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(Panasonic HD) Group CEO Yuki Kusumi on January 7 Panasonic HD introduced “Panasonic Go,” a global corporate growth initiative to promote the transition to AI-based business models and other initiatives at the forefront of innovation focusing on new technologies to improve social sustainability Please visit https://news.panasonic.com/global/presskits/ces2025 for all Panasonic CES 2025 news announcements and photos Live Streaming the Panasonic Opening Keynote The Panasonic CES 2025 opening keynote (Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 8:30-10:00 PST) will be streamed online here Visionary music producer and DJ Steve Aoki will join Panasonic at CES in honor of Technic’s 60th anniversary celebrating its commitment to relentlessly pursuing perfection In addition to spinning on the Technics SL-1200M7B turntable for Panasonic’s opening keynote January 7 starting at 7:30am PT Aoki will also be playing for visitors at the Panasonic booth (LVCC Central Hall – #16605) from 4:00 – 5:00 pm PT Technics will have its latest audio technology on display designed for those who never stop striving for perfection and share the brand’s obsessive focus on the details To achieve Panasonic’s ideal society offering of both material and spiritual affluence a global corporate growth initiative to promote the transition to an AI-based business model based on the concept of AI utilization that is human-centered and respectful of human rights Panasonic will introduce the concept and specific business examples of Panasonic Go the Panasonic Group has created a wide range of home appliances to contribute to the enrichment of people's lives The products on display include: The "two-light cluster” two-way socket a product from the time of the company's founding; the "Super Iron" manufactured in 1927 which boasted a high sales record due to mass production; speakers manufactured in 1955 the first Panasonic brand product; and the "Blu-ray Disc Recorder," which in 2004 became the world's first single-sided dual layer 50GB recorder The Panasonic Group is committed to its mission of realizing an ideal society offering material and spiritual affluence in accordance with the 250-year business plan established by its founder This initiative is based on the concept of the 250-year plan in which 25 years (10 years during the construction period and 5 years during the contribution to society period) is considered as one “section” among 10 sections as well as the concept of establishing a highly competitive business model by expanding the use of AI while making the most of the knowledge and hardware Panasonic has cultivated for many years Panasonic HD is currently enacting the fourth stage of the 250-year business plan and Panasonic Go is a key component for upcoming fifth stage Panasonic Go: Blue Yonder's Supply Chain Management Solution Blue Yonder is building out its AI-driven multi-enterprise The Blue Yonder Platform leverages AI to make more than 20 billion demand forecasts and recommendations every day and supply chain AI agents (which proactively identify opportunities and risks as well as make recommendations) enable retailers and logistics service providers to optimize and accelerate their supply chain from planning through fulfillment Blue Yonder demonstrates how its solutions help businesses to navigate modern supply chain complexity with more resilient sustainable supply chains to enhance the customer experience a new venture and business incubator within the Panasonic Group committed to building new services and technologies that improve well-being for all people introduced the latest consumer offering from the Panasonic Well portfolio with a sneak peek of Umi The innovative digital wellness platform and personalized family wellness coach that integrates AI and a community of experts Umi helps people build healthy habits and connect through wellness routines that work for everyone The booth experience includes a detailed look at the family insights that led to the product and an interactive kiosk that allowed attendees to interact with the virtual coach through the power of AI The booth experience also provided a showcase of Panasonic Well's Partner Collective bringing together leading brands across technology and research to leverage the strength of the Panasonic Well data and AI platform These brands will be working with Umi and future Panasonic Well businesses to enrich the experience for end users allowing families to access premium content and services and enabling them to care for themselves and each other while improving their family’s wellness outcomes The Panasonic Well booth also showcased the winners of The Family Wellness Innovation Challenge In collaboration with AARP's Age Tech Collaborative this inaugural competition seeks to identify the next breakthrough in health and wellness tech Panasonic Well is proud to feature the following winners in their exhibition: Hearth Display (Grand Prize) To achieve the Panasonic Group's goal of realizing an ideal society offering material and spiritual affluence the most pressing issue is to solve global environmental problems The Panasonic Group set forth its long-term environmental vision "Panasonic GREEN IMPACT," in 2022 and is engaged in a variety of activities to expand its impact toward achieving carbon neutrality and a circular economy in order to balance a better life with a sustainable global environment Here we introduce solutions and home appliances that contribute to a better life and technologies that help solve global environmental issues a house powered by 100% renewable energy could be made viable by combining a high-efficiency water heater and home energy management based on lifestyle information An overview of the project is shown in the video at the booth Solutions and technologies that contribute to the reduction of CO₂ emissions expanding the impact of carbon neutrality from the home to the city and society as a whole Hussmann's refrigerated and frozen display cases: By using the natural refrigerant R290 refrigerant-grade propane the environmental impact is greatly reduced compared to the CFC refrigerant alternatives currently in use uses an advanced energy management system to control the coordination of pure hydrogen fuel cells and storage batteries to efficiently supply renewable energy in response to changes in electricity demand and weather conditions The system is designed to decarbonize the energy sector and increase resilience through a decentralized system The Panasonic Group has also supplied a cumulative total of more than 15 billion automotive battery cells equivalent to the supply needed for 3 million EVs the Panasonic 2170 cell with the world's highest energy density and the latest Panasonic 4680 cell will be exhibited as well as the company’s activities to reduce its carbon footprint in collaboration with Redwood Materials Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis for producing green hydrogen: This is an electrode device that enables highly efficient and low-cost hydrogen production using electricity derived from renewable energy sources The device will be exhibited with an developed anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrode made of iron and nickel without using precious metals on display Also on display will be the growth stimulant "Novitek®," a technology that simultaneously achieves effective utilization of CO2 and increases food productivity with the power of cyanobacteria By spraying the leaves of vegetables and fruits with Novitek® Perovskite solar cells will also be on display These combine a unique material technology ink-jet coating process and laser processing technology creating glass-based perovskite solar cells (1m x 1.8m size) with enhanced size The Panasonic Group is committed to the Circular Economy (CE) under the three principles of “Maximize the group introduces efforts to efficiently use resources and reduce consumption of the earth's limited natural resources The Panasonic Group is committed to extending the useful life of its products as much as possible and to maintaining and enhancing the value of resources we are transforming our product design and business model into a circular economy model while at the same time focusing on recycling activities A video overview of "Design for CE," a new manufacturing concept and design philosophy for repairing will be shown on a tablet device at the Panasonic CES booth as well as through a video display and a mock-up the technology behind easy disassembly design Minimizing - Reduce and minimize new resource use The Panasonic Group is working to minimize the use of materials and to increase the use of recycled and renewable materials we introduce the following products that use recycled and bioplastics: Also on display will be a reference exhibit of lighting that utilizes lampshades made of kinari™ a sustainable material that is basically made of plant fibers but has the moldability of conventional petroleum-based resin Partnering - Collaborate with customers and partners The Panasonic Group is working together with customers and partners to create a new style of recycling-oriented management Here we present “Tracephere,” an idea for traceability using blockchain technology for product recycling and recycled resource processes Home appliances that enrich people's lives will be exhibited adding to the family of award-winning audio products backed by more than 60 years of sound engineering and product development proprietary “Magnetic Fluid Driver” that creates clean low-vibration and low-distortion sounds for the most authentic balanced audio that’s true to the original source Immersive yourself in a personal demo of the new earbuds and check out our selection of Technics Hi-Fi for the audiophile community The new 2025 Panasonic TV lineup shows the latest in viewing and sound technology The SoundSlayer™ Wireless Wearable Gaming Speaker System SC-GNW10 will be highlighted in the gaming area of the booth – prepare for gameplay with this wireless lightweight neck speaker featuring next-generation audio and voice controls for a full-body experience The kitchen area will host live demonstrations of the new CV88QS Panasonic’s latest oven that can microwave broil and convection cook using a smart app for a new cooking experience Visit to learn more and eat some great food LUMIX latest imaging innovation will be showcasing Full Frame and Micro Four Thirds Personal Care products on display include the ARC5 PALM-sized 5-Blade Electric Luxury Razor and the Panasonic MultiShape the modular personal care system that is completely customizable to choose only the grooming tools you desire Also on display will be Panasonic hair dryers that add moisture-rich nanoe™ particles that penetrate every shaft of hair keeping each strand healthy and reducing everyday damage We keep our menu simple and let the dough and other high-quality ingredients speak for themselves Fourth-grade students at Williamstown Elementary School participated in our Junior Marketers Create an Ad series. click for more The Select Board on Monday saw regulations that will govern a fence-free "dog park" that the town plans to establish at the Spruces Park. click for more The sustainable aspects of the new $175 million Williams College Museum of Art will influence the next generation of arts leaders. click for more While three seats on the Select Board will be on the ballot at the May 13 annual town election, just one seat is contested. click for more © 2025 Boxcar Media LLC - All rights reserved It's a program that provides an ecomonic boost to local food producers while giving kids a chance to experience healthy foods joined us to share how their Farm to School grant helps make it all possible and what kids think of their noodles For more information, visit the Oregon Harvest for Schools website. 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it’s a deeply personal  pursuit one borne in environments nurturing her creativity From  her earliest days performing in school plays to stepping onto the international stage not at all unlike the characters she portrays Photographer: David Reiss Stylist: Jenny Kennedy Hair & makeup: Nohelia Reyes assisted by Lizzie Checkley We start at the beginning and she laughs softly reflecting on a childhood brimming with  artistic influences “I’ve always been one of those annoying kids who liked to perform,” she  shares her voice carrying the warmth of nostalgia Growing up as the only child of creative parents—her mother a costume designer and her  father surrounded by an artistic community—Myers had an intimate view of the highs and  lows of a creative life “I spent a lot of my childhood at tech rehearsals seeing theatre come  alive from both sides It wasn’t just the magic of performance but the grit and the craft of  storytelling that captivated me Myers wasn’t particularly locked into one path “I had two  great loves at school: history and acting” After receiving offers from both the University of  Edinburgh for history and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama They encouraged me to go for it fully if that’s what I wanted but  they were just as supportive of me pursuing something else an experience that shaped her craft and her  understanding of the industry It’s incredibly  exposing—you learn to embrace critique and uncover parts of yourself you didn’t even know  existed.”  She recalls the stages of competence her teachers drilled into her: unconscious  incompetence the elusive goal  of unconscious competence You’re constantly  rediscovering yourself through the work.”  But Myers’ time at Guildhall coincided with global turmoil Then came the  Black Lives Matter movement which brought a reckoning across industries I was faced with the realities of institutional racism—not just for me especially in such a vulnerable environment.”  a reminder that the arts don’t exist in isolation from societal  struggles “Acting requires you to be grounded in your body to connect deeply with yourself  and others That vulnerability was difficult to sustain during such a turbulent time and Myers has stepped into roles that feel as personal as they are  transformative the Canadian Jamaican jazz singer and former Miss World who shared a deep bond with Marley Preparing for the role was a meticulous process “Cindy was so generous with her story,” Myers shares I even transcribed her words phonetically to  capture the nuances of her accent.” For Myers “I didn’t know if I’d ever get the chance to perform in a Jamaican accent or play a  character with a shared heritage It felt so important to me—and my family.”  