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Melbourne chief defends safety record | Daily Mail Online
Melbourne chief defends safety record
Australian Grand Prix boss Ron Walker insists the death of a marshal in yesterday's Formula One race was a one-in-a-billion accident.
Walker is also adamant that nothing more could have been done to make Melbourne's Albert Park track safer.
The man had been standing behind a safety barrier when the tyre flew through an access hole in the steel mesh fence. "It was a billion-to-one-chance that that tyre came through that wall," Walker said.
"We'll be asking the teams to donate their uniforms and helmets to be auctioned, so we'll be doing everything we can to assist the family," revealed Walker.

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The Porcupine by Julian Barnes | NOOK Book (eBook), Paperback, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble
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Overview In his latest novel, Julian Barnes, author of Talking It Over and A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov's guilt — and the righteousness of his opponents — would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant ...
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Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov's guilt — and the righteousness of his opponents — would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant dictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of the Communist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs.
Library JournalThe upheavals that have recenty rocked Eastern Europe provide the inspiration for Barnes's ( Flaubert's Parrot , LJ 4/1/85) latest novel, an intelligent, if strangely passionless, examination into the nature of political reality. It focuses primarily on the interaction between two men, former Communist party head Stoyo Petkanov, for 33 years the leader of his nation, and Peter Solinsky, newly appointed chief prosecutor for ``justice.'' Rather than adopt a meek, defensive posture, the recalcitrant party chief thrusts out some barbs of his own, suggesting that the new leadership is no less susceptible to lies and hypocrisy than his own government was. In any given circumstance, Barnes implies, it is simply fate that determines who becomes the accuser and who the accused. Unfortunately, Barnes's success in exploring the mind-set of a Marxist-Leninist hard-liner must be set against the story's overall pallidness. A short, interesting work for those not driven by a need for lots of action or high drama. For larger academic and public collections.-- David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla.
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When Margaret Parsons disappears, it's assumed that she's run off with another man. But then the missing woman's body is found and a startling discovery is made when Mr. Parsons lets the police in his home
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Lots of dogs, at least in fable and the funnies, carry the name Fido, a testament to canine faithfulness. But the police dog that ran away on Friday was named Bronco, possibly suggesting a streak of independence. Bronco.
Bronco, who is employed by the Loudoun County sheriff’s office, “escaped from the groomers” in Leesburg Friday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said.
They asked for the public’s aid in locating the dog. Bronco was described as an 80- to 85-pound dark sable German Shepherd.
The dog was last seen in the area of King Street and Catoctin Circle and may have traveled south of this area, the sheriff’s office said.
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Indian taxpayers may have lost as much as Rs. 3.8 lakh crore in scams in the power, aviation and coal sectors over the past eight years, the country's state auditor said in reports tabled before Parliament. HT reports. CAG punch | Talk box
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The Comptroller and Auditor General charged the government with allotting coalfields and land for power projects and Delhi’s airport to private firms at a fraction of the market price, bringing the corruption issue back under the spotlight and sparking Opposition calls for PM Manmohan Singh to quit.
The figure for potential lost revenue from the allotment of coal blocks alone, at Rs. 1.86 lakh crore, exceeds losses from even the infamous scandal over allotment of 2G telecom spectrum that sent minister A Raja to jail.
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Patent US7630083 - Apparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsApparatus and method for increasing the sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interferometry (�LCI�) signals by detecting a parallel set of spectral bands, each band being a unique combination of optical frequencies. The LCI broad bandwidth source is split...http://www.google.com/patents/US7630083?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7630083 - Apparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry LCI and optical coherence tomography OCT signals by parallel detection of spectral bandsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7630083 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/955,834Publication dateDec 8, 2009Filing dateDec 13, 2007Priority dateJan 24, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7355716, US7643152, US7797119, US7872757, US7903257, US20050018201, US20080097709, US20080100837, US20080152353, US20080170225, US20100094576Publication number11955834, 955834, US 7630083 B2, US 7630083B2, US-B2-7630083, US7630083 B2, US7630083B2InventorsJohannes F. De Boer, Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene BoumaOriginal AssigneeThe General Hospital CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (103), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (3), Classifications (23), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetApparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry LCI and optical coherence tomography OCT signals by parallel detection of spectral bandsUS 7630083 B2Abstract Apparatus and method for increasing the sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interferometry (�LCI�) signals by detecting a parallel set of spectral bands, each band being a unique combination of optical frequencies. The LCI broad bandwidth source is split into N spectral bands. The N spectral bands are individually detected and processed to provide an increase in the signal-to-noise ratio by a factor of N. Each spectral band is detected by a separate photo detector and amplified. For each spectral band the signal is band pass filtered around the signal band by analog electronics and digitized, or, alternatively, the signal may be digitized and band pass filtered in software. As a consequence, the shot noise contribution to the signal is reduced by a factor equal to the number of spectral bands. The signal remains the same. The reduction of the shot noise increases the dynamic range and sensitivity of the system.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/501,276, filed Jul. 9, 2004, now U.S. Pat No. 7,355,716 which is U.S. National Phase of International Application No. PCT/US03/02349 filed Jan. 24, 2003. This application also claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/351,904, filed Jan. 24, 2002, entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANGING AND SHOT NOISE REDUCTION OF LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY (LCI) AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) SIGNALS BY PARALLEL DETECTION OF SPECTRAL BANDS, and copending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/136,813, filed Apr. 30, 2002, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE CLARITY AND SENSITIVITY IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING DYNAMIC FEEDBACK TO CONTROL FOCAL PROPERTIES AND COHERENCE GATING, both commonly assigned to the assignee of the present application. The disclosures of all these applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to apparatus and a method for dramatically increasing the sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interferometry signals by detecting a parallel set of spectral bands, each band being a unique combination of optical frequencies.
