoperative time, and improved surgical ergonomics. …”
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Suppression of MRI Truncation Artifacts Using Total Variation Constrained Data Extrapolation by Kai Tobias Block, Martin Uecker, Jens Frahm

“…The effectiveness of these methods is demonstrated with simulations as well as experimental data for a phantom and human brain in vivo.…”
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Novel Multiband Metal-Rimmed Antenna for Wearable Applications by Bin Liu, Jianghong Han, Songhua Hu, Li Zhang

“…The antenna performances in free-space and on a human phantom simulating a human body are analyzed by means of numerical simulations. …”
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