Abstract: A project data management system and method are provided wherein any user associated with a project may access any of the information relevant to the project regardless of the location of each user or the information and regardless of what tool was used to create the information. The system also permits user to interrelate information items from different locations or different tools. In a preferred embodiment, each user may use a typical web browser application to access the information. The system may check and maintain the integrity of the information and/or alert each user when there is an inconsistency in any of the information associated with the project. The system makes the access, integration and monitoring of information between a distributed project team manageable and reduces the manual effort and time spent accessing information, determining the relationship between different items of information, and avoiding inconsistencies between different pieces of information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motion of the patient is provided in which the apparatus comprises a first imaging device for periodically generating positional data about the internal target region and a second imaging device for continuously generating positional data about one or more external markers adapted to be attached to the patient's body or any external sensor such as a device for measuring air flow. The apparatus further comprises a processor that receives the positional data about the internal target region and the external markers in order to generate a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external markers and a treatment device that directs the treatment towards the position of the target region of the patient based on the positional data of the external markers.

Abstract: A transparent direct memory access method comprises emulating an ISA-bus mapped direct memory access controller (ISA-DMAC) with a PCI-bus mapped direct memory access controller (PCI-DMAC). The ISA-DMAC exists, but there may not actually be any resources mapped into the ISA-bus space. Write snooping by the PCI-DMAC of a PCI-bus processor detects whenever an attempt is made to write the ISA-DMAC, and copies the data written into the ISA-DMAC registers into a corresponding register of the PCI-DMAC. The direct memory access operation commanded by the PCI-bus processor of the ISA-DMAC is performed by the PCI-DMAC in the PCI-bus resource space. When the direct memory access operation is completed, the PCI-DMAC updates its registers and does a write back to update the ISA-DMAC registers. The PCI-bus processor can then read the PCI-DMAC directly for status, or if legacy software is running the ISA-DMAC will respond with the appropriate register value.