Abstract: A method of making a lithographic printing plate including the steps of a) image-wise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a light or heat sensitive coating on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and b) processing the precursor consecutively with a first solution and a second solution thereby removing the coating from the support in the non-printing areas. The first and second solutions are provided by a cascade system such that the second solution overflows into the first solution and the first solution overflows into a container to be further treated as waste, and the second solution is regenerated by adding a replenishing solution or a mixture of replenishing solutions at a rate of at least 5 ml/m2 of treated precursor and at most 30 ml/m2 of treated precursor.

Abstract: Method of generating radiation images of an elongate body by applying different computer-implemented stitching methods to the same set of partial radiation images. A warning is generated in case of substantial deviation between the applied stitching methods.

Abstract: A system and method of retrieving metadata, the method comprising: in response to a request from a client for metadata for a set of DICOM instances, loading n DICOM instances of the set of requested DICOM instances; comparing the metadata of the n loaded DICOM instances; generating a common set of values based on the comparison of the n loaded DICOM instances; streaming the common set of values to the client; determining per-instance data for each of the n loaded DICOM instances, the per-instance data being a difference between the metadata of a DICOM instance and the common set of values; transmitting the per-instance data of the loaded DICOM instances to the client; loading additional DICOM instances of the set of requested DICOM instances; determining per-instance data for each of the additional DICOM instances; and transmitting the per-instance data of the additional DICOM instances to the client.

Abstract: In a method to enhance the contrast of spatially-localized phenomena in an image such as microcalcifications in a mammogram, a multi-scale decomposition is applied to a digital signal representation of the image thereby generating a number of detail images at different scales, the detail signals pertaining to the spatially-localized phenomena having a common polarity (either negative or positive) being modified at at least one scale.

Abstract: A set of laminates includes an outer laminate and an inner laminate, wherein the outer laminate includes a transparent polymeric support includinq on a first side of the support a colour laser markable layer containing an infrared dye having an absorption maximum ?max(IR-1) in the infrared region; wherein the inner laminate includes a transparent polymeric support including on, a first side of the transparent polymeric support, a colour laser markable layer containing an infrared dye having an absorption maximum ?max(IR-2) in the infrared region and, on a second side of the transparent polymeric support, a colour laser markable layer containing an infrared dye having an absorption maximum ?max(IR-3) in the infrared region; and the conditions a) and b) are satisfied: ?max(IR-1)>?max(IR-2)>?max(IR-3); and??a) ?max(IR-1)>1100 nm and ?max(IR-3)<1000 nm.

Abstract: A system, a device, and a method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a storage phosphor plate and a device for reading out X-ray information stored in the storage phosphor plate including a light source for generating stimulating light that excites the storage phosphor plate to have it emit first emission light, and a detector for detecting the first emission light emitted by the storage phosphor plate. At least one marking is arranged and configured in such a way that stimulating light can impinge on the marking and can be at least partially reflected and/or scattered by the marking and/or can excite the marking to have it emit second emission light, wherein the reflected or scattered stimulating light, respectively, or emitted second emission light, respectively, can be detected by the detector, and marking information can be derived therefrom.

Abstract: For each of a number of landmarks in an image an initial position of the landmark is defined. Next a neighborhood around the initial position comprising a number of candidate locations of the landmark, is sampled and a cost is associated with each of the candidate locations. A cost function expressing a weighted sum of overall gray level cost and overall shape cost for all candidate locations is optimized. A segmented anatomic entity is defined as a path through a selected combination of candidate locations for which combination the cost function is optimized. During optimization towards the optimal segmented surface/volume graph traversal methods are exploited.

Abstract: A method of preparing a flexographic printing master including an optional elastomeric floor, an optional mesa relief, and an image relief are applied in this order on a flexographic printing support includes applying and curing fluid droplets thereby building up a plurality of layers of fluid on top of each other, wherein each fluid droplet applied is at least partially cured before an adjacent fluid droplet is subsequently applied, with the exception that a fluid droplet applied during building up at least one layer of fluid is not cured before an adjacent fluid droplet of the same layer is subsequently applied.

Abstract: A method and system for acquiring an image of an object using optical coherence tomography using an interferometer and a detector, wherein the object is irradiated with light emitted by the interferometer, light reflected by the object is fed back into the interferometer and detected by the detector, the image of the object is derived from the detected light, and a file containing information, in particular graphical information and/or photographic image information, relating to the object is assigned to and/or correlated with the image of the object.

