Abstract: An apparatus (10) for navigating a hierarchical electronic questionnaire (12) includes at least one electronic processor (20) programmed to: provide (102) a user interface (UI) (27) via which: at least a portion of the hierarchical electronic questionnaire is presented on a display device (24) represented as a tree-based questionnaire map (30) with a plurality of nodes (32) connected by a plurality of branches (34), the nodes of the plurality of nodes corresponding to questions; a user input is received, via at least one user input device (22), indicative of a selection of at least one of the nodes; and the question corresponding to the selected node is displayed and a user input indicative of an answer to the question corresponding to the selected node is received via the at least one user input device; and populate (104) one or more nodes other than the selected node based on the selected node and/or the answer to the question corresponding to the selected node.

Abstract: A device (10) for measuring respiration of a patient includes a positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging device (12). At least one electronic processor (16) is programmed to: extract a first respiration data signal (32) from emission imaging data of a patient acquired by the PET or SPECT imaging device; extract a second respiration data signal (36) from a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal of the patient; and combine the first and second extracted respiration data signals to generate a respiration signal (40) indicative of respiration of the patient.

Abstract: A cooking assistance device is for weighing a kitchen appliance or food container and then calculating a weight of food contained by the kitchen appliance or container based on a known dry weight. The food weight is provided to cooking aid device (which may be an integral part of the assistance device or it may be a remote device) for providing cooking instructions to a user. The device is thus able to coordinate the use of multiple kitchen appliances or utensils for example when a recipe is being followed by a user, with user instructions, information or advice being provided.

Abstract: A food preparation apparatus (2) is provided. The food preparation apparatus comprises: a first food processing unit (10) configured to process a food item to produce a plurality of solid food particles and juice; and a second food processing unit (40) arranged to receive the solid food particles and juice from the first food processing unit and process the juice and solid food particles to produce a substantially homogenous food product, wherein the first food processing unit (10) is adjustable in order to selectively vary the proportion of the produced solid food particles that pass from the first food processing unit into the second food processing unit (40).

Abstract: An energy application apparatus applies energy to an object. An energy application unit applies energy to the object, wherein the energy application unit is adapted to use electrical current for applying the energy. A current measuring unit measures the electrical current used by the energy application unit and provides a signal being indicative of whether the energy is applied to the object based on the measured electrical current. The signal can be used by, for instance, a monitoring unit and/or a display unit for using and/or indicating the information whether energy is actually applied or not, without requiring a direct communication between the energy application unit and the monitoring unit and/or the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network from a first station to a second station, wherein the first station comprises at least one buffer memory for storing data packets to be transmitted, the method comprising the steps of (a) the first station estimating the status of the at least one buffer memory, (b) the first station transmitting at least one buffer status packet representative of the buffer memory status, wherein the method further comprises (c) adapting the value of a first parameter of the buffer status packets on the basis of a data traffic characteristic.

Abstract: A mobile device being a member of a communication group and configured to communicate with one or more other members of the communication group and to exchange control information with the one or more other members, wherein the mobile device is configured to create an identification information and to transmit the identification information on a physical layer of the control information, wherein the identification information assigns the communication group.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a patterned layer (50). The method comprises providing (2, 3A, 3B) a substrate (10) having a surface (11) to which a compound is applied. The compound has at least one condensable group which is reactive with surface groups on the surface of the substrate by condensation reaction. The compound also has a basic group for accepting protons. A layer of a polycondensable imprinting composition (30) is applied (4) onto the layer of the compound. The imprinting composition layer is imprinted (5A, 5B, 5C) with a patterned stamp. During the imprinting, polycondensation of the imprinting composition leads to forming of the patterned layer. Further provided is the patterned layer itself, as well as an optical element and an etch mask, each of which comprises the patterned layer.

Abstract: A method (100) for generating a domain-specific training set, comprising: generating (130) a generic corpus comprising a plurality of tokenized documents, comprising: (i) parsing (132) a document retrieved from the generic corpus; (ii) preprocessing (134) the parsed document; (iii) tokenizing (136) the preprocessed document; and (iv) storing (138) the tokenized document in the generic corpus; generating (140) an ontology database of tokenized entries, comprising: (i) parsing (142) an ontology entry retrieved from an ontology; (ii) preprocessing (144) the parsed entry; (iii) tokenizing (146) the preprocessed entry; and (iv) storing (148) the tokenized entry in the ontology database; querying (150), using domain-specific tokenized entries from the ontology database, the tokenized documents in the generic corpus; identifying (160), based on the query, a plurality of tokenized documents specific to the domain; and storing (170), in a training set database, the identified tokenized documents as a training set spec

Abstract: The present ventilator system, for detecting and treating concurrent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA event(s)) overlap syndrome, comprises a pressure generator for generating a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to an airway of a subject; sensor(s) for generating output signals conveying information related to breathable gas parameters; and processor(s) operatively connected to the sensor(s) and the pressure generator, configured to: detect presence of OSA event(s) and/or expiratory flow limitation (EFL) in the subject based on the output signals.

