Abstract: A computer implemented and computer controlled method of arranging data for processing and storage thereof at a data storage engine. To identified data elements, an action is assigned from a plurality of actions as well as an association between data elements of an action according to a respective topology comprised of an ordered plurality of data categories including a subject data category, an object data category, a spatial data category and a temporal data category. By matching the identified data elements with action topology combinations and using the order of the data elements, one data element is matched with one data category. Instance information is supplemented to matched action topology combinations. In a computer readable format, at a data storage engine, identified data elements, instance information and associations between identifiers resulting from identifying, assigning, matching and supplementing are stored.

Abstract: System and related method to visualize image data. The system comprises an input port (IN) for receiving i) image data comprising a range of intensity values converted from signals acquired by an imaging apparatus in respect of an imaged object, and ii) a definition of a first transfer function configured to map a data interval within said range of said intensity values to an image interval of image values. A transition region identifier (TRI) identifies from among intensity values outside said data interval, one or more transition intensity values representative of a transition in composition and/or configuration of said object or of a transition in respect of a physical property in relation to said object. A transfer function generator (TFG) generates for said intensity values outside said data interval a second transfer function. The second transfer function is non-linear and has a respective gradient that is locally maximal around said transition intensity values.

Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100) comprising: a magnet (104) for generating a main magnetic field with a homogeneous field zone (108); an antenna (124, 900, 1000) with an imaging zone (126) that has a fixed geometric relationship with portion (119) of a subject (118); a radio frequency system (114, 116, 124) for generating a radio frequency pulse (602); a magnetic gradient field system (110, 112); and a patient support (120, 122) for automatically moving the antenna and the portion of the subject from outside of the homogeneous field zone to within the homogeneous field zone along a movement axis.

Abstract: A system (10) and a method (100) iteratively reconstruct an image of a target volume of a subject. In each iteration of a plurality of iterations, an estimate image of the target volume (54) is forward projected (58) and compared (62) to received event data (44) to determine a discrepancy (64). The discrepancy (64) is back projected (66) and the back projection (68) updates (70) the estimate image (54). In at least one iteration, the estimate image (54) is filtered (52) in the image domain prior to being back projected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of organ and tissue transplantation and specifically to methods allowing rejection of transplanted organs and tissues by a transplant patient. The present invention provides methods for non-invasive and ex vivo or in vitro detection of the presence or absence of transplant rejection, i.e. transplant health or rejection. The present methods allow for effective and continuous monitoring of transplant status with a minimal or absent discomfort for a transplant patient.

Abstract: A symmetric model representing anatomical structures of the brain is adapted to a brain scan image with a transform. First and second points provided on first and second hemispheres of the brain image and a patient-specific symmetric anatomical model of the brain is computed based on the transformation.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for using tokens between two entities comprising a client device and a server, including receiving, by the server, a token from the client device, wherein the token is unique to a transaction, deriving, by the server, a server-derived token from the original data based on a transaction count, wherein the transaction count corresponds to a number of times that the original data is involved in transactions, comparing, by the server, the received token with the server-derived token, and responsive to determining that the received token and the server-derived token are same, sending, by the server, a verification message.

Abstract: A component—such as a respitratory mask—for use in a user circuit for delivering a flow of a treatment gas to the airway of a patient includes a housing. The housing includes an exterior portion having a number of exterior surfaces positioned to be exposed to a surrounding environment. The housing further includes an interior portion having a number of interior surfaces (30) defining a passageway through the housing. The exterior portion has a first heat capacity and the interior portion has a second heat capacity which is less than the first heat capacity.

Abstract: The invention relates to an analyzing grid for phase contrast imaging and/or dark-field imaging, a detector arrangement for phase contrast imaging and/or dark-field imaging comprising such analyzing grid, an X-ray imaging system comprising such detector arrangement, a method for manufacturing such analyzing grid, a computer program element for controlling such analyzing grid or detector arrangement for performing such method and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The analyzing grid comprises a number of X-ray converting gratings. The X-ray converting gratings are configured to convert incident X-ray radiation into light or charge. The number of X-ray converting gratings comprises at least a first X-ray converting grating and a second X-ray converting grating.