BACKGROUND OF THE ART Two methods currently exist to implement depth ranging in turbid media. The first method is known as Low Coherence Interferometry (�LCI�). This method uses a scanning system to vary the reference arm length and acquire the interference signal at a detector and demodulating the fringe pattern to obtain the coherence envelope of the source cross correlation function. Optical coherence tomography (�OCT�) is a means for obtaining a two-dimensional image using LCI. OCT is described by Huang et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 5,321,501. Multiple variations on OCT have been patented, but, many suffer from less than optimal signal to noise ratio (�SNR�), resulting in non-optimal resolution, low imaging frame rates, and poor depth of penetration.
A second method for depth ranging in turbid media is known in the literature as spectral radar. In spectral radar the real part of the cross spectral density of sample and reference arm light is measured with a spectrometer. Depth profile information is encoded on the cross-spectral density modulation. Prior art for spectral radar is primarily found in the literature. U.S. Pat. No. 5,491,552 discloses a spectral radar invention which employs a variation of this technique. The use of spectral radar concepts to increase the signal to noise ratio of LCI and OCT have been described earlier. However, in this description, only the real part of the complex spectral density is measured and the method requires a large number of detector elements (�2,000) to reach scan ranges on the order of a millimeter. It would be desirable to have a method that would allow for an arbitrary number of detector elements. Secondly, the previously described method uses a charge coupled device (�CCD�) to acquire the data, which requires a reduction of the reference arm power to approximately the same level as the sample arm power. As a result, large integration times are needed to achieve the SNR improvement. Since no carrier is generated, the 1/f noise will dominate the noise in this system. Power usage is a factor in such imaging techniques. For example in ophthalmic uses, only a certain number of milliwatts of power is tolerable before thermal damage can occur. Thus, boosting power is not feasible to increase SNR in such environments. It would be desirable to have a method of raising the SNR without appreciably increasing power requirements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention increases the SNR of LCI and OCT by splitting the LCI broad bandwidth source into N spectral bands. The N spectral bands are individually detected and processed to provide an increase in the SNR by a factor of N. This increase in SNR enables LCI or OCT imaging by a factor of N times faster, or alternatively allows imaging at the same speed with a source that has N times lower power. As a result, the present invention overcomes two of the most important shortcomings of LCI and OCT, i.e., source availability and scan speed. The factor N may reach more than 1,000, and allows construction of OCT and LCI systems that can be more than three orders of magnitude improved from OCT and LCI technology currently in practice.
R  ( Δ   z ) ∝ Re  ∫ exp  ( ⅈk   Δ   z )  S  ( k )  ⅆ k , ( 1 ) with k=2π/λ=ω/c the free space wave number and Δz=z−z′ the path length difference between reference and sample waves respectively. R(z) is the interference part of the signal detected at the photo detectors. The intensity I(z) backscattered from the sample arm at location z is proportional to the square of the envelope of R(z), I(z)∝R2(z).
R  ( t ) ∝ Re  ∫ exp ( ⅈ   ω   t   v  /  c )  S  ( ω )  ⅆ ω , ( 2 ) with t the measurement time.
