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1. Introduction
Gyroscopes are commonly used sensors for measuring angular velocity in many areas of application, such as navigation, homing and control stabilisation. The performance of the MEMS gyroscope often deteriorates due to the effects of time-varying parameters as well as noise sources, such as mechanical and circuitry noise, quadrature errors, parameter variations and external disturbances.
It is necessary to use an advanced control, such as adaptive control or intelligent control, to control MEMS gyroscopes and in the last few years, various control approaches have been developed. Increasing attention has been given to the tracking control of MEMS gyroscopes. Leland [1] derived two adaptive controllers for a vibrational MEMS gyroscope which tune the drive axis' natural frequency and the sense axis' vibration to zero by a force-to-rebalance operation. Batur et al. [2] developed a sliding mode control for a MEMS gyroscope. Sun et al. [3] derived a phase-domain design approach in order to study the mode-matched control of gyroscopes. Antonello et al. [4] used an extremum-seeking control to automatically match the vibration mode in MEMS vibrating gyroscopes. Park et al. [5] presented an adaptive controller for a MEMS gyroscope which drives both of the axes of vibration and controls the entire operation of the gyroscope. Some adaptive sliding mode controllers have been developed to control MEMS gyroscopes [6-7].
System nonlinearities are inevitable in actual engineering and they require the controller to be either adaptive or robust. Intelligent control approaches such as neural networks and fuzzy control do not require mathematical models and have the ability to approximate nonlinear systems. Neural network technologies have been applied to nonlinear control systems [8-9]. Wang [10] proposed a universal approximation theorem and demonstrated that an arbitrary function of a certain set of functions can be approximated with arbitrary accuracy using a fuzzy system over a compact domain. Therefore a fuzzy logic system for approximating arbitrary nonlinear functions makes it a useful tool for adaptive applications. The key idea behind adaptive fuzzy logic systems is that a wide class of nonlinear systems can be approximated to arbitrary closeness by them. An adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller combines the merits of a sliding mode control, a fuzzy inference mechanism and an adaptive algorithm. Guo et al. [11] proposed an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller for a robot manipulator. Tong et al. [12] designed a fuzzy indirect and direct adaptive control for a nonlinear system. Yoo et al. [13] developed adaptive controller for a robot manipulator using a fuzzy compensator. Wai et al. [14] presented an adaptive fuzzy neural network control design via a T–S fuzzy model for a robot manipulator which included actuator dynamics. Wai et al. [15] investigated an adaptive sliding mode control system for an indirect field-oriented induction motor drive so as to track periodic commands. Lee [16] proposed a robust adaptive fuzzy control by back-stepping for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems. Islam et al. [17] used a robust adaptive fuzzy output feedback control system for robot manipulators. Zhou et al. [18] developed an adaptive output-feedback fuzzy tracking control for a class of nonlinear systems. However, the application of fuzzy control to MEMS gyroscopes has never been performed in the literature and, therefore, it is necessary to adopt an adaptive fuzzy control that can adjust the parameter vector of the member functions on-line using an adaptive law for the vibration control of MEMS gyroscopes.
This paper focuses on the design of a direct adaptive fuzzy control for a MEMS gyroscope using a supervisory compensator. A direct adaptive fuzzy controller use fuzzy logic systems as controllers; therefore linguistic fuzzy control rules can be directly incorporated into the controller. The contribution of this paper lies is the integration of an adaptive control, a nonlinear approximation of a fuzzy control and a supervisory compensator. The study of the adaptive fuzzy controller is conducted on a MEMS gyroscope and it is applied to control the gyroscope and guarantee that the closed loop system is globally stable and tracking errors are as small as possible. In order to guarantee the robustness of the adaptive fuzzy controller, a supervisory compensator is incorporated into the adaptive fuzzy control scheme in the Lyapunov framework.
