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Series 2, Episode 16
17th October 2016. 38 minutes.
A Bit Of Spaghetti Sauce. Still in Texas, Belinda is taken to an Italian restaurant by well-connected businessman, where things get very saucy over a bowl of Spaghetti Bolognese...
Series 2, Episode 15
10th October 2016. 43 minutes.
It's the biggest cliffhanger since Ross said Rachel's name at the altar - what is between Jim Stirling's legs? The answer lies within this chapter - and you'll never guess...
Series 2, Episode 14
3rd October 2016. 35 minutes.
Texas, USA. Belinda and Bella touch down in Texas to secure a lucrative deal with Jim Stirling. But is he even there?
Series 2, Episode 13
26th September 2016. 43 minutes.
Up, Up and Away. Bella and Belinda bump into Hazel, the co-pilot from Amsterdam, on a long haul flight to Texas. We can all guess what happens next...
Series 2, Episode 12
19th September 2016. 40 minutes.
The Fitting Bit. Before trying on their new expensive horse riding outfits, Belinda and Bella are given a unique 'while-u-wait' service by sales assistant Adaam...
Series 2, Episode 11
12th September 2016. 38 minutes.
Forsters of Knightsbridge, Dressage Outfitters To Royalty. Belinda and Bella go shopping and splash out on new horse riding outfits. But first, they need to get measured...
Series 2, Episode 10
5th September 2016. 42 minutes.
Sir James Pops Up. It's Friday night and Belinda and her 'glee team' are gossiping over drinks at the Pentra. But it isn't long before company chairman Sir James Godwin...
Series 2, Episode 9
29th August 2016. 35 minutes.
Motivating The Sales Force. Less than an hour after she arrives back in London, there's HR issues for Belinda to deal with at the office. Obviously, she has her own...
Series 2, Episode 8
22nd August 2016. 37 minutes.
Amsterdam To London Sky High. After an eventful night, Belinda uses her flight back to London as an opportunity to join the Mile High Club...
Series 2, Episode 7
15th August 2016. 49 minutes.
The Countess Zara. Belinda's bizarre night in Amsterdam continues as she meets Zara, The Countess of Leningrad... and also, it seems, the madam of a brothel.
Series 2, Episode 6
8th August 2016. 37 minutes.
Casino Etoile, Amsterdam. The night is young(ish) for Belinda as she heads to an exclusive casino and encounters a potential new Russian client, Grigor Calanski...
Series 2, Episode 5
1st August 2016. 46 minutes.
Goedenavond Peter! It's the return of Peter Rouse as he becomes reacquainted with Belinda in his Amsterdam pad before taking her for dinner, where she gets a little too merry.
Series 2, Episode 4
25th July 2016. 35 minutes.
Helga Turns It On. Dr Robbins' assistant Helga strips off her woollens and gets involved in the action with Belinda...
Series 2, Episode 3
18th July 2016. 35 minutes.
The Dutchman's Leather Desk. Belinda gets to grips with Dr Robbins on his large red leather desk. However, it isn't long before he quickly reveals some bizarre sexual quirks...
Series 2, Episode 2
11th July 2016. 41 minutes.
Amsterdammmm. Belinda makes her first trip to Europe to secure a lucrative deal with Peter Rouse. Before she meets him, she encounters some new, interesting characters with their own sexual...
Series 2, Episode 1
4th July 2016. 44 minutes.
Ritz Spa Gossip. Belinda and the gang are BACK as they open Belinda Blinked 2. This week, Giselle lets Belinda in on some sexy secrets as the girls treat themselves...
Episode 13
21st December 2015. 28 minutes.
Monday Morning 7.45am. Revelations, announcements, endings - this episode has it all! It's the final chapter of Belinda Blinked 1. Belinda enjoys one more session with The Duchess but will...
Episode 12
14th December 2015. 27 minutes.
The Duchess Comes Clean. It's the return of The Duchess in the penultimate chapter of Belinda Blinked. What is she coming clean about? Will we find out? Will it make...
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7th December 2015. 28 minutes.
The Night Receptionist. Belinda is still wide awake at The Horse and Jockey as the youngish man from reception brings her some extra special room service...
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30th November 2015. 31 minutes.
Sunday Night 11.55pm. Belinda and Peter continue their awkward dalliance in the lobby of 'The Horse and Jockey' in full view of the CCTV. And Peter reveals a shocking twist...
