Abstract: A pump and filter module for wind power plants may include a module housing having a receptacle for a pump and a filter device, wherein a plurality of associated lines may be integrated in the module housing.

Abstract: A cooling device for an electrical apparatus having an air gap. The cooling device includes a heat transfer element coupled to the core. The heat transfer element includes a first material to facilitate transferring heat out of the core. The cooling device further includes an electrical insulator coupled to the heat transfer element. The insulator includes a second material to facilitate flow of magnetic flux across the air gap.

Abstract: A therapeutic apparatus for treating a subject comprising: a first heating means adapted for heating a first region of the subject, a first control means for controlling the power directed into the first region by the first heating means such that the power stays below a threshold value, a particle heating means adapted for heating magnetic nanoparticles within a second region of the subject using a time varying magnetic field, wherein the first region comprises the second region.

Abstract: A therapeutic apparatus comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging system adapted for acquiring a set of magnetic resonance imaging data in an imaging zone, the magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a means for generating a magnetic field, a guiding means adapted for guiding a beam of charged particles to a target zone within a subject, wherein the imaging zone comprises the target zone, a zone determination means adapted for determining the location of the target zone within the subject using the set of magnetic resonance imaging data, a trajectory calculation means adapted for calculating a trajectory of the beam using magnetic field data being descriptive of the magnetic field such that the calculated trajectory reaches the target zone, a control means adapted for controlling the guiding means using the calculated trajectory such that the beam follows the calculated trajectory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transducer arrangement, particularly a transducer arrangement for acquiring tissue information, a method for using a transducer arrangement for acquiring tissue information and a glove which comprises a transducer arrangement. The transducer arrangement 21 for analysing material 40 comprises: a first transducer element 51 for inducing and receiving mechanical displacements in the material to be analysed 40; and an analysing unit 30.

Abstract: In the CT imaging of non-homogeneously moving objects such as the heart or the coronary vessel tree, there is a problem that different parts of the objects are at rest at different points in time. Thus, a gated reconstruction with a globally selected time point does not yield a sharp image of such objects. According to the present invention, a motion of the object is estimated, describing the motion of selected regions of these objects. Then, on the basis of the estimated motion, time points are determined, where these areas have minimal motion. Then, an image is reconstructed, wherein the data from which the respective regions are reconstructed, correspond to the respective time points, where the regions have minimal motion. Due to this, an improved image quality may be provided.

Abstract: A therapeutic system comprises a therapy module to direct a therapeutic action, e.g. focused ultrasound or RF energy to a target. An imaging module such as an magnetic resonance examination system generates image information of a therapy region that includes the target. By way of a motion analysis module a motion vector field is derived from the image information of the therapy region. A control module controls the therapy module on the basis of the motion vector field. Notably, on the basis of the motion vector field an accurate temperature distribution is derived from magnetic resonance signals and the motion vector field. Also magnetic resonance elastography data may be employed to improve the accuracy of the temperature distribution.

Abstract: In order to provide a security system, in particular in a motor vehicle (10), comprising a transmitter which transmits a signal in the form of an electromagnetic field (11, 14) and a transportable receiver (12) which receives the signal and sends back a corresponding response signal to a further receiver, in which it is more difficult to imitate the signal transmitted by the transmitter, it is proposed that a gradient of the electromagnetic field (11, 14) can be detected by the receiver (12).

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for adapting a plurality of model meshes to a plurality of image data, the system comprising a registration unit (110) for registering the plurality of model meshes with the plurality of image data on the basis of a computation of a registration transformation for transforming the plurality of model meshes, and an adaptation unit (120) for adapting the plurality of registered model meshes to the plurality of image data on the basis of a computation of locations of mesh vertices of the plurality of model meshes.

Abstract: In the CT imaging of non-homogeneously moving objects such as the heart or the coronary vessel tree, there is a problem that different parts of the objects are at rest at different points in time. Thus, a gated reconstruction with a globally selected time point does not yield a sharp image of such objects. According to the present invention, a motion of the object is estimated, describing the motion of selected regions of these objects. Then, on the basis of the estimated motion, time points are determined, where these areas have minimal motion. Then, an image is reconstructed, wherein the data from which the respective regions are reconstructed, correspond to the respective time points, where the regions have minimal motion. Due to this, an improved image quality may be provided.

Abstract: The application relates to an ingestible capsule and method for in vivo imaging and/or treatment of one or more diseased areas of interest within the gastrointestinal tract of an animal or human being.