Abstract: System (10) for determining a position of an interventional device (11) respective an image plane (12) defined by an ultrasound imaging probe (13). The position is determined based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the ultrasound imaging probe (13) and an ultrasound transducer (15) attached to the interventional device (11). An image reconstruction unit (IRU) provides a reconstructed ultrasound image (RUI). A position determination unit (PDU) computes a position (LAPTOFSmax, ?IPA) of the ultrasound transducer (15) respective the image plane (12). The position determination unit (PDU) indicates the computed position (LAPTOFSmax, ?IPA) in the reconstructed ultrasound image (RUI). The position determination unit (PDU) suppresses the indication of the computed position (LAPTOFSmax, ?IPA) under specified conditions relating to the computed position (LAPTOFSmax, ?IPA) and the ultrasound signals.

Abstract: A tool navigation system employing an ultrasound probe, an ultrasound scanner, an interventional tool, a tool tracker and an image navigator. In operation, the ultrasound probe generates an acoustic image plane for scanning an anatomical region, and the ultrasound scanner generates an ultrasound image of the anatomical region from a scan of the anatomical region. During the scan, the interventional tool is navigated within the anatomical region relative to the acoustic image plane, and the tool tracker a tracks of a position of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane. The image navigator displays a graphical icon within the ultrasound image for illustrating a tracking of the interventional tool relative to the acoustic image plane.

Abstract: Handheld steering devices for use with intravascular devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the handheld steering device includes a housing sized and shaped for grasping by a hand of a user; a steering controller coupled to the housing; a processor in communication with the steering controller, the processor configured to translate inputs from the steering controller into actuation signals based on a code architecture that includes a script for at least one of a return home function, a return to stored position function, a store current position function, or an automated mapping function; and an actuator positioned within the housing and configured to interface with the intravascular device based on the actuation signals to the steer the intravascular device. Associated systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for image reconstruction that includes input circuitry configured to acquire, from an image sequence, first and second 2D projection data of a region of interest of an object at respective acquisition times; and provide first 3D object data of a first object in a region of interest and second 3D object data of a second object in a region of interest. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to generate a first registration of the first and/or second 3D object data to the first 2D projection data and a second registration of the first and/or second 3D object data to the second 2D projection data; provide a vector field defining motion of the second object relative to the first object between the acquisition times based on the registrations; generate corrected projection data using the vector field; and generate a motion-compensated image sequence based on the corrected projection data.

Abstract: A method of identifying a particular mask for a patient for use in delivering a flow of breathing gas to the patient includes capturing with a visual presentation and interaction component a plurality of images of the patient; receiving with the visual presentation and interaction component a number of responses from the patient to questions presented to the patient, eliminating one or more masks from a pool of potential masks for the patent based on at least one of the responses, utilizing at least some images of the plurality of images to determine the particular mask for the patient from the pool of potential masks, and identifying the particular mask to the patient.

Abstract: In an epidemiology transmission probability analysis for a medical facility, ray origin points are distributed over a medical facility floor map. Rays are cast from the ray origin points. The cast rays stop upon encountering a physical barrier mapped in the medical facility floor map. An infectious transmission probability map is computed from intersections of the cast rays. At least a portion of the medical facility floor map is displayed on a display, overlaid with the infectious transmission probability map. The distributing, the casting, and the computing are suitably performed by one or more electronic processors.

Abstract: An audio apparatus and method employ a first renderer circuit, wherein the first renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a first set of audio signals for a set of loudspeakers; and a second renderer circuit, wherein the second renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a second set of audio signals for headphones, and select between the first renderer circuit and the second renderer circuit such that the rendering of at least a first part of a first audio element is in response to a first audio rendering property indicator which is received in an audio signal. The first audio rendering property indicator is indicative of whether the first part of the first audio element should be rendered via the loudspeakers, or rendered via the headphones.

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to learning and applying contextual patient similarities. Multiple template similarity functions (118) may be provided (602). Each template similarity function may compare a respective subset of features of a query entity feature vector with a corresponding subset of features of a candidate entity feature vector. A composite similarity function (120) may be provided (604) as a weighted combination of respective outputs of the template similarity functions. A plurality of labeled entity vectors may be provided (606) as context training data. An approximation function may be applied (608) to approximate a first context label for each respective labeled entity vector. A first context specific composite similarity function may be trained (610) based on the composite similarity function by learning first context weights for the template similarity functions using a first loss function based on output of application of the approximation function to the first context training data.

Abstract: An image processing system (IPS), comprising: an input interface (IN) for receiving a request to visualize image data captured of an anatomy of interest by an imaging apparatus (IA). An energy value determiner (EVD) is configured to determine based on at least one of the image data, the different image data or contextual data, an energy value for forming, from the image data, a monochromatic image. The determining by the energy value determiner (EVD) is based on an energy curve fitted to the image data. the image data forms part of a series of sectional images acquired of the anatomy of interest, or such sectional images derivable from the image data. The sectional images relate to different locations (z) of the anatomy. The energy curve is fitted to energy value control points assigned to at least a sub-set of the different locations (z). Each energy value control point represents a respective known energy value for a respective one of the sub-set of different locations.