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Alice Levine joined BBC Radio 1 in January 2013 launching the new ten to midnight Monday – Thursday show with Phil Taggart. In September 2014 Alice launched a new weekend show between 1-4pm. Outside of Radio 1, Alice's music credibility has led to her hosting a range of events including The Barclaycard Mercury Music Sessions for Channel 4 and the Isle Of Wight coverage on Sky Arts.


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Note: Part 3 of this series can be found here. It discusses how Dr. Richard Pervo, in his 2006 edition of Dating Acts, spends a surprising amount of time and effort trying to sheerly imagine connections between the Lukan and the Josephan references to a rebel Theudas. His attempt does not end well. {lopsided g}
Part 4 -- Of Course, There Are Some Differences...
"There are, of course, differences between the two accounts," Dr. Pervo admits (p 157)--having already effectively admitted that one such huge and glaring difference is the terminology used to describe Theudas, despite his attempts to insist on a startling similarity between them. Another such difference is that one account talks about a Theudas rebelling before Judas the Galilean, and one talks about a Theudas rebelling afterward. This is not a small difference! But more on this and its implications for Dr. Pervo's thesis later.
Yet another important difference, one that Dr. Pervo tries to gloss over the implications of, is that where Josephus claims a very large mob followed Theudas ("the largest mob imaginable" as Dr. P allows the gist of the phrase in Greek), Luke/Gamaliel mentions the much smaller and more precise 400 men.
Dr. Pervo's defense of this difference, aside from the license of ancient historians to inflate for narrative effect (in this case meaning Josephus--which doesn't discredit Josephus as a legitimate ancient historian in Dr. P's reckoning, or that of any other sane and experienced student of ancient historiography), is that we can demonstrate (by comparing multiple accounts in his own texts) that Josephus does not necessarily have large amounts in mind when he writes about large amounts; consequently he and Luke could still be referring to the same account.
This would hold more water if the actual textual characteristics of the accounts were not so specifically different in their timing so as to exclude them, on the face of it, referring to the same Theudas incident. It is a fact, not a hypothesis, that once again Luke's account is very different from Josephus not only on a crucial point of detail but in style and wording. Why would Luke bother to make a more sober guess as to the numbers, if all he was doing was making a slapdash and grossly inept reference to Book 20 of Antiquities? This is the kind of thing historians normally look for when inferring that two different incidents, despite surface similarities, are being referenced. Even Dr. Pervo has to eventually admit that the existence of this detail counts against his theory, although he tries to make it seem as small a problem as possible (a "gate" for the defense of Luke's non-reference to Josephus "[that] seems little larger than the eye of a needle")--mainly by the rhetorical expedient of mocking anyone otherwise as being just desperate to save their case in Luke's favor.
Dr. Pervo can, admittedly, imagine a reason for (repeating my previous question) why Luke would bother to make a more sober guess as to the numbers, if all he was doing was making a slapdash and grossly inept reference to Book 20 of Antiquities. But his reason, aside from the problem of being purely imaginary, only stretches a thin thread thinner. Luke/Gamaliel states that Theudas was killed and his band of 400 was broken up and reduced to nothing; Josephus relates that many of Theudas' massively large number of followers were either captured or slain, while Theudas himself was taken or beheaded. A sober imagination might explain this variance (if it needed any explanation, which strictly speaking it does not) by supposing that Luke, in his slapdash haste, saw no need to include more details and so just quickly generalized. Except of course for that 400 tally--which also wouldn't require explanation at all if there are two different incidents being referenced (i.e. what the textual evidence itself indicates, not hypothetical theories about the text and its sourcing), but which does require explanation if Luke is supposed to be making a dash-through (and ultimately inept) reference to Book 20: because that 400 number is a sober and particular correction to Josephus' tendency to exaggerate for stylistic effect (assuming hypothetically that it's taken from Antiquities at all), and so is not the sort of thing that someone haphazardly borrowing material would do.
For the sake of defending his own thesis, then, Dr. Pervo needs an explanation for that 400. And he himself is aware that he needs one; so, he imagines what he calls "a good explanation": four hundred is a common enough round number that "provides a good comparison with the Jesus movement"--by which Dr. Pervo means the size of the movement he himself expects (or feels?) is correct at the time of Gamaliel's ostensible remark.
The problem here is that, as Dr. Pervo is well aware (he mentions it himself, p.157) Luke numbers Christians in the few thousands by the time of this scene.
