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The Sembrich's final concert of the season will be a piano recital by Thomas Pandolfi at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. Pandolfi will perform works by Liszt, Scriabin, Chopin, and Gershwin. The cost is $25.
A Members Appreciation Night will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 with the screening of the film "Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey," followed by music for theremin and piano by Jason Smeltzer and Wayne Smith. The exclusive members-only event is free.
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Their concert features works of Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich. The cost of the concert is $25.
This residency is in honor of the Flonzaley Quartet, one of the most prestigious chamber groups of the early 20th century.
The group was established in 1902 by Eduard de Coppet, whose daughter Juliette was the founder of the Sembrich Museum.
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An optical processor includes a non-linear spatial light modulator defining an array of logic gates and having an output plane 10 ) and an input plane 12. The array is made up of a plurality of cells 14 each containing a plurality of logic gates 16. A lenslet array 18 comprising an array of lenslets 20 associated one with each cell 14 respectively focusses the oututs of the cells onto respective facets 22 of a holographic array 24. Each facet of the holographic array defines a predetermined mapping or routing configuration to map the respective cell onto the input plane 12. The cells may be mapped either precisely onto the predetermined cell of the input plane or in cell-shifted fashion. An optical processor is described which employs the arrangement illustrated in FIG. 1 to enable asembly of a plurality of similar interacting modules for implementing a regular algorithm such as a fast multiplier array.
1. An optical processor including a series of M similar logic modules, each logic module comprising N logic gates and a set of connections between a plurality of logic gates within each logic module, the set of connections being the same for each logic module, said logic modules being connected with each other to form an optical processor, said logic modules and said connections comprising:
a logic gate array having an input plane and an output plane, including (N�M) logic gates, each logic gate having an input and an output on the input plane and the output plane, respectively, and said logic gates arranged in the form of N cells, each cell including M logic gates, the number of cells (N) defining the number of gates in each module of the optical processor and the number of gates (M) in each cell defining the number of modules in the processor; and
a holographic array having M facets, each facet having incident thereon output signals from a respective associated cell of said logic gate array, each of said facets comprising means for providing a predetermined mapping function and for causing output signals from said associated cell to be mapped onto said input plane of the array, at least one of said facets comprising a means for providing a cell-to-cell mapping function and for causing all outputs from an associated cell to be mapped onto the corresponding inputs of a respective predetermined cell, and at least one of said facets comprising a means for providing a cell-shifted mapping function which causes only some of said outputs from an associated cell to be mapped onto the inputs of a respective predetermined cell, wherein said at least one facet comprising means for providing a cell-to-cell mapping function determines said set of connections between logic gates within each logic module and said at least one facet comprising means for providing a cell-shifted mapping function determines the connections between said logic modules.
2. An optical processor as claimed in claim 1, which includes focussing means for focussing the output of each cell onto the respective facet of the holographic array.
3. An optical processor as claimed in claim 2, wherein said focussing means comprises a lenslet array, each lenslet of the array focussing the output of a cell onto the respective facet of the holographic array.
4. An optical processor as claimed in claim 3, wherein said lenslet array comprises an array of diffractive elements.
5. An optical processor as claimed in claim 3 wherein said lenslet array comprises an array of refractive elements.
6. An optical processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said logic gate array comprises a liquid crystal light valve.
7. An optical processor according to claim 1, wherein each of said logic modules is a full adder and said modules comprise a multiplier array.
8. A method of processing optical data, comprising the steps of:
providing a logic gate array having an input plane and output plane, said logic gate array including a plurality of logic gates, each gate having an input and an output in the input plane and the output plane, respectively;
grouping said logic gates on said logic gate array into a series of N cells, each cell containing M logic gates;
mapping the outputs of said logic gates of at least one of said cells onto the input plane of the array in cell-to-cell fashion such that all outputs of a cell-to-cell mapped cell are mapped onto the corresponding inputs of a respective predetermined cell; and
mapping the outputs of the logic gates of at least one of said cells onto the input plane array in cell-shifted fashion so that only some of the outputs from a cell-shifted mapped cell are mapped onto the corresponding inputs of a respective predetermined cell, whereby a series of M similar interconnected logic modules are defined, each logic module comprising N logic gates and a set of connections between a plurality of logic gates within the module, said set of connections being the same for each module.
This invention relates to optical processors and to methods of processing optical data, and in particular, though not exclusively, to processors and methods for implementing digital processing techniques.
In digital optical processing techniques, optical signals are subjected to logic operations by means of a non-linear device. Devices capable of performing logic operations may be in the form of non-linear spatial light modulators (SLMs), for example liquid crystal cells and interference cells. An example of a liquid crystal cell is that known as the Liquid Crystal Light Valve (LCLV) manufactured by Hughes Aircraft Corporation. Logic circuits may be created using SLMs as arrays of logic gates and an interconnection system and an imaging system to provide the necessary interconnections between the gate outputs of the array and the gate inputs. Two dimensional arrays of logic operations such as OR, NOR, AND, NAND, XOR and XNOR have been demonstrated in this way using a variety of optically addressed SLMs.
Two kinds of interconnections are described in "Architectural implications of a digital optical processor", Jenkins et al, Applied Optics, Vol. 23. No. 19 (October 1984) p. 3465-3474. The space variant interconnection method provides the most general interconnection system in which any gate output can be connected to any one of one or more gate inputs. This system is known as a space-variant interconnection system because the response of the system varies across the input to the interconnection system, so that each gate output sees a different routing configuration. One hologram element or "facet" is required for each logic gate. Clearly, while this system offers great flexibility due to the large number of different routing configurations provided, it is disadvantageous because it requires one facet for each logic gate. There is a limit on the number of facets that can be included on a hologram in an interconnection system, because of the need to maintain the space-bandwidth product (SWBP) at an acceptable level. This means that the space variant system is not suitable for many practical applications.
In the space invariant interconnection system, a single hologram provides a common routing configuration for all the logic gate outputs, so that the configuration defined for each gate output in the array is the same. This system avoids the disadvantages of the space variant interconnection system because it only requires one hologram for the whole output array, but is severely limited in its lack of flexibility in routing configuration. For practical use it requires that particular circuits be implemented by disabling the appropriate logic gates and this requires a separate addressing.
The reference identified above also discloses a hybrid system in which the gate outputs are distributed by means of a first holographic array onto the facets of a second holographic array. The second holographic array defines a finite number of interconnection patterns which is less than the number of the gates. However, the first hologram still have a facet for each of the logic gates in the array, and thus many facets are required.
The embodiment of processor described below does not require a facet for each logic gate but still allows sufficient flexibility in routing for algorithms of a regular structure.
According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided an optical processor including a logic gate array having an input plane and an output plane, and a holographic array for mapping the output plane of the logic gate array onto the input plane in accordance with a predetermined routing configuration, said logic gate array including a plurality of cells each containing a plurality of logic gates, said holographic array including a plurality of facets each for receiving the output of a respective cell, each of the facets defining a predetermined routing configuration between the associated cell output and the input plane of said logic gate array.
According to another aspect of this invention there is provided a method of processing optical data in a processor including a logic gate array and a holographic array for distributing the outputs of the array between the inputs thereof, said method comprising mapping selected cells of said output onto selected cells of said input thereby to define a plurality of interacting modules each defining substantially the same logic circuit, and each having a predetermined interaction with at least one other module.