This paper is organised as follows. In section 2, the dynamics of the MEMS gyroscope are introduced and a non-dimensional procedure is described. In section 3, an adaptive fuzzy control is derived and Lyapunov analysis is implemented to guarantee the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system. Simulation results are presented in section 4 to verify the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive fuzzy control. Conclusions are provided in section 5.
2. Dynamics of the Mems gyroscope
The dynamics of the MEMS gyroscope are described in Fig. 1. A typical MEMS gyroscope configuration includes a proof mass suspended by spring beams, electrostatic actuations and sensing mechanisms for forcing an oscillatory motion and sensing the position and velocity of the proof mass, as well as a rigid frame which is rotated along the rotation axis. The dynamics of a MEMS gyroscope are derived by Newton's Law in the rotating frame.
In a z-axis gyroscope, by supposing the stiffness of spring in direction z to be much larger than that in directions x, y, the motion of the poof mass is constrained to just along the x-y plane. Assume that the measured angular velocity is almost constant over a long enough time interval. Considering fabrication imperfections which cause extra coupling between the x and y axes, and ignoring centrifugal forces, the governing equation for a z-axis MEMS gyroscope is simplified as:
where x and y are the coordinates of the proof mass with respect to the gyro frame in a Cartesian coordinate system. In equation (1) and are damping coefficients; and are spring coefficients; and , quadrature errors, all of which are coupled damping and spring terms, respectively, mainly due to the asymmetries in suspension structure and the misalignment of sensors and actuators. The coupled spring and damping terms are unknown, but can be assumed to be small. The nominal values of the x and y axes' spring and damping terms are known, but there are small unknown variations. The proof mass can be determined accurately.
Dividing both sides of equation (1) by , , , which are a reference proof mass of a gyroscope, the length and natural resonance frequency respectively, yields the non-dimensional motion equation as:
where , , , , , .
The vector form of the MEMS gyroscope dynamic model can be written as:
where , , , , .
If , and are unknown, (3) can be rewritten as:
where is an unknown dynamic function . Fuzzy control will be investigated in order to approximate the unknown function in the next section.
3. Adaptive Fuzzy Controller Design
Fuzzy control is very robust and capable of handling nonlinear systems, providing a methodology for representing, manipulating and implementing a human's heuristic knowledge about how to control a system. A fuzzy controller is composed of the following four elements: fuzzier, some fuzzy IF-THEN rules, a fuzzy inference engine and a defuzzifier. The fuzzy inference engine uses the fuzzy IF-THEN rules to perform a mapping from an input linguistic vector to an output variable . The i-th fuzzy rule can be expressed as:
where ,…, are fuzzy variables and is a singleton number.
The output of the fuzzy system can be expressed using a centre-average defuzzifier, product inference and a singleton fuzzifier:
where is the membership function value of the fuzzy variable , is the number of fuzzy rules and is an adaptive parameter vector.
is fuzzy basis function vector and
is i-th column vector of fuzzy basis function vector.
Control objective:
The control target for the MEMS gyroscope is to maintain the proof mass so as to oscillate in the and directions at a given frequency and amplitude:
The closed loop system must be globally stable in the sense that all variables and must be uniformly stable. The tracking error should be as small as possible.
The procedure of the proposed adaptive fuzzy control as applied to the MEMS gyroscope is described in this section. The proposed adaptive fuzzy control scheme is shown by Fig. 2.
Rewriting (3) as:
The reference model is defined as:
where .
Rewriting (8) as:
The tracking error is defined as:
Suppose that the controller is composed of a fuzzy controller and a supervisory compensator :
where the fuzzy controller , is a fuzzy basis function, the supervisory compensator is:
where , .
Choosing the control force:
the controller will force the tracking error to converge to zero, where and are chosen such that all roots of are located on the left side of the plane.
The dynamic of tracking error can be derived as:
Substituting (13) into (14) yields:
or equivalently:
where . Since is a stable matrix, there exists a unique positive definite and symmetrical matrix , satisfying the Lyapunov equation:
where , Q is an arbitrary positive definite matrix.