including the ever-present specter of imposter syndrome Myers  found solace in the collaborative spirit of the set There was such care and respect for the story we were telling.”  a bold and gritty series set in London in 1918 Myers lights up  when describing Billie Cassidy dancing in illegal nightclubs just after a time of international  violence and tragedy.”  Billie represents both defiance and creativity—a reflection of a society grappling  with post-war trauma and bubbling with change that comes through in her artistry as a dancer When asked what she hopes audiences will remember about her not just as an actress but  as a storyteller but deeply  committed to pursuing art with honesty and depth.”  acting is more than just stepping into a character’s shoes—it’s  about transformation and telling stories that resonate that reflect humanity in all its  complexity she carves out a legacy defined by courage All episodes of Dope Girls are available on BBC iPlayer from Saturday 22nd February and weekly on BBC One February ended on a high note for EXO-Ls as EXO, SuperM, and EXO-CBX vocalist BAEKHYUN surprisingly teased new music on the 28th. His last release was his 2024 fourth solo album, Hello, World, which proved wildly successful as it went on to sell over 1 million copies. His label, INB100, posted concept photos for his single “Do What You Do,” with a caption revealing its March 3 release date and insinuating it would include a mystery collaboration This single would become BAEKHYUN’s first song collaboration in four years His label did not leave fans guessing who BAEKHYUN teamed up with for too long as the official reveal came a few hours later known for working with K-Pop acts including BTS who often dives into the R&B genre with his solo releases fittingly recruited American R&B singer-songwriter UMI to join him as the featured vocalist who has been writing songs since the age of five began garnering major success in 2018 with her viral independently-released single “Remember Me.” She has since released multiple EPs and a 2022 debut album This collaboration with BAEKHYUN does not serve as UMI’s first time working with a K-Pop act with one of her best-performing songs being 2023’s “wherever u r” with BTS’ V Along with contributing her gorgeous vocals to the track UMI assisted with crafting lyrics for “Do What You Do.” The smooth R&B track shows conflicting depictions of post-breakup coping UMI begins the song by expressing animosity toward her former partner for their part in the split She beautifully flutters between her higher and lower registers as she flows through the chorus and verses BAEKHYUN utilizes his voice similarly when his verse arises around halfway through the track allowing them both to match their emotional deliveries with the shifts in production BAEKHYUN depicts a more yearning attitude toward the breakup as he hopes for another chance The two singers harmonize together effortlessly after BAEKHYUN’s verse showcasing the perfect meld of their gorgeous voices.  “Letting it go now / Putting you out my mind / So do you what you do babe / No I’m not trippin’ on you babe,” BAEKHYUN and UMI sing The song is visualized in its official lyric video UMI and BAEKHYUN play the roles of people in a tarnished relationship as UMI appears physically far away but is not adrift from BAEKHYUN’s mind BAEKHYUN scrolls through his social media feed as videos of UMI singing her verses pop up alongside him Her face even appears on a display of the moon floating in his room and on the actual moon outside his window complementing his passionate lyrics about wanting to wait for love to be restored Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Our site uses cookies. Learn more about our use of cookies: Cookie Policy Umi Hotpot Sushi and Seafood Buffet is officially open for business in Colonie.NewsChannel 13 was there as the new spot opened for business earlier this month on Central Avenue For their official ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony a performance of Chinese music and dance was shared with the guests courtesy of the Chinese Community Center of the Capital District The restaurant offers a surprisingly huge and varied buffet of carefully prepared Asian dishes according to the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce and the “hotpot” style of cooking where customers immerse their own food items inside a personalized pot of broth.  offering a family dining experience surrounded by the culture of the Far East MORE: Umi Hotpot Sushi Bar and Buffet The station representative that can assist any person with disabilities with issues related to the content of the public file is Brittany Moroukian. She can be contacted at bmoroukian@wnyt.com or 518-207-4710 The uMI Panorama GS PET/CT system is a new long-axial-field-of-view scanner featuring high sensitivity The aim of this study is to assess the PET system on the basis of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) NU 2-2018 and European Association of Nuclear Medicine Research Limited (EARL) standards and coregistration accuracy were evaluated following the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard Additional experiments included energy resolution a 175-cm-long scatter phantom for count rate and TOF resolution as well as the compliance with the EARL guideline an 18F-FDG PET patient study was reconstructed with various frame durations Results: The PET system achieved sub–3-mm transaxial and axial spatial resolutions at a 1-cm radial offset The sensitivities with the 70-cm-long and 200-cm-long line sources were observed to be 176.3 and 90.8 kcps/MBq The noise-equivalent count rates (NECRs) of the 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long scatter phantoms were measured to be 3.35 Mcps at 57.57 kBq/mL and 2.24 Mcps at 33.27 kBq/mL The TOF resolutions for both phantoms were approximately 189 ps at 5.3 kBq/mL and lower than 200 ps below the NECR peaks The absolute count rate errors of all 34 acquisitions were less than 3% below the NECR peak for the 70-cm-long scatter phantom With the standard NEMA image quality phantom experiment the contrast recovery coefficient varied from 68.17% to 94.20% and the background variabilities were all below 2% The maximum PET/CT coregistration error was 1.33 mm the gaussian filter of 5-mm full width at half maximum could produce acceptable images The patient data demonstrate visually satisfactory image quality with short frames (less than 1 min) Conclusion: The uMI Panorama GS exhibits spatial resolution and TOF resolution similar to those of the uMI Panorama system (35-cm axial field of view) and count rate performances are expected to yield superior image quality and offer new opportunities for various clinical applications The integration of PET/CT systems, which was initially developed in the 1990s (1,2) has rapidly supplanted nearly all stand-alone PET systems it has emerged as a routinely used modality across various clinical applications thereby manifesting widespread application in clinical scans the advent of LAFOV scanners with improved TOF resolution emerges as a pivotal trend that is shaping the future landscape of PET imaging In contrast, the recently established uMI Panorama platform (9) affords the flexibility to extend varying axial lengths giving rise to the new LAFOV 148-cm-long scanner denoted as the digital uMI Panorama GS PET/CT system The 148-cm axial length of the PET scanner provides sufficient high sensitivity and adaptability for most clinical scans The whole-body scan from head to thigh can position the brain within a considerably heightened sensitivity region this scanner offers a head-to-knee scan option and its axial length adequately accommodates nearly all pediatric imaging requirements Total-body imaging is also feasible even for shorter subjects through knee bending whereas taller patients exceeding 1.5 m benefit from the availability of 2-bed acquisitions selected patient data were demonstrated to elucidate the clinical merits of this new LAFOV PET scanner The uMI Panorama GS integrates a 160-slice CT scanner with a LAFOV PET system. The CT adheres to the identical configuration as the uMI Panorama (9). The specifications of PET system are given in Table 1 Benefiting from the extendable design of the uMI Panorama platform each equipped with 7 detector cells arranged along the axial direction (LYSO crystal array with full coverage of silicon photomultipliers) List-mode data are stored for clinical data acquisitions with coincidences of all rings recorded (maximum acceptance angle of 62°) The time coincidence window is configured independently for different unit pairs to optimize coincidence retention within the field of view (FOV) The minimal discretized bin for TOF measurement is 6.1 ps Performance measurements in this paper were basically following the NEMA NU 2-2018 (32) and EARL standards (33) The acquired data for all experiments involved in this study were processed with the software tool kits provided by the manufacturer on the clinical system including the nonstandard NEMA tests and the EARL study The applied tool kits have undergone rigorous testing and validation by the manufacturer Filtered backprojection reconstructions were performed without attenuation and the image voxel size was set to 0.6 × 0.6 × 0.8 mm3 and tangential directions were calculated as instructed by the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard Standard NEMA sensitivity measurements were performed using a 70-cm-long polyethylene tube filled with an initial activity of 8.9 MBq of 18F-FDG solution The tube was added consecutively with 5 concentric aluminum sleeves of identical length and thickness (1.25 mm) Extrapolations of the 5 measured values were executed to obtain the final sensitivity The procedure was repeated with the tube positioned at a 10-cm radial offset Random subtractions were conducted using the coincidences within the delayed time window additional experiments were conducted by applying a 2-m line source (10.5 MBq) along with a set of 2-m concentric aluminum sleeves following the same procedure as the aforementioned 70-cm-long sensitivity measurement used for these measures is a 20-cm-diameter 70-cm-long polyethylene cylinder positioned at the FOV center along the axial direction A 70-cm-long tube was axially inserted into the cylinder phantom at a radial offset of 4.5 cm which was injected with 1.7 GBq of 18F-FDG at the beginning of the acquisition 34 independent raw data acquisitions were performed and the activity at the beginning of last acquisition was 26.0 MBq Random estimation was extracted from the coincidences estimated within the delayed time window as well as scatter fraction and NECR count rates were subsequently determined in accordance with the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard Additionally, the same experiment was repeated using a 175-cm-long phantom (21) formed by concatenating 2.5 70-cm scatter phantoms The tube was injected with 2.6 GBq of 18F-FDG at the beginning of the acquisition and the activity at the beginning of the last acquisition was 40.1 MBq and NECR count rates were analyzed following the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard across 34 acquisitions The accuracy analysis was performed using data obtained from the 70-cm-long NEMA scatter phantom assessing the count rate performances. The 34 acquisitions were reconstructed independently with all necessary corrections except for the decay correction. Dead time correction was applied using the adaptive nonparalyzable model (35) The reconstructions followed the current clinical protocol for GS at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) as listed here: ordered-subset expectation maximization/TOF/point-spread function The accuracy analysis focused solely on the 65-cm center region along the axial direction Data measured with 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long NEMA scatter phantoms were also evaluated for the TOF resolution (21) The line-source position within the scatter phantom was determined by reconstructing the image with non-TOF point-spread function reconstructions All 34 acquisitions were parsed and analyzed in accordance with the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard by correcting for scatter The TOF resolution at 5.3 kBq/mL was interpolated from the TOF–activity curves The NEMA NU 2 IQ phantom was applied for this evaluation The background activity was 5.0 kBq/mL at the beginning of the acquisition also applied for the count rate measurement The line source inside the scatter phantom was filled with 105 MBq of 18F-FDG Six spheres inside the phantom (with inner diameters of 10 and 37 mm) were filled with an activity ratio of 4.0:1 with respect to the background The phantom was initially measured for 30 min The data were reconstructed using the current clinical protocol for GS at PUMCH The contrast recovery coefficient (CRC) of all 6 spheres as well as the lung residual were calculated as described in the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard To characterize the performance of the system with varying scan durations and delayed times (21) 4 additional acquisitions were conducted after 3 and 30 min for each data were independently reconstructed and lung residual were calculated for each reconstructed image the CRC and BV were averaged over the results of 5 independent time frames Three spheres with an inner diameter of 13 mm each filled with 2 MBq of 18F-FDG activity and CT contrast (Ultravist 370; Bayer Vital) mixture were used to measure the coregistration accuracy of the PET and CT images according to the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard 0) cm were fixed by the support pad (made of ethylene vinyl acetate foam ∼900 Hounsfield units in CT images) at locations of 5 and 100 cm from the tip of the patient table lead blocks weighing 115 kg were placed on the patient table according to standard requirements Both CT and PET images are reconstructed using the 1024 × 1024 matrix with a 600-mm FOV and a 0.5-mm slice thickness Note that the PET images were