My point is not that we, in assessing the data, are required to take those thousands as being historically accurate--although it might be worth remembering that if any of us, after the fact, feel that something like 400 is a more realistic number of Christians by this time in the story, we're just feeling this against the report of someone (even if he was writing in the early-mid-2nd century) much closer to the situation than us; a person who in other regards (including in comparison to Josephus!--also especially here in this very example!) often shows restraint in reporting numbers. The only hard data to go by is the textual data here in Acts, be that data right or wrong.
But as I said, that isn't my point. My point is this: if the author of Acts is going to just make up a "common round number" to match Christian population estimates, why would the author not have made up a number to match his own established information on Christian population estimates instead of one much lower?--an alternative number, moreover, which also happens to match better with Josephus' own very large mob reference? Say, four thousand?
Amusingly, Dr. P's explanatory thesis for the difference in numbering, practically requires us to tacitly accept that after inflating numbers for narrative effect (a practice which would not disqualify Luke from the standards of legitimate ancient historians, as Dr. P is entirely prepared to grant when talking about Josephus), Luke went on to report a more realistic number in the mouth of Gamaliel because Gamaliel was trying to make a point of rhetorical comparison between cases, and Luke felt obligated to report that detail correctly while (conveniently for his own purposes) leaving out the real reason for why Gamaliel was doing it. In other words, the most immediately plausible explanation for Dr. P's own thesis regarding the numbering difference, is that Gamaliel really said this (not as a fictional mouthpiece for Luke, who could otherwise make him say anything with the stroke of a stylus) and Luke had to grudgingly report it!
But then, what's missing from this explanation? A need for Luke to refer to Josephus at all.
This is all aside from the fact that there is exactly nothing in the Acts data to indicate Gamaliel (as a literary character or a historical one) is trying to make this kind of comparison. It's completely an imagined guess from Dr. P, to try to explain why Luke wouldn't follow Josephus on the size of the group.
That 400 number will circle back around to haunt his explanation again toward the end. But first, Dr. P has some circling to engage in himself.
Next time: why circling those shells is so important...
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Note: Part 3 of this series can be found here. It discusses how Dr. Richard Pervo, in his 2006 edition of Dating Acts, spends a surprising amount of time and effort trying to sheerly imagine connections between the Lukan and the Josephan references to a rebel Theudas. His attempt does not end well. {lopsided g}
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Very well said.
Pervo's attempt to explain why Luke puts the number lower than Josephus while still having copied him fails by its own internal logic. If Luke was trying to build some sort of equivalence in size between Theudas' followers and Jesus' followers why would he make the number of Jesus' followers so much lower? Pervo fails to note that shortly before recounting Gamaliel's speech, Luke placed the number of Jesus' male followers at five thousand (Acts 4:4: "But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand."). Luke, therefore, places the number of Theudas' followers at less than 10% of Jesus' followers (just the men, in fact) at the time of Gamaliel's speech.
Luke is either referring to a different Theudas or is referring to Theudas more accurately, here, than Josephus, demanding a source distinct from Josephus.
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I am perfectly happy to believe that Dennis concocted his tale for the sake of shock, or outrage, or something. All the same, I made sure that several people knew where I was lunching in Connecticut.
Dennis made his pile in an old-fashioned way, by starting and selling ink-on-paper businesses, generally in corners shunned or overlooked by more established publishing houses. (His first big success piggybacked on the kung fu craze that erupted after the death of movie star Bruce Lee, publishing Kung-Fu Monthly in multiple countries.) He's most famous in the U.S. for the lad magazine Maxim, which he sold last year, along with two other mags, for what was reported to be around $240 million. But more of his money likely has come from computer magazines, which he began publishing in Britain in 1978, and from his share in computer retailer MicroWarehouse.
Dennis still owns more than 50 titles in Britain and Australia, including the interesting electronic-only, downloadable magazine Monkey. The technology offers a much richer experience than digital translations of magazines—photos become videos, that sort of thing. But Monkey plows terrain immediately familiar to Maxim readers. (The man himself gleefully describes it as "an idiot magazine for young idiots to whom I am immensely grateful.") He also owns the news digest The Week, which is published in the U.S. and Britain. An edition for Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong comes this fall, and Dennis is mulling Indian and Canadian versions as well. In his New York offices, he brags, are 15 to 20 empty desks to be filled by employees of his next venture, about which he keeps mum as to both topic and time frame.