We define the optimal parameter vector thus:
The fuzzy approximation error vector is defined as:
As such, (16) becomes:
We define the Lyapunov function candidate:
where is a positive constant.
Suppose , then (20) becomes .
Differentiating with respect to time yields:
If we choose the adaptive law:
then substituting (23) into (22) yields:
Choosing , (24) becomes:
Here, we use the inequality:
where is the eigenvalue of the matrix with a minimum real part.
, becomes negative semi-definite and ensures that , and are all bounded. LaSalle's invariant set theorem can be used to prove that . implies that and that there is no other solution but . According to LaSalle's invariant set theorem, defining then if contains no trajectories other than , the origin zero is asymptotically stable. Therefore, is an invariant set which implies that any trajectory starting from an initial condition within that set remains in the set constantly, that is will asymptotically converge on zero.
4. Simulation Study
In this section, we will evaluate the proposed adaptive fuzzy control approach on the lumped MEMS gyroscope sensor model [1, 5] by using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The control objective is to maintain the system to track the desired reference trajectory and adopt the adaptive fuzzy controller for the gyroscope model. The parameters of the MEMS gyroscope sensor are shown as follows:
The desired motion trajectories are where . The following six membership functions are selected in the region [-3,3] respectively, as shown by Fig. 3.
In the simulation, we allowed 10% parameter variations for the spring and damping coefficients with respect to their nominal values. We further assumed a 10% magnitude change in the coupling terms. The external disturbance and . The initial states of the system are [1,0,0,0], the initial values of are , where is i-th column vector of the estimated parameter matrix, adaptive gain is chosen as in (23), is chosen as in (16) to satisfy that all of the roots of are located on the left side of the plane, Q is an arbitrary positive definite matrix, chosen as =[50 0;0 50] in (17) and should be a positive constant since in (12).
In order to eliminate chattering, the discontinuous control component in (11) can be replaced by a smooth-sliding mode component to yield:
, where .
First, we simulate the system response of MEMS gyroscope with and respectively. The tracking responses for these two different fuzzy controllers in the presence of the disturbance will be simulated as shown by Figs. 4-9.
Figs. 4 and 5 show that the position-tracking trajectory and tracking errors of x, y only using . It can be observed the tracking error is relatively large which is around the value of 0.2. Figs. 6 and 7 depict the position-tracking trajectory and tracking errors of x, y using . It can be seen here that the tracking error is almost zero. Figs. 4-7 compare the tracking error between the system using and . It can be seen that the system using a supervisory compensator has better trajectory-tracking performance than that which uses only a fuzzy controller , and the position of x, y can track the position of the reference model in a short time with the supervisory compensator. Therefore, it can be seen that the adaptive fuzzy tracking performance is satisfactory, the MEMS gyroscope can maintain the proof mass to oscillate in the x, y direction at a given frequency and amplitude with the proposed adaptive fuzzy control.
Fig. 8 plots the adaptive fuzzy control inputs using . It can be seen that the chattering is diminished because of the use of a smooth supervisory sliding controller which can create a small boundary layer around the switching surface in which the trajectory will remain. Fig. 9 illustrates the property of the sliding surface using , showing that it converges to zero asymptotically.
In order to show the robustness of the performance of the MEMS gyroscope, the disturbance with a large magnitude and a high frequency is considered in the simulation. Comparing Figs. 10 and 11, we can see that in the case of a high-frequency sinusoidal disturbance signal the system using also has better performance than one using only ; the tracking error can still approach zero in a short time, showing that the robustness of the system using (11) is better than that using the fuzzy controller in the presence of external disturbances.