reconstructed with an ordered-subset expectation maximization/TOF/point-spread function without scatter and attenuation corrections The maximum coregistration error and the maximum ratios of PET and CT were calculated following the NEMA NU 2–2018 standard the quantitative recovery of the uMI Panaroma GS system was also assessed using an independent NEMA/International Electrochemical Commission NU2 IQ phantom following the EARL guideline The phantom was filled with 18F-FDG at a concentration of 2.80 kBq/mL for the background at the beginning of the acquisition All 6 spheres were filled with activity at a sphere-to-background ratio of 10 The phantom was positioned identically to the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard IQ experiment A single-bed PET scan was acquired for 5 min The data were reconstructed using the clinical protocol at PUMCH volumes of interest were extracted for each sphere to calculate the recovery coefficient of maximum and peak values in the reconstructed image Postgaussian kernels with various full widths at half maximum were applied to smooth the reconstructed image ensuring compliance with the EARL protocol for this system diagnosed with metastatic renal cell carcinoma underwent a scan of 85 min after administration of 168 MBq (4.5 mCi) of 18F-FDG A single-bed position from vertex to knee was acquired for 5 min and 15 s were reconstructed from the list-mode data using the current clinical protocol for GS at PUMCH The human study had been approved by the Institutional Review Board of PUMCH and the patient had signed an informed consent form Brain images were reconstructed from the same dataset with a voxel size of 0.6 × 0.6 × 0.6 mm3 and a gaussian filter of 0.5-mm full width at half maximum Two additional patients were also reconstructed and shown in the supplemental material (supplemental materials are available at http://jnm.snmjournals.org) 74 kg) was injected with only 29 MBq (0.79 mCi) of 18F-FDG and scanned for 20 min 160 kg) had a larger body mass index and underwent a scan of 110 min after administration of 444 MBq (12.0 mCi) of 18F-FDG The spatial resolution results at 6 different positions are shown in Table 2 A sub–3-mm resolution is achieved at the center of the transaxial FOV The sensitivity profiles of 70-cm-long and 200-cm-long line sources at the transaxial center and the off-center position (10 cm) are shown in Figure 1. The detailed system sensitivities are summarized in Table 3 (A) Axial sensitivity profile of NEMA standard 70-cm-long line source positioned at transaxial center and 10 cm off-center (B) Axial sensitivity profile of 200-cm-long line source positioned at transaxial center and 10 cm off-center Sensitivity Measured with 2 Line-Source Configurations The profiles of the count rate performances for the 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long scatter phantoms are shown in Figure 2. Numeric results are summarized in Table 4 The peak NECRs of 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long scatter phantoms were measured to be 3.35 Mcps at 57.57 kBq/mL (total dose 34 mCi) and 2.24 Mcps at 33.27 kBq/mL (total dose The 2 scatter phantoms demonstrate a similar scatter fraction (∼30%) at peak NECRs The decrease of true activity after reaching the true peak is due to the system bandwidth limit when the random count rate increases dramatically faster compared with that of true events and NECR as functions of activity concentration for NEMA standard 70-cm scatter phantom and NECR as function of activity concentration for 175-cm scatter phantom (C) NECR as function of activity concentration for both 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long scatter phantoms Dashed lines correspond to NECR peaks for both phantoms (D) Scatter fraction as function of activity concentration for both 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long scatter phantoms Scatter fractions at 5.3 kBq/mL for 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long phantoms are 34.13% and 35.09% and scatter fractions at peak NECR are 29.94% and 30.85% (E) TOF resolution as functions of activity concentration for both 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long scatter phantoms TOF at 5.3 kBq/mL is 188.8 and 189.7 ps for 70-cm-long and 175-cm-long phantoms and TOF at peak NECR is 196.8 and 195.2 ps The accuracy of the standard 70-cm-long NEMA scatter phantom was calculated for the 34 acquisitions. The maximum and minimum errors of each slice among all the reconstructed images are visualized with respect to the activity in Figure 3 The absolute maximum and minimum count rate errors below the peak NECRs were observed to be 1.29% and 2.02% Accuracy of NEMA standard 70-cm-long scatter phantom Turning points at high activity correspond to scenarios when measurement reached system bandwidth limit The profile of TOF resolution is illustrated in Figure 2D, and the numeric results are presented in Table 4 the observed TOF resolution ranged from 188 to 197 ps across different activities below the NECR peaks the measured energy resolution at 5.3 kBq/mL for the 70-cm-long NECR phantom was 9.7% The results for time frames of 30, 5, and 2 min are presented in Table 5 With the standard NEMA acquisition time (30 min) the CRC ranged from 68.17% to 94.20% and BV varied from 0.91% to 1.70% for the 6 hot spheres Reconstructions of reduced time frames yielded higher BV for all spheres the CRC of large spheres fluctuated around the mean value with reduced time frames whereas that of the 10-mm sphere decreased from 68.17% to 65.60% The reconstructed images of different delay times and different time frames are demonstrated in Figure 4. The CRC and BV of the 37-mm sphere, the BV of the 10-mm sphere, as well as the lung residual error for all reconstructed images are demonstrated in Figure 5 Reconstructed images at different delay times with various time frames The PET/CT coregistration accuracy results are shown in Table 6 The recovery coefficients before and after smoothing are shown in Figure 6 Compared with the EARL version 2.0 standard region most spheres exhibit relatively higher recovery coefficients especially for the 10-mm and 13-mm spheres With the gaussian filter of 5-mm full width at half maximum applied nearly all spheres could fall into the EARL version 2.0 standard regions and satisfy this criterion Recovery coefficients based on EARL guideline Left to right: maximum recovery coefficient (RCmax) of all 6 spheres mean recovery coefficient (RCmean) of all 6 spheres and peak recovery coefficient (RCpeak) of all 6 spheres The patient reconstructed images from various time frames are presented in Figure 7 revealing 3 representative lesions with subcentimeter diameters of 3.9 The reconstruction of the 15-s frame demonstrated satisfactory lesion detectability Noise contamination was evident at shorter time frames whereas the 30-s frames maintained acceptable noise levels in the clinical images Supplemental Figure 1 presents images of the brain with the same patient data The low-dose and high–body mass index cases are shown in Supplemental Figures 2 and 3 Clear demarcations of reported lesions (indicated by arrows) The PET system has been assessed according to the NEMA NU 2-2018 standard (32) and the EARL guideline (33) along with some dedicated experiments to characterize LAFOV scanners the measured results for the GS system are comparable to the reported results of uMI Panorama with a 35-cm AFOV both systems are announced to be developed based on the same platform with identical transaxial geometry The sensitivity at the center position of the 70-cm-long line source achieved equivalent sensitivity (∼176 kcps/MBq) as the uEXPLORER (21) and Biograph Vision Quadra (24) Both the GS and uEXPLORER systems use identical crystal sizes and exhibit similar transaxial geometry Despite the shorter AFOV compared with the uEXPLORER (acceptance angle of 57°) the results of GS are practically compensated by a larger acceptance angle (62°) GS yields a scaled sensitivity of 106.8 kcps/MBq at the central transaxial FOV The NECR of the 70-cm-long phantom shows a lower peak activity at 57.57 kBq/mL compared with that of the Panorama 35 (9). Nevertheless, the current NECR and accuracy performances still cover a wide dynamic range for nearly all contemporary clinical applications (37) The expanded time window is expected to capture more coincidences at the peripheral transaxial FOV the increase in random events also occurs linearly with the extended time window theoretically deteriorating the final numeric performance of NECR The TOF resolution observed for the 70-cm-long scatter phantom data was less than 200 ps over the entire count rate range in the experiment, resembling the results of Panorama 35 (9) Similar TOF performances of these 2 systems demonstrate consistent detector designs of the Panorama platform In terms of the 175-cm-long scatter phantom the TOF resolution at 5.3 kBq/mL and peak NECRs are similar to those of the 70-cm-long scatter phantoms These observations demonstrate stable TOF performances for different phantoms at various activity levels This trend does not apply to larger spheres For the image without postsmoothing, the biggest maximum recovery coefficient was observed for the 2 smallest spheres (diameters of 10 and 13 mm), which may be attributed to the small size of the volumes of interest and the resolution modeling. Similar results were reported for the Biograph Vision (36) resulting in an acceptance angle of approximately 41° and therefore yielding a sensitivity gain of ∼1.6 compared with that of the uMI Panorama 35 (acceptance angle of ∼25°) which can be visually supported by brain images shown in Supplemental Figure 1 The uMI Panorama GS demonstrates commensurate spatial resolution and energy resolution with the uMI Panorama system (35-cm AFOV) its notably enhanced sensitivity yields improved IQ for the IQ phantom and patient Achieving a peak NECR rate of 3.35 Mcps at 57.57 kBq/mL renders the system adaptable for a wide range of clinical and research applications The combination of the above features positions the uMI Panorama GS as the new benchmark in the class of LAFOV scanners This study was sponsored in part by National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding (2022-PUMCH-B-071) CAMS innovation fund for medical science (Nos and National Key Research and Development Program of China (No No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported QUESTION: What are the performance characteristics of the uMI Panorama GS PET/CT system according to the NEMA NU 2-2018 and EARL standards PERTINENT FINDINGS: The uMI Panorama GS with a 148-cm AFOV demonstrated high sensitivity and spatial resolution (<3 mm at center) accompanied by a remarkable count rate performance and quantitative accuracy Using appropriate filtering (5-mm gaussian) the system demonstrates capability to attain EARL compliance thus revealing its harmonization capabilities with other scanners IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT CARE: The uMI Panorama GS offers highly effective diagnostic capability on lesion detectability with reduced dose or acquisition time the system exhibits versatility in accommodating applications using various tracers We acknowledge helpful discussions with Dr Hancong Xu from United Imaging Healthcare about performance experiments and data analysis Immediate Open Access: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY) allows users to share and adapt with attribution, excluding materials credited to previous publications. 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Details: https://jnm.snmjournals.org/page/permissions Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Journal of Nuclear Medicine NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it The 10,000-square-foot restaurant replaces Tokyo Hibachi & Sushi Buffet in Pond Road Plaza on Route 9 and there are more than a dozen others across the country general manager of the East Brunswick restaurant said the Monmouth County restaurant is expected to open in two or three months The BYOB will seat 400 people and is half the size of the East Brunswick restaurant More: Downtown Freehold restaurant named one of best in U.S. UMI's all-you-can-eat offerings include sushi and sashimi (there are nearly two dozen varieties of each) There are also harder-to-find dishes like oxtails and black fungus salad made with mushrooms More: Calling all restaurant owners: Help us build our Jersey Shore Dining Guide you need to come more than once," said Rafaela Martelo host manager at the East Brunswick location giant grilled prawns and fried pork belly; ramen fans can choose between tonkotsu and spicy broths; and diners wanting hot pot order a cooking liquid from their server then help themselves to self-serve refrigerators filled with ingredients which are brought back to the table to cook "There's a big selection of meats and fish," Martelo said of the hot pot offerings A self-serve bar of flavoring sauces rounds out the dish Go: UMI will open at 4345 Route 9 in Freehold Township; umibuffet.com. Also at 275 Route 18 south 609-380-7592; and 1692 Clements Bridge Road Umi Hotpot Sushi & Seafood Buffet held its grand opening this past weekend to rave reviews The former Golden Corral in Middletown closed up a couple years ago and many have been anticipating the arrival of a new buffet-style restaurant that has been in the works for some time now It was reported back in December about a new sushi & seafood buffet opening soon Umi Sushi & Seafood Buffet is a well-known chain of all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants that specializes in sushi It’s a popular destination for those craving a wide selection of fresh sushi The menu typically includes items like sushi rolls The buffet concept allows guests to sample different dishes and flavors or anyone looking for a large variety of food Many locations offer an expansive sushi bar along with stations for other Asian-inspired dishes with a focus on providing a relaxed and enjoyable dining experience for all ages Umi may also offer a dessert bar with options like ice cream and fruits Umi Sushi & Seafoof Buffet officially opened on  Friday 7 with a big grand opening celebration at 369 NY- 211 E in Middletown with rave reviews The new restaurant already has a bunch of 5 start review on Google and a review posted by Kent Leung in the Goshen Umi Hotpot Sushi & Seafood Buffet held its grand opening this past weekend to rave reviews.