The present invention relates to a static electricity removal booth, and more specifically to a static electricity removal booth which measures and displays the amount of static electricity accumulated in a human body before entrance into or exit from an explosion-proof area where an inflammable, such as gunpowder, refined petroleum or inflammable gas, is handled, allows an enterer to enter the inside of the static electricity removal booth when a voltage equal to or higher than an allowable value is measured, removes the bodily static electricity by bringing sprayed moisture including a conductive material into contact with the enterer in an omnidirectional manner, and then allows the enterer to enter the explosion-proof area, thereby preventing an explosion accident attributable to human body-accumulated static electricity from occurring.

Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for treating neurological disorders by electro-stimulation. The apparatus (10) for treating neurological disorders includes at least one electrode (12) implantable in the brain of a patient, and a processing and stimulation device (14) connected to the at least one electrode (12). The processing and stimulation device (14) may include a stimulation module (16) configured to generate a stimulation signal to be sent to the at least one electrode (12), and an acquisition module (20) that measures cerebral activity coming from the brain of the patient. The acquisition module (20) may have a front-end block (27) configured to amplify the potential difference of its input signals (V.sub.1a,V.sub.2a) and to filter a stimulus artifact and may include a multi-stage fully-differential switched capacitor circuit (e.g., an integrated circuit) configured for discrete-time signal processing.

A multi-layer portable therapeutic infrared heating system comprises a heating wire layer configured to generate far-infrared radiation (FIR) when the multi-layer portable therapeutic infrared heating system is connected with an alternating current power supply; two charcoal layers positioned on either side of the heating wire layer and configured to absorb extremely low frequency (ELF) radiation associated with the FIR; grounding mechanism configured to transfer the ELF radiation absorbed by the two charcoal layers to a pin and ground the multi-layer portable therapeutic infrared heating system; and a multi-layer mixture layer configured to at least additionally reduce the ELF radiation.

A system for validating safety of a medical device in a presence of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) field is provided. The system includes a first electric field generating device configured to form first electric field and configured to receive a medical device at least partially within the first electric field, and a second electric field generating device configured to form a second electric field in proximity to the first electric field and configured to receive the medical device at least partially within the second electric field. One or more processors are configured to execute program instructions to calculate predicted parameter values of the medical device based on a transfer function, the transfer function defined to predict a safety characteristic of the medical device when in the presence of an MRI field, obtain measured parameter values from the medical device, the measured parameter values indicative of the safety characteristic of the medical device when exposed to the first and second electric fields, and compare the measured parameter values to the predicted parameter values in connection with validating the transfer function.

A personal communication device provided with means for the detection of potential harmful radiation emitted by the device and which is provided with a data memory module that records the characteristics of the data detected to provide real time data for the study of potentially harmful radiation.

A personal communication device provided with means for the detection of potential harmful radiation emitted by the device and which is provided with a data memory module that records the characteristics of the data detected to provide real time data for the study of potentially harmful radiation.

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing an isolation chamber, and more particularly for implementing an EMF shielded isolation chamber. In various embodiments, an isolation tank might include a shell comprising an upper cover and a lower tank portion having one or more sidewalls connected to a floor. The lower tank portion might be configured to hold liquid and the lower tank portion and the upper cover together might define an interior chamber configured to receive a user. The isolation tank might further include a conductive shield associated with at least a portion of the shell and configured to shield at least a portion of the interior chamber from external electromagnetic fields. In various additional embodiments, the isolation tank might include a shield ground for electrically grounding the shield and/or a liquid ground for electrically grounding the liquid.

A method of reconstructing a 3-dimensional image in a proton transmission computerized tomography (CT) apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the creation of a reconstruction matrix. The matrix is created by directing a plurality of particles to traverse the object; and for each particle, measuring the trajectory and energy of each particle before and after it has traversed the object; for each particle, calculating the water-equivalent path length within the object; and for each particle, calculating the positions at which it entered and exited the object; and adding the water-equivalent path length, entry and exit positions to the reconstruction matrix. This procedure is repeated from a plurality of angular positions surrounding an object to be imaged. Then, a spatially varying 2-dimensional filter function is applied to the reconstruction matrix. Subsequently, a correction factor is applied to the filtered reconstruction matrix to at least partially correct for the finite extent of the matrix.

A method of reconstructing a 3-dimensional image in a proton transmission computerized tomography (CT) apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the creation of a reconstruction matrix. The matrix is created by directing a plurality of particles to traverse the object; and for each particle, measuring the trajectory and energy of each particle before and after it has traversed the object; for each particle, calculating the water-equivalent path length within the object; and for each particle, calculating the positions at which it entered and exited the object; and adding the water-equivalent path length, entry and exit positions to the reconstruction matrix. This procedure is repeated from a plurality of angular positions surrounding an object to be imaged. Then, a spatially varying 2-dimensional filter function is applied to the reconstruction matrix. Subsequently, a correction factor is applied to the filtered reconstruction matrix to at least partially correct for the finite extent of the matrix.

Apparatuses and methods for treating neurological disorders by electro-stimulation. The apparatus may include a neural input signal acquisition module having a front-end block configured to amplify the potential difference of its input signals (V.sub.1a, V.sub.2a) and to filter a stimulus artifact and may include a multi-stage fully-differential switched capacitor circuit (e.g., an integrated circuit) configured for discrete-time signal processing.