5. Conclusion
A fuzzy logic-based adaptive control for an angular velocity sensor is presented in this paper. An adaptive fuzzy controller that can incorporate fuzzy control rules directly into itself is used to adaptively adjust the parameters of member functions and make the tracking error as small as possible. Moreover, a supervisory compensator is added to the adaptive fuzzy control system in order to guarantee the asymptotically stability of the control system. A simulation study is implemented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive fuzzy control in relation to external disturbances. It can be concluded that the dynamic gyroscope system's responses are as expected, and adaptive fuzzy control with a supervisory compensator has better tracking performance and tracking errors asymptotically converge on zero.


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INDEPENDENCE — Independence Town Council has set a public hearing to gather comments from the community concerning a proposal to sell alcohol on Sunday in the town.
Buddy Halsey made the motion at the April 11 council meeting. Council members approved setting the hearing prior to their next meeting on May 10 at 6:30 p.m.
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Updated: 01/24/2008 - New Aiken County Superintendent Dr. Beth Everitt started her tour of all 40 schools in Aiken County on Wednesday.
Updated: 01/23/2008 - A special two-hour program to assist students and parents in looking for ways to pay for a college education will be air January 27 on SCETV.
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Comprehensive Description
Range Description
Central Africa: It is found in the headwaters of the Lualaba and Sankuru Rivers in DRC.
Eastern Africa: This species is found in the Lake Victoria basin, Athi and Tana River systems, northern and southern Ewaso Nyiro basins, This species is known from upper Pangani system, Amboseli swamps, Lake Naivasha and affluents (Seegers et al. 2003). Also reported from the affluent streams and rivers to Lake Tanganyika, including the Malagarasi River, and the Middle Akagera system. Widespread in Lake Malawi and its affluents, the Shire River and Lakes Chiuta and Chilwa.
Northeast Africa: This species occurs in the Awash basin and rift lakes, Ethiopia
Southern Africa: Widespread in east coastal rivers from East Africa south to KwaZulu-Natal and from southern Congo tributaries and the Quanza in Angola to the Orange (Skelton 2001).
Physical Description
Max. size
Diagnostic Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 86625
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Locality: Thika R. E. Africa 3000 Ft., Africa
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Zambezi River Benthopelagic Habitat
This taxon is one of a number of benthopelagic species in the Zambezi River system of southern Africa. Benthopelagic river fish are found near the bottom of the water column, feeding on benthos and zooplankton
Nutrient levels in the Zambezi River are relatively low, especially in the upper Zambezi; in that reach, above Victoria Falls, most of the catchment drains Kalahari sands, whose nutrient levels are inherently low due to their aeolian formation; moreover, agricultural fertilizer addition throughout the Zambezi watershed is low, due to the shortage of capital available to farmers of this region.
Nitrate levels (as nitrogen) in the upper Zambezi are typically in the range of .01 to .03 milligrams per liter. Correspondingly electrical conductivity of the upper Zambezi is on the order of 75 micro-S per centimeter, due to the paucity of ion content. From the Luangwa River downstream nitrate levels elevate to .10 to .18 milligrams per liter, and electrical conductivity rises to a range of two to four times the upper Zambezi levels. Not surprisingly, pH, calcium ion concentration, bicarbonate and electrical conductivity are all higher in portions of the catchment where limestone soils predominate compared to granite.
There are a total of 190 known fish species present in the Zambezi River, including eel and shark taxa. The largest native benthopelagic fish in the Zambezi are the 170 cm North African catfish (Clarias gariepinus), the 146 cm common carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio), the 150 cm Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) and the introduced 120 cm rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Kunene River Benthopelagic Habitat
This taxon is one of a number of benthopelagic species in the Kunene River system. Benthopelagic river fish are found near the bottom of the water column, feeding on benthos and zooplankton
The Kunene River rises in the central highlands of Angola, and thence flows southward to form a major element of the border between Namibia and Angola before the final discharge is to the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of the Angola-Benguela Front. The geometry of the Kunene riparian zone is distinctly narrow, with rugged arid landscapes persisting on both sides of the river over long distances, and a virtual lack of any extensive floodplains.