R  ( Δ   z ) ∝ Re  ∫ exp ( ⅈ   k  Δ   z )  S  ( k )  ⅆ k , or equivalently as a function of time,
R  ( t ) ∝ Re  ∫ exp ( ⅈω  tv  /  c )  S  ( ω )  ⅆ ω The coherence envelope peak value is found by setting Δz=0 or t=0;
I peak  ∝ ∫ S  ( k )  ⅆ k ∝ ∫ S  ( ω )  ⅆ ω In the frequency domain, the Fourier transform of R(t) is given by
R  ( ω ) = ∫ R  ( t )  ⅇ ⅈω   t  ⅆ t = ∫ Re  ∫ exp  ( ⅈω ′  tv  /  c )  S  ( ω ′ )  ⅆ ω ′  ⅇ ⅈω   t  ⅆ t = S  ( ω   c  /  v ) The peak value is given by
I peak ∝ ∫ R  ( ω )  ⅆ ω = ∫ S  ( ωc  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω In terms of electrical power, the signal is defined as Ipeak 2. In the frequency domain, the signal is,
I peak 2 ∝ [ ∫ R  ( ω )  ⅆ ω ] 2 = [ ∫ S  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 or in terms of sample and reference arm power,
I peak 2 ∝ [ ∫ S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v ) * S sample  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 = a  ( z )  [ ∫ S ref  ( ω  c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 , with Ssample(ωc/2ν)=a(z)Sref(ωc/2ν) and a(z) the reflectivity at z.
a  ( z )  [ ∫ S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 . The total power Pref is given by
P ref = ∫ S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω The shot noise has a white noise distribution and the shot noise density is proportional to the total power on the detector
N shot  ( ω ) ∝ ∫ S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω = P ref The shot noise density is given in units [W2/Hz], [A2/Hz] or [V2/Hz]. The total shot noise that contributes to the noise is the Shot noise density multiplied with the bandwidth BW, Nshot=Pref*BW
SNR ∝ a  ( z )  [ ∫ S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2  /  P ref * BW = P sample  /  BW . For a two detector configuration, where the spectrum is equally split over two detectors, the bandwidth BW per detector is half, as is the reference power. For an individual detector in the two detector configuration the signal is given by an integration over half the signal bandwidth,
a  ( z )  [ ∫ 0.5 * BW  S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 . The noise is given by 0.5*Pref*0.5*BW and the SNR is now
SNR ∝ a  ( z )  [ ∫ 0.5  BW  S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2  /  0.5  P ref * 0.5  BW = P sample  /  BW . The SNR is the same as in the previous case where the full spectrum was detected by a single detector.
I peak 2 ∝ a  ( z )  [ ∫ 0.5  BW  S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω + ∫ 0.5  BW  S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 = a  ( z )  [ ∫ BW  S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 , which is equal to the signal if all the light was detected by a single detector.
SNR ∝ [ ∫ SNR  ( ω )  ⅆ ω ] 2 = a  ( z ) P ref * BW  [ ∫ S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω ] 2 which defines a SNR density as
One embodiment of the system of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The basic embodiment is an interferometer with a source arm, a sample arm, a reference arm, and a detection arm with a spectral demultiplexing unit, multiple detectors, optional analog processing electronics, and A/D conversion of all signals. The processing and display unit has optionally digital band pass filtering, Digital Fast Fourier Transforms (�FFT's�), coherent combination of signals, and data processing and display algorithms. The detector array may be 1�N for simple intensity ranging and imaging, 2�N for dual balanced detection, 2�N for polarization and/or Doppler sensitive detection, or 4�N for combined dual balanced and polarization and/or Doppler sensitive detection. Alternatively, an M�N array may be used for arbitrary M to allow detection of transverse spatial information on the sample.
Alternatively, a one or two dimensional array of detectors (such as, but not limited to, photodiode array, CCD, CMOS array, active CMOS array, CMOS �smart pixel� arrays, combinations thereof and the like) may be employed for detection. Two detectors for each spectral band may be used for polarization sensitive detection following separation of the recombined light into orthogonal polarization eigenstates. Detector arrays may be 1�N for simple intensity ranging and imaging, 2�N for dual balanced detection, 2�N for polarization and/or Doppler sensitive detection, or 4�N for combined dual balanced and polarization and/or Doppler sensitive detection. Alternatively, an M�N array may be used for arbitrary M to allow detection of transverse spatial information on the sample.
Detector signals are amplified by Trans Impedance Amplifiers (�TIA's�), band pass filtered (digitally or using analog circuitry) and digitized by A/D converters and stored in a computer for further processing. Each detector is preferably configured to be shot noise limited. Shot noise limited detection is achieved by adjusting the intensity of light returned from the reference arm so that the shot noise dominates over the thermal noise of the resistor in the TIA and is higher than the relative intensity noise (�RIN�). Each detector is balanced for such dual noise reduction.
