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Ion drift-chemical ionization mass spectrometry
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-05-20)
A method and apparatus for conducting mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometry may be accomplished by ion drift-chemical ionization mass spectrometry. One embodiment includes a chemical ionization mass spectrometer comprising ...
Imaging of light scattering tissues with fluorescent contrast agents
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-02-05)
A system and method for non-invasive biomedical optical imaging and spectroscopy with low-level light is described. The technique includes a modulated light source coupled to tissue to introduce excitation light. Fluorescent ...
Jet ejector system and method
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-02-12)
According to one embodiment of the invention, a jet ejector method includes providing a primary jet ejector having a primary inlet stream, coupling one or more secondary jet ejectors to the primary jet ejector such that ...
Box beam terminals
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-02-05)
Guardrail installation designs are described that incorporate a box beam rail as the structural rail member. The box beam rail member may have an open cross-section or a closed cross-section. An impact head is provided to ...
Lipoprotein fingerprinting methods using metal ion chelate salts
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-01-22)
Methods are disclosed which separate and identify lipoproteins in biological samples. An ultracentrifuge density gradient is used to separate lipoprotein fractions. The fractions are visualized, resulting in a lipoprotein ...
Simulating microarrays using a parameterized model
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-04-22)
Simulating a microarray includes defining a number of parameters. A microarray is generated according to the parameters using an imaging procedure. The microarray is compared to a known value, and the imaging procedure is ...
Extracellular matrix-binding proteins from Staphylococcus aureus
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-06-03)
Isolated extracellular matrix-binding proteins, designated ClfB, SdrC, SdrD and SdrE, and their corresponding amino acid and nucleic acid sequences and motifs are described. The proteins, peptides, fragments thereof or ...
Wyner-Ziv coding based on TCQ and LDPC codes
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-08-19)
An encoder employs a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) unit and a compression unit. The TCQ uses a set of polynomials that have been selected to maximize granular gain. The TCQ unit operates on a block of samples from a ...
Compounds and methods for the treatment of cancer
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-07-29)
The present invention provides organic arsenicals. Many of these compounds have potent in vitro cytotoxic activity against numerous human tumor cell lines, both of solid and hematological origin, as well as against malignant ...
6-channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-06-03)
A method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution MR images of a carotid artery. A six-channel RF coil array has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a first region-of-interest (ROI) ...