TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Meyer, Thomas
T1  - A Brief Overview of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa
JF  - AI Magazine
N2  - South Africa in recent years is the establishment of a number of research hubs involved in AI activities ranging from mobile robotics and computational intelligence, to knowledge representation and reasoning, and human language technologies. In this survey we take the reader through a quick tour of the research being conducted at these hubs, and touch on an initiative to maintain and extend the current level of interest in AI research in the country.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v33i1.2357
SN  - 0738-4602
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
SP  - 99
EP  - 101
PB  - AAAI
CY  - Menlo Park
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bragard, Michael
A1  - van Hoek, H.
A1  - De Doncker, R. W.
T1  - A major design step in IETO concept realization that allows overcurrent protection and pushes limits of switching performance
JF  - IEEE transactions on power electronics
N2  - This paper presents the latest prototype of the integrated emitter turn-off thyristor concept, which potentially ranks among thyristor high-power devices like the gate turn-off thyristor and the integrated gate-commutated thyristor (IGCT). Due to modifications of the external driver stage and mechanical press-pack design optimization, this prototype allows for full device characterization. The turn-off capability was increased to 1600 A with an active silicon area of 823mm2 . This leads to a transient peak power of 672.1kW/cm² . Within this paper, measurements and concept assessment are presented and a comparison to state-of-the-art IGCT devices is provided.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2189136
SN  - 0885-8993
VL  - 27
IS  - 9
SP  - 4163
EP  - 4171
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bragard, G.
A1  - Bragard, Michael
T1  - Ein kostengünstiges, universelles Modellbauinterface
JF  - Der mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht : MNU ; Organ des Deutschen Vereins zur Förderung des Mathematischen und Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts e.V.
N2  - Wir stellen einen USB-Baustein vor, der eine kostengünstige und universelle Möglichkeit schafft , im Unterricht den Themenkreis Messen-Steuern-Regeln zu behandeln. Die Funktionalität orientiert sich am CVK-Interface der Firma Fischertechnik. Im Gegensatz zu kommerziellen Lösungen erlaubt unser Aufbau auch den preiswerten Einsatz in Gruppen- oder Einzelarbeit. Abschließend berichten wir über ein Beispiel aus dem Unterrichtseinsatz.
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 0025-5866
VL  - 65
IS  - 5
SP  - 290
EP  - 293
PB  - Seeberger
CY  - Neuss
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Fuchs, Britta
A1  - Ritz, Thomas
A1  - Strauch, Jakob
ED  - Obaidat, Mohammad S.
T1  - Usability of mobile applications : dissemination of usability engineering in small and medium enterprises
T2  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, e-Business and Optical Communication Systems : Rome, Italy, 24 - 27 July, 2012 ; [integrated in the ICETE (International Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications)]
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 978-989-8565-23-5
N1  - Nebentitel: DCNET; ICE-B; OPTICS
SP  - 272
EP  - 277
PB  - SciTePress
CY  - [Lissabon]
ER  - 
TY  - PAT
A1  - Gollewski, Torsten
A1  - Lange, Robert
A1  - Ringbeck, Thorsten
A1  - Hess, Holger
A1  - Buxbaum, Bernd
T1  - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Laufzeitsensitiven Messung eines Signals [Offenlegungsschrift / Europäische Patentschrift]
T1  - Apparatus for delay-sensitive measurement of a signal
T1  - Dispositif pour le mesurage sensitif au temps de transit d'un signal
Y1  - 2006
PB  - Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt / Europäisches Patentamt
CY  - München / Den Hague
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Nötzold, K.
A1  - Uphues, A.
A1  - Wegener, R.
A1  - Soter, S.
A1  - Fink, K.
A1  - Bragard, Michael
A1  - Griessel, R.
T1  - Inverter based test setup for LVRT verification of a full-scale 2 MW wind power converter
T2  - EPE Joint Wind Energy and T&D Chapters Seminar : 28th and 29th of June 2012, in the Utzon Centre, Aalborg, Denmark ; papers, posters, presentations. - Session 2: Grid connection, compliance
Y1  - 2012
PB  - EPE Association
CY  - Brussels
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Tkachenko, Valeriy
A1  - von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Florian
A1  - Kleindienst, Denise
A1  - Winter, Lukas
A1  - Rieger, Jan
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Dieringer, Matthias A.
