A Basic Developmental Scenario for the Maglev Highway ― Maglev Highway as the Future of Transport ―
A Maglev system, in which cars sit on magnetically levitated pallets, could potentially produce substantial benefits compared to conventional car travel, particularly on long distance routes. This paper describes basic developmental scenarios applied to the future of high-speed ground transportation.
A BASIC STUDY ON THE MOVING HIGHWAY SYSTEM AS A NEW MULTI-MODAL
As a result of climate change caused by global warming (for example, CO2 emission due to mainly car traffic), the development of an alternative vehicle transportation system is necessary. The author considers the new paradigm of the road-vehicle system, and the new integrated way as a new multi-modal transport system. In Japan, motor-operated "moving roads" for pedestrians have already been installed in Yokohama City and Shinjuku in Tokyo. This paper outlines the history and transportation status of motor-operated roads that move people or vehicles or that supply electricity to vehicles, and describes research on the technical and social problems of new multi-modal motor-operated road systems that can be used with vehicles based on ITS technology. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 490001.
New Approaches for Positron Emission Tomography ( PET ) in Breast Carcinoma
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique which allows the quantitative evaluation of the distribution of several pharmaceuticals in a target area. PET therefore provides valuable information on the biochemical and biological activity inside a living subject in a noninvasive way, combining techniques applied in nuclear medicine with the precise localization achieved by computerized image reconstruction.