Abstract: A packaging is disclosed for a powdered material comprising a tub for receiving the material, the tub having a base and a peripheral wall with a top edge; an outer sleeve around at least the peripheral wall of the tub, thereby supporting the tub; a removable membrane for separating the powdered material in the tub from the environment; and a lid assembly comprising a peripheral rim for connection over the top edge of the peripheral wall of the tub and defining a wide access opening and a lid, hingedly attached to the rim for reclosing the access opening. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a package for a powdered material is disclosed, comprising sliding the tub in the sleeve, such that at least the peripheral wall of the tub is enclosed by the sleeve, whereby the sleeve supports the tub and the tub and sleeve form a container for the powdered material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intravascular flow determination. In order to provide a facilitated way to determine flow values with improved accuracy, an intravascular flow determination device (50) is provided that comprises an input unit (54), a data processing unit (52), and an output unit (56). The input unit is configured to provide a measured local flow velocity value of a fluid inside a vessel of an object, which local flow velocity value is measured at a local position of interest, and to provide local spatial data of the vessel and the local position of interest; wherein the local flow velocity value, and the local spatial data relate to the same in position in time; and to provide a model flow-profile.

Abstract: The invention relates to a network node (15) comprising at least one communication interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system that determines hemodynamic parameters of a patient. The system may include a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) probe including an ultrasound transducer comprising a matrix array of piezoelectric elements, the transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) probe configured to obtain a plurality of clinically relevant views of the patient's heart from a single position. The system may include one or more processors, operatively connected to the TEE probe. The one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to control the TEE probe by electronically steering an ultrasound beam provided by the ultrasound transducer to obtain the plurality of clinically relevant views of the patient's heart; receive the plurality of clinically relevant views of the patient's heart provided by the TEE probe; and determine one or more physiological parameters of the patient's heart based on the received plurality of clinically relevant views of the patient's heart.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing data analytics are provided. The methods and systems entail obtaining a configuration file that includes steps. Each step includes at least one parameter that identifies a source of input data, a transformation that corresponds to business logic to be applied to the input data, and/or a sink of output data resulting from a transformation to the input data. A directed acyclic graph is generated based on the configuration file. The directed acyclic graph is then executed by invoking an application programming interface (API) of a data transformation engine to apply the transformations to the input data, and then returning an indication of completion to a source of the configuration file.

Abstract: The present application relates to an air-based cooker (1) comprising a cooking chamber (20); a heater (19) for heating air in the cooking chamber; a fan (18) for circulating a flow of heated air in the cooking chamber; an exhaust device (23) for directing a volume of heated air out of the cooking chamber. The exhaust device comprises an arcuately shaped duct (29) having an outer peripheral wall (30) and an inner peripheral wall (31), the duct including an inlet (32) communicating with the cooking chamber; a first outlet (33) to the cooking chamber; a second outlet (34) facing substantially upwardly and through which the volume of heated air flows to exit the cooker. The duct is configured such that a centrifugal force is applied to particles contained in the air flowing through the duct to limit the amount of particles flowing through the second outlet and exiting the cooker.

Abstract: Methods, image processing system, and computer program elements are provided for algorithmically determining optimal catheter types for use in traversing a determined vascular path. The algorithmic determination uses geometric values obtained from angiogram imaging data and a database of available catheter types and corresponding geometric values for the available catheter types.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for an air box with an integrated air filter to communicate air flow from an exterior of the air filter to an air intake of an automobile engine. The air filter comprises a filter material that surrounds at least a portion of an interior cavity of the air filter. An end cap is affixed to a distal end of the filter material, and a wire support extends along at least a portion of the exterior surface of the filter material. The air box comprises a housing portion and a mount portion. The housing portion is configured to direct air drawn through the filter material into the interior cavity of the air filter and then into the air intake of the automobile engine. The mount portion is configured to support the air box and the air filter once installed within an automobile engine bay.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention discloses an air-frying cooker (100), comprising: a vessel (101); a heating means located above the vessel (101); a food support (102) located in the vessel (101) and having an air-permeable bottom (1021), the partition (104) dividing a space in the vessel into a first chamber (1011) accommodating the food support (102) and a second chamber (1012) located below the first chamber (1011); and a guide member (105) located on a bottom wall (1013) of the vessel (101). The partition (104) at least partially blocks heat transfer from the first chamber (1011) to the second chamber (1012), and guides materials falling from the air-permeable bottom (1021) of the food support (102) into the first chamber (1011) to the second chamber (1012). The air-frying cooker (100) reduces generation of fume during cooking.

Abstract: A system and method for sharing electronic data between participants of a phone conference, such as an online presentation, without a need to exchange passwords to link two devices together for data transfer nor go through a login procedure to access the data resource. To achieve this, the participants use a device or software application that samples the audio of the phone conversation and creates a stream of audio fingerprints. The streams of fingerprints are sent to a matching service on the internet. This matching service finds the fingerprints that correspond to the same conversation among the streams of simultaneous users. Once a match is found with a high enough confidence level, the matching service exchanges identifiers such as public IP addresses and sends those back to the fingerprinting units. When instructed by the user, the units can then proceed to setup a secure data connection.