\nRead More It was reported back in December about a new sushi & seafood buffet opening soon to reveal Panasonic Group's future and introduce a comprehensive wellness ecosystem to help modern families thrive and ethically grounded products servicing families Panasonic Well is leveraging AI and advanced technology to pioneer possibilities that enable healthier lives for people around the world Panasonic Well is leveraging AI and advanced technology to enable healthier lives for people around the world a leading AI research company developing safe and ethical AI systems to embed responsible artificial intelligence across Panasonic Group and Panasonic Well's consumer solutions. Together these efforts drive transformative solutions that empower families to achieve holistic wellness outcomes and thrive like never before we mean all the people we cherish and connect with closely—whether it's our nuclear families or anything in between," said Yoky Matsuoka "The push and pull to make room for wellness in daily life is extra challenging especially for those who are raising a family and caring for aging or sick loved ones and partnerships with leading wellness brands and trusted institutions to create solutions families need and want families are all facing their own unique set of challenges and struggles and we are here to support them on their wellness journey." Addressing the Crisis in Family Well-Being likening the impact of parental stress to a public health crisis Introducing Umi: The Family Wellness Coach Umi is a digital wellness platform and personalized family wellness coach that integrates AI and a community of experts By consolidating wellness data into personalized And by leveraging the power of Anthropic's Claude AI model Umi benefits from the advanced reasoning capabilities to navigate the unique challenges faced by individuals and families Umi will be available for customers nation-wide in the U.S Umi will be the first Panasonic Well consumer brand to use Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant known for its reasoning capabilities and ability to engage in natural conversations and helping solve complex problems—all while maintaining the highest standards of safety and security Panasonic Group will integrate Claude's capabilities into consumer applications like Umi and support their global workforce through AI-enhanced productivity and decision-making "Our shared commitment to responsible AI development drives our partnership with Panasonic Group Claude's AI assistance will help enhance Panasonic Group's workforce capabilities and consumer applications and aligned with human values—principles that have guided us from day one just as they have guided Panasonic Group for over a century," said Daniela Amodei "Conversational AI opens a new frontier," shares Elise Neel Head of Global Strategy and Innovation at Panasonic Well this partnership will eventually enable Panasonic Group to scale personalization across the one billion customers we engage with every day It's not just about creating products or services—it's about building adaptive solutions and an entire new ecosystem that moves Panasonic Well is launching its Partner Collective that will bring together leading brands across wellness already includes several partners including Aaptiv These brands will be working with Umi and/or future Panasonic Well businesses to enrich the experience for end users allowing families to access premium content and services and enabling them to care for themselves and each other while improving their family's wellness outcomes Today, Panasonic Holdings announced Panasonic Go a global corporate growth initiative that will drive transformation through AI-powered software-led businesses across Panasonic Group Panasonic Group has been at the forefront of technological advancements that improve everyday life From electrical breakthroughs to digital innovations Panasonic Group has remained steadfast in its mission to enhance societal well-being Panasonic Go will transform Panasonic Group from a hardware-led business to an AI-powered As one of the oldest mission driven-brands in the world it aims to improve people's lives and create a better future for everyone Panasonic Group will continue to deliver personalized intelligent and differentiated products that enterprise and consumer customers crave Media Relations:[email protected] About Panasonic WellPanasonic Well is a venture and business incubator from the Panasonic Group focused on pioneering new health and wellness solutions by connecting hardware We are committed to building an ecosystem of technology that improves the well-being of every generation Panasonic Well operates in the US as Panasonic Well LLC and in Japan as a division of Panasonic Holdings Corporation a venture and business incubator within the Panasonic Group focused on pioneering new possibilities that enable people to live.. Computer & Electronics Health Care & Hospitals Trade Show News New Products & Services Haiiro no Umi wo Oyogu Hotaru at a yet-to-be-announced date the band has revealed the fiery music video for the title track Furiously dancing flames surround Azavana at night as they lay down a flurry of ferocious instrumentation The fire casts a cool silhouette on the band members in the presence of shipping containers Even the solo member performances amongst the dilapidated wall the shadow sets the stage in a sleek and artistic way The song Haiiro no Umi wo Oyogu Hotaru presents an ominous but grandiose soundscape that conjures up a deep-seated sadness Bassist Ryu’s vigorous basslines is the focal point in the verses and blends immaculately as the full band phases in once again bringing an unmatched blistering pace and with plangency in vocalist Ryo’s voice the song exceptionally combines dulcet tones with a complex composition Azavana also revealed artist photo’s for the release with their blue and gold military-inspired outfits Topic Artist and one-fourth of the JROCK ONSEN podcast residing in the UK who has adored visual kei for 10 or so years now Close JP Executive Officer of Panasonic Holdings Corporation and Panasonic Well Director a holistic digital family wellness platform and coach will be launched in the US as an example of Panasonic Go.*1 We interviewed Yoky about Panasonic Well ＊1: A global corporate growth initiative promoting business transformation using AI is a venture and business incubator committed to building new services and technologies that improve the well-being of all people with a focus on the wellness of modern families Yoky is an accomplished executive and technologist with over two decades of leadership experience She is a renowned robotics and neuroscience expert recognized for her groundbreaking work and honored with the MacArthur Genius Award Panasonic Well tends to be seen as simply a developer of AI or technologies we are able to create solutions at the intersection of responsible tech and human care because we understand what is needed to achieve wellness Yoky Matsuoka and Panasonic Well staff (at the CES 2025 Panasonic booth) The first project that Yoky initiated at Panasonic was Yohana a next-generation family concierge service people's work styles and how they spent time with their family saw drastic changes we conducted surveys to get a deeper look at the challenges underlying their problems and did exhaustive research on how we could develop relevant solutions to respond to the time-consuming needs of families by proposing suggestions for meal menus has completed over 300,000 tasks on behalf of our customers This work accumulated to a total of more than one million hours for our customers’ time we have been unable to provide adequate solutions for using the time created by Yohana to strengthen family ties or improve self-care we have continued our research to ensure that AI will be able to resolve challenges facing families in the future a survey*2 conducted in the US revealed that half of the "sandwich generation"*3 parents feel overwhelmed by stress and that 65% feel lonely This shows that strengthening family ties and self-care are indispensable for the elderly we developed Umi*4 to address these crises in family ｗell-being Surgeon General Issues Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents (August 2024).＊3: A generation simultaneously supporting aging parents while raising children.＊4: The word "umi" means ocean in Japanese This name was chosen because it evokes an image of health and well-being since it not only has a calming effect but also gives people the feeling of vastness and the availability of unlimited resources Yoky: Umi will start by providing an app as a family well-being coach that facilitates behavioral changes toward achieving family wellness By encouraging multi-generation families to cultivate wellness habits that fit their diverse needs and lifestyles it can be a family partner that supports their health and well-being and stress management are essential for wellness the first two have been increasingly attracting attention in recent years Umi's AI agent assists in behavioral changes for all family members from their childhood especially in the areas of activities & fitness and nutrition Left: Umi suggests ideas for enjoying a weekend Right: Umi explains key points of communication with elderly parents based on advice from experts using wide-ranging data learned through questions and communications with family members Umi's AI sets personalized goals for individuals and suggests necessary actions to meet these goals while considering their feasibility Umi may propose a monthly target number of steps for a user but if it learns through conversations that it is not feasible due to the user's busy schedule Umi may set another more achievable target for eating more nutritious meals Since the priorities of activities & fitness and nutrition vary among individuals it is essential to tailor this process for each family member One of Umi's features enables all family members including children to share conversations This coordinates family wellness through communication and eventually leads to behavioral change We delve deeply into the app features like tone of voice and tweak between strong and soft tones to make suggestions best suited for encouraging behavioral changes Umi also visualizes your progress and enables you to review the outcomes to establish actions as routines Yoky introduced the Panasonic Well Partner Collective which consists of leading health and wellness businesses as well as a partnership with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP),*5 an NPO with approximately forty million members in the US took the stage and emphasized that technology is critical to living a healthy life for an increasing number of older people and their families around the world Yoky also introduced the Family Wellness Innovation Challenge a global competition co-sponsored by AARP and Panasonic Well for start-ups who pursue relevant technologies and services and the prize winners were announced at the end ＊5: Aiming at improving the quality of life of older people AARP provides information and support related to health we placed much emphasis on building a business ecosystem.*6 Typical examples are partnerships with companies that provide services as needed or those that give expert advice based on the communications carried out between users and Umi ＊6: A large economic network of various companies and organizations that collaborate to create greater value Group CEO Kusumi joined the award ceremony of the Family Wellness Innovation Challenge and praised the grand prix winner The sandwich generation is under a great deal of emotional and more than half of the families in the US face these burdens.*7 Partnerships are critical for resolving such issues The Family Wellness Innovation Challenge is a significant step toward expanding such partnerships We received over 550 applications from around the world I joined the latter half of the screening process myself and interviewed applicants in person We announced the winners at CES partly to find partners who align with our initiatives and many participants actually approached us demonstrating their interest we want to further expand the ecosystem and respond to a wider range of use cases ＊7: World Economic Forum "More than half of Americans in their 40s are 'sandwiched' between an aging parent and their own children" (April 2022) Since collaboration with AI partners is indispensable in promoting Panasonic Go Group CEO Kusumi announced in his keynote a strategic partnership with Anthropic in the US a company that shares the Panasonic Group's belief that AI must be safe and designed to deeply align with human values Yoky stated that Umi will be equipped with Anthropic's Claude AI assistant joined her and explained that Claude has added value in all aspects of business She expressed her determination to help the Panasonic Group enhance its overall creativity while delivering better business results by leveraging Claude's high reliability and safety Yoky: Anthropic has grown while placing great emphasis on ethics and its large language models (LLMs) have gained a high reputation in the US committed to supporting the health and well-being for all with wellness as a gateway cannot be viable without innovations based on Anthropic's AI ethics Anthropic AI is particularly excellent at family calendar management and chat promotion so we will be able to provide a service where Umi discusses the scheduling of hospital visits with users prepares and manages their schedule with AI We expect further collaboration with a diverse range of partners by expanding the breadth of services in this way Yoky: I feel that being able to demonstrate Umi's capabilities at CES was very meaningful Umi's first key vision for the future is to provide a one-stop solution We hope to develop Umi into a platform that knows all family members well capable of making good suggestions in response to their wellness consultations without the need to access different sources where many visitors attentively listened to the explanations of booth staff while trying out screen demonstrations In front of the Partner Collective panel displays Quite a few representatives of companies expressed their support and