Abstract: A system and method for creating multi-sided digital images involving at least one processor configured to run an image forming application, wherein the processor running said image forming application is configured to: (i) receive a digital sponsor image and a digital personal photo image from a user; (ii) generate an animated or video-based multi-sided digital image with at least one side depicting said digital sponsor image and at least another side depicting said personal photo, said animated or video-based multi-sided digital image configured to rotate and/or flip on a display of said one or more computer devices to show said digital sponsor image and said digital personal image; and (iii) transmit said animated or video-based multi-sided digital image to a user's computer device.

Abstract: A method for identifying implanted reconstructive prosthetic devices comprising obtaining a digital radiographic image of a prosthetic implant that has been implanted in a person or animal for which the manufacturer and/or model is unknown; allowing a user to enter into a computer metadata relating to the implant for use as metadata feature values; cleaning up the unknown implant image; rotating, flipping and/or scaling the unknown implant image; extracting features from the unknown implant image according to one or more feature extraction algorithms; and comparing the metadata and extracted feature values for the unknown implant image to feature values for other implant images according to a comparison algorithm to create an overall likelihood score for each of the other implant images.

Abstract: A method for identifying implanted reconstructive prosthetic devices comprising obtaining a digital radiographic image of a prosthetic implant that has been implanted in a person or animal for which the manufacturer and/or model is unknown; allowing a user to enter into a computer metadata relating to the implant for use as metadata feature values; cleaning up the unknown implant image; rotating, flipping and/or scaling the unknown implant image; extracting features from the unknown implant image according to one or more feature extraction algorithms; and comparing the metadata and extracted feature values for the unknown implant image to feature values for other implant images according to a comparison algorithm to create an overall likelihood score for each of the other implant images.

Abstract: A filter comprising (i) a filter bag formed of a filter medium comprising glass fibers, the fibers being fixed to one another at crossover points by a ceramic binder coating, and (ii) a transversely adjustable support member to which the filter medium is fixed.

Abstract: To produce functional vitrous, preferably colored or colloid-dyed layers, a composition produced by hydrolysis and polycondensation of(A) at least on hydrolyzable silane of general formula (I)SiX.sub.4 (I)wherein the radicals X are the same or different and represent hydrolyzable groups or hydroxy groups, or an oligomer derived therefrom, and(B) at least one organosilane of general formula (II)R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b SiX.sub.(4-a-b) (II)wherein R.sup.1 is a non-hydrolyzable radical, R.sup.