Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises: receiving input data, wherein the input data includes the X-ray image dataset, which includes an X-ray image and first metadata; applying a trained function to the input data to generate output data, wherein the output data includes second metadata, and wherein the first metadata and the second metadata are compared; and providing the output data, wherein the first metadata are confirmed in case the first metadata and the second metadata agree, or the first metadata are suggested to be corrected with the second metadata in case the first metadata and the second metadata do not agree.

Abstract: A method for creating image data of an examination object using a magnetic resonance system, including: acquiring a first and at least a second set of measurement data at least of one slice, wherein during each acquisition of measurement data different acceleration factors and/or different field of view shift factors are used; and reconstructing image data based on the acquired sets of measurement data.

Abstract: Arranged in an examination room is a CT installation which can travel along a predetermined travel path between two installation limit positions. Arranged on the CT installation is a telescopic rod, which extends from a hinge point that is proximal with respect to the CT installation to a hinge point that is distal with respect to the CT installation. The telescopic rod is rotatably mounted in the two hinge points, and can telescope between a minimum length and a maximum length. Arranged on the telescopic rod (6) are a number of retaining elements that can travel along the telescopic rod. A number of lines are guided via the retaining elements, so that when the telescopic rod is of minimum length, the lines are guided in serpentine loops.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gradient coil unit comprising a hollow cylindrical primary coil longitudinally surrounding a cylinder axis and designed to generate a magnetic field gradient in a first spatial direction, which primary coil comprises two primary conductor pattern pairs. Each primary conductor pattern pair of the two primary conductor pattern pairs is separately drivable, spans one half of the primary coil in each case, and comprises two spiral conductor patterns, which are formed by an electrical conductor implemented as a hollow conductor.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a mammography system for recording an X-ray recording dataset of a region of interest of a breast of an examinee, comprising a compression unit for fixing the breast for the recording; and an interrupt unit triggerable by the examinee and connected to the compression unit and an X-ray source, the interrupt unit being configured to release the fixation and to stop the X-ray radiation.

Abstract: A method for detection and characterization of lesions includes acquiring a plurality of phase images of a multi-phase imaging exam, extracting a local context for each phase image of the plurality of phase images, encoding the local contexts to create phase specific feature maps, combining the phase-specific feature maps to create unified feature maps, and at least one of characterizing or detecting a lesion based on the unified feature maps

Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a chassis for a gantry of a computed tomography unit, which has receiving areas to which rotating components of the computed tomography unit can be attached. The chassis is at least in part produced using additive manufacturing. One or more example embodiments of the present invention is also directed to a gantry and a computed tomography unit with such a chassis.

Abstract: Respective local parameters parametrizing a base function are determined to provide at least one local trained function for each of multiple client systems by training the respective local trained function using machine learning with multiple training datasets on the respective client system, wherein at least some of the training datasets are specific to the respective client system. A respective local plaintext dataset including the local parameters of the respective local trained function is encrypted to generate a respective local encrypted dataset on the respective client system. The local encrypted datasets are transmitted to an aggregating system, and the global encrypted dataset is calculated from the local encrypted datasets using the calculation algorithm.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention describes a method for monitoring a person in an environment, including integrating the person into the environment, wherein the person has a task to solve in the environment, measuring with a sensor system a number of physical conditions of the person while the person interacts with the environment, the sensor system providing a sensor-dataset including measured physical values about the person from which mental conditions of the person can be inferred, generating assessment-data from the sensor-dataset, the assessment-data reflecting at least one of an ability of the person to accomplish the task or the mental load of the person while solving the task, repeating the measuring and the generating a plurality of times and outputting the generated assessment-data or data based on the generated assessment-data.

Abstract: A local coil control apparatus and a wireless local coil in a magnetic resonance imaging system. The apparatus includes a control signal transmission unit, the control signal transmission unit including a wireless receiving unit, a control signal extraction unit, and a control signal distribution unit. The wireless receiving unit receives, by a receiving antenna, a signal from a radiofrequency power amplifier emitted by a body coil of the MRI system, and transmits the signal to the control signal extraction unit; the control signal extraction unit, if it detects that the signal is background noise, generates a control signal instructing a local coil unit to switch to a tuned state, and, if it detects that the signal is broadband noise, generates a control signal instructing the local coil unit to switch to a detuned state, and distributes the control signal to each local coil unit through the control signal distribution unit.

