8/16/2021 Description:Implementing an alarm and presentation powerpoint. Synopsis:An alarm that warns of high radiation exposure be implemented into the Virtual Dosimeter. Data:An alarm was added to the Dose Display module. When the estimated doses reach a predetermined threshold, the background of the dose display turns red to warn the operator or potentially dangerous radiation exposure. In the future, the alarm… Read More »Week 9/9
8/9/2021 Description:Dose display module furthur improvement. Synopsis:The dose display module will be improved to show the total organ doses of all the exposures. Data:The dose display module was improved to display the total organ doses at the bottom of the table of organ doses from each exposure. ADD PIC OF DOSE DISPLAY 8/10/2021 Description:Trigger operator translation continued. Synopsis:The trigger operator code… Read More »Week 8/9
8/2/2021 Description:Final poster review and submission. Synopsis:Feedback and revisisions for the poster will be addressed. Data:Tape in poster. 8/3/2021 Description:Launching all nodes at once. Synopsis:A method to launch all nodes at once will be researched. Data:A ROS method, called roslaunch, allows one to launch multiple nodes and roscore at once. In order to use roslaunch, a launch file containing the… Read More »Week 7/9
7/26/2021 Description:Making a project poster draft Synopsis:A first draft of the poster for the FDA Summer Student Poster Day will be made. Data:An outline of the content to be included in the poster was created. 7/27/2021 Description:Revising project poster Synopsis:The project poster will be worked on. Data: 7/28/2021 Description:Improving dose display and flowchart. Synopsis:A first draft of the poster for… Read More »Week 6/9
7/19/2021 Description:Replacing LCM messages with ROS messages in the trigger source GUI. Synopsis:The LCM messages system in the trigger source GUI will be replaced with ROS messages. Data:The trigger source GUI code was modified to utilize ROS messages. This module will be used to receive x-ray source data through user input, and send the data to other modules with ROS… Read More »Week 5/9
7/12/2021 Description:Custom messages in the Robot Operating System. Synopsis:Methods to create custom message types will be researched. Data:Custom messages were created and implemented into the existing nodes. Custom messages can hold any number of variables, of different types. Custom messages will be used to hold the data in the software. 7/13/2021 Description:Custom data messages sent between nodes. Synopsis:Two custom messages… Read More »Week 4/9
7/6/2021 Description:Current real-time dosimetry methods research. Synopsis:Real-time dosimetry system from General Electric Healthcare and Artisight will be researched. Data:FILL IN 7/7/2021 Description:Robot Operating System message types. Synopsis:Robot Operating System message types will be researched. Data: 7/8/2021 Description:Abstract and project description. Synopsis:An abstract and project description will be written. Data: 7/9/2021 Description:Array message types and nodes of different languages. Synopsis:The messages… Read More »Week 3/9
6/28/2021 Description:Robot Operating System basic creations. Synopsis:Basic items will be created in the Robot Operating System to set up a workspace. Methods to create nodes will be researched. Data:A catkin workspace was setup and packages were created. Simple code in python was created within the package. 6/29/2021 Description:Nodes in the Robot Operating System. Synopsis:Methods to make nodes into publishers and… Read More »Week 2/9
6/21/2021 Description:Start of internship and introduction to the project. Synopsis:The Robot Operating System and its features will be explored. The mentor will introduce the summer project. Data:The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a set of tools that allow people to build robot applications. In this project, the ROS will be used to create a conductor software. The summer project will… Read More »Week 1/9