The invention will now be described by way of non-limiting example, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interconnection system for use in an optical processor according to an embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram representing the optics of a single cell in the logic gate array of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an optical processor according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIGS. 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d are diagrammatic representations for illustrating cell to cell mapping and cell-shifted mapping;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram representing a parallel adder;
FIG. 6 is a logic circuit of a full adder;
FIGS. 7a and 7b are diagrams illustrating a fast multiplier array;
FIG. 8a is a diagram representing the cells in the holographic array and FIGS. 8b (1-4) illustrates the routing configurations implemented by some of the cells of the array, and
FIG. 9 represents a system for performing a digital image processing algorithm.
Referring to FIG. 1, this shows the output and input planes 10 and 12 respectively of a logic gate array, e.g. a Liquid Crystal Light Valve. It will be understood that the planes are on opposed surfaces of the logic gate array and that the representation in FIG. 1 is for purposes of explanation only. In a practical system, for example as illustrated in FIG. 3, the output from the holographic array is transferred to the input plane of the logic gate array by a series of mirrors, so that patterns incident on the gate input array match the patterns on the gate output array.
The logic gate array is divided into an array of cells 14 each containing a number of gates 16. A lenslet array 18 provides a lenslet 20 for each cell 14 of the logic gate array so that the output signals of the gates within the cell are Fourier Transformed onto a respective facet 22 of a holographic array 24. There is a one to one correspondence between the cells of the output plane and the lenslets 20 of the array 18.
Each facet provides a respective routing configuration to map the gate ouput cell between one or more of the gate input cells at the input plane 12 of the logic gate array. It is to be understood that each cell may be mapped precisely onto a complete cell (cell to cell mapping) or onto only part of a cell (cell shifted mapping). Also, as indicated above and show in FIG. 1, the cells may provide fan-out. The logic gate array in FIG. 1 is illustrated as having nine cells 14, each cell having nine logic gates 16. It will be appreciated that this lay-out is for the purposes of explanation and many other configurations are possible. The logic array is a non-linear device capable of performing binary logic operations, e.g. a NOR operation, and may be pixellated or non-pixellated. There is a Fourier transform relationship between the lenslet array 18 and the holographic array 24, and between the holographic array 24 and the input plane 12.
FIG. 2 shows the optics relating to a single cell; the principles will apply to each cell of the array. In FIG. 2, the lenslet (corresponding to a facet 22 of array 24) Fourier transforms the light pattern from the outputs of the gates 16 in the associated cell 14 onto the corresponding facet 22 of the holographic array 24. For simplicity a facet having a fan-out of one is shown. A curvature is imposed on the fringes which is equivalent to that produced by a lens of focal length f/2. This is represented schematically by two lenses L2 and L3 each having a focal length of f. The lens L2 corrects for the spherical wavefront of the Fourier Transform and L3 performs a second Fourier transformation. The resulting optical pattern has a spherical wavefront but this does not need correction if the gate array is an intensity device.
An optical processing circuit is illustrated in FIG. 3. A LCLV logic gate array 26 defines the output and input planes 10 and 12 represented in FIG. 1. A laser 28 generates a beam which is expanded by a beam expander 30 and then made incident upon the gate output plane 10 by means of a beam splitter 32. The read beam 34 is then transmitted to the lenslet array 18 thence via the holographic array 24 to a beam splitter 36. The output from the holographic array 24 is reflected by beam splitter 36, via lens 38, mirrors 40, and 42 onto the input plane 12 of the logic gate array 26. The beam splitter 36 allows the optical input `I` and the optical output `0` to be introduced into and removed from the system.
Referring now to FIG. 1, it will be noted that the connections within each cell are space invariant (i.e. all the gates within the same cell are presented with the same routing configuration) whilst the connections between each cell are space variant (i.e. each cell can have its own routing configuration). Thus only one hologram or facet 22 is required for each cell 14.
As to be described below, the system allows a number of identical interacting processing modules to be built up. The routing configurations between the cells determine the logic circuit common to all modules, and the connections between the modules. Even though the system does not require one facet for each gate, the system allows a great deal of flexibility.
The construction of the non-interacting and interacting modules will now be described with reference to FIG. 4 which, for simplicity, shows a logic gate array with a 2�2 array of cells each containing three gates. FIG. 4a shows an arrangement where the holographic array provides cell to cell mapping (i.e. cells are mapped precisely onto other cells). In this case the outputs Ao 1, Ao 2, Ao 3 of the three gates in output cell Ao are mapped to inputs Ai 1, Ai 2, Ai 3 of input cell Ai and inputs Di 1, Di 2, Di 3 of input cell Di to provide a fan-out of 2. This defines three identical non-interacting modules (sub-circuits) 501, 502, 503. Each module has four gates. The output of gate A is supplied to the input of gate D and also is fed back to the input of gate A. The modules are illustrated in FIG. 4b and it will be understood that the number of modules is equivalent to the number of gates in a cell and that the number of gates in each module is equivalent to the number of cells in the logic gate array. In general it is possible to implement an arbitrary set of identical modules in this manner, exploiting their regularity by forming identical connections in a space invariant fashion.
Interaction between the modules can be introduced by creating within cell shifts. For example, in FIG. 4c, outputs Ao 1, Ao 2 and Ao 3 are mapped in cell to cell fashion to Di 1, Di 2, Di 3 and in cell-shifted fashion to Ai 2, Ai 3. Thus the output of A1 is input to A2 ; the output of A2 is input to A3 ; the output of A3 overflows, and the modules 521, 522 and 523, are interacting as seen in FIG. 4d. In this Figure, the gates B and C have been omitted from the modules for clarity.
In this way architectures such as a parallel adder can be implemented where each module is a full adder, as shown in FIG. 5.
The construction of a fast multiplier will now be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7a and 7b. FIG. 6 is a logic circuit of fourteen NOR gates interconnected to form a full adder, having an input at 116, a sum input at 120, a sum out at 120', a carry in at 115 and a carry out at 115'. The full adder of FIG. 7a is the basic module of the fast multiplier and is interconnected in a similar manner with other identical modules as shown in FIG. 7b. The array in FIG. 7b performs parallel multiplication of two number X2 X1 Xo and Y2 Y1 Yo, where the subscripts indicate the significance of the bits. The external inputs to the modules are the partial products X2 Yo, X1 Yo, Xo Yo, etc. and the modules interact through the partial sum 120 and carry 115. The bits P4, P3, P2, P1 and Po of the product are output as shown.
The module illustrated in FIG. 6, and its interactions shown in FIGS. 7a and 7b, can be achieved using an optical logic gate array of NOR gates and a cellular holographic array with the cells arranged to provide the appropriate routing configurations for each cell. The module and its interactions are constructed using the principles of cell to cell mapping and cell shifted mapping described above. In the case of the array of FIGS. 7a and 7b, it is clear that the majority of the connections in each module in FIG. 6 are between gates of the same module; for example the output of gate 119 is supplied to the inputs of gates 113 and 114 within the same module. For these types of connection, precise cell to cell mapping is required, in this particular case with a fan-out of 2. However the carry out gate 115' of each module needs to be connected to the carry in gate 115 of an adjacent module. Similarly sum out gate 120 needs to be connected to a sum input gate 120 of an adjacent gate. In FIGS. 7a and 7b this carry connection is to a horizontally adjacent module, whereas the sum connection is to a vertically adjacent module. The mapping of the cells representing gate 115 and 120 are (as explained in FIGS. 4(c) and 4(d)) shifted accordingly to provide the interactions required.