consulted with staff of Panasonic Well The second vision is to strengthen the ecosystem by expanding our network of partnerships We will select partners based on their attitudes toward AI ethics and customer needs We hope that more companies and organizations will participate in the Umi ecosystem in the future We believe that optimal solutions for problems and concerns can be provided to more customers only when Umi is backed up by a diverse range of partners Umi will launch services from the US while aiming to establish a global ecosystem to ensure deployment in other countries and regions The Panasonic Group is unrivaled in its touchpoints with customers in households and it is important to leverage this advantage look forward to collaborating closely with the business divisions to identify mutually beneficial approaches to solve our customer pain points While Panasonic Well is a company capable of making customers around the world healthy and happy through wellness solutions we want to be the forerunner that will lead Panasonic Go an initiative to promote corporate transformation of Panasonic We will pioneer the creation of new products and businesses by leveraging AI and other advanced technologies We will also establish AI platforms in collaboration with partners and our operating companies we are conscious of our contributions to the AI-based transformation of the entire Panasonic Group In addition to promoting teamwork with departments in charge of AI at Panasonic Holdings and other organizations we will provide inspiration and lead initiatives to encourage every Panasonic Group employee to embrace AI unleashing tremendous progress in their tasks and in the products and services they develop Panasonic Go aims to expand AI-driven hardware and solutions businesses to approximately 30% of the Panasonic Group's revenue by 2035 the Panasonic Group won't be able to meet the goal only through the efforts of Panasonic Well and Blue Yonder All business divisions and departments across the Panasonic Group need to create AI-driven revenue streams We at Panasonic Well hope to contribute to the attainment of our goal by implementing the approaches I've described the day may come when the entire Panasonic Group is regarded as a leader in AI technologies Panasonic Well will continue to provide innovative solutions driven by AI and other advanced technologies It will also promote AI use throughout the Panasonic Group's businesses and work at the forefront of Panasonic Go Panasonic Group PeopleDiscover the Earth Area at The Land of NOMO Photography by David Reiss | Styling by Jenny Kennedy | Hair & makeup by Nohelia Reyes | Hair & makeup assistant Lizzie Checkley Umi Myers bagged a role in Bob Marley biopic Now she co-leads the TV series Dope Girls with punchy chemistry and feminist flair The period drama tells the story of the female trailblazers who started Soho’s nightlife it’s a story about people who are trying to empower themselves and messing things up,” Myers tells me After my sneak peek ahead of the interview a bit of the Ocean’s films’ energy thrown in – specifically the one where they are all kickass women I’m struck by how I feel I have both gone back in time yet simultaneously jumped the queue in meeting a great artist before the rest of the world striking beauty (and incredibly cool baggy trousers) – it’s her creative outlook and Myers brings some artistic sparkle to this cold winter day After a few questions about the show’s air dates We discuss with heavy sighs the current state of the world I wonder: did Dope Girls set out with a bigger message in mind but what this show wants to display is that women are multifaceted and always have been,” she says “There’s a lot of period dramas which look at women living within the confines of a society or a class structure Dope Girls looks at how humans have always been humans I don’t think any of the creative team set out to make something with ‘this is a feminist piece’ in mind” The series is based on the book of the same name by Marek Kohn a feisty performer who spearheads the underground drug-fuelled nightclub Myers’ character is quite the tour de force She speaks to how much fun she had working in an immersive environment character: “The whole world is so colourful especially Billie; she’s very hedonistic.”  Episode one sees Myers sport an ostentatious outfit she refers to as “the hedgehog” The scene she’s wearing it was her introduction to the writing: “That was the first bit of the script I read There and then I just knew I wanted to do it.” Out-with the hedgehog “Billie’s whole wardrobe is so expressive – sort of like she’s come out of a costume box and stitched all these things together.”  There’s an element of double performance for Myers in this role something she later realised helped her get out of her brain get present in the moment and reconnect with artistic mediums she’d enjoyed in younger years “I did a lot of dancing growing up – contemporary and allowed me to safely explore being a ‘tortured artist’.” She laughs rolling her eyes at herself as she creates the air quotes with her hands Something mandatory after you refer to yourself in the third person While she clearly takes her craft quite seriously Myers is self-aware enough to clock the moment where she tips into ‘worthy actor’ territory and does so with good humour she misses the feeling of being on stage: “I miss theatre I have been doing screen for the last couple of years I miss the rehearsal room; I miss the ensemble; I miss the time of rehearsal Screen can sometimes feel a bit disjointed.” We reflect on how Dope Girls allowed her to do both embracing the synergies and nuances of live performance within the subtlety and realism of on-screen acting She notes the shoot sometimes felt like working in a theatre with a collaborative cast and dedicated team working hard to build a visual spectacle Every small detail we see on screen is thanks to forensic planning from costume designer Sophie Canale and production designer really wanted it to feel as if someone just dropped a camera in the middle of Soho so the show has a sort of anarchic quality to it.” Myers offers an affirmative ‘yes’ to sugar when asked by the barista We discuss her sweet tooth and quickly enter self-appraisals on where we land on the choco-loving to choco-holic spectrum I prefer the dark stuff; she says she’s working her way there A family tradition given to her by her father It’s no surprise creativity runs deep; theatre and performance has surrounded her since childhood regularly took her to the theatre growing up “I’m really lucky and privileged to be able to have been in that world I was lucky to see rehearsals and go to shows and press nights as their kid.” Now she looks to screen for inspiration too: “Film is something I’ve been trying harder to go and see more of in my twenties.”  Myers is a member and regular at some of London’s most iconic cinemas with her housemates The Prince Charles gets a shout out (she has the tote bag with her) We quickly despair at the idea of it shutting down “It’s the only good thing about Leicester Square!” she says you can find her flaneuring in London’s parks We spend a large amount of time at the end of the interview exchanging personal book recommendations The perfect London day to her is hot: “well warm enough to be wearing a vest and jeans” and she enjoys a slow-pace while on the hunt for London’s best sandwiches Possibly the only non-creative thing she says during our interview currently leaning into her Gaelic roots (shout out Duolingo) vulnerable part of herself: “I keep that stuff quite close to my chest.” Having had the privilege of immersing myself in her brain for this coffee’s duration I have a suspicion her poetry would be quite brilliant Covid hit during her second year at Guildhall She mentions how difficult it was just to do something which is inherently a craft between people: “The real-life connection is so important.”  The disconnect caused bigger challenges for the year group and parents that were cool with me doing my thing ,but the equaliser of drama school is that everybody has the same environment or in student accommodation; the disparity between set-ups was unfair.”  They managed to do some performances in the final year She giggles as she recounts socially distanced dramas with live-stream audiences It was the school’s short film assignments that secured her representation and helped her land the role as Cindy Breakspeare in One Love which grossed 180.8 million US dollars at the global box office A huge job for someone not long out of drama school I think I was quite green during that time,” she reflects Myers wrote letters to the character as part of her audition process “I got really close and I’m still close with Cindy She was so open and willing to have conversations with me.” She candidly shares the pressure that comes with playing a real-life person “There’s real archival footage of her from winning Miss World And footage of her later living in Jamaica The accent was something she desperately wanted to get right “The accent thing was definitely scary… she’s Jamaican you’re really just trying to bring as much of this person into yourself and your mannerisms without just impersonating.”  She recalls how much she learnt about the process from her co-stars particularly Kingsley Ben-Adir who played Bob Marley “He would have certain phrases and sentences to help with the accent before cameras were rolling He would really get himself in the right place even before the scene would start.” Myers just finished shooting an indie flick in New Zealand where she fell in love with the landscape because I found it very grounding as a place The production was Māori-led…all of that culture was amazing.” Without specifics she discusses a few things in her future she’s hoping for “There’s some things I’m praying will land,” she says worrying I’m the kind of journalist who will judge her “I think in an industry like acting when you don’t have control it gives me a sense of vision And it doesn’t always mean that everything happens but by immersing yourself in the world it can only mean you learn something from it.” I love her outlook She starts preparation for roles sometimes before she’s even been cast the better: “I’m quite messy with my process in general,” she says alternative ways she has got into character Before and during filming she creates playlist and Pinterest boards Immersing herself with location visuals to musical influences and colour schemes We finish the interview with me being party to the Dope Girls vision board: “I was looking at a lot of imagery and videos from around that era and later on Josephine Baker was a massive reference for me an African American who became a citizen of France.” The sexy-hedgehog costume is based on Baker Inspiration came from other musical and performing icons such as Sinéad O’Connor: “Her punkness ripping up a picture of the pope,” she laughs striking black and white stills of women who break the mould with a side of rage; sparkle with a side of rebellion Striking beauty with deeply intellectual undercurrents “They were ahead of their time and also became symbols of their time because they made such an impact.” If she carries on her current trajectory with the same commitment to her craft I have a feeling we could be saying something similar about Myers in the not-too-distant future Episodes of Dope Girls are available on iPlayer and release Saturday evenings on BBC One Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee Umi Saidah in her University of South Florida doctoral regalia A look inside the 3D virtual Intercultural Learning Center Return to article listing College of Education News, Research Awards and Honors, Technology in Education and Second Language Acquisition As the home for more than 2,200 students and 130 faculty members across three campuses, the University of South Florida College of Education offers state-of-the-art teacher training and collegial graduate studies designed to empower educational leaders. 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Please refer to our privacy policy to find out how we use cookies and how you can edit your preferences Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Baekhyun released his new digital single “Do What You Do” featuring American singer-songwriter UMI “Do What You Do” is an emotional R&B duet that marks Baekhyun’s first collaboration song in four years The track captures the bittersweet emotions of two people navigating the pain of a breakup Source (1) EXO’s Baekhyun is making a highly anticipated return with new music Baekhyun unveiled striking concept photos alongside the surprise announcement of his upcoming digital single “Do What You Do.” The track features American singer-songwriter UMI and is produced in collaboration with hit producer EL CAPITXN Slated for release on March 3 at 2 p.m. KST, this single marks Baekhyun’s first music release since his fourth mini album “Hello, World,” which dropped on September 6 Are you excited for Baekhyun’s comeback In the meantime, watch Baekhyun in “EXO’s Travel the World on a Ladder in Geoje & Tongyeong” on Viki:   uMI Panorama features a National Electrical Manufacturer Association (NEMA) PET resolution of 2.9 mm a time of flight (TOF) resolution of sub-200 ps and a CT rotation of 0.25-second rotation speed for quantitative accuracy and small lesion detectability Other features include an AI-powered workflow multiple axial field of view (FOV) choices United is preparing uMI Panorama for sale in Canada and will ship from the company's Houston you can reduce the power consumption and CO2 emissions generated by the website's screen display Umi by Vikram Garg is a modern Hawaiian seafood restaurant located in the lobby floor of Halepuna Hotel The name Umi means ocean in Japanese and mother in Arabic and his restaurant is an ode to the ocean and what she provides It has been just over a year since we stayed at Halepuna Waikiki the little sister hotel to the renowned Halekulani and in that time in March 2023 UMI by Vikram Garg has opened up where Halekulani Restaurant used to be trained in French techniques but was inspired by Japanese cuisine He has worked all over the world at restaurants like The James Beard House (NYC) and Tabla (North Carolina) and he returns to his roots as a former Halekulani executive chef The restaurant is