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In order to get a first estimate of the generated damage, the recovered SLG specimens were placed on top of a bright light source and transmitted light images were taken. Figure 6 shows the images of twelve specimens. The crack areas inside the SLG specimens diffract the transmitted light leading to a darker appearance of regions with a higher crack density. The images are arranged by rising impact velocities from left to right and top to bottom. At the lowest impact velocities of about 70 m/s, only a few crack areas are visible. Large areas appear bright indicating that the impact generated only a coarse fragmentation. At higher impact velocities, the amount of visible crack areas significantly increases. At the highest velocities, above 250 m/s (pictures in the bottom row), the SLG specimens are strongly fragmented and a dense network of crack areas is visible.
In order to get a contactless and non-destructive determination of the total crack volume, tomographic experiments were conducted at two different CT facilities. The objective of the CT is to create a three-dimensional image of a specimen. On the one hand, high-resolution absorption-based X-ray CTs were carried out at the Fraunhofer EMI by means of a micro-CT system. On the other hand, PCI measurements were conducted at a synchrotron beamline of the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI). X-ray CT is a method of generating image data by means of X-ray transmission. An in-depth description of the principles is provided for example by Buzug (Buzug 2008) or Goldman (Goldman 2007a, b). For additional information on the PCI method, the reader is referred e.g. to Chen et al. (2014); Zernike (1942); Gureyev and Wilkins (1998).
The different impact velocities have generated significantly different degrees of pre-damage, as summarized in Table 3. At the lowest impact velocities, only few isolated cracks are apparent. At 72 m/s (Fig. 13), these crack areas are mainly oriented in the vertical direction. At 144 m/s (Fig. 14), additional horizontal cracks are present. At the high impact velocities of 266 and 407 m/s (Figs. 15 and 16), the crack density is significantly higher within the entire SLG. In addition, the amount of horizontal cracks at the bottom of the specimens is considerably larger.
The resulting gray scale tomograms as well as the segmented tomograms contain a lot of information. An ambitious approach would be to describe the morphology of the crack patterns by means of Minkowski functionals. This method emerged from the field of statistical physics, aiming to quantify the geometry of an object by intrinsic values like the volume, the surface area, the average mean curvature, the Euler number or similar quantities (Mecke 2008; Armstrong et al. 2019).
The software Mango provides tools to perform a Minkowski analysis with segmented data, however, in case of the presented results, it turns out that such an analysis is not possible. Because the separated crack areas are incomplete. Figure 18 shows a 3D model of the separated cracks in the middle analysis volume of specimen no. 21202. The model was created only for visualization purposes from a stack of segmented DICOM-images (Digital Imaging and COMmunications in medicine) using the software Scan-IP. It was generated by meshing the surfaces of the identified crack volumes with 172 million triangular surface elements. The incompleteness of the crack areas is visible, for example, in the lower right region. As the crack areas are not closed surfaces, the calculation of a surface, a surface to volume ratio or a degree of branching are unsuitable.
Due to the limited measurement time, only five specimens were analyzed by PCI with a subsequent determination of the total crack volume. To increase the sample size, the micro-CT scans of twelve specimens were visually investigated and the center x-, y- and z-slices were compared to each other.
I first want to say how glad I am that I found this website. The stories have been an inspiration and they fill me with such hope. In March 2008 my mother age 64 began losing weight and her hands were swelled. She had been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome years earlier. Her and my father were under extreme stress and depression. They were on the verge of losing their home of 30 years and their business of 40 years because of the bad economy. I am the 2nd eldest daughter and me and my older sister thought the tiredness and weightloss were all part of her life situation. She went to the doctors for her hands in December 2007 and they told her to take ibuprofren. Finally in May 2008 she was sent to a arthritis specialist who gave her a lung x-ray because he suspected a deadly auto-immune disease that turns your body to stone. We were terrified but not as much as when they found a mass on the x-ray in her abdomen. We were lucky she was only 5'2 and it showed up. Immediate hysterectomy with debulking. she was 3C. After operation first question out of my mouth was How many years has a patient of yours with the same stage of ovarian cancer survived? He answered 22 years I have clung to those words since Six months of cheomo up in Jan 2009. CA-125 at 6. It is now October 2009 and her CA-125 is creeping up first 25 now 67. We have cat-scan on Wednesday then go from there. My mother had not been to a gynecologist in 5 years since hers moved to Florida. She had been to every other doctor for high blood pressure to cholesterol. Why was CA-125 not standard? I am scared but hopeful. I always come back to this website I want survival stories from all you brave, courageous and inspiring women. Thank You!
My sister, Lea Ann, began having night sweats, feeling pain and fatigue the Fall of 2008. Since she was diagnosed with MS the year before, she thought she was having a flare-up and maybe needed her MS medication changed. She struggled to get examined by her neurologist who finally changed her meds over the phone. In December Lea Ann developed a cough that would not go away. She made several visits to her primary care doctor and was given anti-biotics and cough medicine and finally a chest x-ray which was clear. Her pain and fatigue steadily got worse. She also started having night sweats, hair loss, and lost weight. Suspecting something hormonal she went to her OB/GYN in February 2009. That doctor only ran blood tests and did not examine her. The diagnosis was chronic fatigue syndrome and estrogen umbers that were a little low. Lea Ann was given a low dose of estrogen. The estrogen did nothing for her symptoms so she quit taking it after a short time.
