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DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH ENERGY PHASE CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM PROTOTYPE
(2011)
The field of mammography receives constant research attention focused on improving the balance between the benefits of cancer screening and the risks of harmful radiation to the patient. As a result, numerous advancements ...
Applications of Gaussian Mixture Model to Weather Observations
(2011)
The estimation of weather parameters such as attenuation and rainfall rates from weather radar data has been based mainly on deterministic regression models. The applications of a Bayesian approach to weather parameters ...
Distributed Computation and Optimization over Networks
(2011)
This dissertation is devoted to the development of efficient, robust, and scalable distributed algorithms, which enable agents in a large-scale, multi-hop network to cooperatively compute a global quantity, or solve an ...
A Building Block Apporach to Port Security
(2011)
With the ever present threat to commerce, both politically and economically, technological innovations provide a means to secure the transportation infrastructure that will allow efficient and uninterrupted freight-flow ...
Unified security frameworks for integrated WiMAX and optical broadband access networks
(2011)
This dissertation proposes the integration of optical and Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) broadband access networks in order to combine the strengths of optical and wireless technologies and ...