Abstract: In the CT imaging of non-homogeneously moving objects such as the heart or the coronary vessel tree, there is a problem that different parts of the objects are at rest at different points in time. Thus, a gated reconstruction with a globally selected time point does not yield a sharp image of such objects. According to the present invention, a motion of the objects is estimated, describing the motion of selected regions of these objects. Then, on the basis of the estimated motion, time points are determined, where these areas have minimal motion. Then, an image is reconstructed, wherein the data from which the respective regions are reconstructed, correspond to the respective time points, where the regions have minimal motion. Due to this, an improved image qualify maybe provided.

Abstract: In cardiac CT, it is the goal to acquire data for a full scan as fast as possible. For this reason, gantry rotation is increased further and further, such that the G-forces on the tube of the devices on the gantry become a limiting factor. Alternatively, the temporal resolution of scans can be doubled by mounting two complete tube-detector assemblies onto the gantry. However, this solution doubles the costs for the tube-detector assembly. According to the present invention it is proposed to modify one of the tube-detector assemblies such that one detector has a reduce size. Then, information from another detector is used to supplement scanning results from the detector with reduced size.

Abstract: A multiple-disk brake or clutch (1) includes at least one disk (2, 4) in a housing and at least one disk located on a shaft. Coolant is located in the housing (3). A coolant outlet (10) and a coolant inlet (7) of a cooling circuit (9) are located on the housing (3), whereby coolant can be delivered to the coolant outlet (10) by means of the disks (2, 4).

Abstract: An electrical machine (1) has a rotor (3) and a stator (2). The rotor (3) is actively connected with a rotor shaft (4), which is rotationally mounted in a housing (7) by means of at least one bearing (5), in particular a roller bearing. The electrical machine has an efficient cooling system that is easy and economical to construct by locating the bearing (5) in a bearing end plate (6). The bearing end plate (6) is provided with at least one coolant space (15; 17; 23) that carries a coolant flow.

Abstract: A multiple-disk brake or clutch (1) includes at least one disk (2, 4) in a housing and at least one disk located on a shaft. Coolant is located in the housing (3). A coolant outlet (10) and a coolant inlet (7) of a cooling circuit (9) are located on the housing (3), whereby coolant can be delivered to the coolant outlet (10) by means of the disks (2, 4).

Abstract: An electrical machine (1) has a rotor (3) and a stator (2). The rotor (3) is actively connected with a rotor shaft (4), which is rotationally mounted in a housing (7) by means of at least one bearing (5), in particular a roller bearing. The electrical machine has an efficient cooling system that is easy and economical to construct by locating the bearing (5) in a bearing end plate (6). The bearing end plate (6) is provided with at least one coolant space (15; 17; 23) that carries a coolant flow.

Abstract: A device for determining the position of a medical instrument that is introduced into an object to be examined is also used for imaging the vicinity of the medical instrument. In order to enable the acquisition of instantaneous position information and image information from the vicinity of the medical instrument for all kinds of medical instruments, a localization device that is arranged in the end zone of the medical instrument that is to be introduced determines the position of the medical instrument within the object to be examined; at the same time image information is acquired in the vicinity of the medical instrument by an image acquisition device that is arranged on the medical instrument and on the basis of the position thus determined the position of the medical instrument (3) is reproduced in a survey image of the object to be examined and images of the vicinity of the object to be examined are displayed on the basis of the image information acquired.

Abstract: A method for the sublimation growth of an SiC single crystal, involving heating up under growth pressure, is described. In the method for the sublimation growth of the SiC single crystal, a crucible holding a stock of solid SiC and an SiC seed crystal, onto which the SiC single crystal grows, is evacuated during a starting phase which precedes the actual growth phase and is then filled with an inert gas, until a growth pressure is reached in the crucible. Moreover, the crucible is initially heated to an intermediate temperature and then, in a heat-up phase, is heated to a growth temperature at a heat-up rate of at most 20° C./min. As a result, controlled seeding on the SiC seed crystal is achieved even during the heat-up phase.

Abstract: A device for the sublimation growth of an SiC single crystal, with foil-lined crucible. The device for producing an SiC single crystal includes a crucible with a crucible inner zone. Inside this zone, there is a storage area for storing a stock of solid SiC and a crystal area in which an SiC single crystal grows onto an SiC seed crystal. A heater device is arranged outside the crucible. On a side that faces the crucible inner zone, the crucible is lined with a foil of tantalum, tungsten, niobium, molybdenum, rhenium, iridium, ruthenium, hafnium or zirconium. As a result, the crucible is sealed and a reaction between the aggressive components of the SiC gas phase and the crucible wall is prevented.