Abstract: A method of medical image registration includes obtaining a first medical image generated before a medical surgery; obtaining a second medical image generated in real time during the medical surgery; extracting landmark points of at least two adjacent anatomical objects recognizable in the second medical image among a plurality of anatomical objects near an organ of interest of a patient from the first medical image and the second medical image; and registering the first medical image and the second medical image based on a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the first medical image and a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the second medical image.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate and a semiconductor device disposed on a surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first contact pad and a second contact pad disposed on an upper surface of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device package further includes a conductive bar disposed on the first contact pad, and a conductive pillar disposed on the second contact pad. A method of making a semiconductor device package includes (a) providing a substrate; (b) mounting a semiconductor device on the substrate, wherein the semiconductor device comprises a first contact pad and a second contact pad on an upper surface of the semiconductor device; (c) forming a dielectric layer on the substrate to cover the semiconductor device; (d) exposing the second contact pad by forming a hole in the dielectric layer; and (e) applying a conductive material over the dielectric layer and filling the hole.

Abstract: A cochlear implant includes a processor, an array of electrodes disposed along a flexible body and a lead body connecting the processor to the array of electrodes. The lead body includes a first tube having a first outside diameter, a second tube having a second outside diameter smaller than the first diameter, a portion of the second tube being disposed within the first tube, and wires passing through the first tube and the second tube, the wires comprising a helically coiled portion. A method for forming a lead body is also provided.

Abstract: A memory can be a sum addressed memory (SAM) that receives, for each read access, two address values (e.g. a base address and an offset) having a sum that indicates the entry of the memory to be read (the read entry). A decoder adds the two address value to identify the read entry. Concurrently, a predecode module predecodes the two address values to identify a set of entries (e.g. two different entries) at the memory, whereby the set includes the entry to be read. The predecode module generates a precharge disable signal to terminate precharging at the set of entries which includes the entry to be read. Because the precharge disable signal is based on predecoded address information, it can be generated without waiting for a full decode of the read address entry.

Abstract: A fan structure includes a fan rack including an accommodation open chamber, a center base suspended at the center of the bottom side of the accommodation open chamber and a plurality of connection ribs radially connected between the center base and the inner perimeter of the fan rack, and a fan including a fan body made from a hard plastic or rubber material and rotatably mounted at the center base of the fan rack and a soundproofing molding made from a flexible plastic or rubber material and directly molded on the fan body. Thus, during rotation of the fan to induce currents of air, the flexible material property of the soundproofing molding reduces air resistance and wind noise.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for additive range reduction are disclosed. A constant may be pre-stored in a look-up table (LUT), and at least one section of the constant may be retrieved from the LUT for generating a product of an input argument and the constant such that a precision of the product may be controlled in any granularity. For a trigonometric function, 2/? is stored in the LUT, and at least one section of 2/? may be retrieved from the LUT. The argument is multiplied with the retrieved sections of 2/?. The retrieved sections are determined to correctly generate the two least significant bits (LSBs) of an integer portion and a scalable number of most significant bits of the multiplication result. An output of the trigonometric function is generated for the argument with a fractional portion of the multiplication result based on two LSBs of the integer portion of the multiplication result.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor process, which includes: (a) providing a semiconductor element; (b) attaching the semiconductor element to a carrier by an adhesive layer, so that the adhesive layer is sandwiched between the semiconductor element and the carrier; and (c) cutting the semiconductor element to form a plurality of semiconductor units. Thereby, the gaps between the semiconductor units are fixed after the cutting process, so as to facilitate testing the semiconductor units.

Abstract: A medical device comprising a coating thereon comprising a biocompatible polymer and heparin is provided herein. Heparin is coupled with the biocompatible polymer via a spacer having a grouping that renders a binding site of the heparin molecule accessible by a binding protein. The medical device can be implanted in a human being for the treatment of a disease such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Implementations and techniques for manufacturing strain sensitive sensors and/or strain resistant conduits from a metal and carbon matrix are generally disclosed.

Abstract: An implantable medical device is disclosed having a helical construct including a set of spiral coils for local in vivo application of a therapeutic substance in a biological lumen. The helical construct is configured to apply less than 0.75 Bar of pressure to the biological lumen wall. The helical construct can have at least two sets of spiral coils having opposing helical directions. The device can be used for the treatment of vascular disorders such as restenosis and vulnerable plaque.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulation housing bracket, a first flat grounding contact and a shielding member. The housing base has a first outer surface, and the first flat grounding contact is combined with the insulation housing bracket. The shielding member includes a shielding body and a first connecting portion. The shielding body is installed inside the insulation housing bracket, and the first flat grounding contact is located between the first outer surface and the shielding member. The first connecting portion protrudes from the shielding body and is securely fixed on the first grounding contact in a laser welding manner, such that the shielding body is electrically connected to the first grounding contact.

