Browsing School of Physics (Conference Papers) by Title

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    • Entertaining physics education: using an astronomy board game to enhance student learning and motivation 

      Cardinot, Adriana; Fairfield, Jessamyn A. (GIREP-MPTL 2018, 2018-07-09)
      This study examines the effects of a novel Astronomy Board Game on students science performance, their attitudes towards learning Science through games and their perception of scientists. Post-primary students in Ireland ...

    • Experimental and numerical assessment of MRI-induced temperature change and SAR distributions in phantoms 

      Colgan, Niall; Van der Putten, Wil; Tuohy, Brendan (Springer Verlag, 2017-06)
      During an MR procedure, most of the transmitted RF power is transformed into heat within the patient’s tissue and implants as a result of resistive losses which is referred to as the specific energy absorption rate (SAR) ...

    • Experimental assessment of MRI-induced temperature change and SAR distributions in phantoms 

      Blackwell, J.; Van der Putten, Wil; Tuohy, Brendan; Colgan, Niall (NUI Galway, 2017-11-14)
      During an MR procedure, most of the transmitted RF power is transformed into heat within the patients’ tissue resulting from resistive losses, referred to as the specific energy absorption rate(SAR) (2). The EU standardisation ...

    • Indoor air quality and thermal comfort in Irish retrofitted energy efficient homes 

      Coggins, Marie; Broderick, Aine; Byrne, Miriam (School of Physics, NUI Galway, 2017-03-14)
      Results from an Irish study comparing the concentrations of 10 indoor air pollutants and occupant comfort in 15 naturally ventilated three bed semi-detached two storey homes before and after the implementation of energy ...

    • Label free ultra-sensitive imaging with sub-diffraction spatial resolution 

      Alexandrov, Sergey; Das, Nandan; McGrath, James; Owens, Peter; Sheppard, Colin J. R.; Boccafoschi, Francesca; Giannini, Cinzia; Sibillano, Teresa; Subhash, Hrebesh; Leahy, Martin (IEEE, 2019-07-09)
      In this paper, we show a new way to break the resolution limit and dramatically improve sensitivity to structural changes. To realize it we developed a novel label free contrast mechanism, based on the spectral encoding ...

    • Ultra-sensitive label free imaging below the resolution limit 

      Alexandrov, Sergey; McGrath, James; Sheppard, Colin J. R.; Boccafoschi, Francesca; Giannini, Cinzia; Sibillano, Teresa; Subhash, Hrebesh; Hogan, Josh; Leahy, James J. (SPIE (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers) Digital Library, 2019-02-02)
      Almost all known nanoscopy methods rely upon the contrast created by fluorescent labels attached to the object of interest. This causes limitations on their applicability to in vivo imaging. A new label-free spectral ...