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Underwater images are most often degraded by color shifts, blurring and brightening effects. The presented approach is based on a problem-specific physical model of under water image formation. Thereon, methods of image restoration and image data retrieval are presented, which invert image degradation processes. Hence, it is possible to enhance image quality with model knowledge under different image acquisition conditions.

data retrieval --- image enhancement --- modeling --- image restoration --- Unterwasser --- signal processing --- Modelierung --- Bildverbesserung --- Bildrestauration --- Signalverarbeitung --- Bildgewinnung

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Based on current and projected breakthroughs in biological, genetic, and digital technologies—and their possible convergences—contemporary transhumanism confronts the Christian faith with the question: can finite beings be saved from suffering, illness and death? Transhumanists emphatically embrace this possibility as they offer their concrete visions of a future self-redemption through science, medicine, and technology. Transhumanism aims to take control of the evolutionary process and to steer it into a better future for humanity, or rather, their artificial successors. This book is a comprehensive and constructive critique of the transhumanist agenda and its underlying sociotechnical imaginary, worldview, and anthropology. For this task, it draws on theological resources of Christian tradition(s) in novel ways that serve to render the Christian faith plausible in a digital age. In developing a theology that explores the creative potential of “perfected finitude” (Vollendlichkeit) from an eschatological perspective, it contributes to a “theology of technology”. Das transhumanistische Anliegen, den Menschen in physischer und psychischer Hinsicht zu verbessern, hat eine lange Geschichte. Neu in der Gegenwart sind die Gestaltungspotentiale und Handlungsspielräume, die durch biologische, genetische und digitale Technologien eröffnet werden. Sie nötigen den Menschen zur Entscheidung: Wie kann, soll und will er sich als der „neue Mensch“ (homo novus) in Zukunft bestimmen (lassen)? In der Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Frage werden die Anliegen des Transhumanismus aus der Perspektive des christlichen Glaubens konstruktiv und kritisch diskutiert und mit einer zeit- gemäßen Techniktheologie konfrontiert, welche die Potentiale einer eschato- logischen „Vollendlichkeit“ von Mensch und Schöpfung entfaltet.

Christian sacraments --- anthropology; technology; transhumanism; technological posthumanism; human enhancement; technological singularity; finitude; resurrection; eschatology; theology of technology

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Wie verändern sich Mensch und Körper durch Technik? Und welches Menschenverständnis resultiert daraus für den Transhumanismus? Anna Puzio befasst sich in der ersten philosophischen Studie zur Anthropologie des Transhumanismus mit führenden Personen des Feldes, u.a. mit Nick Bostrom, David Pearce und Natasha Vita-More. Neben Körperoptimierung und Wearables beleuchtet sie auch Alltags- und Medizintechnologien. Dabei entwickelt sie einen neuen Ansatz zur Technikanthropologie und ein neues inklusives Menschen- und Körperverständnis im Anschluss an Donna Haraway und den kritischen Posthumanismus im amerikanischen Raum.

Transhumanism. --- Philosophy --- Anthropology of Technology. --- Body Optimisation. --- Body. --- Cyborg. --- David Pearce. --- Donna Haraway. --- Enhancement. --- Human. --- Inclusion. --- Machine. --- Medicine Technology. --- Natasha Vita-more. --- Nature. --- Nick Bostrom. --- Philosophical Anthropology. --- Philosophy of Body. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Philosophy. --- Posthumanism. --- Sociology of Technology. --- Technology. --- Wearables.

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This third revised edition of Multislice CT provides a comprehensive update on the newest developments and trends in the application of this exciting technique. Following an initial section on the most significant technical aspects and issues, detailed information is provided on a wide range of diagnostic applications. Imaging of the head and neck, the cardiovascular system, and the lungs is covered in depth, and a further section considers the application of multislice CT in a variety of tumors. Radiation exposure, CT angiography, dual-energy imaging, and interventions all receive close attention, and a final chapter examines the role of multislice CT in trauma management. Numerous highly experienced and well-known authors have contributed chapters from various perspectives, highlighting the possibilities offered by the most modern multidetector CT systems. This book will be particularly useful for general users of CT systems who wish to upgrade not only their machines but also their knowledge.