He's more expansive when not discussing expansion, and especially on the topic of how to amass staggering sums. Among his chief maxims: Prune overhead regularly; team spirit is for losers; pay yourself just enough to eat; and hire others to do the day-to-day. His most crucial point: "ownership isn't the important thing. It's the only thing." Dennis counsels readers to sell early, a guideline he admits he's often failed to follow. (It's widely believed he's passed on bigger offers for his American magazines. Dennis refuses to discuss any offers for those properties.) He's also pretty frank about the collateral costs of getting rich, in time and relationships with the people closest to those who seek serious fortune. His own pursuit, he writes, "led me into a lifestyle of narcotics, drink, and consolatory debauchery."
His is a get-rich-quick book, in fact, that warns off all but those who want monstrous wealth very, very badly, as Dennis did. He makes it amply clear, in the book and in conversation, that the sheer animal instincts and appetites that made him so fearsome a competitor, so smashing a success, extracted a heavy toll. Even at his age, they sometimes still do.


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The present invention relates to discrete pixel imaging systems, such as digital x-ray systems. More particularly, the invention relates to the identification of potentially defective circuitry in detection and signal processing components in such systems.
A number of techniques have been developed for producing images of an array of picture elements or pixels. Such systems typically include data acquisition circuitry which produces a series of signals representative of characteristics of pixels arranged in a matrix or array. For example, in a digital x-ray system, detector circuitry senses an amount of radiation impacting regions defining discrete pixels in a detector array. Based upon these radiation levels, the circuitry generates signals representative of each pixel, typically in the form of digitized intensity values. The values are transmitted to signal processing circuitry for filtering and enhancement. This circuitry may, for example, adjust the dynamic range of the detected values, and perform enhancement functions to emphasize or de-emphasize certain features of the image as defined by the pixel data. After processing, the data is stored for reconstruction of a composite image. In medical imaging systems, the composite image is useful to attending physicians and radiologists in diagnosis and treatment.
Detector circuitry in discrete pixel imaging systems is generally required to operate within specified tolerances. For example, in x-ray systems, circuitry associated with different pixels in the image matrix should produce output signals which are uniform for uniform levels of radiation received within the regions defined by the pixels. The uniformity provides accurate and repeatable image quality, permitting features in single images to be compared to one another, and images in a series to be similarly compared. However, some amount of deviation or tolerance is permitted between output signals for individual pixels to account for manufacturing differences, sensitivity differences, and so forth. Nevertheless, significant differences are generally not desirable between pixel circuitry output. Such differences can result in skewing of scaling of dynamic ranges, errors in image enhancement, production of anomalies or artifacts in the reconstructed image, and so forth.
Techniques have been developed for analyzing detector circuitry in discrete pixel imaging systems for potentially defective pixel circuits. In general, such techniques are implemented at final stages in the manufacture of the detectors or associated circuitry, or during calibration of the detector circuitry in the imaging system. Pixels identified as potentially defective may be flagged or masked in signal processing software. Thereafter, signals produced by the defective pixels may be disregarded or filtered separately from the non-defective pixel signals to reduce the likelihood of image processing errors or of unwanted artifacts.
While such techniques are useful in identifying potentially defective pixels, they are not always suitable for rapid reevaluation of discrete pixel detection systems after they are placed in service. Once a system is in service, it may be desirable periodically to perform a procedure for generating or updating a defective pixel mask or similar data used by the image processing circuitry. In particular, because detector circuitry can become defective after being placed in service, and thereby result in degradation of the image quality over time, it would be useful to provide a computationally efficient and straightforward technique for identifying potentially defective pixel circuits that could be implemented by operations personnel, clinicians or technicians. Pixels newly identified as potentially defective could then be flagged or added to a mask employed by image processing software. If an unacceptable degree of degradation is detected through the technique, the detector or associated circuitry may be replaced to once again provide the desired image quality.
The invention provides a technique for detecting potentially defective pixel circuits designed to respond to these needs. The technique may be employed in the evaluation of new detector circuitry, but is particularly well suited to analyzing existing circuitry already placed in service. Moreover, while the technique is particularly suitable for use in digital x-ray systems, it may find application in other imaging modalities wherein discrete pixel data are collected via detector circuitry wherein the output may vary from pixel-to-pixel within defined tolerances. The technique may be implemented in a straightforward procedure which is relatively time-efficient. Processing steps used to implement the technique may be programmed into existing imaging system controllers, further facilitating its use in existing systems. Pixels having output levels which differ in statistically significant ways from other pixels in the system are flagged and may be added to a map or mask used by image processing circuitry.