FIG. 8a is a diagram identifying by number the cells in the holographic array, and FIGS. 8b (1-4) shows some of the routing configurations that are defined by the holographic array. For example, in FIG. 8(b) 1 output, cell 103 is mapped to the input of cell 103 and cell 109. This corresponds to the connections between the output of gate 103 and the inputs of gates 104 and 109 in each module. Similarly in FIG. 8(b) 2 output of gate 104 is connected to the input of gate 110 in each module and in FIG. 8(b) 3 the output of gate 107 is connected to the outputs of gates 104 and 109 in each module, and so on. The mapping of cell 120 in FIG. 8(b) 4 shows a cell shifted mapping from cell 120 to cells 118 and 119 (i.e. the cells are not precisely mapped). The mapping provides the appropriate cell shift so that the sum outputs from gate 120 are supplied to the sum input gate 119 of an adjacent full adder to provide the interaction shown in FIG. 6. Similarly, cell 115 is mapped in cell shifted fashion to cell 115 so that the carry out in each module is transferred to the carry in in the adjacent module as identified by FIG. 6. In this way the various connections between the cells provide the required intra module connections and inter module connections.
As mentioned above, the number of cells is equivalent to the number of facets required for the hologram. The number of modules is determined solely by the number of gates in each cell and is independent of this number of hologram facets. The result is that, in the example of multiplier array described above, which requires N2 modules where N is the number of bits of the numbers to be multiplied, the number of facets necessary remains the same whether the numbers to be multiplied are 8, 16 or 32 bit numbers. This is because the construction of the modules (i.e. the full adders) remains the same for all types of multiplication. All that is necessary to cope with higher resolution numbers is to increase the number of modules. The number of modules is equivalent to the number of logic gates in each cell of the logic gate array. Thus to provide additional modules, the number of logic gates in each cell is increased. For example, in the fast multiplier array of FIG. 6, nine modules are required for the multiplication of three bit numbers, and thus nine logic gates per cell are required. Sixteen bit numbers could be multiplied using the same holographic array merely by increasing the number of gates per cell to 256. The number of gates per cell is limited only by the resolution of the logic gate array rather than by the space bandwidth product of the holograph array.
It will be seen that the present arrangement relies on the principle of subdividing the logic array into notional cells and then mapping these cells in space variant fashion whilst the gate outputs within each cell are mapped in space invariant fashion. This arrangement exploits the symmetry of the architecture of regular algorithms.
For example, FIG. 9 represents a system for performing a digital image processing algorithm. Each module in this case acts as a processor for an individual pixcel and, in the simple case, each pixcel is input to a logic gate. Boolean type operations such as used in the Shrink-Expand algorithm are particularly straightforward to implement (see Rosenfeld and Kak, "Digital Picture Processing", Vol. 2, Academic Press). By cascading holographic arrays it is possible to construct circuits with a large number of identical connections and with far fewer holographic facets than the number of logic gates required for the circuit.
The holographic arrays may be computer generated holograms or they may be formed optically. Optical generation can be done by sequential exposure under stepper motor control. A suitable system may include a holographic plate controlled in two directions by linear motors and a mirror mounted on a two axis gimbal to move the object wave. An example of a suitable form of apparatus for optically forming the holographic array is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,061.
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And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
American Standard Version
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant.
Darby Bible Translation
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
English Revised Version
And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
World English Bible
He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God is Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
Parallel CommentariesMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary
9:24-29 Noah declares a curse on Canaan, the son of Ham; perhaps this grandson of his was more guilty than the rest. A servant of servants, that is, The meanest and most despicable servant, shall he be, even to his brethren. This certainly points at the victories in after-times obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were put to the sword, or brought to pay tribute. The whole continent of Africa was peopled mostly by the descendants of Ham; and for how many ages have the better parts of that country lain under the dominion of the Romans, then of the Saracens, and now of the Turks! In what wickedness, ignorance, barbarity, slavery, and misery most of the inhabitants live! And of the poor negroes, how many every year are sold and bought, like beasts in the market, and conveyed from one quarter of the world to do the work of beasts in another! But this in no way excuses the covetousness and barbarity of those who enrich themselves with the product of their sweat and blood. God has not commanded us to enslave negroes; and, without doubt, he will severely punish all such cruel wrongs. The fulfilment of this prophecy, which contains almost a history of the world, frees Noah from the suspicion of having uttered it from personal anger. It fully proves that the Holy Spirit took occasion from Ham's offence to reveal his secret purposes. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. The church should be built up and continued in the posterity of Shem; of him came the Jews, who were, for a great while, the only professing people God had in the world. Christ, who was the Lord God, in his human nature should descend from Shem; for of him, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. Noah also blesses Japheth, and, in him, the isles of the gentiles that were peopled by his seed. It speaks of the conversion of the gentiles, and the bringing of them into the church. We may read it, God shall persuade Japheth, and being persuaded, he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. Jews and gentiles shall be united together in the gospel fold; both shall be one in Christ. Noah lived to see two worlds; but being an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, he now rests in hope, waiting to see a better than either.
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 26. - And he said - not "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem" (Jamieson), as might have been anticipated (this, equally with the omission of Ham's name, lifts the entire patriarchal utterance out of the region of mere personal feeling), but - Blessed - בָּרוּך when applied to God signifies an ascription of praise (cf. Psalm 144:15; Ephesians 1:3); when applied to man, an invocation of good (cf. Genesis 14:19, 20; Psalm 128:1; Hebrews 7:6) - be the Lord God - literally, Jehovah, Elohim of Shem (cf. Genesis 24:27); Jehovah being the proper personal name of God, of whom it is predicated that he is the Elohim of Shem; equivalent to a statement not simply that Shem should enjoy "a rare and transcendent," "Divine or heavenly," blessing (Calvin), or "a most abundant blessing, reaching its highest point in the promised Seed" (Luther); but that Jehovah, the one living and true God, should be his God, and that the knowledge and practice of the true religion should continue among his descendants, with, perhaps, a hint that the promised Seed should spring from his loins (OEeolampadius, Willet, Murphy, Keil, &c.) - of Shem. In the name Shem (name, renown) there may lie an allusion to the spiritual exaltation and advancement of the Semitic nations (vide Genesis 5:32). And Canaan shall be his servant. לָמו = לָהֶס (Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic), i.e. the two brothers (Delitzsch), their descendants (Knobel, Keil), Shem and Jehovah (Bush); or more probably - לו, as a collective singular (cf. Gesenius, § 103, 2), i.e. Shem, including his descendants (LXX., αὐτοῦ; Kalisch, Lange, Murphy).
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Shem,.... Shem was blessed before Japheth, because he was the first and principal in advising and conducting the affair before ascribed to them, as Jarchi on Genesis 9:23 suggests; and though the words are in the form of an ascription of blessedness to God, the fountain of all good, and by whose grace Shem was influenced and enabled to do the good he did, for which the Lord's name was to be praised and blessed; yet it includes the blessing of Shem, and indeed the greatest blessing he could possibly enjoy; for what greater blessing is there, than for a man to have God to be his God? this includes everything, all blessings temporal and spiritual; see Psalm 144:15 some interpret the God of Shem of Christ, who, according to the human nature, was a descendant of Shem; and according to the divine nature the God of Shem, God over all, blessed for ever, Romans 9:4.
And Canaan shall be his servant; the posterity of Canaan be servants to the posterity of Shem: this was fulfilled in the times of Joshua, when the Israelites, who sprung from Shem, conquered the land of Canaan, slew thirty of their kings, and took their cities and possessed them, and made the Gibeonites, one of the states of Canaan, hewers of wood and drawers of water to them, or the most mean and abject servants.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
26. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem—rather, "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem,"—an intimation that the descendants of Shem should be peculiarly honored in the service of the true God, His Church being for ages established among them (the Jews), and of them, concerning the flesh, Christ came. They got possession of Canaan, the people of that land being made their "servants" either by conquest, or, like the Gibeonites, by submission [Jos 9:25].