Diagnostic imaging. --- Spiral computed tomography. --- Tomography, X-Ray Computed -- methods. --- Tomography. --- Tomography, X-Ray Computed --- Radiographic Image Enhancement --- Tomography, X-Ray --- Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted --- Radiography --- Image Enhancement --- Diagnostic Imaging --- Tomography --- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures --- Photography --- Diagnosis --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Antemortem Diagnosis --- Diagnoses and Examinations --- Examinations and Diagnoses --- Postmortem Diagnosis --- Antemortem Diagnoses --- Diagnoses --- Diagnoses, Antemortem --- Diagnoses, Postmortem --- Diagnosis, Antemortem --- Diagnosis, Postmortem --- Postmortem Diagnoses --- Disease --- Photographies --- Diagnostic X-Ray --- Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology --- X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic --- Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray --- Roentgenography --- X-Ray, Diagnostic --- Diagnostic X Ray --- Diagnostic X Ray Radiology --- Diagnostic X-Rays --- Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray --- X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic --- X Ray, Diagnostic --- X-Rays, Diagnostic --- Image Interpretation, Computer Assisted --- Computer-Assisted Image Interpretation --- Computer-Assisted Image Interpretations --- Image Interpretations, Computer-Assisted --- Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Image --- Interpretations, Computer-Assisted Image --- Radiographic Tomography --- Tomography, Radiographic --- Tomography, X Ray --- Tomography, Xray --- Transmission Tomography --- X Ray Tomography --- Xray Tomography --- Tomography, Transmission --- X-Ray Tomography --- Zonography --- Image Enhancement, Radiographic --- Radiography, Digital --- Digital Radiography --- Enhancement, Radiographic Image --- Enhancements, Radiographic Image --- Image Enhancements, Radiographic --- Radiographic Image Enhancements --- CAT Scan, X Ray --- CT X Ray --- Computed Tomography, X-Ray --- Computed X Ray Tomography --- Computerized Tomography, X Ray --- Electron Beam Tomography --- Tomography, X Ray Computed --- Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted --- Tomography, X-Ray Computerized --- Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial --- Tomography, Xray Computed --- X Ray Computerized Tomography --- X Ray Tomography, Computed --- X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography --- X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography --- CAT Scan, X-Ray --- CT Scan, X-Ray --- Cine-CT --- Computerized Tomography, X-Ray --- Electron Beam Computed Tomography --- Tomodensitometry --- Tomography, Transmission Computed --- X-Ray Tomography, Computed --- Beam Tomography, Electron --- CAT Scans, X-Ray --- CT Scan, X Ray --- CT Scans, X-Ray --- CT X Rays --- Cine CT --- Computed Tomography, Transmission --- Computed Tomography, X Ray --- Computed Tomography, Xray --- Computed X-Ray Tomography --- Scan, X-Ray CAT --- Scan, X-Ray CT --- Scans, X-Ray CAT --- Scans, X-Ray CT --- Tomographies, Computed X-Ray --- Tomography, Computed X-Ray --- Tomography, Electron Beam --- Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted --- Tomography, X Ray Computerized --- Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial --- Transmission Computed Tomography --- X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography --- X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography --- X Ray, CT --- X Rays, CT --- X-Ray CAT Scan --- X-Ray CAT Scans --- X-Ray CT Scan --- X-Ray CT Scans --- X-Ray Computed Tomography --- X-Ray Computerized Tomography --- Xray Computed Tomography --- Diagnostic Technics and Procedures --- Technics and Procedures, Diagnostic --- Techniques and Procedures, Diagnostic --- Tomographies --- Imaging, Diagnostic --- Imaging, Medical --- Medical Imaging --- Image Quality Enhancement --- Enhancement, Image --- Enhancement, Image Quality --- Enhancements, Image --- Enhancements, Image Quality --- Image Enhancements --- Image Quality Enhancements --- Quality Enhancement, Image --- Quality Enhancements, Image --- diagnosis --- methods --- Medicine. --- Radiology. --- Angiology. --- Cardiology. --- Oncology. --- Cardiac surgery. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Diagnostic Radiology. --- Cardiac Surgery. --- Cardiac surgery --- Heart --- Open-heart surgery --- Tumors --- Internal medicine --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Diseases --- Surgery --- Radiology, Medical. --- Angiography. --- Oncology  . --- Surgery. --- Blood-vessels --- Diagnosis, Radioscopic --- Radiography, Medical --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Diseases. --- Angiology --- Vascular diseases