Abstract: A method and an inkjet printing device for single pass printing on an ink-receiver having a surface includes a plurality of sets of nozzles for jetting N inks on the surface, wherein N is larger than or equal to one, the N inks including a first ink, and wherein the plurality of sets of nozzles includes a first and a second set of nozzles for jetting the first ink; the device further including a radiation curing device arranged to cure the first ink when jetted on the surface by the first set of nozzles, wherein the radiation curing device is positioned between the first set of nozzles and the second set of nozzles.

Abstract: An image is segmented by subjecting the image to an iterative thresholding operation, and a hierarchical representation of clusters is obtained by analyzing the results of each of the iterative thresholding steps to find clusters of adjacent image elements. A type class is assigned to a leaf cluster of the hierarchical representation and the assigned class is propagated towards the top of the hierarchical representation. Then a mask is generated marking the locations of image elements contained in the top ancestral clusters of a specific type.

Abstract: A radiation curable ink includes a) a monomer including at least one vinyl ether group and at least one (meth)acrylate group; b) a monomer including a five membered cyclic anhydride; and c) an aliphatic tertiary amine. The radiation curable ink allows stable inkjet printing on solder masks exhibiting good adhesion and high scratch resistance after curing.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for navigating an image series that includes at least one image. The method and system involve receiving an input corresponding to a reference location; operating at least one processor for determining a target position in the image series based on the reference location, the at least one processor being configured to receive initial series data corresponding to an initial location in the image series and a separation distance corresponding to a distance between two sequential images in the image series; determine a target distance for the image series, the target distance corresponding to a distance from the reference location to the initial location; and determine the target position based on the separation distance and the target distance.

Abstract: A method and system for receiving input from a touch-sensitive device for manipulating an image shown in a display area. The method and system involve receiving an initial input for initializing an image manipulation for generating a mirror image in a mirroring direction, the mirroring direction is defined by a start and an end, the initial input corresponds to an initial location within the display area; receiving a first subsequent input corresponding to a first location, the first location corresponds to the start of the mirroring direction; receiving a second subsequent input corresponding to a second location, the second location corresponds to the end of the mirroring direction, the first and second locations are positioned on opposite sides of the initial location; and in response to the second subsequent input, generating the mirror image by mirroring the image according to the mirroring direction.

Abstract: A security film including, in order, a transparent biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate support (1), a subbing layer (2, 2?) and a laser markable layer (3, 3?) comprising a laser additive and one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polycarbonate and styrene acrylonitrile.

Abstract: A method of color laser marking a security document precursor including at least: a transparent biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate foil; at least one colorless color forming layer for generating a color different from black containing at least an infrared absorber a color forming compound and a polymeric binder; and a laser markable polymeric support or a laser markable layer for generating a black color; comprising the steps of: laser marking the colorless color forming layer through the transparent polymeric foil with a infrared laser used in continuous wave mode to generate a color different from black; and laser marking the laser markable polymeric support or the laser markable layer through the transparent polymeric foil with the same infrared laser but used in a pulsed mode to generate a black color.

Abstract: A radiation curable fluid includes a vinylether (meth)acrylate monomer, a compound including a sulfonic acid group, and a polymeric dispersant including heterocyclic groups having hetero atoms consisting of one or two nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: When standardized messages including additional clinical information are received by a system for task management on clinical information, the system uses the metadata of the standardized messages to automatically verify if a report already exists for the medical procedure where the additional clinical information belongs to. When a report already exists, a workflow engine is triggered to automatically create in the system a task for the author of the report to verify the existing report in view of the additional clinical information received. Thereby, the sending of manually entered notifications by e-mail or sms is avoided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a corresponding method having a light source (20) for emitting light, an interferometer (10), into which light emitted by the light source (20) is injected, for irradiating a sample (1) with light, and a, in particular spatially resolving, detector (40) for detecting interference patterns obtained by superimposing the light reflected from the sample (1) with a partial beam of the light injected into the interferometer (10) which is reflected at a reference mirror (16) of the interferometer (10). In order to obtain OCT images in the simplest way possible and with the highest possible resolution and image quality, the light source (20) comprises a radiation source (21) for generating spatially incoherent light, and an optical filter (22) with a bell-shaped or Gaussian-shaped spectral filter characteristic for filtering the light generated by the radiation source (21).

Abstract: A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor which comprises on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a heat and/or light-sensitive coating comprising an infrared adsorbing agent and a binder including a monomeric unit including a salicylic acid group and a monomeric unit including a sulfonamide group.