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatical representation of a discrete pixel imaging system in the form of a digital x-ray system;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of an exemplary image matrix comprising a plurality of discrete pixels;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating steps in exemplary control logic for identifying potentially defective pixel circuitry in the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is histogram of signal values generated by a discrete pixel detector arrangement in accordance with the steps of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a detail view of a histogram of the type shown in FIG. 4 illustrating the identification of potentially defective pixels in a discrete pixel detector arrangement; and
FIG. 6 is a detail view of another histogram of the type shown in FIG. 4, also illustrating the identification of potentially defective pixels.
Referring now to FIG. 1, an imaging system is illustrated and designated by the reference numeral 10. Imaging system 10 includes a controllable radiation source 12, such as a source of x-ray radiation, capable of emitting a controlled stream of radiation 14 upon demand. The stream of radiation contacts an object or subject of interest 16, such as a human body, when positioned in the path of the stream. A portion 18 of the radiation traverses the object and impacts a discrete pixel detector 20. Detector 20 encodes digital signals representative of the radiation received within discrete pixel regions, and outputs a data stream 22 representative of the digitized values. This stream of digitized data is received by data acquisition circuitry 24 and is further processed, such as to normalize the data, adjust dynamic ranges over which the data extends, and so forth. The processed signals from data acquisition circuitry 24 is then transmitted to data processing circuitry 26. Data processing circuitry 26 further filters the data to enhance the discrete pixel image defined by the data for storage and subsequent display. Data processing circuitry 26 is coupled to display/output/input circuitry 28 for receiving configuration parameters, such as via a keyboard, and for outputting reconstituted images based upon signals produced by detector 20 and filtered by circuitry 24 and 26.
It should be noted that while in the present discussion reference is made to an x-ray imaging system, the techniques described herein for identifying potentially defective regions in a discrete pixel detector may be applied to other imaging modalities as well. It should also be noted that in the embodiment described, data processing circuitry 26, including associated memory circuitry for storing control routines and processed data, is embodied in a general purpose or application-specific programmable digital computer. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, alternative embodiments may include application-specific microprocessors used in conjunction with appropriate memory circuitry, analogy circuitry, and combinations of analog and digital circuitry. Similarly, display/output/input circuitry 28 may include conventional operator keyboards, monitors, printers, and so forth.
Detector 20 is configured with a detecting surface or face for producing discrete pixel signals forming a matrix of pixel locations as illustrated in FIG. 2. The discrete pixel matrix 30 comprises a plurality of pixel regions 32 arranged in adjacent rows 34 and columns 36. The rows and columns of pixels thus define an image matrix having a predetermined width 38 and height 40 measured as an integer multiple of the pixels comprising the matrix. For example, in x-ray applications matrix 30 may have pixel dimensions of 1,024�1,024 pixels. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, a variety of matrix dimensions may be employed, depending upon such factors as the subject to the imaged, the features of interest, and the resolution desired.
In operation, signals encoded by detector 20 and processed by circuitry 24 and 26 are typically representative of intensity of radiation received within each discrete pixel region. However, specific pixel regions of detector 20, and associated circuitry contained within detector 20 may cause signals to be transmitted from the detector which are erroneous in nature. Specifically, such signals may indicate that the pixel region has received radiation above or below actual received levels, or has not received radiation although such radiation has impacted the region. In addition, regions of detector 20 may produce unreliable or inconsistent output signals. The presence of such erroneous signals in the acquired data may cause circuitry 24 and 26 to erroneously process the collection of pixel data defining the image, and therefore result in unsatisfactory final images. FIG. 3 represents steps in exemplary control logic for identifying such defective regions or associated circuitry.
Imaging system 10 is configured to analyze output from detector 20 and data acquisition circuitry 24 and to identify potentially defective pixel data circuitry. Such circuitry may be included in detector 20, or in data acquisition circuitry 24. In general, such defective circuitry may result in producing image data which is inconsistent with the actual amount or intensity of radiation received within associated pixel regions. As shown in FIG. 3, the control logic may be divided into two segments, including a data acquisition sequence 42, and a defective pixel identification sequence 44. Each sequence includes steps which, when implemented, would be embodied in code stored within memory circuitry associated with data processing circuitry 26. Data processing circuitry 26 executes the code upon prompting by an operator or technician via input circuitry 28.