Genesis 9:26 Additional Commentaries
Shem's Blessing and Noah's Death
26He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. 27"May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant."…
Cross References
Genesis 14:20
And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Genesis 24:27
saying, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives."
Genesis 27:29
May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."
1 Kings 9:21
Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land--whom the Israelites could not exterminate --to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.
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The Teams: Holy Cross (6-3, 0-0 PL) vs. Providence (7-2, 0-0 Big East)
Date: December 19, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,993), Providence, R.I.
Holy Cross Radio: WTAG 580 AM, Worcester; www.sportsjuice.com, internet; Bob Fouracre, play-by-play
Providence Radio: WSKO 99.7 FM, Providence; John Rooke, play-by-play; Joe Hassett, color
Series Record: Providence leads, 37-29
Last Meeting: Providence 63, Holy Cross 57 (November 18, 2000, Providence, R.I.)
PROBABLE HOLY CROSS STARTERS: Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. F 21 Alex Vander Baan 6-8 205 So. F 33 Colin Cunningham 6-6 205 So. C 00 Tim Clifford 6-10 270 Jr. G 1 Torey Thomas 5-11 185 Sr. G 10 Keith Simmons 6-5 205 Sr.
THE SERIES WITH PROVIDENCE: This will be the 67th meeting between the Crusaders and the Friars on the hardwood. The schools have not met since Nov. 18, 2000, when Providence posted a 63-57 home victory. Holy Cross and Providence have alternated wins and losses over the last five meetings in the series, since the Friars won two straight games against the Crusaders in 1988 and 1989. For games played in Providence, the Friars hold a 21-11 advantage in the series, including a 10-4 mark at the Dunkin' Donuts Center (formerly the Providence Civic Center). Holy Cross and Providence first met on Dec. 14, 1921, with the Crusaders posting a 56-10 victory on the road.
Overall: Providence leads, 37-29
In Providence: Providence leads, 21-11
At the Dunkin' Donuts Center: Providence leads, 10-4
Ralph Willard vs. Providence: 3-7
Tim Welsh vs. Holy Cross: 1-1
Current Win Streak: Providence, one game
In Overtime: Providence leads, 2-0
HOLY CROSS IN THE MIDST OF LONG ROAD TRIP: The contest at Providence is the fifth straight for the Crusaders on the road, including the contests at Syracuse (Nov. 27), Yale (Nov. 29), Dayton (Dec. 2) and Duke (Dec. 6). Following a neutral site game against George Mason (Dec. 21) at the DCU Center in Worcester, Holy Cross will travel to Philadelphia for the La Salle Invitational, where it will face La Salle (Dec. 28), Niagara (Dec. 29) and Delaware (Dec. 30). The Crusaders conclude their road trip with contests at Boston University (Jan. 3) and Lafayette (Jan. 6). Holy Cross' next game at the Hart Center will come on Jan. 9 against Army.
SIMMONS HAS STRONG START TO SEASON: Senior guard Keith Simmons (Kingston, N.Y.) has started the season hot, averaging 17.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals in the first nine games of the year. In the contest at Duke, he led the team with 13 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Simmons also recorded 15 points and seven rebounds at Dayton, after totaling 12 points and five rebounds in the contest at Yale. He previously scored a game-high 22 points at Syracuse, and totaled 16 points, eight rebounds and a school single-game record-tying seven steals against William & Mary. Simmons also had 20 points and six rebounds at Harvard, while posting his second career double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds against Siena. He opened the season by totaling 19 points, six rebounds and two assists against Hampton, while recording 18 points, five steals and two rebounds in the victory over Fairfield. Prior to the start of the year, Simmons was selected as a 2006-2007 preseason mid-major All-American by CollegeInsider.com (one of just 25 players from across the nation to be chosen to the squad). He was also named preseason All-Patriot League, after earning first team all-conference honors in both his sophomore and junior years. In 32 games played last season, Simmons averaged 14.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, while shooting 52.5 percent (158 of 301) from the field and 47.6 percent (60 of 126) from three-point range. Entering the Providence game, Simmons has scored 1,231 career points as a Crusader, while making 49.6 percent of his field goal attempts (425 of 857) and 43.5 percent from three-point range (155 of 356). He is currently the all-time Patriot League leader in career three-point field goal percentage, and while ranking second all-time at Holy Cross in three-point field goals made and 20th in points scored.
DOHERTY HEATS UP: Sophomore guard Pat Doherty (Scranton, Pa.) has been one of the Crusaders' top players over the last few weeks. In the victory at Yale, he led the team with a career-high 18 points, four assists and three steals, while making five of six shots from the floor, all four of his attempts from three-point range, and all four of his free throws. Doherty also played well in the game at Dayton, totaling nine points and three assists. Through the first nine contests of the season, he is now averaging 7.0 points, 2.9 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game. Doherty returned to the Holy Cross lineup this year, after missing the majority of the 2005-2006 campaign due to injury, and receiving a medical redshirt. As a freshman in 2004-2005, Doherty was honored as the Patriot League Rookie of the Year.
THOMAS SHINES IN SENIOR SEASON: Senior point guard Torey Thomas (White Plains, N.Y.) is once again among the top players in the Patriot League this season, and was named to the preseason all-conference team. In the game at Dayton, Thomas totaled 13 points, four assists and three steals, while hitting both of his three-point field goal attempts. He previously recorded six points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals at Syracuse, while totaling 10 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals against William & Mary. Thomas also scored 12 points and handed out six assists at Harvard, while recording 20 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals against Siena. He began the season by totaling 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals against Hampton, while posting 20 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals against Fairfield, including a pair of free throws with 2.9 seconds remaining in overtime to win the game. Through nine games, Thomas is now averaging 11.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.4 steals per contest. A year ago he averaged 11.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.4 steals per game, while making 34 of 96 attempts (35.4 percent) from three-point range. Thomas finished the 2005-2006 season as the Patriot League's leader in assists, while ranking second in steals, fourth in rebounding and 14th in scoring. Over the course of his career as a Crusader, Thomas has now totaled 841 points, 393 rebounds, 348 assists and 195 steals. He currently ranks fourth all-time at Holy Cross in career steals, and ninth in career assists.
CRUSADERS REMAIN TOUGH ON DEFENSE: Holy Cross is once again among the top defensive teams in the nation in 2006-2007. Through the first nine games of the year, the Crusaders have held their opponents to 61.2 points per game, 42.5 percent shooting from the floor, and 34.2 percent shooting from three-point range. Holy Cross has also averaged 9.2 steals and 4.2 blocks per contest, while forcing the opposition to commit 17.4 turnovers per game and outrebounding its opponents by 3.3 boards per contest. In addition, the Crusaders have held six of their first nine opponents to under 60 points during regulation. Last season, Holy Cross allowed just 60.5 points per game, while holding its opponents to 40.2 percent shooting from the floor and 30.3 percent shooting from three-point range. The Crusaders also forced their opponents to commit 16.0 turnovers per game, while averaging 9.1 steals and 3.5 blocks per contest, and outrebounding the opposition by 3.9 boards per game. Since the beginning of the 2001-2002 campaign, Holy Cross has held the opposition to only 59.0 points per contest. In addition, the Crusaders ranked in the top 10 in the nation in scoring defense in four of the last five seasons (sixth in 2001-2002 at 59.6; third in 2002-2003 at 58.7; seventh in 2003-2004 at 58.6; and fifth in 2004-2005 at 56.8).
