Transmit Power-Efficient Beamforming Design for Integrated Sensing and Backscatter Communication by Shayan Zargari, Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura

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Research on Wavelength-Shifting Fiber Scintillator for Detecting Low-Intensity X-Ray Backscattered Photons by Baolu Yang, Zhe Yang, Xin Wang, Baozhong Mu, Jie Xu, Cheng Yang, Hong Li

“…The influences of ray source energy, detection area, number of WSFs, and coupling mechanism on detection efficiency were simulated. …”
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Enhanced breast tumor localization with DRA antenna backscattering and GPR algorithm in microwave imaging by Anupma Gupta, Sachin Kumar Yadav, Anand Deva Durai C, Vipan Kuamr, Mohammed H. Alsharif, Peerapong Uthansakul, Monthippa Uthansakul

“…Proposed structure has shown efficient performance for microwave imaging.…”
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A Quarter Ellipsoidal Reflector Enhancing Fluorescence Collection Efficiency For Multiphoton Microscopes by Yingshun Xu, Nannan Liu, Xuehui Bao, Bin Liu, Hui Shen

“…The method is also validated by imaging turbid phantoms and <italic>ex vivo</italic> biological tissue. Quantum efficiency (QE) corrected experimental results obtained by our method are comparable with those obtained by a nondescanned detection (NDD) scheme of a commercially available multiphoton microscope system. …”
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Intra-Symbol Differential Amplitude Shift Keying-Aided Blind Detector for Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems by Shuaijun Ma, Peng Wei, Sa Xiao, Jianquan Wang, Wanbin Tang, Wei Xiang

“…By leveraging the intra-symbol differential amplitude shift keying (IDASK) scheme, this detector effectively redirects the majority of the DLI energy towards the largest eigenvalue of the received sample covariance matrix, thereby utilizing the second largest eigenvalue for efficient symbol detection. In addition, this paper conducts theoretical performance analyses of the proposed detector in terms of the false alarm probability, missed detection probability, and the bit-error rate (BER) lower bound. …”
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An appraisal of backscatter removal and refraction calibration models for improving the performance of vision-based mapping and navigation in shallow underwater environments by Fickrie Muhammad, Poerbandono, Harald Sternberg, Eka Djunarsjah, Hasanuddin Z Abidin

“…Furthermore, additional visual-inertial datasets quantify the overall performance, especially in retrieving metric positioning information. The research shows efficient backscatter removal improves feature detection robustness, especially in murky water conditions. …”
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PRICOS: A Robust Paddy Rice Index Combining Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Features for Improved Mapping Efficiency by Yifeng Lou, Gang Yang, Weiwei Sun, Ke Huang, Jingfeng Huang, Lihua Wang, Weiwei Liu

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Passive-Compensation-Based Stable RF Phase Dissemination for Multiaccess Trunk Fiber Link With Anti-GVD and Anti-Backscattering Function by Yajie Cui, Tianwei Jiang, Song Yu, Ruihuan Wu, Wanyi Gu

“…Signals with different radio frequencies at the same wavelength are employed in the forward and backward transmissions to efficiently suppress the effect of the GVD and Rayleigh backscattering at the same time. …”
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Evaluation of Scintillation Counter Detector Using Gamma Radiation for Gold Detection by Julia Ragab Khalil, Wael Hessen Alawad, Adil Elrayah, Ali Sulaiman Mohamed, Mubark Dirrar Abdallah, Azher S Barrak

“…This technique can detect the backscattered gamma radiation emitted from the samples. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL OF USING THE SCIENTIFIC MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER DESIGNED TO DETECT FISH IN A WILD FIELD OF VIEW by G. M. Abdurakhmanov, A. A. Teymurov, A. A. Gadzhiev, A. N. Dolgov, A. N. Kutsenko, M. A. Raskita, S. V. Tretyakov

“…Full-scale tests of the multibeam echosounder performed in the Caspian Sea well proved that it can be used for detecting fish in a wide field of view. But to increase the echosounder efficiency in this operation mode, it is necessary to continue improving the data processing algorithms with regards to hydrodynamic noise filtering and to reposition the echosounder underwater unit mounting it at the vessel’s bottom or submerged keel.…”
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A Comparative Crash-Test of Manual and Semi-Automated Methods for Detecting Complex Submarine Morphologies by Vasiliki Lioupa, Panagiotis Karsiotis, Riccardo Arosio, Thomas Hasiotis, Andrew J. Wheeler