Referring now to the steps of data acquisition sequence 42, the logic within this sequence begins at step 46 following prompting from the operator. At step 48, a flat field filter is installed between source 12 and detector 20. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, such flat field filters pass a narrow x-ray spectrum which will impact detector 20. While any suitable filter may be employed for this purpose, presently preferred filters include metallic screens, such as a one millimeter copper plate, or a two centimeter aluminum plate. To facilitate the data acquisition process, a fixture may be provided on source 12 or on detector 20 for supporting the filter. At step 50, an exposure is taken by emitting radiation from source 12, through the flat field filter, to impact detector 20. The particular settings employed during the exposure step will generally depend upon the configuration of the system being analyzed and the x-ray source tube capabilities. In general, the x-ray source may be set to the highest rated voltage setting for the source tube and to the highest mass setting permissible without saturation of the detector, to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio of the acquisition system.
Following the exposure at step 50, the pixel data produced during the exposure is analyzed as noted at step 52. In a present embodiment, this analysis includes calculation of a mean exposure in a central region of interest within the image matrix 30. For example, the mean exposure may be computed for a 124�124 pixel region in the center of a 2,048�2,048 pixel image matrix. This mean value is then compared to a desired range, such as a range of within 10 to 20 percent of the saturation level. If the analyses performed indicate that the exposure is acceptable for the purposes of the defective pixel identification sequence (i.e., within the range), the control logic proceeds to step 56 in FIG. 3. If, however, the exposure is found to be outside the range of acceptability, such as reaching a point of saturation of the detector, control returns to step 56 where the operator is notified of the need to repeat the exposure sequence.
Once acceptable exposure data is acquired through sequence 42, the data is evaluated through sequence 44 to identify potentially defective pixel data acquisition circuitry. Sequence 44 begins at step 56 where the data obtained at step 50 is gain and offset corrected. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, such corrections generally include subtraction from each pixel value of a fixed offset value for the detector system, and multiplication of the pixel data by a gain correction coefficient. Following such correction, a functional pixel histogram is generated as indicated at step 58.
An exemplary histogram of this type is illustrated in FIG. 4. In general, the histogram, identified by reference numeral 60 in FIG. 4, represents populations or counts of pixels within matrix 30 having predetermined discrete intensity levels. Thus, histogram 60 maps the intensity levels along a horizontal axis 62, and the pixel counts or populations for each intensity level along a vertical axis 64. The histogram for the detector circuitry will generally define a step-wise curve 66 having a standard or Gaussian distribution. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, only pixels previously identified as functional are counted and analyzed in generating histogram 60 and through the analysis steps described below. Thus, where imaging system 10 has been previously calibrated or analyzed to detect potentially defective pixel circuitry, and such defective circuitry has been identified, a look-up table or mask identifying the pixels corresponding to the defective circuitry will generally have been established. Pixels defined by the mask as being associated with defective circuitry would not be analyzed in the subsequent steps. Of course, where appropriate, such pixel circuitry could be re-analyzed to verify its defective status. It should also be noted that while a graphical representation of the histogram 60 as illustrated and described herein, in practice, such histograms may be defined by memory contents associated with data processing circuitry 26. In general, such memory contents will include discrete intensity values, and pixel counts determined from analysis of the data resulting from exposure at step 50.
At step 68, a maximum population or count, denoted Hmax, is identified from histogram 60. The value Hmax is identified by locating a maximum pixel count as indicated at reference numeral 70 in FIG. 4, and identifying the intensity value along axis 62 corresponding to the maximum count. Next, at step 72, left and right boundaries or limits are identified based upon the pixel histogram. In particular, as shown in FIG. 4, left and right or lower and upper boundaries 74 and 78 are identified at points at which histogram 60 reaches a pixel count of 0. The left and right limits are then derived from these boundaries. Thus, the left or lower limit is determined by moving from the left boundary 74 in an intensity-ascending direction as indicated by arrow 76 in FIG. 4, to the next incremental value along axis 62 as identified by reference numeral 77 in FIG. 5. Similarly, the right or upper limit value is derived from right boundary 78 by moving in an intensity-descending direction along axis 62 as indicated by reference numeral 80 in FIG. 4. The next lower intensity value, indicated by reference numeral 81 in FIG. 5, is identified as the right or upper limit.