DUKE RECAP: Keith Simmons recorded 13 points, seven rebounds and four steals, but it was not enough as Holy Cross was defeated by No. 7 Duke 57-45 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Dec. 6, 2006. The game was close throughout a first half which featured four ties and four lead changes. Duke was up 7-5 after four minutes of play, before Holy Cross went on a 9-2 run to take a five-point lead (14-9). The Blue Devils responded with a 10-2 spurt of their own to go back in front, before the Crusaders closed out the half on a 12-3 run to take a six-point advantage into the locker room (28-22). Duke opened the second half on an 8-2 run to tie the score once again at 30-30, before Holy Cross then scored four straight points to go back in front. But that would be the Crusaders' last lead of the night, as the Blue Devils scored the next 13 points to take control of the game. Holy Cross would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way, as Duke eventually pulled away to win by 12. Torey Thomas finished the game with six points, six rebounds, five steals and three assists, while Alex Vander Baan added six points and three rebounds. Duke was led by Josh McRoberts with 13 points and six rebounds, and DeMarcus Nelson chipped in with 13 points and two boards.
WILLARD CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE RUN AT HOLY CROSS: Ralph Willard is now in his eighth season as the Crusaders' head coach, and currently owns a mark of 140-83 during his time in Worcester. He stands in third place on the all-time school list for career victories, behind only George Blaney (357-276 / 1972-1994) and Lester "Buster" Sheary (155-36 / 1948-1955). Willard has led the Crusaders to three Patriot League tournament titles and three trips to the NCAA Tournament, during the 2000-2001, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 seasons. He has also guided Holy Cross to Patriot League regular season championships in 2000-2001, 2002-2003 and 2004-2005, with the 2002-2003 squad posting an overall record of 26-5 to come up just one win shy of the school single season record for victories. During the 2000-2001 and 2004-2005 seasons, Willard was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year, and in 2004-2005 he was also one of 10 finalists for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award. Prior to his time at Holy Cross, Willard spent five seasons as the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh, and four years as head coach at Western Kentucky University. He led Western Kentucky to the NCAA Tournament during each of his final two seasons (advancing to the Sweet 16 in 1992-1993), and his overall career record stands at 284-207. Willard is a 1967 graduate of Holy Cross, and was a three-year letterwinner for the Crusaders.
VANDER BAAN LOOKS TO BUILD ON ALL-ROOKIE SEASON: Sophomore forward Alex Vander Baan (Uxbridge, Mass.) is once again a key member of the Holy Cross lineup this season, after being selected to the 2005-2006 Patriot League All-Rookie Team. In the victory at Yale, Vander Baan totaled 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists. In the previous contest at Syracuse, he grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with eight points and four assists. Vander Baan also posted his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds against Siena, while recording nine points and six rebounds against Hampton. In nine games played so far this season, Vander Baan is averaging 6.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest, while making 47.5 percent of his field goal attempts (19 of 40). In 32 games played last year, Vander Baan averaged 6.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest, to rank ninth in the conference in rebounding. He also led all Patriot League freshmen by earning league Rookie of the Week honors four times last season (Nov. 21, Dec. 27, Feb. 6, Feb. 20). Vander Baan's top week of the 2005-2006 campaign came at the San Juan Shootout, where he averaged 15.7 points and 7.0 rebounds over three games, while shooting 55.6 percent from the floor.
THE LAST MEETING WITH PROVIDENCE: Josh Sankes totaled 15 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots, but it was not enough as Holy Cross was defeated by Providence 63-57 at the Providence Civic Center on Nov. 18, 2000. The Friars held a 35-30 lead at the break, after holding the Crusaders to just 33.3 percent shooting from the field in the opening half. Holy Cross then opened the second half with a 10-4 run, and claimed its first lead since the early minutes of the game on a slam dunk by Sankes with 14:17 left to play, making the score 40-39. But the Friars then came back with a 10-2 run of their own over the next 6:21 to claim the lead. The Crusaders refused to go away, as Jared Curry hit a three-pointer as part of a 7-0 spurt which made the score 51-49 with just 4:33 left in regulation. Holy Cross was still down by just two minutes remaining, but Providence hit seven out of eight free throw attempts in the final minute to hold on for the victory. Brian Wilson finished the game with 10 points and four rebounds, while Curry added nine points, five assists and four boards. The Friars were led by Erron Maxey with 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals, with Christopher Anrin adding 11 points and three assists off the bench.
HOLY CROSS IN THE RPI: Holy Cross is presently ranked 37th in the nation in the latest Ratings Percentage Index, with a rating of .6019 through games of December 11. The Crusaders are currently the only team in the Patriot League ranked in the top 100, with the second-highest ranking belonging to Navy (110th, .5376). In addition, Holy Cross' non-conference schedule ranks as the 69th hardest in the country. The Crusaders concluded the 2005-2006 season ranked 111th in the country in the RPI with a rating of .5304. Holy Cross also ranked 49th in the nation in the RPI at the end of the 2004-2005 season with a mark of .5657, to place ahead of four at large selections to the NCAA tournament.
STEALING THE SHOW: Holy Cross has opened the 2006-2007 season by averaging 9.2 steals per game, including a high of 16 steals against Fairfield. Senior guard Keith Simmons currently has a team-high 23 steals so far this season, while tying the school single-game record with seven steals in the victory over William & Mary. Senior guard Torey Thomas has added 22 steals on the year, and sophomore guard Pat Doherty has posted 13 steals. In 32 games played last season, the Crusaders totaled 290 steals, for a Patriot League-best average of 9.1 steals per game. Holy Cross reached double figures in steals 11 times last year, with highs of 16 against Harvard and 15 against Lafayette. Kevin Hamilton led the team with 102 steals last year, while Thomas added 77 steals last season. With his 102 total steals, Hamilton set new Holy Cross and Patriot League single season records. Hamilton's average of 3.3 steals per game last year also set a new Patriot League single season record.
HOLY CROSS HAVING GOOD SUCCESS ON THE BOARDS: The Crusaders have averaged 33.3 rebounds through the first nine games of the 2006-2007 season, and are currently outrebounding their opponents by an average of 3.3 boards per game. Holy Cross' top rebounding game so far this year came against Siena, when it held a 43-21 advantage on the glass. The rebounding load has been well balanced, with five different players currently averaging at least 3.1 boards per contest. Sophomore forward Alex Vander Baan leads the team with 6.6 rebounds per game, while senior guard Keith Simmons has averaged 6.1 boards per contest. Senior guard Torey Thomas (4.4 rebounds per game) and junior center Tim Clifford (4.0 rebounds per game) are also enjoying fine seasons on the glass, while freshman forward Eric Meister (Boalsburg, Pa.) is chipping in with 3.1 boards per game.
CLIFFORD PLAYS BIG IN THE POST: Junior center Tim Clifford (Walpole, Mass.) looks to be one of the top big men in the Patriot League this season. In the victory over William & Mary, he totaled 13 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots. Previously at Harvard, Clifford scored a team-high 22 points on nine of 11 shooting from the field. Through the first nine games of the year, he is averaging 9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per contest. Overall last year, Clifford averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game, while making 96 of 194 (49.5 percent) field goal attempts. He was even more impressive against Patriot League opponents, averaging 9.7 points per contest and hitting 54.2 percent (52 of 96) of his shots from the floor. Clifford's top game of 2005-2006 came against American, when he totaled 27 points, four rebounds and four blocks, while hitting nine of 15 shots from the floor and eight of nine attempts from the foul line. He also had a huge night in the victory over Brown, recording 21 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, while making nine of 12 field goal attempts. Over the course of his career as a Crusader, Clifford has now totaled 409 points, 234 rebounds and 98 blocked shots. He currently ranks sixth all-time at Holy Cross in career blocks.
