After an incredible trip through infinite universes, super scientist Max Wilding stumbles upon hidden truths and a climactic battle with consequences that ripple through dimensions . . . and time itself.

Max is a family man seeking a more interesting life. While conducting a new experiment at work the fabric of his reality is torn before his eyes, and a robotic figure appears claiming to be his 277 year-old self. The robot is able to "X-Ray" multiple dimensions and battles a nihilistic entity from another dimension who wants to take all life to its "Pre-Big Bang" status. Max and the robot embark on an interdimensional roadtrip through past and future to take down the "Nihilist" and save the universe! Collects X-Ray Robot #1-#4 and features a 3D cover section and pinups by Chris Samnee, Greg Smallwood, Tradd Moore, and David Rubín.

Max is a family man seeking a more interesting life. While conducting a new experiment at work, the fabric of his reality is torn before his eyes, and a robotic figure appears, claiming to be his 277-year-old self. The robot is able to ''X-Ray'' multiple dimensions and battles a nihilistic entity from another dimension who wants to take all life to its ''Pre-Big Bang'' status. Max and the robot embark on an interdimensional roadtrip through past and future to take down the ''Nihilist'' and save the universe! Mike Allred's new bizarre superhero character X-Ray Robot! ''One of the best cartoonists in all of comics has done it again! X-Ray Robot is another Allred homerun!!'' -Brian Michael Bendis. ''Michael Allred kicks so much ass I can barely stand it. X-Ray Robot is the work of a master!'' -Rob Thomas, creator of Veronica Mars.

These two volumes constitute the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2008, held in Wuhan, China, in October 2008. The 265 revised full papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 552 submissions; they are devoted but not limited to robot motion planning and manipulation; robot control; cognitive robotics; rehabilitation robotics; health care and artificial limb; robot learning; robot vision; human-machine interaction & coordination; mobile robotics; micro/nano mechanical systems; manufacturing automation; multi-axis surface machining; realworld applications.

[FIRST EDITION] This accessible textbook presents an introduction to computer vision algorithms for industrially-relevant applications of X-ray testing. Features: introduces the mathematical background for monocular and multiple view geometry; describes the main techniques for image processing used in X-ray testing; presents a range of different representations for X-ray images, explaining how these enable new features to be extracted from the original image; examines a range of known X-ray image classifiers and classification strategies; discusses some basic concepts for the simulation of X-ray images and presents simple geometric and imaging models that can be used in the simulation; reviews a variety of applications for X-ray testing, from industrial inspection and baggage screening to the quality control of natural products; provides supporting material at an associated website, including a database of X-ray images and a Matlab toolbox for use with the book’s many examples.

Harold C. Urschel, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief) John J. Kresl · James D. Luketich Lech Papiez ·Robert D. Timmerman (Co-Editors) Raymond A. Schulz (Contributing Editor) Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration With Contributions by Numerous Experts Foreword by E. Thomson With 116 Figures in 168 Separate Illustrations, 120 in Color and 31 Tables 123 IV Foreword Editor-in-Chief: James D. Luketich, MD Sampson Family Endowed Professor of Surgery Harold C. Urschel Jr. , MD Chief, The Heart, Lung and Chair of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Esophageal Surgery Institute Research, Education and Clinical Excellence University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PUH, C-800 Baylor University Medical Center 200 Lothrop Street 1201 Barnett Tower Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3600 Gaston Avenue USA Dallas, TX 75246 USA Lech Papiez, PhD Associate Professor Department of Radiation Oncology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5801 Forest Park Road Dallas, TX 75390 Co-Editors: USA John J. Kresl, MD, PhD Arizona Oncology Services at Robert D. Timmerman, MD St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Radiation Oncology Ef? e Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in CyberKnife Center Cancer Therapy Research Barrow Neurological Institute Department of Radiation Oncology Gamma Knife Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 350 West Thomas Road 5801 Forest Park Road Phoenix, Arizona 85013 Dallas, TX 75390 USA USA Library of Congress Control Number: 2007920177 ISBN 978-3-540-69885-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright.

This book presents the proceedings of 24th International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots. CLAWAR 2021 is the twenty-fourth edition of International Conference series on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. The conference is organized by CLAWAR Association in collaboration with Kwansei Gakuin University on a virtual platform in Takarazuka, Japan, during 30 August–01 September 2021. CLAWAR 2021 brings new developments and new research findings in robotics technologies within the framework of “Robotics for Sustainable Future”. The topics covered include biped locomotion, human–machine/human–robot interaction, innovative actuators, power supplies and design of CLAWAR, inspection, legged locomotion, modelling and simulation of CLAWAR, outdoor and field robotics, planning and control, and wearable devices and assistive robotics. The intended readership includes participants of CLAWAR 2021 conference, international robotic researchers, scientists, professors of related topics worldwide, and professors and students of postgraduate courses in Robotics and Automation, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechatronics.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, MIAR 2010, held in Beijing, China, in September 2010. The 60 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 139 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image segmentation, image registration, shape modeling and morphometry, image analysis, diffusion tensor image, computer assisted intervention, medical image computing, visualization and application, segmentation and classification, medical image understanding, image-guided surgery, and augmented reality.