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Passive Filters
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2024
Passive filters are utilized to shape the frequency spectrum of signals across a diverse array of applications. These filters, using only passive elements like resistors (R), inductors (L), and capacitors (C), are capable of selectively allowing or blocking certain frequency ranges without the need for external power sources. Low-Pass Filters Low-pass filters are designed to transmit signals with frequencies lower than the cutoff frequency, ωc, and attenuate those above it. The cutoff frequency...
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Evaluating the Effect of Coated Filters and Pre-Filters on the Infectivity and Concentration of Aerosolized Phi6 Virus
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2026
Here, we present a study to evaluate the anti-viral efficacy of copper- and silver-based surface coatings on air filters. Using a bioaerosol chamber and Phi6 bacteriophage, this method quantifies viral inactivation and mechanical filtration efficiency for self-sanitizing indoor air technologies.
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Measuring Reaction Time and Donders' Method of Subtraction
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University The ambition of experimental psychology is to characterize the mental events that support the human ability to solve problems, perceive the world, and turn thoughts into words and sentences. But people cannot see or feel those mental events; they cannot be weighed, combined in test tubes, or grown in a dish. Wanting to study mental life, nonetheless, Franciscus Donders, a Dutch ophthalmologist in the early 1800s, came up with a...
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Detection of Internal Carotid Artery Narrowing Using Digital Subtraction Angiography
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2025
Position a human patient with internal carotid stenosis, a condition characterized by narrowing of the internal carotid artery, on the imaging table for digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Insert an angiocatheter into the common carotid artery at the fourth cervical vertebra level. Capture a pre-contrast X-ray image to record background structures like bones and soft tissues using X-ray irradiation. Administer an iodine-based contrast medium into the carotid artery. The contrast medium...
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Active Filters
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2025
Active filters are electronic circuits that use operational amplifiers (op-amps), resistors, and capacitors to filter out unwanted frequency components from a signal. A first-order low-pass active filter is designed to pass signals with a frequency lower than a certain cutoff frequency and attenuate frequencies higher than that cutoff frequency. The transfer function for a first-order low-pass active filter is: Where Af is the gain at low frequencies also known as the dc gain, s is the...
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The estimated background represents signal contributed by the surrounding medium rather than the biologically relevant feature itself. Subtracting this estimate reduces regional intensity that could otherwise obscure cells, structures, or material patterns. Because the correction is applied to image regions, it can address background variation that is not uniform across the full field and improve interpretation of spatial signal differences.
Strong spatial variations often correspond to the features that researchers need to measure, such as cells, engineered tissue structures, or biomaterial features. The filtering approach therefore targets surrounding background intensity while retaining more prominent local differences. This balance supports contrast improvement without removing the signal-dependent patterns needed for segmentation, tracking, or quantitative image analysis.
A local estimate describes background conditions around individual image regions, whereas a regional estimate considers a broader portion of the dataset. This distinction matters when intensity varies across a microscopy field or bioengineering measurement. Selecting the appropriate scale helps the correction reflect surrounding medium contributions while maintaining spatial variations associated with the feature under investigation.
The workflow begins with an image containing both relevant features and surrounding-medium signal. Researchers estimate the background intensity for local or regional areas, subtract that estimate from the corresponding image regions, and then inspect the corrected result. The processed image can subsequently support segmentation, feature extraction, tracking, or quantitative analysis with reduced background-related interference.
Applications include fluorescence microscopy images, engineered tissue measurements, biomaterial analyses, and other complex bioengineering datasets in which background intensity complicates interpretation. In these settings, correction can make biologically relevant or material-associated features easier to distinguish. The method is especially useful as a preprocessing step before extracting signal-dependent features or comparing spatial patterns.
Reducing uneven illumination and background intensity can make boundaries and signal-containing regions more distinguishable for downstream analysis. This may support more reliable segmentation, tracking, and extraction of signal-dependent features. By limiting measurement bias from surrounding medium contributions, the corrected data can provide a clearer basis for quantitative interpretation of cells, engineered tissues, or biomaterials.