CRUSADERS PICKED SECOND IN PRESEASON POLL: In the 2006-2007 Patriot League preseason poll, Holy Cross was picked to finish in second place in voting by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors. The Crusaders received 86 total points in the poll, to trail only first-place Bucknell (96 points). Holy Cross received three first-place votes in the poll, with the Bison earning 12 first-place votes and American one. Following the Crusaders in the poll were American (third, 70 points), Lehigh (fourth, 64 points), Colgate (fifth, 48 points), Lafayette (sixth, 35 points), Navy (seventh, 31 points) and Army (eighth, 18 points).
SIMMONS AND THOMAS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE: Senior guard Keith Simmons and senior guard Torey Thomas were both named preseason All-Patriot League, in voting by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors. Holy Cross was the only team in the league to place more than one player on the preseason all-conference team. Along with Simmons and Thomas, other selections to the squad were Bucknell senior center Chris McNaughton, American senior guard Andre Ingram and Lehigh senior guard Jose Olivero. All five players on the preseason All-Patriot League squad were named either first or second team all-conference at the conclusion of the 2005-2006 season.
CRUSADERS GET OFF TO FAST START: Holy Cross opened the season with a 6-2 record during its first eight games. This marks the best start for the Crusaders since the 2002-2003 squad also began the year with a 6-2 mark. This year's squad also opened the season with five straight victories, marking the team's best start during Ralph Willard's tenure as head coach. Holy Cross has not won more than five in a row to open a season since the 1988-1989 campaign, when it started 6-0 with wins over Mount St. Mary's (90-82), New Hampshire (89-73), Assumption (105-84), Harvard (91-74), Fordham (79-68) and Boston College (85-80). This year marks the 11th time in school history in which Holy Cross opened a season with at least five straight victories. Overall, the longest season-opening winning streak in school history came during the 1949-1950 season, when the Crusaders won their first 26 games.
CRUSADERS KEEP WINNING AT THE HART CENTER: Holy Cross stands 4-0 at the Hart Center so far this season, and now owns an all-time record of 280-105 in the building. The Crusaders currently have an eight-game home winning streak, after going 11-2 at the Hart Center last season with an 8-1 mark against Patriot League opponents. Holy Cross also stands 36-5 in Patriot League regular season home games over the last six seasons. In 2004-2005, Holy Cross posted an overall record of 12-3 at home, including a 10-game winning streak. Since the beginning of the 2000-2001 season, the Crusaders now have an overall mark of 68-12 at the Hart Center. The building opened on Dec. 1, 1975, and since that time Holy Cross has posted a winning record at home in 27 out of 31 seasons, while posting double-figure home victories 14 times.
HOLY CROSS TAKES SEASON OPENER: The Crusaders began the 2006-2007 season by posting a 67-65 overtime victory against Fairfield. With that win, Holy Cross improved its all-time record in its opening game of the season to 63-25, including a 37-6 mark at home. Since Ralph Willard took over as head coach, the Crusaders now stand 6-2 in season openers. During the Willard era, Holy Cross has defeated Providence (54-43 in 1999-2000), Quinnipiac (85-57 in 2001-2002), Boston University (59-57 in 2003-2004; 58-48 in 2004-2005) and High Point (85-73 in 2005-2006) on opening day, while falling to Providence (63-57 in 2000-2001) and Kansas (81-57 in 2002-2003).
SIMMONS AND THOMAS NAMED CAPTAINS: Senior guard Keith Simmons and senior guard Torey Thomas have been selected as the Crusaders' captains for the 2006-2007 season. Both players are three-year letterwinners for the Crusaders, and will take over the leadership role from Kevin Hamilton and Kevin Hyland, who served as the Crusaders' captains as seniors during the 2005-2006 season.
SCOUTING THE FRIARS: Providence enters the game with an overall record of 7-2 on the year. The Friars also stand 7-1 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center this season, with their only home loss coming against Brown (51-41). Sophomore guard Sharaud Curry currently leads the team in scoring with an average of 16.6 points per game, in addition to handing out a team-best 48 assists. Sophomore forward Geoff McDermott is averaging a double-double with 10.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest, while senior center Herbert Hill (16.1 points per game) and sophomore guard Weyinmi Efejuku (14.8) are also scoring in double figures. Providence is led by head coach Tim Welsh, who owns an overall record of 134-116 in nine seasons with the Friars. Welsh's career record stands at 204-138, including three seasons at Iona.
TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE: This year marks the 88th season of Holy Cross men's basketball. The Crusaders own an overall record of 1230-792 (.608), while making 23 postseason tournament appearances -- 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament and 12 to the National Invitation Tournament. In the history of collegiate basketball, Holy Cross is one of only 16 schools to have won the NCAA Tournament (1946-1947) as well as the National Invitational Tournament (1953-1954). Throughout its history, Holy Cross has had six first team All-America selections, sent 10 players to the National Basketball Association, had four players inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, had 23 players drafted by professional teams, had three players go to coach professionally, and had 15 players who have coached in college, including current Crusader coach Ralph Willard.
HOLY CROSS IN THE NCAA STATISTICS: The Crusaders are currently ranked among the NCAA Division I leaders in steals, through games of Dec. 10. Senior guard Keith Simmons and senior guard Torey Thomas are also ranked among the national leaders in steals. The rankings:
Category Rank Player / Team Avg. Steals 30 Keith Simmons 2.6 40 Torey Thomas 2.4 40 Holy Cross 9.2
HOLY CROSS ON THE RADIO: Once again this season, the majority of the Crusaders' basketball contests will be carried by WTAG 580 AM in Worcester. For the 18th straight season, Bob Fouracre will call the play-by-play for most of the games. In addition, Jeremy Lechan and Dick Lutsk are in their third year on the Holy Cross broadcast crew, and will handle either play-by-play or color commentary for selected games. WTAG is currently scheduled to air 22 of the Crusaders' 30 regular season games. In addition, WCUW 91.3 FM in Worcester will air seven Holy Cross contests which are not included as part of the WTAG package. All 30 regular season games will also be carried live over the internet at "www.sportsjuice.com". In addition, the Holy Cross student station, WCHC 88.1 FM, is scheduled carry a number of games this year.
CRUSADERS ON TELEVISION: Holy Cross is currently scheduled to have nine games shown on live television during the 2006-2007 season, with other television appearances still to be announced. During each of the last two years, the Crusaders had 10 television appearances, including four games on ESPN2. Here is a look at Holy Cross' television schedule for the 2006-2007 campaign:
Date Opponent Television Outlet Nov. 27 Syracuse ESPNU Dec. 6 Duke ESPN2 Jan. 6 Lafayette CSTV / Lafayette Sports Network Jan. 9 Army WCTR-TV3 Jan. 12 Bucknell ESPNU Jan. 26 Lehigh ESPNU Jan. 31 American WCTR-TV3 Feb. 9 Bucknell ESPNU Feb. 25 Lehigh Service Electric
DRIBBLES: The Crusaders own an all-time record of 6-13 in games played at the Dunkin' Donuts Center (4-10 vs. Providence, 0-2 against Rhode Island, 1-0 vs. Brown, 1-0 against Assumption and 0-1 vs. Iona) ... The crowd of 19,235 at the Holy Cross-Syracuse game on Nov. 27 was the largest to ever witness a Crusader game during the regular season (attendance records are not available prior to the 1982-1983 season). It is also the third largest overall crowd to ever see Holy Cross play, behind the Kansas game in the 2002 NCAA Tournament (26,612) and the Marquette game in the 2003 NCAA Tournament (20,960) ... Sophomore forward Colin Cunningham (Memphis, Tenn.) scored a season-high 11 points in the contest at Syracuse ... Sophomore center Greg McCarthy (Mansfield, Mass.) has totaled 19 points and nine rebounds, while playing 72 minutes in eight games this season. Last year, he totaled four points and one rebound in 15 minutes of action all season ... Freshman forward Eric Meister has started his collegiate career strong, averaging 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per contest, including a career-high 10 rebounds in the victory over Harvard ... The Crusaders are ranked 18th in the latest Mid-Major Top 25 Poll from CollegeInsider.com, released on Dec. 11.


