针对传统高分辨率谱估计法估计远场声源波达方向(Direction of arrival,DOA)时计算量大、对相干信号估计失准的问题,本文提出一种改进的基于圆形麦克风阵列和四阶累积量的声源二维DOA估计算法。该算法结合了圆阵定位无死角的优势和矩阵...针对传统高分辨率谱估计法估计远场声源波达方向(Direction of arrival,DOA)时计算量大、对相干信号估计失准的问题,本文提出一种改进的基于圆形麦克风阵列和四阶累积量的声源二维DOA估计算法。该算法结合了圆阵定位无死角的优势和矩阵虚拟扩展获得更多声源定位信息的长处。首先利用模式空间变换将均匀圆形阵列(Uniform circular array,UCA)虚拟化成2K+1个均匀线性阵列(Uniform linear array,ULA),并应用空间平滑技术将虚拟线性阵列划分成L个子阵;接着利用四阶累积构造方法提取有效阵元信息并去掉冗余数据,通过重构矩阵得到新的接收数据;最后通过MUSIClike算法搜索谱峰获得声源信号的方位角和俯仰角。仿真结果表明:在信噪比(Signal‑to‑noise ratio,SNR)较低时,相比传统的高分辨谱估计算法,本文算法可实现对远场相干信号的高精度估计;同时本文算法也具有更低的均方根误差性能,且能有效减少运行时间。展开更多
针对超波束形成方法(Hyper Beam-forming,HBF)在实际应用中的不稳定问题,依据阵元间协方差矩阵同一斜对角线上不同元素具有相同相位差的特点,提出了一种基于虚拟阵元的超波束形成方法(Hyper Beam-forming Based on Virtual Array Elemen...针对超波束形成方法(Hyper Beam-forming,HBF)在实际应用中的不稳定问题,依据阵元间协方差矩阵同一斜对角线上不同元素具有相同相位差的特点,提出了一种基于虚拟阵元的超波束形成方法(Hyper Beam-forming Based on Virtual Array Element,VAEHBF)。该方法按互相关法对接收阵进行虚拟扩展;按HBF思想分子阵分裂波束形成;对分裂波束形成结果进行合成,得到改善的超波束形成结果。数值仿真和实测数据处理结果表明,相比HBF方法,该方法通过对接收阵进行虚拟扩展,在保持分辨力不变的情况下,可进一步提高合成波束增益,对信噪比的适应能力得到了3 dB提高,提高了HBF的目标检测性能及方位估计能力。展开更多
Given the increasing complexity of cancer care,multidisciplinary tumor boards have become essential in daily clinical oncology practice.The Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes(ECHO)initiative developed...Given the increasing complexity of cancer care,multidisciplinary tumor boards have become essential in daily clinical oncology practice.The Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes(ECHO)initiative developed an innovative telementoring model using a"hub and spoke"design consisting of a team of experts(hub)that offers a full service to multiple participants(the spokes)during regularly scheduled sessions discussing patients'clinical cases.The Alexander Fleming Cancer Institute in Buenos Aires was the first hub in Latin America to implement Project ECHO for gastrointestinal tumors.In our 3-year experience,80 patients from 37 centers were evaluated within Project ECHO and a range of three to five cases were discussed in each meeting.From our perspective,the impact of this novel approach was a remarkable strategy to reduce care disparities by equalizing access to high-quality medical knowledge in a multidisciplinary environment for medical discussions.Additionally,it was shown to have a cost-effective impact directly on the patients and the local health system,since relevant costs were saved after unnecessary treatments,studies and travel expenses were avoided.展开更多
Fully automatic finite element(FE) modelling of the fracture process in quasi-brittle materials such as concrete and rocks and ductile materials such as metals and alloys,is of great significance in assessing structur...Fully automatic finite element(FE) modelling of the fracture process in quasi-brittle materials such as concrete and rocks and ductile materials such as metals and alloys,is of great significance in assessing structural integrity and presents tre-mendous challenges to the engineering community. One challenge lies in the adoption of an objective and effective crack propagation criterion. This paper proposes a crack propagation criterion based on the principle of energy conservation and the cohesive zone model(CZM) . The virtual crack extension technique is used to calculate the differential terms in the criterion. A fully-automatic discrete crack modelling methodology,integrating the developed criterion,the CZM to model the crack,a simple remeshing procedure to accommodate crack propagation,the J2 flow theory implemented within the incremental plasticity framework to model the ductile materials,and a local arc-length solver to the nonlinear equation system,is developed and im-plemented in an in-house program. Three examples,i.e.,a plain concrete beam with a single shear crack,a reinforced concrete(RC) beam with multiple cracks and a compact-tension steel specimen,are simulated. Good agreement between numerical predictions and experimental data is found,which demonstrates the applicability of the criterion to both quasi-brittle and ductile materials.展开更多