Processing of the multiple signals may be performed using an imaging or diagnostic console which performs basic operations including, mathematical image reconstruction, display, data storage. Alternatively, another embodiment, shown in FIG. 2, envisions a standalone detection and processing system that may be connected to OCT and/or LCI systems already in use. In this case, the detector and digitization may be performed in the standalone unit. The input to the standalone unit would be the light combined from both reference and sample arms. The output of the system would be an interferometric signal similar to previous OCT or LCI console inputs, but with increased SNR. The standalone unit would contain the means for splitting the wavelengths into spectral bands, multiple detectors, analog electronics, including TIA's and means for reconstructing the interferometric signal. The means for reconstructing the interferometric signal would include either analog or digital means where the analog means includes band pass filters (�BPF's�), and analog means for adding the individual interferograms from each wavelength band. Digital means would include an analog to digital converter, CPU capable of recombining the interferograms from each spectral band into a single full bandwidth interferometric signal. The reconstructed interferogram may be then the output of the standalone system or alternatively, the reconstructed interferograms demodulated signal may be used as the input to the pre-existing system console.
Several techniques are known to demultiplex or disperse the spectrum. One method would use a grating and a micro lens array to focus spectral components onto individual detectors. A second method would use prisms instead of a grating. A third method would use a grating and an addressable mirror array (such as, but not limited to, a �MEMS� mirror or digital light processing �DLP� apparatus or the like) to direct spectral components to individual detectors. A fourth method would use a linear array of optical filters prior to the array of individual detectors. A fifth method would use waveguides etched into a material or manufactured from fiber optic components to generate a pattern with the desired filter action. As an example, in FIG. 4 an embodiment of a wave guide filter is drawn that will split the spectrum into bands. A sixth method would use arrayed waveguide gratings (�AWG�) to create the interleaved or arbitrary spectral bands.
One of the noise terms that are present at the detectors is relative intensity noise (�RIN�) or Bose-Einstein noise. For a system where the sample arm optical power is negligible compared to the reference arm optical power at the detectors, RIN will become dominant for spectral widths less than a few nanometers at trans impedance amplifier bandwidths of 1 MHz. For many detector configurations, the spectral width at each detector will be smaller than a few nanometers, and the relative intensity noise will dominate the overall system noise. Thus, balanced detection needs to be implemented to eliminate the RIN. Several methods known in the art exist to implement balanced detection. One method will be discussed in more detail. Light from the reference arm and sample arm is incident on a grating at slightly different angles and reflected and focused onto a linear N�M photo detector array. Along the N direction (column) of the array, wavelength is encoded. Along the M direction (row) of the array, the interference pattern of the sample and reference arm at a particular wavelength is recorded. Since sample and reference arm light were incident at slightly different angles, a pattern of interference maxima and minima will be present in the column direction. Balanced detection can be implemented by subtracting diode signals that are exactly out of phase with respect to the maxima and minima pattern. Alternatively, balanced detection can be implemented by measuring the amplitude of the interference pattern in the column direction which may be accomplished by subtracting the maxima or the interference pattern from the minima of the interference pattern along the column.
B N = ∫ ω N ω N + 1  S ref  ( ω   c  /  2  v )  ⅆ ω The signal for the full spectral width is obtained by an FFT of the signal in each band, an optional compensation of dispersion and other corrections to the phase and amplitude of each Fourier component to optimize the signal and to correct the spectral density for side lobe reduction, addition of the complex FFT spectra, and inverse FFT on the added complex FFT spectrum, optionally with data reduction before the inverse FFT, to obtain the optionally demodulated function R(t), which is the interferometric response for a depth scan with the full source spectrum.
N ≥ L λ , the optical path length change in the reference arm approaches that of a wavelength, λ. In this limit, only a phase change across one wavelength is needed for reconstructing the entire axial scan over length L. In this case, the reference arm path delay may be accomplished by using any of the aforementioned means for scanning the reference arm delay. Other preferred methods include insertion of an electrooptic modulator, acoustooptic modulator or phase control rapidly scanning optical delay line (�RSOD�) in the reference arm path to impart the path length delay of one wavelength. Also in this case, the wavelength demultiplexing unit does not separate the wavelengths into a comb pattern, but demultiplexes the spectrum into unique optical frequencies, with each frequency detected by a single detector.
ADVANTAGES The present invention reduces shot noise which allows for much lower source powers, or much higher acquisition rates than current systems. The increased detection sensitivity allows for real time imaging. Such imaging speed can help practitioners where motion artifacts are a continuing problem, such as in gastrointestinal, ophthalmic and arterial imaging environments. By increasing the frame rate while maintaining or improving the signal to noise ratio such artifacts can be minimized.
EXAMPLE The method was verified in the lab by the following experiment.
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