full this evening and has a modern feel with booths and sea inspired art works And if you hold up your phone to the QR codes near the art work you'll find clever filters and information about each art work A large table of 30 is celebrating and there's a convivial atmosphere Chef Vikram spends a lot of time on the floor chatting to customers The menu has an a la carte selection as well as three tasting menus: the 4 course Waikiki menu for $99 per person or the 5 course UMI menu for $139 per person a mocktail fragrant with rose and sparkling grapefruit juice which is perfect for me while Mr NQN orders their mysterious negroni made with Bombay Sapphire Gin Vermouth Di Carpano while the rest is said to be a secret and this drink has a limit of one per guest Mr NQN really enjoyed the negroni and describes it as markedly smoother than a regular negroni fennel and a shishito vinaigrette with dabs of lime mayonnaise It's a refreshingly delicious start with a sweet accent to it The green chilli dabs on the side provide heat thin layers of scallop interleaved with cucumber namasu pickles in a light dashi broth with slices of red chilli for heat The dashi broth is delicate and never overwhelms the scallop or cucumber We are instructed to lift the bowls and drink the remaining dashi once it is finished Normally I don't order abalone because in the wrong hands it can be chewy and tough but here it ends up being one of my favourite courses The abalone is served already sliced and superbly tender and topped with a mushroom miso crust similar to a gratin It's topped off with sea asparagus and ogo with a lacey black sesame tuile I end up eating most of this as I didn't really want to share it That's fine because Mr NQN and I have opposite taste buds and he loves the popcorn soup a rich corn soup with burnt butter at the bottom and popped The UMI menu has an additional course so we end up sharing it and it is another favourite course The key to this is how perfectly cooked the lobster is and how well it pairs with the black rice It is brought together with the potent shellfish essence The next course is steak and both menus have steak with the same accompaniments and sauces but with different side dishes and different cuts Mr NQN is a big fan of the tenderloin two perfect medallions of the most tender beef Both steaks are tenderised by ageing in koji and paired with okra tempura with a soy black pepper sauce (one of my favourite steak sauces and not often seen in Australia) an incredibly delicious mash that is otherworldly creamy with the flavour of browned butter With the UMI menu you can get the tenderloin or the prime ribeye and I had the prime ribeye which is my favourite cut as I love ribeye It too is aged with koji and served with okra tempura and a soy black pepper sauce It also has king mushroom with a sweet glaze and a side of rice with sauteed greens on top I love the luscious unctuousness of the ribeye and it goes well with the rice and is cooked perfectly medium rare By now we are sated but not groaningly full so there's room for desserts or three as the case may be (research right?) There is no dessert on the Waikiki menu but on the Umi menu you can choose the dessert you would like and we end up choosing some extra ones We start with their version of a pavlova with a meringue base lilikoi or passion fruit and finely diced mango with whipped cream hibiscus and a creamy anglaise sauce and 24k gold on top It doesn't quite have the chewy centre of a pavlova but I do love the anglaise paired with it and the fresh fruit and cream The black pebbles are actually black sesame with a thin coating of cocoa butter with a sweet ginger butterfly pea sauce that gives it a natural blue hue matcha sponge and small pieces of black sesame praline The signature dessert is the mango popsicle a playful version of mango kulfi with rose yogurt and crushed pistachios and 24k gold to finish it off The outside is white chocolate and the ice cream inside is intensely mango flavoured Breakfast is also an absolute treat and offers a la carte items like Croque Madame If you're hungry go for the set menu for $45USD a person Here you'll get a choose your American style breakfast with a starter (choice of fruit salad your choice of main and an excellent coffee or tea Coffee is Abby Garg's passion that extends to when she and Vikram are at home and she carefully calibrates the water temperature just right to bring out the ideal flavour from the beans The umi fried rice is a tasty combination of koshihikari rice dotted with tender prawns egg with tsukemono pickles on the side that balance each rich mouthful On top is a perfectly cooked onsen egg that dresses the rice when you stir it up My pick is the loco moco with a flavoursome a rich Hamakua mushroom gravy (mushrooms grown on the north of Hawaii Island) on a bed of koshihikari rice Loco Moco usually has a fried egg on top but the onsen egg really suits this dish well giving that creamy do you usually opt for tasting menus or do you go a la carte NQN and Mr NQN were guests of Umi but all opinions remain her own Providence vet Hoon Kang prepares a menu of sashimi and appetizers for the see-and-be-seen crowd in Glendale If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy that offer sleek interiors with pricey sushi Kang sometimes adds dash of his knowledge of French cuisine to the sashimi dishes One standout is the golden eye snapper sashimi which changes to red snapper depending on the season Presented on a bed of creme fraiche panna cotta and nori the delicate raw slices are topped with kumquats and placed next to a mound of airy yuzu foam Kang uses the zuke technique of curing the fish overnight in soy sauce to help preserve it and add umami The final dish is presented on a bronze plate over yuzu custard and comes with halved green grapes The psychedelic-looking squid ink chips were a popular childhood snack of Kang’s something his classmates once made fun of him for eating in school that he’s reimagined into a stylish sashimi presentation Umi offers inventive appetizers like ceviche miso cones with chopped salmon and a starter of beef tartare using A5 Miyazaki wagyu with truffle vinaigrette over truffle toast It’s for anyone who thinks there’s no such thing as too much truffle The rest of the menu features more typical Japanese sushi dishes like hand rolls Those who might want more options can always ask if something on the menu at Eden on Brand can be brought to them, though it’s not common for people to mix and match their meals, like adding a tomahawk steak or filet mignon to a table full of sushi Khojoyan seems more than happy to accommodate if the situation arises: “Mixing them together was a very high-risk situation but it’s almost like they’re meant to be together Umi by Eden is open at 214 N Branon knocked more than a second and a half off his personal best time over the course of the day clocking 1:56.81 in the final after a strong back half before closing in 3:58.86 to dismantle his previous best time of 8:00.39 The Streamline Aquatics quartet featured Bexon Harrison Coming into the meet having never broken 25 seconds Dennis got down to 24.79 at the Sacramento Pro Swim to rank in the top 10 in the world this season Hick dropped more than 13 seconds off his lifetime best to ultimately place 6th in the mile in 14:30.35 leading Kentucky to their best finish in 15 years January 24th, 2025 Arena Swim of the Week, News Swim of the Week is brought to you by arena Disclaimer: Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail The Swim of the Week is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines or a race we didn’t get to examine as closely in the flood of weekly meets Up-and-coming Japanese swimmer Umi Ishizuka dropped a blistering swim in the women’s 200 butterfly at the South Australian State Open Championships last weekend in Adelaide becoming one of the fastest 15-year-olds of all-time came into the meet with a lifetime best of 2:09.34 set this past August at the Japanese Junior High School Championships Ishizuka blasted her way to a time of 2:08.54 in the final going out within a second and a half of her personal best in the 100 fly (59.68) on the front half in 1:01 flat Splits from her previous PB of 2:09.34 unavailable In addition to winning the event by more than four seconds over 17-year-old Australian Rafaela Kopellou (2:12.83) Ishizuka’s time would’ve also placed 5th in the men’s field at the South Australian State Championships Despite there being no definitive ranking for all-time performances from 15-year-olds we can still see that Ishizuka is one of the quickest swimmers we’ve ever seen at the age Dating back to the 1993-94 season, only two American swimmers have been faster than Ishizuka at the age of 15: Cassidy Bayer (2:08.03) in 2015, and Charlotte Hook (2:07.87) in 2019 Of course, former world record holder Mary T. Meagher went 2:07.01 at the age of 14 in 1979 and then reset the world record in 2:06.37 at 15 in 1980 done en route to winning gold at the 2022 World Championships Ishizuka’s swim came on the heels of a disappointing major international debut at Short Course Worlds in December she was disqualified in the prelims after initially touching in a time of 2:06.65 she also the runner-up in the 100 fly (59.98) placing 7th in the 50 fly (27.95) and swam in the ‘B’ final of the 200 free (2:06.75) at the meet Ishizuka’s time of 2:09.34 put her in a tie for 41st in the 200 fly world rankings Her swim in Australia would’ve been good enough for 26th She’ll be one to watch out for in 2025 See arena North America here Follow arena USA on Instagram here. About arena arena has revolutionized the world of aquatic sport through insightful collaboration with world class athletes and the development of cutting edge competitive swimwear since 1973 this spirit of collaboration and innovation lives on through a continuous evolution of advanced materials and Italian design that improves the performance style and expression of all those who chose arena arena is dedicated to providing all swimmers with the tools they need to express themselves Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" theres quite a few elite juniors breaking out in japan right now seems like japanese swimming has the potential to emerge out of their current nadir — 2026 pan pacs will be interesting… More from James SutherlandSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off Broadway Cabaret Dance Opera Classical Music Nashville Minneapolis / St. Paul Connecticut Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles WEST END UK Regional Canada Australia / New Zealand Europe Asia Latin America Africa / Middle East TV/Movies Music Listen to the upbeat track from R&B singer-songwriter UMI Visionary R&B singer-songwriter UMI has released “Butterfly II.” Uploaded spontaneously to SoundCloud earlier this month “Butterfly II” was written as a form of reflection and therapy for UMI amidst a time of frustration and uncertainty the track serves as an outlet for UMI to connect directly with and empower her fans The track is a reminder of the impermanence of hard times the importance of acknowledging not being okay in the process of healing but knowing it always gets easier “Butterfly II” comes as UMI kicks off her supporting act on the final leg of Jhené Aiko’s “The Magic Hour” Tour alongside Jesse Reyez The tour has seen UMI play for arena-sized audiences nationwide throughout the year She previously performed for her legion of fans overseas with a worldwide Spring 2024 tour that saw her trot across Asia *UMI (solo) support for Jhené Aiko’s “The Magic Hour” Tour Friday, November 29 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena* Sunday, December 1 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena* Tuesday, December 3 - Belmont Park, NY - UBS Arena* Thursday, December 5 - Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena* Friday, December 6 - Raleigh, NC - Lenovo Center* Sunday, December 8 - Jacksonville, FL - VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena* Tuesday, December 10 - Miami, FL - Kaseya Center* Saturday, December 14 - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum* Following UMI’s success with the release of talking to the wind, she embarked on a worldwide tour that brought her immersive live show to Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii in spring 2024. In addition, UMI supported Jhené Aiko for her summer Magic Hour Tour which journeyed across North America including iconic venues like Barclays Center and Crypto Arena. The Magic Hour Tour will continue into the end of 2024. Singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Karpeh aka Cautious Clay will embark on an international tour later this year in support of his upcoming album, The Hours: Morning. Songwriting duo and revered live performers, Royel Otis, have announced a new tour. The “meet me in the car tour” will see the guys play venues and select music festivals across North America including Governors Ball Music Festival (New York, NY), Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN) Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL) and Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA) and more. British band James will return to North America this fall for their first full headline tour in more than 15 years, performing their beloved 1993 album Laid in its entirety for the first time ever. Ingrid Andress, Billy Gilman, Tiera Kennedy, and Runaway June will now take the stage for the tenth anniversary of the Concert for Love & Acceptance. The show is set to take place on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Category 10—formerly the Wildhorse Saloon. function closestickysocial(){document.getElementById("foxsocial").style.display="none";}@media(max-width:1024px){.most-popular,.video-row{display:block;margin-top:25px}}Videos and exclusive discounts on tickets to your favorite shows © 2025 - Copyright Wisdom Digital Media, all rights reserved. Privacy Policy © 2025 Country & Town House.All rights reserved With all six episodes streaming now on BBC iPlayer we sat down with Umi Myers to talk all about Dope Girls Streaming now on BBC iPlayer, Dope Girls whisks us back to Soho in 1918. War is over, and while the men rejoice the Armistice on the streets of London, the women resent their implied return to the kitchen. Instead, it’s time to explore Soho’s expanding illicit underground clubland, where Kate (Julianne Nicholson) is a single mother running a hedonistic club irrevocably changing the life of bohemian dancer Billie Cassidy (Umi Myers) Photography: David ReissStyling: Jenny KennedyHair & Make-Up: Nohelia Reyes & Lizzie Checkley though: it’s always weird when you’ve been a part of a process with this small family of people and then it gets launched out into the world nerves and excitement do the same thing to the body You can currently be seen in the BBC’s new drama Dope Girls – can you give us an elevator pitch for the show the war that was supposed to end all wars is over and the men are returning home It feels like the birth of a new world – and amongst this chaos each not content with going back to the way life was before each pushing against the constraints of society Do you remember your first thoughts when you read the script let me be in this world.’ It felt so exciting Polly and Alex’s writing was so punchy and in many ways felt really punk… As punk as a period drama can get I then experienced the quickest 360 from pure joy to sheer panic recalled the same week with our director Shannon and then was left hanging for what felt like forever so ready for the possibilities of stepping into her shoes and wasn’t really prepared to let her pass me by so it was such a relief to receive that call Beyond just being the image of a bohemian dancer she is at her core a true artist – pushing the boundaries and sensibilities of the time She’s a survivor and this is where she finds her freedom She has moments of selfishness and vanity and she’s tricksty so it can be so much fun to access that side Billie is dealing with such an emotional upheaval with the arrival of Kate that I had to learn how to allow her to drop her shields in my day to day: to feel brave enough to express my sensitivities – so it was challenging to harness her at times I guess I still need to remember it’s all a work in progress – as an actor about process and bringing a character forward but I found so much freedom in those dances – no internal critic Did you do anything special to prepare for the role I met with choreographer Javier De Frutos to talk about physicality the history of modern dance and what drives this form of expression That was super insightful and braced me for what the next five months would be like for whom I owe so much – doesn’t ‘impose’ choreography We knew how each dance was reflective of Billie’s journey at that moment in the script who played Eddie (Billie’s best friend and collaborator) was instrumental in these discussions and we decided that Billie and Eddie were closer to being performance artists than traditional dancers so those were some of the references we looked at and brought into the room I also watched lots of interviews and archival footage so while I found so much inspiration in the life work and footage of the dance pioneers of the early 20th century (like Isadora Duncan or a bit later like Martha Graham and the sensational Josophine Baker) I also looked at artists from the more modern day who I felt had an infinity to her punkness or her anti-establishment attitude Sinade O’Connor’s infamous SNL performance Lady Gaga in her blood-soaked leotard at the MTV awards We also played the music of Peaches a lot on set too a mixture of textures and colour and light This was the combined genius of Sophie (our costume designer) Mirna (our hair and make-up designer and Sharree (our production designer) but keeping in line with the ethos of our period drama she used many modern references from fashion photography paintings and musicians to build Billie’s look I had gold paint dripping down my face and intricate waves in my hair Sophie made sure that Billie’s costume told the story of who she is and where she comes from; the idea of being almost draped and pinned into certain dresses her theatricality – as if she has stolen pieces from a theatre’s costume box to wear in her everyday the idea that she would have made her dance costumes herself She had detailing in her costume design that expressed the fusion of cultures that Billie was exposed to in Soho One of the most amazing costumes is what I call the golden hedgehog an amazing replica and homage to one of Josephine Baker’s costumes One involving a clam shell and a pearl that I won’t spoil There was also a day where me and Eilidh got completely hysterical over a scene involving a shepherd’s pie Sharree is forensic in her level of detail in world building The idea that you can build the profile of each character by the possessions they surround themselves with You should have seen my face when I walked into Billie’s flat the first time; I wish I could really live there Who was your favourite person to work with on set I loved our directors Shannon and Miranda: they both were so clear in their direction I loved working with our DOPs Annika and Carlos and our head camera man Justin They all made me feel relaxed around the camera and I think their work is so beautiful Although the very last thing I shot was a sequence that required me to have my eyes open under water staring straight into the eye of the camera can you stop blinking as you first hit the water and can you stay in a straight line for the lens’ and I was like ‘Carlos do you want to get into this cold bath and have a try?!’ It’s all about the birth of London nightlife Where do you think Billie would go on a night out in modern day London She’d start in a nice bar in Soho getting free drinks from her friends in all the right places and then she’d probably be found in the club FOLD dancing for 24 hours straight It is the debut feature of Taratoa Stoppard who is both our amazing writer and director The horror creeps in in a very slow and unsettling way this time further back in history in Victorian Britain so of course I researched what the life of a Victorian maid might look like But I also tried to really build her backstory for myself you’re trying to understand her allegiances – what’s going on behind her silent mask She is a character where the interior world is so contained there is so much she wishes to scream out but she’s not got the privilege or power of that expression but I have worked a few times with a wonderful teacher Victor Villar-Hauser and he has helped expand my imagination He poses tough questions but they are so helpful in my creative work I really miss it and all of my friends over there I found filming in that environment to be deeply moving and also very grounding using a classic horror structure to delve into the real horrors experienced by the Maori people during colonialism – yet that load was being honoured in a way I had never experienced before We had a cleansing water outside of the studio that we could wash ourselves with at the end of each day a ritual to help let go of the pain that was being explored on set I do feel really proud to be a part of that story I cried at the table read and I feel privileged to have had that experience You’ve also starred in Bob Marley: One Love But what has been your favourite project to date They all have a special place in my heart and all for different reasons To play a real person in One Love – Cindy Breakspeare with whom I am still very close too and who was so generous during that process – was daunting but on a deeper level felt like such a personal achievement Playing a Jamaican woman and being a part of Bob Marley’s legacy was so important to me and to my family Billie in Dope Girls as my first leading role so that probably has been my favourite and I have had the most time with her I was already such a huge fan of Shannon‘s work: her film Babyteeth is genuinely one of my favourite films I think her vision and way of storytelling is so unique and so her I feel so lucky that she trusted me to be a part of this project Any roles in the pipeline that you’re excited about Who has been your favourite actor to work with in the past I’ve been so lucky to work with the people I have and all the ensembles I have been a part of I’m still in the group chat with the actors from my very first job out of drama school and hold so much love for all the little families that I have worked with Getting to observe him and witnessing the level of insight introspection and care he had when coming onto set each day and stepping into Bob’s shoes he was so detailed… And then to be in the moment to be so open and present and kind whilst under all that pressure but watching him work and the moments where we got to work together has had a lasting impact on me I have a really special relationship with all of my fellow Dope Girls Each one of them gave me so much love and generosity and we kept each other sane during the tougher moments of filming I learnt from each one of them: how to trust yourself how to investigate the text in a deeper way To be on a set that was so female led was a dream and we found so much joy together in exploring these characters who had all these conflicting desires We really bonded and I love them all so much It would be exciting to be ready and deserving of some of the great classic roles one day – in There’s not one genre that I would rather do over any others I would love to do a stripped back contemporary drama as much as something heightened and avant garde It’s about the material and people I would collaborate with writer or director you’d love to work with just sit opposite her and watch her and hope to be a better actor through osmosis maybe because I’ve been watching their work recently and just feel so inspired I’m also really excited by younger up and coming directors like Lula Carmoon Savannah Leaf and Raine Allen Miller… Hoard Earth Mumma and Rye Lane were some of my favourite films of the last few years If you could give advice to your 15-year-old self There is lots to be found in the moments where you think it has all fallen apart All I know is that it’s good to put everything into the right perspective to remember our place in the universe and never take it for granted These three bits of writing help articulate what I feel: ‘When I am among the trees’ by Mary Oliver; ‘A Pale Blue Dot’ speech by Carl Sagan; ‘Desiderata’ by Max Ehrmann Anything fun in the pipeline – professionally or personally I’ve had some auditions that really excite me so as always I am hoping to land one of them I’ve experienced the rejection and unpredictability of this industry enough to know nothing is given… So keep your fingers crossed for me mostly I’m just hoping to be in a room again You’re always hoping this isn’t your last job I love the fear it gives me and I’ve still got so much to try and do I’m currently watching… The My Brilliant Friend series on HBO (the books by Elena Ferrante were my obsession last year; couldn’t put them down and now I must go learn Italian!) Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman  The last thing I watched (and loved) was… Anora by Sean Baker .I have a talent crush on Mikey Maddison I also watched Lynn Ramsey’s debut feature film Ratcatcher the other day; heavy but so beautiful What I’m most looking forward to seeing… The Cowboy Carter World Tour Favourite film of all time… Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke or the original West Side Story Favourite song of all time… ‘Redemption Song’ by Bob Marley  Band/singer I always have on repeat… Currently Doechii and Kendrick Lamar My ultimate cultural recommendation… Books for Cooks in Notting Hill It’s run by a wonderful Frenchman called Eric Umi Myers stars as Billie Cassidy in Dope Girls. All six episodes are streaming now on BBC iPlayer Subscribe to Country & Town House in print or the app to make sure you get the very best of property Country & Town House is an introducer appointed representative of Wealthify Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority Country & Town House acts as an introducer appointed representative for the purpose of promoting Wealthify products and introducing customers to Wealthify Brain PET imaging often faces challenges from head motion (HM) which can introduce artifacts and reduce image resolution crucial in clinical settings for accurate treatment planning United Imaging Healthcare has developed NeuroFocus an HM correction (HMC) algorithm for the uMI Panorama PET/CT system The HMC algorithm automatically detects HM using a centroid-of-distribution technique This study aimed to validate NeuroFocus and assess the prevalence of HM in clinical short-duration 18F-FDG scans Methods: The study involved 317 patients undergoing brain PET scans divided into 2 groups: 15 for HMC validation and 302 for evaluation Validation involved patients undergoing 2 consecutive 3-min single-bed-position brain 18F-FDG scans—one with instructions to remain still and another with instructions to move substantially The evaluation examined 302 clinical single-bed-position brain scans for patients with various neurologic diagnoses Motion was categorized as small or large on the basis of a 5% SUV change in the frontal lobe after HMC Percentage differences in SUVmean were reported across 11 brain regions Results: The validation group displayed a large negative difference (−10.1%) with variation of 5.2% between no-HM and HM scans this difference decreased dramatically (−0.8%) showing a 10.9% ± 8.9% SUV increase after HMC whereas most exhibited minimal uptake changes (0.1% ± 1.3%) The HMC algorithm not only enhanced the image resolution and contrast but also aided in disease identification and reduced the need for repeat scans Conclusion: The study confirmed the effectiveness of NeuroFocus in managing HM in short clinical 18F-FDG studies on the uMI Panorama PET/CT system It found that approximately 12% of scans required HMC establishing HMC as a reliable tool for clinical brain 18F-FDG studies HM can cause misalignment between PET and CT images resulting in attenuation mismatch artifacts and localization issues substantial HM blurring may necessitate discarding the images and rescanning the patient Standard practices to minimize HM during scans include proper patient positioning these measures may not suffice for patients who cannot voluntarily control HM such as patients with parkinsonian disorders or neuroinfectious diseases; young pediatric patients; and patients being scanned after trauma or neurosurgery a robust HM correction (HMC) algorithm is highly demanded in clinical practice