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ATTORNEYS United States Patent 8 Claims The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for computing the area under time-chang ng curves; and, more particularly, to computations relating to problems such as the measurement of the mean translt time involved in the flow of a fluid medium through a conduit, as in the case, for example, of blood passing along some portion of the circulatory system.
Considering the application of the invention to the measurement of blood transit time, as an illustrative example, in accordance with present-day practice, substances, such as a dye, or a saline or other solution, are injected into a predetermined point of the circulatory system and the arrival of that substance at another point of the system is monitored. The insertion of a catheter, for example, at the monitoring point in the circulatory system will enable the withdrawal of a sample of blood; or, if a probe-type catheter or the like is employed, a measurement may be effected. By means of such measurements, the so-called concentration curve may be plotted, giving an indication along the ordinate of the concentration of the injected substance in the blood passing the predetermined point at which the measurement is being made, as a function of time, which is measured along the abscissa. This concentration curve may be employed for such purposes as a determination of the fluid flow rate and a measure of the mean transit time between the point of injection and the point of monitoring or sampling, from the latter of which one may determine the volume of fluid between those points. This concentration curve follows the pattern of a relatively steeply rising leading edge which reaches a maximum and then slopes down somewhat exponentially. At some point during the exponential decay or falling edge of the curve, the recirculation of the blood in the circulatory system carries what is left of the injected substance or sample back past the point of monitoring and reproduces a second smaller amplitude curve of the same character.
Since it is desired, as later explained, to obtain a measurement of the area underlying this curve, including only the uninterrupted exponential decay, the presence of such recirculating curves constitutes an artifact that must be ignored. This result is attained, in accordance with present-day practice, by plotting the before-mentioned concentration curve on logarithmic paper so that the exponential decay portion thereof is a substantially straight downwardly sloping line. When that line commences to rise again, the remainder of the curve is ignored and a straight line is extrapolated downwardly. A point-by-point measurement of concentration, multiplied by the time, and summing, will then enable the obtaining of the area underneath the time-weighted concentration curve, as thus extrapolated. That area divided by the area under the concentration curve, without the time multiplication, is a measure of the mean transit time.
The complexity of this operation has heretofore prevented automatic accurate commercial instrumentation, and the obtaining of a computation for a patient has been laborious and time consuming. It has thus been practically impossible, in many cases, for the physician even to have this important bit of diagnostic data available at the time of the examination.
An object of the present invention, accordingly, is to "Ice provide a new and improved method of apparatus for automatically, preferably electronically, making the computation of mean transit time and thus obviating the difficulties above discussed.
A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved computing system that is of more general application, also; being particularly useful in cases where it is desired to compute the area under a time-changing curve (such as a concentration curve), a portion of which unknown as to location in time, follows a predetermined law and has a predetermined characteristic (such as the exponential decay of the falling portion of the curve).
Other and further objects will be explained hereinafter and will be more particularly pointed out in connection with the appended claims.
The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings FIG. 1 of which is a schematic diagram illustrating the application of the principles of the invention to the illustrative problem of measuring mean transit time; and
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a preferred transit-time computer circuit for utilization in the system of FIG. 1.
Referring to FIG. 1, the invention is illustrated as applied to the injection of a substance, such as a saline solution, into a vein of a patient at 1, and the catheterization of an artery on the other side of the heart and lungs for the purpose of monitoring or measuring the concentration of the saline solution, or other substance, at the catheterization point 2. In the case of the saline solution, the conductivity of the blood is changed so that the catheter at 2 may withdraw a sample of the blood and effect the transducing, in any conventional conductivity bridge 4 (such as, for example, a bridge of the type described on p. et seq. of Electrical Engineering by C. L. Dawes, 3rd edition, 1937, McGraw-Hill), of an electric signal at two pairs of output terminals 6 and 8 for utilization in the system. The continuum of instantaneous electric signals is thus available at the output terminals 6 and 8 that is the analog of the before-mentioned conductivity curve.
If, for example, the curve is to be displayed on a recording or indicating dev-ice, illustrated as a cathode ray oscilloscope 10, having two sets of deflection means, then the feeding of the continuum of electrical signals at the output terminals 8, by way of conductors 12, to one of the sets of deflection means may produce the rising and exponentially decaying conductivity curve, so labeled at the lower trace on the screen of the oscilloscope 10. Clearly, meters or permanent recorders may also be employed, if desired.
Further in accordance with the invention, the same continuum of electric signals that constitutes the analog of the conductivity curve, is fed from the output terminal 6, by way of conductors 14, to a computer 3 which automatically produces a stable output that can be reliably employed as a measure of the mean transit time. This output is shown applied by the conductors 16 to the other deflection means of the cathode-ray oscilloscope 10, producing the upper trace labeled measure of mean transit time computation curve. In actual fact the curve so-illustrated, divided by the area under the concentration curve, is the actual mean transit time; but the upper trace does represent a useful measure of that mean transit time, and a comparison of the curves is provided on the indicator 10.
It remains to explain how the computer 3 is constructed in order to obtain this result. Reference is therefore made to FIG. 2 in which the input signal fed along conductors 14 is shownapplied at 14" to a multiplying circuit 5 into which a voltage or other signal, increasing with time, is fed at 7. The multiplying circuit 5 may, for example, be of the type described in the book Electronic Analog Computers, by Korn and Korn, published by McGraw-Hill in 1952, on page 229. The input signal at 14 is also applied at 14" to a conventional differentiating circuit 9 to produce at the output thereof the derivative of the output signal at 14. Such a differentiating circuit is described, for example, in the aforementioned Korn and Korn text on page 11.
The output of the conductivity bridge 4 that is applied to the input of the computer 3 is also shown applied by conductors 14 and 14" to a conventional squaring circuit 11 that may, for example, be of the type described in the said Korn and Korn book on page 229.
At the output of each of the multiplying circuit 5, the differentiating circuit 9, and the squaring circuit 11, there will respectively appear electrical signals corresponding to the following functions:
tc(t); dc(t)/dt; and c (t) where c(t) represents the function corresponding to the concentration curve, as a function of time and tc(t) is the time multiple of c( t).
The output of the multiplying circuit 5 is then fed to an integrating circuit 13, such as the type described on page 11 of the Korn and Korn text, in order to produce the integral of the product of time t and c(t) with respect to time, between limits of to t.
The computation process of the invention involves the continual integration of the input signals along the path -13 and the continual prediction from the signals of the area under a predicted curve following the predetermined exponential law of the decay portion of the conductivity curve. To obtain the prediction, the output of the differentiating circuit 9 and the output of the squaring circuit 11 are fed to a pair of inputs of a conventional one-quadrant-dividing circuit 17 (as of the type, for example, described on page 229 of the above-mentioned Korn text) that ignores improper polarity in the output of the differentiating circuit 9 and, only in the event that that derivative is negative (in this particular case), permits a division output at conductor 15 corresponding to c (t) divided by dc( t) /dt.
