Abstract: A system for producing fragmented video content is provided. The system includes a processing device, a non-transitory data store, and a memory storage device having at least a Manifest Processing Service (MPS) unit stored therein. The MPS unit is configured to generate at least one master manifest and store the master manifest in the non-transitory data store, the master manifest comprising a timing reference for a video fragment of the fragmented video content, wherein the timing reference indicates a temporal boundary of processing for the video fragment.

Abstract: A mobile broadcast/receiver device contains a transmitter that transmits user information locally, a receiver that receives locally transmitted information, memory to store information transmitted and received, a microprocessor or other logic to filter the received information to be relevant either to the information being broadcast by the user or according to the user's interests as provided by the user, and a display to present the filtered information to the user. The mobile broadcast device optionally communicates with location reference devices and/or other positioning devices, other broadcast devices, or other mobile devices such as mobile broadcast devices.

Abstract: A medical information system comprises acquisition circuitry configured to acquire information concerning a subject from at least one memory, the information concerning the subject comprising a plurality of data points each having an associated time value; display circuitry configured to display the information concerning the subject along a time axis; and processing circuitry configured to: classify the information concerning the subject; and determine a granularity of clustering of the data points on the time axis in dependence on the classification of the information concerning the subject, such that data points in different regions of the time axis are clustered with different granularity.

Abstract: A method and system to acquire and make payments for Aging, Disability and Palliative (ADP) support services utilizing normalized digital tokens. The system and method provides for a needs assessment and determination of a consumer's ADP services needs for their potential lifespan; normalization of the digital assets based on attributes associated with the tokens such as service level, service type, time and location; and for claims and payment mechanisms to support multiple payment and payer sources depending on eligible and authorization. The system includes an ADP balance sheet to maintain a consumer's assets, including digital tokens, and corresponding liabilities; and an exchange for the acquisition and trading of the digital assets and the ADP support services amongst the participants through various mechanisms. The system and method also provides for a blockchain network to enhance tracking of the assets for the various transactions.

Abstract: A gesture based data capture and analysis system includes one or more gesture units and an analysis unit. The gesture units are affixed to a user's hand and/or one or more fingers. The gesture units contain a gesture sensor such as one or more motion detectors (e.g., accelerometers or an image analysis unit) and communicate with an analysis unit and one or more peripherals, such as a mobile phone, camera, video recorder, audio recorder, or other analog or digital sensing unit. The gesture units sense movement of a user's arms, hands, and/or fingers as gesture data. The analysis unit interprets the gesture data and controls the capture of image, audio, video, and/or other data by the peripherals and the processing, storing, sending, networking, posting, display, and/or publishing of the captured data according to processing gestures captured by the gesture units as gesture data and interpreted as such by the analysis unit.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus includes processing circuitry to obtain a volumetric medical imaging data set representative of a region of a material; associate one particular extinction color with the material; determine, based on the particular extinction color, a chromatic attenuation profile representative of color value as a function of intensity and as a function of depth in the material, the chromatic attenuation profile showing how the material having the particular extinction color changes in appearance with changes in the depth; obtain, from a user, a color value; determine a modified extinction color for the material based on the color value obtained from the user; and render a global illumination image from the volumetric medical imaging data set using the modified extinction color.

Abstract: A medical image data processing system comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a three-dimensional medical imaging data set, process the three-dimensional medical imaging data set to determine a curved plane that has a shape representative of a shape of at least one anatomical structure, wherein the at least one anatomical structure comprises a plurality of sub-structures, and obtain an image based on values of the medical imaging data set at a plurality of sample points of the curved plane.

Abstract: Technology for capturing a configuration of an infrastructure to enable replication of the infrastructure is provided. In one example, a layout agent may be provided for deployment to an infrastructure, including a server, together with instructions for the layout agent to capture server layout data for the server and to communicate the server layout data to a replication application. The server layout data for the server may be received at the replication application. A system model for the infrastructure may be generated based on the server layout data from the layout agent. The replication of the infrastructure as a replicated infrastructure may be initiated based on the system model.

Abstract: A technology is described for detecting a failure of a distributed system component. An example method may include registering a declarative file that may identify a distributed computing cluster in a service provider environment and provide failure criteria used to detect a failure of a distributed system component included in the distributed computing cluster. Distributed system components included in the distributed computing cluster may then be identified using information included in the declarative file. A distributed system component included in the distributed computing cluster may then be queried according to query criteria provided by the declarative file and a failure state of the distributed system component included in the distributed computing cluster may be identified based in part on a result of querying the distributed system component.