There is a relatively high rate of endemism of aquatic biota in the Kunene. Proposed expansion of dams on the Kunene poses a threat to biodiversity in the river, especially regarding proposals at Epupa Falls. However, a greater threat to the Kunene is a plan by Angola to greatly expand withdrawal of water from the river to expand irrigated agriculture by 600,000 hectares; not only will this action significantly diminish downriver flow rates, but also add considerable nitrate, herbicide and pesticide substances to the river.
The catchment area of the Kunene Basin is approximately 106,560 square kilometres (41,143 square miles) in area, of which 14 100 km² (13%) lies within Namibian territory. Its mean annual discharge is 174 cubic meters per second (6145 cubic feet per second) at its mouth on the Atlantic. Water quality of the Kunene River is relatively high, since the human population density and agricultural intensity is relatively low, including a conspicuous absence of overgrazing. However, bacteria and other microbial pathogens pose a material threat to Kunene water quality, due to the fact that only a small fraction of the domestic wastewater in Angola is treated;
Regarding freshwater bivalves, the central reaches of the Kunene manifest particularly high endemism, similar to parts of the Okavango, Chobe, Upper Zambezi and Etosha Pan basins. The bivalve Etheria elliptica, which also occurs in the Upper Zambezi, is a freshwater mussel in the family Etheriidae, known from a limited extent of the central Kunene River in Angola. It is threatened by proposed dam construction on the Kunene.
There are several endemic benthopelagic fishes in the Kunene River: the eight centimeter (cm) long Kunene dwarf happy (Orthochromis machadoi); the 14 cm benthopelagic Namib happy (Thoracochromis buysi); and the seven cm benthopelagic Kunene kneria (Kneria maydelli).
Habitat and Ecology
- Freshwater
Trophic Strategy
Known prey organisms
Based on studies in:
Malawi (River)
Africa, Crocodile Creek, Lake Nyasa (Lake or pond)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- G. Fryer, 1957. The trophic interrelationships and ecology of some littoral communities of Lake Nyasa with special reference to the fishes, and a discussion of the evolution of a group of rock-frequenting Cichlidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 132:153-281, f
- G. Fryer, The trophic interrelationships and ecology of some littoral communities of Lake Nyasa, Proc. London Zool. Soc. 132:153-229, from p. 219 (1959).
Diseases and Parasites
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Barbus paludinosus
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 50
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
- 2006Least Concern(IUCN 2006)
- 2006Least Concern
Population Trend
Conservation Actions
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Straightfin barb
The Straightfin Barb (Barbus paludinosus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. B. pleurogramma is sometimes included here, but while it is certainly extremely closely related, it appears to be a distinct cryptic species.
B. paludinosus is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas.
It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
- Ntakimazi, G., Twongo, T.K. & Kazambe, J. 2005. Barbus paludinosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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Rob Beeton Revive your Drive Was paid cash in advance and he didn't finish the work on our drive. Lied repeatedly and totally unreliable. Hayling Island, Other
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I am a fashion/ textile designer and mother of six children.
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I am a fashion/ textile designer and mother of six children.
Over time I have designed and knitted as well as sewn hundreds of items of baby and childrens clothing.
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This Mercedes Benz will be collectors Car soon, the first SLK. It has the feel of Mercedes Benz and the look of a James Bond Car. Great for weekend get a ways for two or Mercedes Benz Club events. These cars will start increasing in value soon and everyone will want one.
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SINGER-songwriter and dancer Timomatic was only 10-months-old when his family immigrated here from Nigeria so Australia is the only home he has ever known.