Abstract: A kind of absorbable high strength & toughness corrosion-resistant zinc alloy implant material for human body, the elemental constituent and quality percent: Ce0.001%-2%, Mg0.001%-2%, Ca0.001%-2%, Cu0.01%-3%, others are Zn. Above-mentioned zinc alloy material is prepared as absorbable medical implant by using conventional method in this field, especially for intravascular stent, orthopedic implants (bone nail or plate etc.). Zinc alloy material created by this invention has high corrosion-resistant and high strength & toughness, the medical implant prepared by this can be absorbed by the body without side effects.

Abstract: A fuel tank having a wall with an opening, the wall having a fuel impermeable layer, the fuel tank comprising a component welded to the wall around the opening, the component having a fuel impermeable layer, wherein the fuel tank comprises a fuel impermeable insert, at least partially embedded in the wall around the opening and arranged in between the two fuel impermeable layers.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for treating a root canal in a tooth or hard and/or soft tissue within a tooth and surrounding tissues by pulsing a laser light into a reservoir, preferably after introducing liquid fluid into the reservoir, so as to disintegrate, separate, or otherwise neutralize pulp, plaque, calculus, and/or bacteria within and adjacent the fluid reservoir without elevating the temperature of any of the dentin, tooth, bones, gums, other soft tissues, other hard tissues, and any other adjacent tissue more than about 5° C.

Abstract: A communication device includes a data source that generates data for transmission over a bus, and that further includes a data encoder coupled to receive and encode outgoing data. The encoder further includes a coupling toggle rate (CTR) calculator configured to calculate a CTR for the outgoing data, a threshold calculator configured to determine an expected value of the CTR as a threshold value, a comparator configured to compare the calculated CTR to the threshold value wherein the comparison is used to determine whether to perform an encoding step by an encoding block configured to selectively encode said data. A method according to one embodiment includes determining and comparing a CTR and an expected CTR to determine whether to encode the outgoing data. Any one of a plurality different coding techniques may be used including bus inversion.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring oil in water for larger parts per million (ppm) of light-to-medium weight crude oils shown. The excitation signal and the fluorescent light being detected are provided and received through a single channel within the ultrasonic transducer. The target area for measuring the ppm's of oil in water is located just inside of the measurement window to prevent interference by turbidity or other oil droplets within the fluid stream. The angle between the excitation signal and the fluorescent light as transmitted and received from the single channel is very small.

Abstract: A navigation mountable on-board a vehicle. The subsystem is configured to: receive a mixture including ammonia, carbon dioxide and water; generate from the mixture an ammonia rich fraction and a carbon dioxide rich fraction; the ammonia rich fraction containing a smaller weight percentage of carbon dioxide than the mixture and the carbon dioxide rich fraction containing a smaller weight percentage of ammonia than the mixture.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine; a driving motor/generator connected to an output shaft of the engine; a connection unit disposed between the engine and the driving motor/generator to separate the engine from the driving motor/generator when the engine is stopped and to connect the engine to the driving motor/generator when the engine is operated; a manual transmission connected to the driving motor/generator, for directly varying gear ratio without using an engine clutch according to a driving speed and a torque generated by the driving motor/generator and/or the engine; a position sensor for detecting a position of a manual gearshift lever; and a central control unit connected to the engine, the driving motor/generator, the connection unit, and the manual transmission.

Abstract: A variable series resistance termination circuit for wireline serial link transceivers is provided. Some embodiments include a pad for coupling to a wireline serial link and a termination circuit. The termination circuit includes a plurality of resistive components coupled in series with the pad and a plurality of switches. Each switch is to couple one or more of the plurality of resistive components in series between the pad and a termination voltage node when the switch is closed. A subset of the plurality of switches can be selectively closed to establish a resistive component of an impedance of the termination circuit.

Abstract: A processing device is provided that includes a first, second and third precision operation circuit. The processing device further includes a shared, bit-shifting circuit that is communicatively coupled to the first, second and third precision operation circuits. A method is also provided for multiplying a first and second binary number including adding a first exponent value associated with the first binary number to a second exponent value associated with the second binary number and multiplying a first mantissa value associated with the first binary number to a second mantissa value associated with the second binary number. The method includes performing the exponent adding and mantissa multiplying substantially in parallel. The method further includes performing at least one of adding or subtracting a third binary number to the product. Also provided is a computer readable storage device encoded with data for adapting a manufacturing facility to create an apparatus.