Computer aided interactive remote diagnosis using self-organizing maps.

A software tool has been developed to support the objective diagnosis of patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Patients completed hand exercises using a personal computer mouse and data has been gathered for further studies. We have analyzed different parameters and suggest using a particular parameter vector containing median and standard deviation values for tracking the daily changes in PD patients' status.

Calculation of the surface excitation parameter for Si and Ge from measured electron backscattered spectra by means of a Monte-Carlo simulation.

A new Monte Carlo method has been developed for simulating backscattered electron spectra, and this was applied for determining the surface excitation parameter (SEP). The simulation is based on direct tracking of electron trajectories in the solid, taking into account elastic and inelastic events. The elastic scattering cross sections are taken from literature, while inelastic cross section data are obtained by a fitting procedure.