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paradigm group investments llc6335 nancy ridge dr. #100 san diego, California United States of America
paradigm group investments llc owner david beaumont,mrs. miller supervisor,alena accounting, and receptionist Went to above business with cancellation the very next day of my contract, days later waiting for a call to pick up vacuum I called Mrs. Miller she states they do not have the signed paper from me. So san diego, California
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The very next day I called their office on Nancy Ridge Dr. spoke to receptionist she had told me directions I had told her on wanted to cancel contract, she said not to bring in vacuum field rep will pick up. So i hurried cancelled my facial appointment so I could get there before accounting closed at 3 p.m. When I arrived before 3 p.m. the receptionist had me sign my portion stating I wished to cancel took scissors and cut that portion off contract, she then said she would rush it to accounting, she never came back with my receipt.
I expected to hear from them and field reps to pick up vacuum and return mine, but it never happened. So I had called there office I got the run around they said that it wasn't in there files. The following Monday the 6th of August I went to there office the receptionist said she had never met me and denied me bringing my cancellation portion of contract. Then I refused to leave until I spoke to someone in accounting Alena came out and sympathized and couldn't understand why the receptionist was so rude. While Alena was talking to me the receptionist tried to pull her away by saying she has a phone call from the boss. I wasn't going away I then asked to speak to the owner, a Mrs. Miller came out and said she had been looking all day for my file and couldn't find it, keep in mind this was 6 days ago how could they lose my contract?
I then was taken to the accounting office which is also the office where Dave Beaumont sits very cluttered, he had me sit down it became a heated discussion he denied me my cancellation I asked for his name he then said if I didn't stop calling him a liar he would have me leave. On my way out in front of receptionist Mr. Beaumont quickly grabbed his mail so I wouldn't see names. This company has crooks working in the Kirby name and is bringing them down.
So I hope I made this clear, this company a day after buying this machine took my cancellation portion of contract, in good faith I thought they would do the right thing but obviosly not.
I recieved a letter from themdated August 9. 2012 that they had completed their investigation and have concluded that they have no records which indicate that a cancellation notice was brought in to the office. I had called them on July 31st for directions, just a day after buying this machine, signed in precence of this receptionist. I have witnesses at the salon that day because I had to cancel also at my work because I asked to leave early.
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Author Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (Dr Einstein and Ms Rakotoarivelo), and Department of Radiology (Dr Einstein), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Tilkemeier); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia (Drs Fazel and Shaw).
Nuclear stress testing is well recognized as an effective technique for diagnosing coronary disease, predicting patient outcomes, and guiding management. Numerous evidence-based appropriate indications and practice guideline recommendations have been published regarding accepted uses of nuclear stress tests (NSTs) across a wide spectrum of patients with known or suspected coronary disease. However, the approximate 10 million NSTs performed annually account for greater than 10% of the entire ionizing radiation burden to the US population.1 One recent study, while pointing out that cancer risk from a single NST is small, projected on a population level that NSTs may result in thousands of radiation-attributable cancers annually,2 partially offsetting their benefits.
As in all areas of medical radiological protection, fundamental principles of justification (ensuring imaging is clinically necessary) and optimization (ensuring best-available technique) are central to ensuring patient protection. Appropriate use criteria (AUC)3 are essential tools for ensuring justification, and numerous dose-reduction methods have been studied and implemented in clinical practice for optimization,4,5 including protocol-,6 software-, and hardware-based approaches.7 For example, most NSTs are performed with initial imaging obtained with the patient at rest, followed by additional images obtained after injection of a radiopharmaceutical near peak exercise or pharmacologic stress ("rest-stress" protocol). Radiation exposure can be decreased by 75% using a protocol whereby stress imaging is performed first ("stress first"), with rest imaging eliminated in patients with normal stress images ("stress only"). Dual-isotope protocols involving both thallium 201 for rest imaging and a technetium (Tc)-99m–based radiopharmaceutical for stress imaging are associated with considerably higher radiation doses. Newer image reconstruction algorithms available for all scanners improve on traditional "filtered back-projection" and enable reducing the amount of radiopharmaceutical administered while preserving image quality. However, few data describe current clinical practices impacting patients' radiation exposure. To address this, we conducted a survey of NST protocols, radiation safety practices, and practitioners' knowledge.
