But the more immediate future is
direct imaging from the ground.
There are some proposed telescopes that would help with that, but the more immediate future is
direct imaging from the ground.
Not exact matches
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Direct imaging would make it possible to analyze light
from the planet's atmosphere and «sniff» its composition spectroscopically.
Now, the «smart» bandage developed by the team provides
direct, noninvasive measurement of tissue oxygenation by combining three simple, compact and inexpensive components: a bright sensor molecule with a long phosphorescence lifetime and appropriate dynamic range; a bandage material compatible with the sensor molecule that conforms to the skin's surface to form an airtight seal; and an
imaging device capable of capturing the oxygen - dependent signals
from the bandage with high signal - to - noise ratio.
Room - temperature investigations apply several techniques (polarization microscopy, single - molecule
imaging, emission time dependence, energy transfer, lifetime studies, and the like) to a growing array of biophysical problems where new insight may be gained
from direct observations of hidden static and dynamic inhomogeneity.
The researchers compared patient spending on unnecessary medical services, such as an MRI for lower back pain or
imaging for an uncomplicated headache, before and after they switched
from a traditional insurance plan to a consumer -
directed health plan — a form of a high - deductible insurance.
One of the earliest and most astounding systems found by
direct imaging is the one around the star HR 8799, where four planets range in orbits
from beyond that of Saturn out to more than twice the distance of Neptune.
Direct positron
imaging is a nuclear medicine technique that allows researchers to gain physiological information
from radiolabeled
imaging agents that bind to targets in the body, which are then imaged with a specialized detector.
It is very difficult to extract
direct information about these types of movements
from indirect observations,» such as those that don't use
imaging technology, he says.
In this regard, a new
imaging genetics study
directed by Professor Elvira Brattico
from Aarhus University and conducted in two Italian hospitals in collaboration with the University of Helsinki (Finland) has provided the first evidence that the effects of music and noise on affective behavior and brain physiology are associated with genetically determined dopamine functionality.
Scientists have employed many techniques in this effort, including pulsar timing,
direct imaging, and measuring the speed at which stars and galaxies move either toward or away
from Earth.
The study builds on input
from the exoplanet community to identify the most interesting science questions that we may be able to study in the future with
direct imaging missions — that is, space telescopes that can directly image exoplanets (separating their light
from that of their host stars).
The highly elliptical orbit, however, suggested that the gravity of an unseen object farther away
from the star was pulling the planet outward, which was later detected by
direct imaging as a methane brown dwarf — more below.
The brown dwarf has a projected separation of around 476 AUs
from 54 Piscium and was detected by
direct imaging using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope.
Abstract: The ability to characterize exoplanets by spectroscopy of their atmospheres requires
direct imaging techniques to isolate planet signal
from the bright stellar glare.
By combining our atmospheric characterisation with the age and metallicity constraints arising
from the probable membership to the AB Doradus moving group, we find that CFBDSIRJ214947.2 - 040308.9 is probably a 4 - 7 Jupiter masses free - floating planet with an effective temperature of ~ 700K and a log g of ~ 4.0, typical of the late T - type exoplanets that are targeted by
direct imaging.
We report here the
direct imaging discovery of 2MASS J01033563 - 5515561 (AB) b, a 12 - 14 MJup companion at a projected separation of 84 AU
from a pair of young late M stars, with which it shares proper motion.
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII — A team of researchers has discovered and photographed a gas giant only 155 light years
from our solar system, adding to the short list of exoplanets discovered through
direct imaging.
High - resolution observations are presented based on
direct imaging, two - dimensional spectropolarimetry with Fabry - Pérot interferometers, and scanning long - slit spectrographs to introduce some of the science cases for high - resolution solar physics: (1) statistical properties of flows in and around pores and sunspots, (2) chromospheric dynamics associated with newly emerging flux, and (3) flare diagnostics
from near - infrared spectropolarimetry.
This is the inferred planet population
from radial velocity, microlensing, and
direct imaging.
GPI, like all
direct imaging instruments, is most sensitive to planets that orbit farther away
from their stars and those are have hot effective temperatures.
Further scrutiny of the TW Hya disk with GPI and SPHERE in their differential coronagraphic
imaging modes may yield
direct detection of the planet (s) that appears to be actively carving a gap in the TW Hya disk — especially if the putative planet is still actively accreting gas
from the disk.
ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice
from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation,
direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance
imaging (advanced tissue
imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)
In turn, the synthetic disk - integrated spectra we produce
from the GCM will be used as input to a whole planetary system spectral model that emulates observations that candidate future
direct imaging exoplanet missions might obtain (see the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Haystacks project).