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    MIMO radar with spatial-frequency diversity for improved detection performance
    (2010) Shanbhag, K.V.; Deb, A.; Kulkarni, M.
    The Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) radar concept exploits the independence between signals at the array elements unlike beamforming which presumes a high correlation between signals either transmitted or received by an array. Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a complex target varies with both transmitted frequency and target geometry. By widely separating transmit and receive antennas, MIMO radar systems observe a target simultaneously from different aspects resulting in spatial diversity, thus improving the detection performance. Also by utilizing different frequencies, independent RCS of the target can be observed, thus resulting in frequency diversity. In this paper, the spatial and the frequency diversities are studied together to bring out the combined benefits. The system proposed will not only have several antennas appropriately spaced but also several operating frequencies appropriately spaced, providing a better detection performance than conventional MIMO radar systems for the same transmission power. The simulation results exhibit a better detection performance of the proposed system as compared to MIMO radar systems with only spatial diversity. ©2010 IEEE.
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    Simulation of Hemodynamics Phenomenon Using Computational Fluid Dynamics for Enhanced Diagnostics and Prognosis
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016) Hegde, S.S.; Deb, A.; Nagesh, S.
    Computational bio-mechanics is developing rapidly as a non-invasive tool to assist the medical fraternity to help both diagnosis and prognosis of human body related issues such as injuries, cardio-vascular dysfunction, atherosclerotic plaque etc. Any system that would help either assist diagnosis prognosis would be a boon to the doctors and medical society in general. Some work also has been done in the area related to the use of computational fluid mechanics to understand the flow of blood through the human body, an area of hemodynamics. Since cardio-vascular diseases are one of the main causes of loss of life, understanding of the blood flow with and without constraints (such as blockages), providing alternate methods of prognosis and further solutions to take care of issues related to blood flow would help save valuable life of such patients. This work attempts to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to solve specific problems related to hemodynamics. In particular mathematical modeling of the blood flow in arteries in the presence of successive blockages has been analyzed using CFD. Also considered is the effect of increase in Reynolds number on wall shear stress values. Also, the concept of fluid structure interaction has been used during analysis. © 2015 IEEE.
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    Computational fluid dynamic approach to understand the effect of increasing blockage on wall shear stress and region of rupture in arteries blocked by arthesclerotic plaque
    (UK Simulation Society Clifton Lane Nottingham NG11 8NS, 2016) Hegde, S.S.; Deb, A.; Nagesh, S.
    Computational bio-mechanics is developing rapidly as a non-invasive tool to assist the medical fraternity to help in both diagnosis and prognosis of human body related issues such as injuries, cardio-vascular dysfunction, atherosclerotic plaque etc. Any system that would help either properly diagnose such problems or assist prognosis would be a boon to the doctors and medical society in general. This project is an attempt to use numerical analysis techniques; in particular, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to solve hemodynamics related problems. The mathematical modeling of the blood flow in arteries in the presence of successive blockages has been analyzed using CFD technique. Different cases of blockages in terms of percentages have been modeled to study the effect of blockage on wall shear stress values and also the effect of increase in Reynolds number on wall shear stress values. The concept of fluid structure interaction (FSI) has been used to study the effect of increasing von Mises stress on arteries and to determine the region of rupture in arteries. The simulation results are validated using in vivo measurement data from existing literature. © 2016, UK Simulation Society. All rights reserved.