文摘针对传统高分辨率谱估计法估计远场声源波达方向(Direction of arrival,DOA)时计算量大、对相干信号估计失准的问题,本文提出一种改进的基于圆形麦克风阵列和四阶累积量的声源二维DOA估计算法。该算法结合了圆阵定位无死角的优势和矩阵虚拟扩展获得更多声源定位信息的长处。首先利用模式空间变换将均匀圆形阵列(Uniform circular array,UCA)虚拟化成2K+1个均匀线性阵列(Uniform linear array,ULA),并应用空间平滑技术将虚拟线性阵列划分成L个子阵;接着利用四阶累积构造方法提取有效阵元信息并去掉冗余数据,通过重构矩阵得到新的接收数据;最后通过MUSIClike算法搜索谱峰获得声源信号的方位角和俯仰角。仿真结果表明:在信噪比(Signal‑to‑noise ratio,SNR)较低时,相比传统的高分辨谱估计算法,本文算法可实现对远场相干信号的高精度估计;同时本文算法也具有更低的均方根误差性能,且能有效减少运行时间。
文摘针对超波束形成方法(Hyper Beam-forming,HBF)在实际应用中的不稳定问题,依据阵元间协方差矩阵同一斜对角线上不同元素具有相同相位差的特点,提出了一种基于虚拟阵元的超波束形成方法(Hyper Beam-forming Based on Virtual Array Element,VAEHBF)。该方法按互相关法对接收阵进行虚拟扩展;按HBF思想分子阵分裂波束形成;对分裂波束形成结果进行合成,得到改善的超波束形成结果。数值仿真和实测数据处理结果表明,相比HBF方法,该方法通过对接收阵进行虚拟扩展,在保持分辨力不变的情况下,可进一步提高合成波束增益,对信噪比的适应能力得到了3 dB提高,提高了HBF的目标检测性能及方位估计能力。
文摘Given the increasing complexity of cancer care,multidisciplinary tumor boards have become essential in daily clinical oncology practice.The Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes(ECHO)initiative developed an innovative telementoring model using a"hub and spoke"design consisting of a team of experts(hub)that offers a full service to multiple participants(the spokes)during regularly scheduled sessions discussing patients'clinical cases.The Alexander Fleming Cancer Institute in Buenos Aires was the first hub in Latin America to implement Project ECHO for gastrointestinal tumors.In our 3-year experience,80 patients from 37 centers were evaluated within Project ECHO and a range of three to five cases were discussed in each meeting.From our perspective,the impact of this novel approach was a remarkable strategy to reduce care disparities by equalizing access to high-quality medical knowledge in a multidisciplinary environment for medical discussions.Additionally,it was shown to have a cost-effective impact directly on the patients and the local health system,since relevant costs were saved after unnecessary treatments,studies and travel expenses were avoided.
基金the Scientific Research Foundation for Re-turned Overseas Chinese Scholars, MOE (No. J20050924)the United Research Foundation of the National Natural Science Com-mittee and the Ertan Hydropower Development Co. Ltd., China (No. 50579081)
文摘Fully automatic finite element(FE) modelling of the fracture process in quasi-brittle materials such as concrete and rocks and ductile materials such as metals and alloys,is of great significance in assessing structural integrity and presents tre-mendous challenges to the engineering community. One challenge lies in the adoption of an objective and effective crack propagation criterion. This paper proposes a crack propagation criterion based on the principle of energy conservation and the cohesive zone model(CZM) . The virtual crack extension technique is used to calculate the differential terms in the criterion. A fully-automatic discrete crack modelling methodology,integrating the developed criterion,the CZM to model the crack,a simple remeshing procedure to accommodate crack propagation,the J2 flow theory implemented within the incremental plasticity framework to model the ductile materials,and a local arc-length solver to the nonlinear equation system,is developed and im-plemented in an in-house program. Three examples,i.e.,a plain concrete beam with a single shear crack,a reinforced concrete(RC) beam with multiple cracks and a compact-tension steel specimen,are simulated. Good agreement between numerical predictions and experimental data is found,which demonstrates the applicability of the criterion to both quasi-brittle and ductile materials.