Abstract: A soft tissue emulation system, comprising: an input interface, configured to obtain imaging data of the soft tissue; a computing unit, configured to implement an artificial neural network, which is adapted to generate, using the obtained imaging data as input, and a biophysical model of the soft tissue, a digital twin of the soft tissue at different times, wherein the biophysical model describes the response of the soft tissue to at least one of thermal stimuli or electromechanical stimuli over time, and wherein the generation of the digital twin at one time is independent of the generation of the digital twin at another time; and an output interface, configured to output a representation of the soft tissue over time based on the digital twin generated by the artificial neural network.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is for performing at least one medical imaging procedure using an imaging modality. The medical imaging procedure is performed under remote supervision. An embodiment of the method includes acquiring with a computing unit data on the medical imaging procedure to be performed; acquiring with the computing unit data on at least one expert operator, located at a workplace remote from the imaging modality; matching data on the medical imaging procedure with data on the expert operator; assigning at least one expert operator to the medical imaging procedure based on the matching; and providing a communication channel between the imaging modality and the remote workplace.

Abstract: A representation apparatus for displaying a graphical representation of an augmented reality includes a capture unit, a first display unit, and a processing unit. The first display unit is at least partially transparent. The capture unit is configured to capture a relative positioning of the first display unit relative to a representation area of a second display unit. The processing unit is configured to determine an observation geometry between the first display unit and the representation area of the second display unit based on the relative positioning, receive a dataset, generate the augmented reality based on the dataset, and provide the graphical representation of the augmented reality via virtual mapping of the augmented reality onto the representation area along the observation geometry. The first display unit displays the graphical representation of the augmented reality in at least partial overlaying with the representation area of the second display unit.

Abstract: In a method for masking one or more regions surrounding an anatomical region of interest for each of one or more MRI images obtained from MRI imaging data, the one or more regions surrounding the anatomical region of interest are masked based on control data determined for identifying the anatomical region of interest in the MRI imaging data. The MRI imaging data may be obtained during an MRI exam of a patient for a measurement volume including the anatomical region of interest. The anatomical region of interest may be ascertained before performing the MRI exam.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a method for transmission of medical datasets, including providing a medical dataset from an internal data memory, the medical dataset including data elements, each data element of the data elements having a data type, providing a security profile, the security profile including rules for a degree of a data anonymization of data elements of a respective data type, creating an anonymized medical dataset based on the provided medical dataset and the provided security profile, the data elements of the medical dataset are each anonymized based on the respective data type and the security profile, the anonymized medical dataset includes the anonymized data elements and transmitting the anonymized medical dataset to an external data memory.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a dental coil comprising a transmitter unit including an antenna, a receiver unit with an array of antennas, and a carrier element to be positioned in use on the jaw region of the patient and to follow at least part of the outer shape of the jaw region of the patient, wherein the carrier element is moreover designed to hold the array of antennas of the receiver unit in a predetermined relative position with respect to the jaw region of the patient, such that the array of antennas of the receiver unit borders the outer shape of the jaw region in the predetermined relative position. The disclosure further relates to a magnetic resonance system having a magnetic resonance apparatus and a dental coil, wherein the magnetic resonance apparatus is designed to detect magnetic resonance signals from a jaw region of the patient via the dental coil.

Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a machine-learning model is pre-trained in an unsupervised manner to predict time-related information based on data obtained from a contrast-enhanced medical imaging measurement. This pre-trained machine-learning model is then used to build another machine-learning model to predict semantic context information for images determined from the contrast-enhanced medical imaging measurement.

Abstract: A position determination system for detecting a position of an object, wherein the position determination system comprises: a reference arrangement with reference colors with a first color code extending in a direction of a path of movement of the object, wherein along the path of movement, the first color code has color-differentiated and non-repeating discrete color sections as reference colors; a sensor unit with a sensor head, the sensor unit configured to read out the reference colors of the reference arrangement arranged at a position of the sensor head and to forward the read out reference colors to an evaluation unit; and at least one light source configured to illuminate the reference colors of the reference arrangement arranged at the position of the sensor head.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system that includes a transmitter for generating an excitation signal and a body coil for emitting the excitation signal, and a method for operation of the magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system has a patient tunnel, in which the body coil is arranged. The magnetic resonance tomography system also has a first transmission interference suppression antenna that is arranged between the body coil and an opening in the patient tunnel. The first transmission interference suppression antenna is configured to provide a spatial transmission characteristic that may be compared with the body coil.