Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for predicting, anticipating, and/or assessing tissue characteristics obtains measurement information associated with a parameter of a voxel of tissue of a patient measured at two or more time points, the two or more time points occurring before one or more characteristics of the voxel of the tissue are separable in an image generated based on the parameter of the voxel measured at a single time point of the two or more time points, and determines, based on the parameter of the voxel at the two or more time points, the one or more characteristics of the voxel of the tissue.

Abstract: The present disclosure deals with the quickening of MRI examinations. Subjects of the present disclosure are a method, a system, a computer program product, a use, a contrast agent for use and a kit.

Abstract: A grinding robot for grinding an electrically conducting workpiece. The grinding robot includes a grinding wheel, an actuation device for actuating grinding wheel, and a control system. The grinding wheel including an undulated tool receptacle which defines an axis of rotation about which the grinding wheel can rotate during grinding, and a head which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation, and which contains abrasive material and has a grinding surface which is in contact with workpiece during grinding. The grinding wheel also includes a measuring and transmission unit and at least one conductor strand pair with two conductor strands which are electrically insulated from one another. The conductor strands are embedded in the rotationally symmetrical head and extend from the grinding surface of the head into the interior of the head and are electrically connected with measuring and transmission unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure deals with the quickening of MRI examinations. Subjects of the present disclosure are a method, a system, a computer program product, a use, a contrast agent for use and a kit.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for predicting, anticipating, and/or assessing tissue characteristics obtains measurement information associated with a parameter of a voxel of tissue of a patient measured at two or more time points, the two or more time points occurring before one or more characteristics of the voxel of the tissue are separable in an image generated based on the parameter of the voxel measured at a single time point of the two or more time points, and determines, based on the parameter of the voxel at the two or more time points, the one or more characteristics of the voxel of the tissue.

Abstract: The present disclosure deals with the quickening of MRI examinations. Subjects of the present disclosure are a method, a system, a computer program product, a use, a contrast agent for use and a kit.

Abstract: A method of predetermining the time profile of a contrast agent concentration at a vessel position is provided in the context of contrast agent-enhanced MRI of a region of interest only during the initial flooding-in phase of the contrast agent into the vessel situated in the region of interest. The method includes establishing a broadening of a contrast agent bolus profile according to the equation ?W=W2?W1 wherein W1 is a first width of the contrast agent bolus profile at a first vessel position and W2 is a second width of a contrast agent concentration profile at a second vessel position within the region of interest. The broadening is established by determining at least one flow parameter which is dependent on at least one blood flow property of the patient at a third vessel position thereof and which correlates with the broadening of the contrast agent profile.

Abstract: A grinding robot for grinding an electrically conducting workpiece. The grinding robot includes a grinding wheel, an actuation device for actuating grinding wheel, and a control system. The grinding wheel including an undulated tool receptacle which defines an axis of rotation about which the grinding wheel can rotate during grinding, and a head which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation, and which contains abrasive material and has a grinding surface which is in contact with workpiece during grinding. The grinding wheel also includes a measuring and transmission unit and at least one conductor strand pair with two conductor strands which are electrically insulated from one another. The conductor strands are embedded in the rotationally symmetrical head and extend from the grinding surface of the head into the interior of the head and are electrically connected with measuring and transmission unit.

Abstract: A method of predetermining the time profile of a contrast agent concentration at a vessel position is provided in the context of contrast agent-enhanced MRI of a region of interest only during the initial flooding-in phase of the contrast agent into the vessel situated in the region of interest. The method includes establishing a broadening of a contrast agent bolus profile according to the equation ?W=W2?W1 wherein W1 is a first width of the contrast agent bolus profile at a first vessel position and W2 is a second width of a contrast agent concentration profile at a second vessel position within the region of interest. The broadening is established by determining at least one flow parameter which is dependent on at least one blood flow property of the patient at a third vessel position thereof and which correlates with the broadening of the contrast agent profile.

Abstract: A runner for a Pelton turbine has a multiplicity of buckets which are arranged on a disk-shaped wheel and which each have a bucket root directly adjoining the wheel and a bucket body. The disk-shaped wheel, with the bucket roots, is formed in one piece from a forged material. Separately produced bucket bodies, formed of three separate parts per bucket, are connected by welding to the respectively associated bucket root. A first part encompasses the entire part of the bucket body that extends radially beyond the bucket root, and two other parts, axially adjacent to the bucket root, encompass the rest of the bucket body.

Abstract: A device for supporting a functional element in applications requiring a high-precision gimbal-mount includes a first holder member for the functional element, a second holder member for the first holder member, a supporting member for the second holder member, and first and second joints. The first holder element is pivotable about a first pivot axis disposed in a plane of the functional element. The second holder member is pivotable about a second pivot axis disposed in the plane of the functional element. The first joint is disposed between the first holder member and the second holder member, and the second joint is disposed between the second holder member and the supporting member. Pivoting at least one of the first and the second holder member is achieved by an elastic deflection of the first and the second joint, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to complexes which contain magnetic iron oxide particles in a pharmaceutically acceptable shell, said particles having a diameter of 20 nm to 1 ?m with an overall particle diameter/core diameter ratio of less than 6, and to the use of these complexes in magnetic particle imaging (MPI). Particular preference is given to the use of these compositions in examining the gastrointestinal tract, the vascular system of the heart and cranial components, in the diagnosis of arteriosclerosis, infarctions, and tumors and metastases, for example of the lymphatic system.

Abstract: The invention relates to contrast media for nuclear spin tomography (or else magnetic resonance tomography, MRT) with use of the Overhauser effect, which are suitable for transferring the magnetic orientation of electron spins to adjacent proton spins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to complexes which contain polycrystalline magnetic iron oxide particles in a pharmaceutically acceptable shell, and to the use of these compositions in magnetic particle imaging (MPI). Particular preference is given to the use of these compositions in examining the gastrointestinal tract, the vascular system of the heart and cranial components, in the diagnosis of arteriosclerosis, infarctions, and tumors and metastases, for example of the lymphatic system.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating or cooling a fluid medium by means of environmental influences, such as light, solar irradiation and/or ambient temperature, etc., has at least two films arranged parallel to each other which at least to some extent adhere to each other in such a way that one or more chamber-like cavities or interspaces to hold the fluid medium are formed. The apparatus has at least one opening for the supply of a fluid medium, and also at least one opening for the discharge of the fluid medium. The production of the apparatus is for example carried out by means of fishtail extrusion of two films, which are extruded lying on each other, a separating material, such as a separating film, a separating nonwoven, a separating fabric or a release agent, being introduced between the two film layers in those regions in which the chamber-like cavities are to be formed.

Abstract: A lifting and closing device for a beverage bottle comprises a stopper made of elastic material, a clamping mechanism which clamps the stopper closed in the neutral position, a handle, and a trigger integrated into the handle for actuating the clamping mechanism for the temporary opening of the stopper.

Abstract: A lifting and closing device for a beverage bottle comprises a stopper made of elastic material, a clamping mechanism which clamps the stopper closed in the neutral position, a handle, and a trigger integrated into the handle for actuating the clamping mechanism for the temporary opening of the stopper.