The output at 15 is fed to a further multiplying circuit 5' having, again, an increasing signal time input at 7 in order to produce the multiplication by time of the input at 15. The output at 15 is also fed to a multiplier-divider circuit 5". The divider circuit 5" also receives an input from the conductor 14, by way of conductor 14"", constituted of the original electrical input signals that, as before stated, are the analog of the concentration curve. The resulting output at 19 produces the cubed numerator c (t) and the square term [010(1) /dt] in the denominator.
The outputs of the multiplying circuit 5' at 21 and of the multiplier divider circuit 5 at 19 are then fed to an adder 23, producing the ultimate output indicated at 16, which is a measure of the mean transit time of the saline solution or other substance carried by the blood.
In the event that the signals applied at 14 have not yet reached the portion of the conductivity curve following the predetermined exponential decay law, the output at 16 will be unstable since there will be no output from the one-quadrant dividing circuit 17 during the increasing signal applied from the integrating circuit 13. Only when there is an output from the quadrant dividing circuit 17, which can only occur when a signal has been reached that is on the decaying predetermined exponential law portion of the conductivity curve, will the output at 16 stabilize, as shown by the horizontal portion of the upper trace on the oscilloscope 10. At this time the output produced at 16 is an electrical signal corresponding to the area under the then-predicted curve. This area is thus the area that the exponentially decaying portion of the time-multiplied concentration curve would provide in the event that there were no recycling and the exponential decay continued to infinity. The physician thus knows when this has occurred, and the measurement at that time provides a true measure of the mean transit time of the saline or other solution.
Suitable circuits for performing the functions of the multiplying circuit 5' are described, for example, in the said Korn text on page 229; and suitable multiplier divider circuits 5" are described on page 229. The adder 23 may, as another illustration, be of the type described on page 11 of this text.
It will be noted that the sum of the outputs at 19 and 21 constitute the area under a time-multiplied predicted curve, following the predetermined exponential law. The output of the integrating circuit 13 is the integral of the time multiple of the electrical signals that are the analog of the concentration curve. Thus, generically speaking, the system of FIG. 2 involves computing the area of a timechanging curve, a portion of which follows a predetermined law (such as the exponential law) that has a predetermined characteristic (such as the falling negative slope characteristic) that comprises the steps of producing electric signals that are the analog of the curve; continually integrating the signals; continually predicting the area corresponding to the area under the predicted curve following the said predetermined law; monitoring the signals until a signal is reached that has the said predetermined characteristic; and thereupon adding to the integrated signals the then-predicted area.
From a more specific point of view, the system of FIG. 2 involves producing the electrical signals that are the analog of the curve; continually integrating the time multiple of those signals; continually predicting from the signals the area corresponding to the area under the timemultiplied predicted curve following the predetermined law (such as the exponential law); the monitoring of the signals until a signal is reached that has the predetermined characteristic (such as the negative scope characteristic of the exponential decay curve); and the addition to the integrated signals of the then-predicted area.
It is, of course, obvious to those skilled in the art that many other types of circuit arrangements may be used to practice the basic method underlying the present invention, and that the same may readily be employed, also, in other transit-time measurements than those associated with the circulatory system, as well as in other applications where the area under curves are desired; all such being considered to fall wtihin the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Attention is invited to the fact that if it is desired merely to measure the flow, the predicted area may be directly added to the integrated signals in the output of the integrating circuit 13 by keeping the voltage on conductors 7 and 7 constant and by disconnecting lead 19.
What is claimed is:
1. Apparatus for computing a measure of the area under a time-changing curve, a portion of which follows a predetermined law and has a predetermined characteristic, that comprises, means for producing a continuum of electrical input signals that are the analog of the curve, integrator means for continually integrating the input signals, means for continually producing from the input signals predicted signals representative of the area under a predicted curve following the said predetermined law, and means for adding the integrated input signals to the predicted area signals.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and in which the input signals are time-multiplied before being integrated and in which the predicted area signals are representative of the area under a time-multiplied predicted curve.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 and in which the said input-signal-producing means comprises means responsive to fluid flow for transducing electrical signals therefrom, and means connected to the output of the adding means for providing a measure of the mean flow transit time.
4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 and in which the transducing means comprises a conductivity detector.
5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 and in Which two channel indicating means is provided connected to both the input-signal-producing means and the adding means.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 and in which the said indicating means has means providing comparison of the output of the input-signal-producing means representing a fluid-flow characteristic and the output of the adding means representing a measure of the mean flow transit time.
7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 and in which the said means for producing predicted-area signals comprises differentiating and squaring means each connected to the input-signaLproducing means for respectively differentiating and squaring the said input signals, divider means for dividing the squared signals by the differentiated signals, means for time-multiplying the thus divided signals, further means for multiplying the thus divided signals by themselves and dividing them by the said input signals, and means applying the time-multiplied and further multiplied-divided signals to the adding means together With the said integrated signals.
8. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and in Which the said means for producing predicted-area signals comprises ditferentiating and squaring means each connected to the inputsignal-producing means for respectively differentiating and squaring the said input signals, and divider means for dividing the squared signals by the differentiated signals to produce the said predicted area signals.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,049,908 8/1962 Kindred et al. 235-15135 3,157,783 11/1964 Patchell et al. 235-183 3,185,820 5/1965 Williams et al. 23515l.35 3,230,358 1/1966 Davis et al. 235-183 U.S. Cl. X.R.
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The Elbert County Board of Education is pulling double duty this evening, holding both a called meeting and work session.
On the agenda for the board's called meeting is the approval of the Phase II Renovations Budget.
The called meeting will begin at 5:30pm, and will be held in the Board of Education meeting room.
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Expected to be discussed are Common Core Standards and the District Accreditation Process.
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The inspirational Anfield skipper has entered the final year of his current deal.
Having spent his entire career with his home-town club, and with unfinished business to attend to in the Premier League title race, Gerrard is determined to ensure that the 2014/15 campaign is not his last on Merseyside.
Brendan Rodgers has admitted that fresh terms will be tabled, with Gerrard still an important part of his plans.
The 34-year-old has announced his retirement from international football in an effort to prolong his domestic career and has made it clear that he is prepared to enter into discussions with Liverpool whenever they are ready.
Gerrard said: "Brendan has mentioned a new deal a couple of times in the media, but no talks have happened.
"I am not trying to call the club out or anything like that. It's not like that. I'm sure we will talk in the future but we will have to wait and see.
"I hope that I'm here for more than one year, of course I do, but it is all about this season for me.
"I still believe we can be involved in the title race. I believe if we had Luis Suarez, we'd be favourites. We played some incredible stuff last season and we are a very, very good side – don't forget that."
While Gerrard remains focused on the present, he has conceded that he could follow the lead of former England colleague Frank Lampard by ending his playing days outside the Premier League.
Lampard has taken the decision to link up with New York City at the end of his Chelsea contract, becoming the latest high-profile player to agree a switch to the MLS.
Asked if a new challenge in the United States might appeal to him further down the line, Gerrard said: "One day that might happen to me, I don't know.
"I've never really discussed it with anyone or thought about it. Maybe one day I would like the chance to go away from Liverpool for a short time and try something different.
"I think Frank has made a great decision. At his age, 36, he's had a wonderful career and I don't think he has anything to prove in England any more.
"He's broken records with Chelsea and won everything with them. I think it's a perfect move for him.
"But I haven't given it much thought. That carrot hasn't been dangled yet."