Abstract: A method of powder bed-based additive manufacturing of an intricate structure is specified, wherein the structure has a predetermined porosity, wherein a multitude of parallel irradiation vectors is chosen for selective irradiation of a powder layer for the production of the structure, wherein melt pathways generated by the parallel irradiation vectors are free of overlaps and wherein the parallel irradiation vectors also run parallel to the structure to be formed thereby. Additionally specified are a computer program product and a corresponding porous functional structure.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for training a model configured to monitor a working status of equipment based on sensor data. An example method includes: training a model using a training data set including historical sensor data gathered only when the equipment is under normal working conditions; testing the model with sensor data causing a false alarm, sensor data of the equipment's historical confirmed failure, and sensor data within pre-defined recent time period when the equipment is under normal working conditions; and activating the model if the model passes test, otherwise rejecting the model.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a radiohybrid agent containing a silicon-fluoride and a chelating group wherein either the fluorine is 18F or the chelating group contains a chelated radioactive metal, wherein the composition has a ph of 4.0-6.0 and further comprises: 0.1-200 mM citrate buffer; 1-100 mg/ml ethanol; and 5-10 mg/ml sodium chloride.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include insulating devices, motor stators, and motors. The insulating device comprises at least one insulating frame and at least one insulating wrapping layer; the insulating frame has at least two support ends with the same orientation and arranged at intervals; the insulating wrapping layer is a cylindrical structure, and at least one open end of the cylindrical structure wraps the at least two support ends on the insulating frame and is supported by the support ends to form a winding space. The insulating device can balance the copper wire space factor and the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A product state quantification and remaining life prediction method, the method comprising: T1, acquiring design data and operating data of a product; T2, establishing a design model of the product on the basis of the design data, performing data fusion according to the design data and operating data to obtain a predicted performance curve of the product, and selecting an optimized operating state point in the predicted performance curve; and T3, establishing a cost model and an operating flexibility model of the product on the basis of the predicted performance curve, and calculating a remaining life prediction of the product according to a performance demand or operating cost of the product.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a dynamic prediction control method for a precision air conditioner. An example method includes: generating a three-dimensional simulation model on the basis of a simulation template according to static information of a hardware configuration and layout of an application scene where the precision air conditioner is located, wherein the three-dimensional simulation model and a static model of the hardware configuration and layout of the application scene correspond to each other; running a simulation on the basis of a dynamic parameter of the precision air conditioner corresponding to the three-dimensional simulation model and establishing a correspondence relationship between the dynamic parameter and a simulation result using machine learning, so as to generate a proxy model; and predicting a temperature distribution and change of the application scene on the basis of the proxy model and real-time dynamic data of the precision air conditioner.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a radiation therapy method can include loading a planning image of a target in a human. In addition, the position of the target can be monitored. A computation can be made of an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of the target and the target of the planning image. Furthermore, after the computing, a beam of radiation is triggered to deliver a dosage to the target in a short period of time (e.g., less than a second).

