Abstract: A medical scan viewing system is configured to: generate inference data via at least one inference function, based the at least one medical scan and further based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) parameters that include at least one ROC set point; present for display, via an interactive user interface, medical image data corresponding to the at least one medical scan, the inference data and a ROC adjustment tool; generate, in response to user interaction with the ROC adjustment tool, at least one adjusted ROC set point; generate updated inference data via the at least one inference function, based the at least one medical scan and further based on the at least one adjusted ROC set point; and present for display, via the interactive user interface, the medical image data corresponding to the at least one medical scan and the updated inference data.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes a plurality of diffraction gratings integrated along the length of an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber and each grating are together configured to alter either the effective refractive index or grating periodicity of the respective grating at its corresponding location along the fiber in response to at least one desired external stimulus.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes a plurality of diffraction gratings integrated along the length of an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber and each grating are together configured to alter either the effective refractive index or grating periodicity of the respective grating at its corresponding location along the fiber in response to at least one desired external stimulus.

Abstract: A method of analyzing and comparing changes in costs between a first and a second time period includes a first step of receiving cost data for the first time period and cost data for the second time period, a second step of calculating data representing a change in cost from the first time period to the second time period, based on a difference between the cost data for the first time period and the cost data for the second time period, and a third step of outputting the data representing the change in cost from the first time period to the second time period. The cost data represents a cost of a commodity purchased or to be purchased during a given time period. The cost data may also be compared with comparative data.

Abstract: A child's motivational toothbrush of unitary construction such that no part, of the toothbrush can be nondestructively detached so as to endanger a child. The toothbrush has as a part of its handle construction a three dimensional figure which has a cavity in which an electronic package is sealed, and from which an electronic activation switch is accessible to a user. When the activation switch is pressed the electronic package cycles through a program that produces sounds and electrical impulses that activate lights that blink on and off in a programmed sequence. The intersection between the handle and the toothbrush is provided with and aid for the clean and destructive detachment of the brush end from the handle end so that the brush end can be discarded and the handle end saved.