“…The analysis reveals that the semi-automated methods provided more efficient results in comparison with the time-consuming manual mapping. …”
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Scalable Detection of Underground Water Leaks in Dense Urban Environments Using L-Band SAR and Machine Learning by E. Ali, E. Ali, L. Xie, A. Sani-Mohammed, W. Xu, T. Zayed

“…Underground water leaks in urban networks result in significant resource loss, infrastructure degradation, and environmental damage&mdash;challenges that are particularly acute in high-density cities like Hong Kong, where aging and complex infrastructure complicates detection. Traditional methods such as acoustic sensing and manual inspections often fall short in efficiency and scalability. …”
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Detection of Inverted Channels Using Sentinel-1 Data and Sentinel-2 Data on Google Earth Engine: A Comparative Analysis by Xuhua Weng

“…The proposed workflow provides an efficient method for detecting inverted channel, offering a valuable tool for geomorphological research, landscape evolution studies, and hydrological exploration in arid environments.…”
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Oil Spill Detection in PolSAR Imagery Using Composite Scattering Power Entropy and Multiscale Hybrid Feature Fusion Network by Deliang Xiang, Yu Lu, Dongdong Guan, Guannan Li, Jianda Cheng, Bangjie Li

“…Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is effective in detecting oil spills by distinguishing backscatter differences between seawater and oil slicks. …”
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Design and Evaluation of a Cloud Computing System for Real-Time Measurements in Polarization-Independent Long-Range DAS Based on Coherent Detection by Abdusomad Nur, Almaz Demise, Yonas Muanenda

“…We employ the CloudSim tool to design and evaluate a cloud computing scheme for long-range, polarization-independent DAS using coherent detection of Rayleigh backscattering signals and uncover valuable insights on the evolution of the processing times for a diverse range of Virtual Machine (VM) capacities as well as sizes of blocks of processed data. …”
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Enhanced U-Net for Underwater Laser Range-Gated Image Restoration: Boosting Underwater Target Recognition by Peng Liu, Shuaibao Chen, Wei He, Jue Wang, Liangpei Chen, Yuguang Tan, Dong Luo, Wei Chen, Guohua Jiao

“…However, conventional underwater imaging methods often suffer from severe backscattering noise, limited detection range, and reduced image clarity—challenges that are exacerbated in turbid waters. …”
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Intelligent Pattern Recognition Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors for Smart Environment by Brian Pamukti, Shofuro Afifah, Shien-Kuei Liaw, Jiun-Yu Sung, Daping Chu

“…We propose an innovative interferometric sensing approach utilizing a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) combined with a time forest neural network (TFNN) for intrusion detection based on signal patterns. This method leverages advanced sensor characterization techniques and deep learning to improve accuracy and efficiency. …”
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Research Advances on Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology for Seismology by Alidu Rashid, Bennet Nii Tackie-Otoo, Abdul Halim Abdul Latiff, Daniel Asante Otchere, Siti Nur Fathiyah Jamaludin, Dejen Teklu Asfha

“…DAS makes use of Rayleigh backscattering to detect and measure dynamic strain and vibrations over extended distances. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE OBJECTIVES POLARIZATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PASSIVE HINDRANCES WITH THE DEVICE, BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF THE SPATIAL VARIATION OF THE FARADAY ROTATION ANGLE I... by Volodymyr I. Mirnenko, Evgen A.Yufa A. Yufa, Maxim N. Zhuravskij

“…In order to determine the operability of the device under various conditions and to evaluate its efficiency, the signal-to-noise ratio at the output of the device is calculated in the case where the backscattering matrix of the target and the matrix of the interference element (for example, dipole, angle reflector, etc.) are not diagonal, m .e. when a cross-polarization component appears when the signal from the target or from the interference element is reflected.…”
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Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study by Thomas Hoefler, Ayako Ikeda, Toshio Osada, Toru Hara, Kyoko Kawagishi, Takahito Ohmura

“…While the necessary topographic data is typically acquired using atomic force microscopy, a significant speedup was achieved by automatic indent detection and scanning using Angular selective Backscatter FE-SEM analysis. …”
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