A1  - Santoro, Davide
A1  - Niendorf, Thoralf
A1  - Schulz-Menger, Jeanette
T1  - Cardiovasular MR at 7Tesla: assessment of the right ventricle
T2  - 2012 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings
N2  - The assessment of the right ventricle (RV) is a challenge in today's cardiology, but of growing clinical impact regarding patient prognosis in different cardiac diseases. The detection and differentiation of small wall motion abnormalities may help to enhance the differentiation of cardiomyopathies including Arrhythmogenic Rightventricular Cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) at 1.5T is the accepted gold standard for RV quantification. The higher spatial resolution achievable at ultrahigh field strength (UHF) offers the potential to gain new insights into the structure and function of the RV. To approach this goal accurate RV chamber quantification at 7T has to be proven. Consequently this study examines the feasibility of assessment of RV dimensions and function at 7T using improved spatial resolution enabled by the intrinsic sensitivity gain of UHF CMR. For this purpose, a dedicated 16 channel TX/RX RF coil array is used together with 2D CINE fast gradient echo (FGRE) imaging. For comparison RV chamber quantification is conducted at 1.5T using a SSFP based state of the art clinical protocol.
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 1545-4428
N1  - ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 5-11 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Fuchs, Katharina
A1  - Hezel, Fabian
A1  - Dieringer, Matthias A.
A1  - Rieger, Jan
A1  - Niendorf, Thoralf
T1  - Improved cardiac triggering by combining multiple physiological signals: a cardiac MR feasibility study at 7.0 T
T2  - 2012 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings
N2  - In current clinical cardiovascular MR (CMR) practice cardiac motion is commonly dealt with using ECG based synchronization. However, ECG is corrupted by magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) effects in magnetic fields. This leads to artifacts in the ECG trace and evokes severe T-wave elevations, which might be misinterpreted as R-waves resulting in erroneous triggering. At (ultra)high field strengths, the propensity of ECG recordings to MHD effects is further pronounced. Pulse oximetry (POX) being inherently sensitive to blood oxygenation provides an alternative approach for cardiac gating. However, due to the travel time of the blood the peak of maximum oxygenation and hence the trigger is delayed by approx. 300 ms with respect to the ECG's R-wave. Also the peak of maximum oxygenation shows a jitter of up to 65 ms. Alternative triggering approaches include acoustic cardiac triggering (ACT). In current clinical practice cardiac gating / triggering commonly relies on using single physiological signals only. Realizing this limitation this study proposes a combined triggering approach which exploits multiple physiological signals including ECG, POX or ACT to track cardiac activity. The feasibility of the coupled approach is examined for LV function assessment at 7.0 T. For this purpose, breath-held 2D-CINE imaging in conjunction with cardiac synchronization was performed paralleled by real time logging of physiological waveforms to track (mis)synchronization between the cardiac cycle and data acquisition. Combinations of the ECG, POX and ACT signals were evaluated and processed in real time to facilitate reliable trigger information.
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 1545-4428
N1  - ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 5-11 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Pfeiffer, Harald
A1  - Hezel, Fabian
A1  - Dieringer, Matthias A.
A1  - Winter, Lukas
A1  - Gräßl, Andreas
A1  - Santoro, Davide
A1  - Özerdem, Celal
A1  - Renz, Wolfgang
A1  - Greiser, Andreas
A1  - Niendorf, Thoralf
T1  - Lessons learned from cardiac MRI at 7.0 T: LV function assessment at 3.0 T using local multi-channel transceiver coil arrays
T2  - 2012 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings
N2  - Cardiac MR (CMR) is of proven clinical value but also an area of vigorous ongoing research since image quality is not always exclusively defined by signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Recent developments of CMR at 7.0 T have been driven by pioneering explorations into novel multichannel transmit and receive coil array technology to tackle the challenges B1+-field inhomogeneities, to offset specific-absorption rate (SAR) constraints and to reduce banding artifacts in SSFP imaging. For this study, recognition of the benefits and performance of local surface Tx/Rx-array structures recently established at 7.0 T inspired migration to 3.0 T, where RF inhomogeneities and SAR limitations encountered in routine clinical CMR, though somewhat reduced versus the 7.0 T situation, remain significant. For all these reasons, this study was designed to build and examine the feasibility of a local four channel Tx/Rx cardiac coil array for anatomical and functional cardiac imaging at 3.0 T. For comparison, a homebuilt 4 channel Rx cardiac coil array exhibiting the same geometry as the Tx/Rx coil and a Rx surface coil array were used.
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 1545-4428
N1  - ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 5-11 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia
ER  - 
TY  - PAT
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Niendorf, Thoralf
T1  - MRT-Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Betreiben einer MRT-Vorrichtung
T1  - Magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) apparatus and method of operating a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus
T1  - Appareil de tomographie par résonance magnétique et procédé de fonctionnement d'un appareil à résonance magnétique
N2  - A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) apparatus (1) for the examination of a body (14) comprises parameter acquisition devices (13) for the acquisition of cardiovascular parameters of the body (14) and a control device (15) in communication with the parameter acquisition devices (13) for synchronizing the imaging, wherein the control device (15) is adapted to analyse the data of at least two parameter acquisition devices (13) and to output a control signal based on the analysis.
Y1  - 2012
ER  -