During the break her numbers rose again and they chose to use Topotecan to knock the cancer out. Topotecan was not the answer, it made her deathly sick. After two rounds her numbers where steadily rising. My mother continued to have signs and symptoms of a bowel blockage. We would take her to the emergency room where they would tell her the x-ray showed a small bowel obstruction. They would admit her then the regular doctors would come and to say the bowel obstruction was open. This went on for months. Finally in November of 2008, her surgical team and oncologist tell her that her treatments were no longer working and that she had only a short while to live. We didn't take that very well, we were not ready for that. She went home hospice came out and went through all the details of this and that. Anyways, she was still in the fighting frame of mind. Daily she was praying for the answer to her problem.
On January 2, 2008 my grandmother was rushed to the emergency department after passing large amounts of blood from her rectum. She underwent numerous tests, and after they aspirated fluid from her abdomen the test came back.. cancer. But not just any cancer...ovarian cancer! This, of course, came as a shock to us all, because roughly thirty years ago my grandmother had a total hysterectomy. Due to all of the extra fluid on her abdomen and chest caused by the massive tumors, the decision was made to do emergency surgery to remove to two large masses attached to her intestines. Unfortunately, the prognosis is not good. The cancer is stage 4 and has metastasized throughout her abdomen and into her chest. According to the doctor, it appears that the tumors have been growing undetected for roughly three years. How did this happen? How can you detect something when you don't even know you should be looking for it? The only explanation the doctor can give is that a few ovarian cells must have split off prior to or during the hysterectomy. What are the odds? How do you check for cancer in an organ that you aren't supposed to have?
My story starts on March, 1999 when I went into the hospital to have my gall bladder removed. I had been experiencing pain and the x-rays revealed stones in my gall bladder. An ultra sound also showed small spots on my liver, which they determined to be small blood vessels (hemangiomas). After the surgery, I took a long time to heal. Most people reported that they were back to work within 7-10 days, it took me a month to get back on my feet. All the time I was complaining about fatigue and upset stomach. I was told it was probably a result of my surgery. I wasn't feeling better. I was always tired, had constant heartburn and stomach cramps. It got so bad that I went back to the doctor several times in the months that followed and he recommended that I take something to bind me (I can't recall the name of it, an over-the-counter anti-diarrhea powder). I took it, but it made me constipated with bouts of diarrhea. I kept going back to the doctor with the same complaints, even asked him to check my liver again. I was told that it was probably stress related and to keep taking the powder. Everytime I ate, I got diarrhea almost immediately after. My stomach bloated. I thought that I had a urinary tract infection. All the classic symptons of ovca. I remember being so sick at work and depressed and fatigued around November, 1999. I was so stressed out at work. At the time I was a customer service manager. I never had time to go back to the doctor. I was expected to be on call 24 X 7. I kept saying, please God, give me something to keep me out for a few weeks so I can recharge. Well guys, be careful what you wish for. On Dec 8, 1999, I went to my ob/gyn, paid out of pocket since he wasn't covered by my HMO. I was diagnosed with stage 3C ovarian. Just think, all the times I prayed to hit the lottery, this prayer he heard. I went back to my primary care physician (I prefer to call him Dr Death) He told me I had suspicious spots on my liver (HELL-O !!!!) and that I had ovarian cancer. He forgot about the original liver spots first detected in March and never bothered to read my file before meeting with me. When I was looking for hope regarding treatment, he reminded me of Gilda, how she couldn't be helped. The only good thing Dr Death did for me was to refer me to a wonderful group of specialists at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL. I had my surgery, Dec 20th, followed by 10 rounds of taxol/carbo and a SLS. My pre-surgery CA125 was up around 400, dropped to 90 after the first round of chemo and then to 12 after my second round. It stayed in single digits (with one or two exceptions when it went up to 12) while I stayed on chemo. I has a SLS in July, 2000 and then 4 more rounds of taxol, intraperitoneally. The second look was negative. I have been in remission since October, 2000. My last CA125 went from 10 to 12. My new philosophy on life is that nothing waits. Im going to be married to a wonderful man this Oct 5th, in Las Vegas (we have been together since 1995). In Dec, 1999 I thought I was going to die..that there was no hope. I was consumed with this thought. Today, I'm planning a wedding and a life with a wonderful man. By the way, I lost that horrible job, one of the happiest days of my life. I am now working part-time and on disability (that's another story). But I no longer define myself by my career-that is a gift this cancer experience has given me. Before cancer, my life was work, work, work. Today I cherish the time spent with my kids, man, friends, family, or by myself. I even take time to read now, what a concept!! For those of you who are new, don't give up hope. Insist you have further tests when your body tells you something is wrong and remember to breathe. Let's beat this beast together. 2ff7e9595c
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