Abstract: A playout system for providing playout of fragmented video content is provided. The system includes a non-transitory data store and a processor. The processor is configured to playout content for video origination using a fragmented format. The processor can receive a playlist and generate a plurality of video fragments from source content. A transcoder can process video fragments based on one or more program scheduling requirements from the playlist to generate new video fragments. A manifest is updated to reference the new video fragments. The process can output a video stream based on the new video fragments.

Abstract: A system for producing fragmented video content is provided. The system includes a processing device, a non-transitory data store, and a memory storage device having at least a Manifest Processing Service (MPS) unit stored therein. The MPS unit is configured to generate at least one master manifest and store the master manifest in the non-transitory data store, the master manifest comprising a timing reference for a video fragment of the fragmented video content, wherein the timing reference indicates a temporal boundary of processing for the video fragment.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain a volumetric medical imaging data set representative of a region of a material; associate an extinction color with the material; obtain from a user a color value; determine a modified extinction color for the material based on the color value obtained from the user; and render a global illumination image from the volumetric medical imaging data set using the modified extinction color.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus comprises an image data unit for obtaining volumetric image data representative of a three-dimensional region, a rendering unit configured to perform a rendering process on the volumetric image data that includes a sampling process that comprises, for each of a plurality of sampling paths, determining a respective color or grayscale value for a corresponding pixel based on a plurality of sampled points along the sampling path. For each sampling path, the sampling process performed by the rendering unit comprises for each of at least some of the sampled points, calculating a significance factor for the sampled point based on accumulated opacity along the sampling path for the sampled point, selecting for the sampled point one of a plurality of rendering calculation processes in dependence on the calculated significance factor, and performing the selected rendering calculation process to obtain at least one image data value for the sampled point.

Abstract: A medical image data processing system comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a three-dimensional medical imaging data set, process the three-dimensional medical imaging data set to determine a curved plane that has a shape representative of a shape of at least one anatomical structure, wherein the at least one anatomical structure comprises a plurality of sub-structures, and obtain an image based on values of the medical imaging data set at a plurality of sample points of the curved plane.

Abstract: An apparatus for image reconstruction is provided, including processing circuitry to obtain, from a scan of a region of interest of a patient, raw projection data of the region of interest; reconstruct the raw projection data to produce image data; apply high dynamic range tone-mapping to the image data to produce tone-mapped image data by applying window width and window level parameters to the image data to produce adjusted image data, and calculating a contrast adjustment based on both the image data and the adjusted image data; and quantize the tone-mapped image data to produce quantized tone-mapped image data for display.

Abstract: An image data processing apparatus comprises a data receiving unit for receiving medical image data representative of a region of a subject, wherein the medical image data comprises for each of a plurality of points in the region of the subject a first intensity value and a second intensity value, each point having a respective position on an at least two-dimensional distribution of first intensity against second intensity, and wherein for each point at least one of the first intensity value and the second intensity value is obtained from a contrast-enhanced scan of the region of the subject; and a processing unit for rendering or segmenting the medical image data in dependence on the positions of points in the at least two-dimensional distribution.

Abstract: An apparatus for image reconstruction is provided, including processing circuitry to obtain, from a scan of a region of interest of a patient, raw projection data of the region of interest; reconstruct the raw projection data to produce image data; apply high dynamic range tone-mapping to the image data to produce tone-mapped image data by applying window width and window level parameters to the image data to produce adjusted image data, and calculating a contrast adjustment based on both the image data and the adjusted image data; and quantize the tone-mapped image data to produce quantized tone-mapped image data for display.

Abstract: Image processing apparatus comprises a memory unit configured to store medical data, and a data processing unit configured to receive medical data from the memory unit and comprising an image generation unit configured to generate a medical display image, the medical display image comprising a background region image and a foreground image derived from the medical data, wherein a brightness of the background image changes in a region between a boundary of the background region and a periphery of the medical display image.

Abstract: An image data processing apparatus comprises a data receiving unit for receiving medical image data representative of a region of a subject, wherein the medical image data comprises for each of a plurality of points in the region of the subject a first intensity value and a second intensity value, each point having a respective position on an at least two-dimensional distribution of first intensity against second intensity, and wherein for each point at least one of the first intensity value and the second intensity value is obtained from a contrast-enhanced scan of the region of the subject; and a processing unit for rendering or segmenting the medical image data in dependence on the positions of points in the at least two-dimensional distribution.

Abstract: An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine.