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Control and characterization of a cyclotron proton beam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The cyclotron proton beam accelerator at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) is used for positron emission tomography (PET) applications. Pharmaceutical radioisotopes are produced and delivered to local ...
Data control for signal scavenging for a personnel detection system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Injurious falls have been one of the major problems in elderly people and not providing medical assistance to those patients on time may increase complications. We developed a "Smart Carpet", which detects the personal ...
Introduction of low noise amplifier for ultra-wideband radar receiver
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In recent years, taking care of the older population demands a greater degree of versatility in healthcare. Automatic monitoring devices and sensors ...
Analog to digital converter for UWB short range indoor radar system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this project the analog-to-digital converter is designed for an ultra-wideband short-range radar (UWBSRR) health-event monitoring system. The input ...
Clustering in relational data and ontologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation studies the problem of clustering objects represented by relational data. This is a pertinent problem as many real-world data sets can only be represented by relational data for which object-based clustering ...
Robust receiver design for RF communication and underwater acoustic communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation includes two parts: robust receiver design for wireless radio frequency(RF) communication, and robust receiver design for underwater acoustic (UWA) communication. The methodology of study for the first ...
Linguistic summarization of human activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The thesis advanced herein is that linguistic summarization is essential for the reliable succinct modeling and inference of human activity. It is also asserted that the inherent and unavoidable uncertainty is linguistic ...
A system for change detection and human recognition in voxel space using stereo vision
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Image space change detection algorithms do not adequately address the complexities in real-world dynamic environments. With few exceptions, these algorithms rely on pixel-level information to detect proper foreground change. ...
Spectrographic temperature measurement of a breakdown arc within the rimfire gas switch
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A procedure for obtaining the temperature of optically thick plasma is described. The plasma is in the form of a gas breakdown arc which conducts approximately 10-kJ of energy in 1-[mu]s. A spectrographic analysis of the ...
Design of a signal scavenging sensor system for passive monitoring in elder care technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This thesis describes sensors designed for a non-obtrusive monitoring system to detect and track the elderly adults walking on the carpet. The sensors are thin metal foils which detect environmental or scavenged energy. ...
Activity segmentation with special emphasis on sit-to-stand analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In this study, we present algorithms to segment the activities of sitting and standing, and identify the regions of sit-to-stand transitions in a given image sequence. As a means of fall risk assessment, we propose methods ...
High-speed non-invasive thermal analysis of high-power light-emitting diode arrays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are pervasive in many of today's technologies. Continued maturation of the technology coupled with interest in energy ...
Visual recognition using hybrid camera
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Visual recognition is an exciting but difficult task. Recent dramatic advance in compute vision technology has made some promising progress. For example, the launch of hybrid camera provides both RGB and depth information ...
Pattern recognition of mixed signals using guided under-determined source signal separation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In typical problems involving pattern recognition, the challenge lies in selecting a good set of features and in devising a reliable algorithm to recognize any particular vector of such features. In general, even when noise ...
Effects of nano-second pulsed electric fields on human breast cancer cell line-MCF7
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Effects of nanosecond pulsed electric fields on the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 have been investigated for changes in cell number, DNA ...
Significance-linked Connected Component Analysis Plus with new DOR and context model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this thesis, a new efficient wavelet image coding algorithm Significance-Linked Connected Component Analysis Plus (SLCCA+) is introduced. SLCCA+ ...
3D scene description and construction using spatial referencing language
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
It has long been a dream of science fiction to have a robot that can understand and communicate using the rich dialog of natural language. Having such capabilities would allow a human collaborator to interact naturally and ...
Automated video processing and scene understanding for intelligent video surveillance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Recent advances in key technologies have enabled the deployment of surveillance video cameras on various platforms. There is an urgent need to develop advanced computational methods and tools for automated video processing ...
Noise optimization of amorphous SixGeyO1-x-y uncooled microbolometer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
A detailed investigation of reduction of low-frequency noise voltage power spectral density (PSD) of silicon germanium oxide (SixGeyO1-x-y) uncooled infrared (IR) microbolometers has been performed. The experimental methods ...
Characterization of a lithium niobate piezoelectric transformer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)