We conducted a stratified random sample survey of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) members in 2011, including several questions addressing radiation. The survey (eAppendix) was developed by an expert panel and implemented using SurveyMonkey software. A 10% random sampling method, stratified geographically, was used to ensure that respondents would be geographically representative of ASNC membership. Sampling was based on proportional representation by state, and where groups of physicians reported the same zip code, city, or institution or practice, they were coded as a block, of which only 1 was available for sampling. Of approximately 4700 ASNC members, 374 were selected to receive the survey. Nonrespondents received up to 3 follow-up requests, conducted by staff trained in performing scripted interviews. Categorical variables were compared using the Fisher exact test. Protocol volumes were estimated multiplying total laboratory volume by percentage of studies performed using a given protocol. Low-, medium-, and high-volume sites were defined based on tertile of annual procedure volumes.
A total of 73 survey responses (19.5%) were received (46 physicians, 23 technologists, and 4 other), reflecting practices of 202 physicians and 177 technologists. The median annual number of NSTs performed for the 59 respondents reporting nonzero volume was 1200 (intertertile range, 900-2000).
Forty-five respondents reported both laboratory volume and percentage of studies performed using each imaging protocol. Among these respondents, rest-stress Tc-99m was most popular, used in 58% of studies and 40 laboratories (89%), followed by dual-isotope imaging, used in 15.6% of studies and 10 laboratories (22%) (Table). Low-dose stress-first imaging constituted only 7.3% of studies, all reported by 6 respondents (13%), with 4 from high-volume laboratories.
Thirty-seven respondents (51%) reported using 1 or more approach to reduce radiation exposure. No single approach was reported to be used in more than 30% of studies (eTable 1). The most commonly reported approach was reducing injected radiopharmaceutical while increasing imaging time, claimed by 24 respondents (33%), followed by the use of stress-only imaging (23%), newer camera systems (20.5%), and changing radiopharmaceuticals (19.2%). In terms of specific methods, no single method was reported to be used in more than 13% of studies in the previous week or in more than 15% of laboratories (eTable 2).
Twenty-four of 48 respondents answering reported that their practice uses AUC to track appropriate use. There were no differences among type of practices (P = .76) or practice NST volume tertiles (P = .66).
Of 46 respondents, 40 (87%) reported having read at least 1 ASNC statement on radiation safety. Of the 73 individuals completing the survey, 36 responded to the question asking how many posteroanterior chest x-ray examinations would be equivalent to a single-day, rest-stress Tc-99m nuclear stress test. We considered a range of 350 to 650 x-ray examinations (ie, 7-13 mSv, assuming the standard estimate of 0.02-mSv effective dose for a posteroanterior chest x-ray examination8,9) to be a reasonable correct answer. Of these 36 respondents, 25 underestimated the dose. Twenty-two physicians omitted answering this question; among the 24 physicians responding, answers ranged from 1 to 1050 x-ray examinations. Seventeen physicians (71%) underestimated the dose (including 14 replying ≤166 x-ray examinations), 3 overestimated, and only 4 answered correctly (17% of respondents—9% of all physicians surveyed).