Previous HMC approaches, such as frame-based image registration and hardware-based HM tracking, have their limitations (3–9). Frame-based image registration cannot correct for intraframe HM and attenuation mismatch artifacts. Although hardware-based HM tracking is more accurate and effective (10) its clinical application is hampered by the need to attach a tracking device to the patient complicating the setup and impacting clinical workflow detects HM without parameter tuning and differentiates HM-induced COD changes first validating the quantitative accuracy of NeuroFocus for the uMI Panorama PET/CT system then demonstrating the algorithm’s clinical efficacy in diagnosing brain disorders and finally reporting the frequency and magnitude of HM for the clinical 18F-FDG brain studies in this paper The validation involved a prospective study with 15 volunteers performing instructed HM during PET scans followed by the application of NeuroFocus on a large clinical cohort of 302 retrospective brain 18F-FDG studies This study is the first to apply an HMC algorithm to a large clinical cohort with short-duration PET acquisitions Fifteen volunteers were enlisted for the prospective validation study each undergoing a 3-min single-bed-position 18F-FDG brain scan (52.2 ± 9.2 min after injection) while instructed to remain still (no HM [NoMo]) followed by another 3-min scan with instructions for substantial translational and rotational HM (instructed HM [InstrMo]) A CT scan for attenuation correction preceded each PET scan and T2-weighted MR images were acquired for each subject on the same day The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Xijing Hospital which conformed with the revised Declaration of Helsinki (1964) Written informed consent was obtained from all participants The algorithm’s clinical efficacy was evaluated through a retrospective analysis of 302 clinical single-bed-position brain 18F-FDG studies, each with a 3.0-min acquisition at 75.0 ± 19.9 min after injection. The studies were categorized as being acquired with no HMC (NMC) or with HMC. Each study included a CT scan for attenuation correction, but no MRI was performed. Detailed patient information is available in Table 1 The institutional review board approved the retrospective study with a waiver of informed consent Patient Information for Validation and Evaluation Datasets The HMC algorithm consists of 3 steps, that is, HM detection, estimation, and correction. To detect HM, a COD algorithm (14) was used. A COD trace was generated at 1 Hz. By estimating and separating the variation due to count statistics and HM on the COD trace, we could divide the entire study into consecutive HM-free frames (MFFs) separated by the detected HM time points (15) MFFs shorter than 5 s were discarded and excluded from subsequent processing To estimate and correct the detected HM for MFFs each MFF was first reconstructed using ordered-subset expectation maximization (OSEM) without attenuation correction HM estimation was performed by rigidly registering other frames to the reference frame The mutual-information difference was used as the similarity metric The first MFF was assumed to be aligned with the CT image in space thus assuming that no HM occurred between the CT and PET acquisitions The transformation matrix T(i) was used to denote the estimate for the ith MFF To generate a matched attenuation map for the ith MFF the CT attenuation map was transformed using the inverse of T(i) OSEM (3 iterations × 10 subsets) with attenuation correction was then performed for each MFF using the aligned attenuation map the images using OSEM with attenuation correction for all MFFs were transformed back to the reference MFF space using T and were summed to generate the final HMC image A voxel size of 1.20 × 1.20 × 1.45 mm was used for all reconstructions For the validation dataset, FreeSurfer (16,17) segmented paired T1-weighted MR images into 109 brain regions of interest (ROIs) which were then resliced to individual PET spaces and were merged into 11 gray matter (GM) regions: amygdala SUVmean percentage differences between InstrMo and NoMo scans the HM distance of each ROI was estimated using image registration The HM distances of all 116 ROIs for different MFFs were computed first and then averaged per minute The final HM amplitude for the composite 11 GM ROIs was determined as the average HM distances of the merged sub-ROIs The maximal HM distance for each case study was also reported PET and MR images from 3 distinct cases in validation study (A) Annular hypermetabolic cerebral syphilitic gumma with surrounding edema in right parietooccipital lobe (B) Hypermetabolic nodules on PET aligning with nodular wall thickening in cystic-appearing lesion observed on MRI associated with brain metastases from small cell lung cancer (C) Encephalomalacia and gliosis of right basal ganglia and right temporal lobe and mild ex vacuo dilatation of right lateral ventricle in geriatric patient with history of right middle cerebral artery territory infarction Averaged and maximal HM distance of frontal lobe are 8.5 and 26.3 mm (A) T1w CE = T1-weighted contrast-enhanced; T2w = T2-weighted Figure 2 presents a patient from the evaluation study diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma This figure includes 2 axial slices each from the CT the HMC images revealed areas of annular hypermetabolism with central hypometabolism in the left parietal lobe These areas were largely obscured and indistinct in the NMC images because of the blurring effects of HM and PET/CT with HM before and after HMC in case of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma with suspected cerebral infiltration due to acute onset of neurologic symptoms HM blur and misregistration were corrected after HMC Areas of annular hypermetabolism with central hypometabolism in left parietal lobe (arrowheads) were revealed after HMC frame duration was 3 min at single bed position Averaged and maximal HM distance of frontal lobe was 10.9 and 18.8 mm In Figure 3 a case is shown in which focal hypometabolism in the left thalamic and basal ganglia regions was evident in the HMC image extensive HM obscured these regions of hypometabolic activity and PET/CT with HM before and after HMC in case of focal hypometabolism observed in left thalamic and basal ganglia region after HMC Averaged and maximal HM distance of frontal lobe was 13.7 and 25.4 mm Numeric analysis of the 15 validation studies is provided in Table 2 showcasing the SUVmean percentage error results for each ROI The InstrMo scans generally yielded substantial negative differences (−10%) with large variation across different brain regions when compared with the NoMo scans the frontal region exhibited a larger discrepancy (−16%) than did the amygdala The results after HMC showed much smaller differences (∼−1%) indicating effective compensation for HM in all validation studies Percentage Error in SUVmean in Validation Study as Compared with NoMo Study Figure 4 illustrates 2 clinical evaluation studies involving patients with suspected nervous system lymphoma and thalamic lacunar infarction prompting the technician to recall the patients for rescanning Both patients remained still during these subsequent scans the HMC applied to the initial scans produced images comparable to the rescans effectively demonstrating the clinical utility of HMC in reducing the need for additional scans due to HM (A) Bilateral hypermetabolism in thalami and striatum in patient with suspected nervous system lymphoma (B) Hypometabolic foci in left thalamus indicating lacunar infarcts Both HMC images are comparable to rescan images Averaged and maximal HM distance of frontal lobe was 9.6 and 47.2 mm (A) and 10.0 and 16.0 mm (B) Figure 5 features a non–small cell lung cancer patient who exhibited large involuntary HM during both the initial scan and the rescan The images from these scans without HMC were unsuitable for clinical diagnosis both sets of scans showed substantial improvements in resolution and contrast The images revealed hypometabolic edema surrounding a potential brain metastasis Images corrupted by involuntary HM in both initial PET scan and rescan with NMC Spatial resolution and contrast were significantly improved after HMC Dotted box indicates region of hypometabolic edema surrounding suspected metastatic lesion in occipital lobe in patient whose non–small cell lung cancer was revealed after HMC Injected dose was 314.5 MBq; postinjection first scan and rescan were at 61 and 69 min respectively; frame duration was 3 min; and body weight was 77 kg Averaged and maximal HM distance of frontal lobe was 5.0 and 12.6 mm (first scan) and 12.1 and 27.7 mm (rescan) For the evaluation studies, Table 3 presents the numeric results of SUVmean changes across different brain regions after HMC Participants were divided into 2 groups based on the extent of HM: small HM and large HM This categorization used a 5% threshold in SUVmean change in the frontal lobe after HMC application the mean HM distance was relatively consistent across all brain regions (2.4 mm) the mean HM distances increased for all ROIs ranging from 7.3 mm in the cerebellum to 15.0 mm in the frontal region with a notable increase in both the mean average and variation (10.9 ± 5.9 mm) SUVmean Change from NMC after HMC for Evaluation Study and Mean HM Distance for Each Brain Region the frontal lobe showed increasing HM amplitudes of 2 SUVmean change at all regions for large-HM group was substantially larger than for small-HM group Brain-averaged HM distance across evaluation studies (Left) Participants (n = 268) with small HM amplitude (Right) Participants (n = 38) with large HM amplitude Averaged HM distances are shown along with time course we conducted both a prospective validation and a retrospective evaluation of an HMC algorithm provided by the uMI Panorama PET/CT scanner The prospective validation included 15 studies in which participants were instructed to perform HM 302 clinical brain studies using 18F-FDG with a duration of 3 min each were analyzed Results from the validation study indicated that the HMC algorithm was highly effective with an average quantitative discrepancy of less than 1% compared with scans without HM it was found that approximately 12% (38/302) of the clinical brain studies exhibited large HM The clinical utility of the HMC algorithm was demonstrated across a variety of brain diseases and clinical scenarios underscoring its effectiveness in real-world applications it took 11.0 ± 1.1 min to perform the reconstruction using the reconstruction console All the reconstructions were submitted after the acquisition was finished 2.0 ± 9.7 s of data were rejected for each case we completed each clinical scan in just 3 min while preserving sufficient image quality for diagnostic purposes indicating a potential increase in the need for HMC in longer scans The introduction of HMC to PET imaging has significantly improved image quality and brought practical benefits decreasing patient waiting times and enhancing comfort by minimizing additional radiation exposure from repeated CT scans This reduction in rescans also streamlines patient scheduling and workflows and allowing for more efficient resource and time management HMC is particularly advantageous for patients who have difficulty remaining still during scans reducing the need for tight head restraints or sedation and improving patient comfort The benefits are not only to patients but also to the scanning process simplifying it and reducing complications from patient HM ultimately increasing clinical work efficiency Each method provides a unique perspective and potential solution for addressing HMC challenges in PET brain imaging underscoring the ongoing and varied research in this critical field we acknowledge certain limitations of the current HMC algorithm: its limited applicability to dynamic PET studies as it is not designed for scenarios requiring tracking of physiologic changes over time; the inability to correct for HM between PET and CT acquisitions which can result in attenuation mismatch artifacts; and the inability to correct continuous HM such as tremors in patients with Parkinson disease These limitations underscore the need for ongoing improvements and innovation in HMC technology to enhance the accuracy and utility of PET imaging We conducted a clinical study with 15 participants using 18F-FDG to evaluate the accuracy of the NeuroFocus HMC algorithm for the uMI Panorama PET/CT system averaging −1% ± 3% across all brain ROIs and participants This was a significant improvement from the −10% ± 5% error observed before applying HMC In a broader evaluation involving 302 participants approximately 12% of the short-duration (3-min) clinical brain scans showed substantial HM that required correction The HMC algorithm effectively corrected HM across various brain diseases confirming its suitability for clinical brain 18F-FDG studies Funding was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (92259304 and 82122033) the Key Program of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (CEIEC-2022-ZM02-0219) and the Shaanxi Province Key Industry Innovation Chain (2022ZDLSF04-12) QUESTION: What is the clinical efficacy of the vendor-provided HMC algorithm NeuroFocus for the uMI Panorama PET/CT system and what is the prevalence of HM in clinical 18F-FDG studies PERTINENT FINDINGS: In short-duration (3-min) clinical brain 18F-FDG studies approximately 12% of patients experienced substantial HM that necessitated the use of HMC and its accuracy was deemed adequate for clinical applications IMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT CARE: NeuroFocus has the potential to enhance the quality of brain PET images It can reduce the clinical necessity for rescanning patients due to HM thereby improving the patient experience and streamlining the diagnostic process and Lei Shi for supporting NeuroFocus software and data acquisition Special thanks are due to Enette Mae Revilla and Duo Zhang for manuscript editing and Fenggang Jia for their support with the image processing software ↵* Contributed equally to this work Immediate Open Access: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY) allows users to share and adapt with attribution, excluding materials credited to previous publications. 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