At step 82, statistical parameters are calculated based upon the values between lower and upper boundaries 74 and 78. Specifically, the statistical mean mH and the standard deviation σH are determined for the pixel population lying between the lower and upper boundaries. Based upon these statistical values, pixels lying outside of the primary distribution defined by the histogram are analyzed to determine whether they are acceptable or should be flagged as defective.
Thus, as indicated at step 84 in FIG. 3, all pixels lying to the left of boundary 74, or to the right of boundary 78 are analyzed to determine whether they are defective by searching for intensity levels lying to the left of lower limit 77 or to the right of upper limit 81, and having non-zero population counts.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, such pixels include pixels at intensities 86 and 88 lying to the left of lower limit 77. When such pixels are found, their intensity value is compared to a value derived from the mean and standard deviation values. Specifically, for pixels having intensity values less than lower limit 77, a comparison is performed at step 84 which may be expressed by the following relationship:
where Ib is the intensity value for the outlying pixel, mH is the mean value determined at step 82, σH is the standard deviation value determined at step 82, and α is an allowable multiple of the standard deviation. Any suitable value for α may be employed in this process, including non-integer values, depending upon the tolerance desired and the precision of the detector circuitry. For example, in a present embodiment, a value of 7 is employed.
Where pixels lying to the right of upper limit 81 are identified for analysis at step 84, a similar comparison is performed. Specifically, the intensity value for the outlying pixel is compared to a value derived from the mean and standard deviation values as follows:
where the defined parameters have the same values as those described above. It should be noted, however, that the value for α employed in the analysis of higher-intensity pixels may be different from that employed for the lower-intensity pixels.
If the analysis performed at step 84 indicates that the intensity of an outlying pixel lies outside the acceptable range, the pixel circuitry is identified as potentially defective, and a value corresponding to the pixel address is added to a defective pixel mask at step 90. In general, the defective pixel mask will include values corresponding to the addresses of defective pixel circuitry, and will be stored in memory circuitry associated with data processing circuitry 26. The mask may be used by data processing circuitry 26 in subsequent processing to filter the defective pixel information in a different way, or to disregard the information all together. Moreover, the mask of defective pixel circuitry may be used as a basis for indicating that a detector or associated circuitry requires replacement or servicing.
It should be noted that the defective pixel identification sequence 44 permits pixels lying outside a primary envelope of the detector histogram to be maintained in a definition of functional pixels. FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary histogram wherein a number of pixels lie outside the histogram curve, some of which may be identified as defective while others may nevertheless be counted as functional. Specifically, in the histogram of FIG. 6, a first outlying pixel 92 has an intensity value greater than that of the upper boundary for the histogram, but which may, nevertheless, be acceptable for imaging purposes. Similarly, a group of pixels, as indicated by reference numeral 94, lies to the left of the primary envelope of the histogram, separated therefrom by an intensity value 96 having a population count of 0. However, the group of pixels 94 may nevertheless provide important imaging information, and may therefore, be considered functional in the foregoing analysis.
A second group of pixels 98 lies further to the left of group 94, and may include pixels which are considered functional or defective, depending upon their relative intensity values and upon the envelope defined by the comparisons set forth above. Finally, a third group of pixels 100 lies far to the left of the preceding groups and would be expected to lie outside the range of acceptability.
If an outlying pixel is identified as acceptable or functional at step 84, the identification sequence proceeds to step 102 where a search is performed for additional pixels having intensities lying to the left or to the right of the lower and upper limit values. If such pixels are found, the comparison of step 84 is repeated for such outlying pixels. This logic continues until all outlying pixels are analyzed and all pixels satisfying the relationships identified above have been identified and added to the mask at step 90. Once all outlying pixels have been analyzed, the routine returns or continues as indicated at step 104.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the foregoing technique offers a computationally efficient method for identifying potentially defective pixel circuitry in an imaging system. For example, in the present embodiment described above, only a small minority of the total pixel population need be evaluated as potentially defective. All other pixels lying within the primary envelope of the histogram distribution curve need not be evaluated by the desired envelope comparison. Moreover, the technique offers a straight forward implementation which may be loaded and executed in existing systems and performed on a periodic basis by operations personnel in a test or verification program. The technique may thereby supplement earlier or concurrent verification routines used to adjust data collected by the imaging system or to provide notice of the need to service or replace system components.
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