Over the past decade, important advances in nuclear cardiology have allowed for high-quality studies at substantially reduced radiation exposure. This survey provides initial data describing current US NST practices, identifying that dose-reduction approaches have largely not been assimilated into everyday practice. Multiple reports evaluating more than 20 000 patients have demonstrated safety of stress-only imaging compared with traditional rest-stress imaging.6 Given that most NSTs find no abnormalities, the 7.2% rate of stress-only imaging represents a missed opportunity to skip unneeded rest imaging in many patients. The 15.6% rate of dual-isotope testing is unacceptably high. Very few sites used scanner hardware such as cameras using multiple solid-state detectors or improved image reconstruction software to reduce radiation doses. Although 93% of physicians reported having read statements pertaining to radiation safety, only 9% could correctly characterize the radiation burden to patients from the most common NST protocol, a figure sizably lower than the proportion of imaging physicians correctly describing radiation in other contexts.10
Our study has several limitations. Most significant is its modest sample size. While the response rate was similar to other recent practice-based surveys,11 it is uncertain what differences exist between respondents and nonrespondents. Not all respondents answered every question, although it is reasonable to expect those omitting a question are more likely to have suboptimal practices than those answering, suggesting that our data may reflect a bias toward underestimating actual underutilization of radiation protection approaches. Another limitation is that our findings are not based on data collected of actual protocols used and activities (millicuries) administered, but rather respondents' estimates and recall. These may be subject to bias, as illustrated by the observed discordance between actual vs professed use of stress-only imaging.
Nevertheless, our findings suggest significant opportunities for improving radiation safety for the 10 million US patients undergoing NSTs annually. Specific goals should include the following: (1) bridging gaps between physicians' exposure to radiation safety literature and actual knowledge; (2) increasing use of low-dose stress-first imaging, while decreasing dual-isotope imaging; (3) promoting wider integration of AUC into clinical practice, and (4) fostering validation, use, and affordability of advanced technologies permitting reduced administered activity.
Thus, contemporary US nuclear cardiology practice is characterized by underuse of existing approaches to ensure justification and optimization of ionizing radiation use and by gaps in practitioners' knowledge pertaining to radiation safety. Targeted educational programs are needed to better disseminate patient-centered radiation safety practices and effectively incorporate these principles into clinical practice.
Correspondence: Dr Einstein, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 W 168th St, PH 10-203, New York, NY 10032 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Published Online: May 6, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.483
Group Information: Information about the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology can be found at http://www.asnc.org.
Author Contributions: Drs Einstein and Shaw had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Einstein, Tilkemeier, and Shaw. Acquisition of data: Einstein. Analysis and interpretation of data: Einstein, Tilkemeier, Fazel, Rakotoarivelo, and Shaw. Drafting of the manuscript: Einstein, Tilkemeier, and Shaw. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Einstein, Tilkemeier, Fazel, Rakotoarivelo, and Shaw. Statistical analysis: Einstein, Rakotoarivelo, and Shaw. Administrative, technical, and material support: Shaw. Study supervision: Einstein, Tilkemeier, and Shaw.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Einstein has received research grants from GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, and Spectrum Dynamics; has received a speakers fee from Spectrum Dynamics; and has served as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Dr Shaw discloses being past-president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, for which Emory University received partial salary support for her.
Funding/Support: Dr Einstein was supported in part by a Victoria and Esther Aboodi Assistant Professorship and a Herbert Irving Assistant Professorship.
Role of the Sponsors: The sponsors were not involved in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Previous Presentation: The study was presented in part at the 13th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association; May 14-15, 2012; Glasgow, Scotland.
Additional Contributions: The authors gratefully acknowledge John Mahmarian, MD, for insightful and detailed comments on an earlier version of the manuscript, as well as for his leadership and advice during the publication process, and Patty Reames, RTR, CNMT, NCT, FASNC, for contributing her important perspective as a nuclear medicine technologist and practice manager to the development and conduct of the survey.
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Einstein AJ, Tilkemeier P, Fazel R, Rakotoarivelo H, Shaw LJ; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Radiation safety in nuclear cardiology—current knowledge and practice: results from the 2011 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology member survey. JAMA Internal Medicine.. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.483
eAppendix. Survey Questions Focusing on Radiation Safety
eTable 1. Summary of the Distribution of Dose Reduction Approaches by User Types, Facility Types and Laboratory Volumes
eTable 2. Reported Utilization of Specific Methods as Part of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Studies in Week Prior to Survey
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