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for the reinforced learning of an artificial neural network. The neural network uses measured values associated with a supply network to determine a plurality of control values for controlling the supply network. The method may include: determining a control value so at least one limit value of a measurement variable of the supply network is violated in a time range, wherein the time range is determined in such a way that protective devices of the supply network do not trip; acquiring at least one measured value associated with the control value; and training the neural network using the calculated control value and the acquired associated measured value.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic resonance apparatus having a superconducting main magnet, a magnet cooler for the main magnet and a cooling apparatus for the magnet cooler and further components of the magnetic resonance apparatus that are to be cooled. The cooling apparatus has a cooling circuit with a coolant that can be conveyed via a pump for circulation, and the cooling circuit has a first partial circuit to which the magnet cooler is coupled for cooling, at least one second partial circuit for the further components and a common portion, and at least the second partial circuit has a flow rate setting apparatus for setting the coolant flow rate through the partial circuit and associated with the cooling apparatus is a control apparatus, which is configured for actuating the pump and/or the flow rate setting apparatus dependent upon an operating state information item of the magnetic resonance apparatus.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for planning radiation treatment are used to identify, for a given isocenter and given beam energy, beam delivery angles where beam fields satisfy a criterion for transmission fields (fields with a Bragg peak that is significantly or entirely outside of a patient's body). Those beam angles can be determined and evaluated before dose calculations are performed. Treatment planning can be performed using selected, satisfactory beam angles.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided which relate to the planning and delivery of radiation treatments by modalities which involve moving a radiation source along a trajectory relative to a subject while delivering radiation to the subject. An artificial intelligence (AI) agent trained using reinforcement learning (and/or some other suitable form of machine learning) is used to control the radiation delivery parameters in effort to achieve desired delivery of radiation therapy. In some embodiments, the AI agent selects suitable control steps (e.g. radiation delivery parameters for particular time steps), while accounting for patient motions, difference(s) in patient anatomical geometry and/or the like.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a concentration of one or more analytes in whole blood is provided. In one aspect of the invention, the system includes a channel configured to carry whole blood. The system further includes a light source configured to emit light on the channel. Additionally, the system includes an actuation module associable with the channel, wherein the actuation module is configured to generate a cell-free plasma layer in the channel. Furthermore, the system includes an optical module associable with the channel.

Abstract: A power module includes a housing having a carrier plate, housing walls and a housing cover. Semiconductor elements and a temperature sensor unit having a temperature sensor are disposed in the interior of the housing on the carrier plate. Partitions disposed in the interior of the housing separate the temperature sensor unit from the semiconductor elements and enclose the temperature sensor unit in a chamber.

Abstract: A wind turbine including: a pressure supply system for operating the actuator of at least an aerodynamic device by means of a pressurized gas, wherein the pressure supply system includes: a pressure generator for pressurizing the pressurized gas, a pressure supply line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for providing the pressurized gas to the pneumatic actuator, the pressure supply line including a pressure reservoir, a return line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for returning the pressurized gas to the pressure generator, the return line including a return reservoir having a negative relative pressure, is provided.

Abstract: In a method and system for reducing motion artifacts in magnetic resonance image data, a scout scan of the region of the patient is performed, a magnetic resonance (MR) measurement of the region of the patient is performed to acquire MR image data of the region of the patient, and motion correction is performed on the acquired MR image data based on the scout scan to generate corrected MR image data. The motion correction technique advantageously reduces an influence of a patient motion on the magnetic resonance image data.

Abstract: There is described an adaptor assembly of a gate mechanism for aligning a gear motor with a shaft driving gear. The assembly comprises a gate mechanism housing, a shaft driving motor, an adaptor, and fasteners. The housing includes a bore having an inner dimension and a housing fastener connection. The shaft driving motor has a motor shaft and a motor fastener connection. The adaptor comprises a housing fastener passage, a motor fastener passage, and a central protrusion. The central protrusion has an outer dimension aligned with the inner dimension of the bore and a central shaft passage accommodating the motor shaft of the shaft driving motor. A first fastener secures the adaptor to the shaft driving motor via the motor fastener passage and the motor fastener connection. A second fastener secures the adaptor to the housing via the housing fastener passage and the housing fastener connection.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring an access protection system which is suitable for regulating a data communication link of a computer-implemented application between a first computer network and a second computer network is provided. For this purpose, the computer-implemented application is run in the first computer network in a production environment or in an image of the first computer network in a test system. A data communication link of the computer-implemented application to the second computer network is determined by a sensor and a configuration rule is derived therefrom for the access protection system for permitting the data communication link of the computer implemented application between the first computer network and the second computer network in the production system. Also provided are a device, a test system, an access protection system, a computer program product and a computer-readable data carrier.

Abstract: A cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) method uses a continuous beam and an area detector to carry out fast acquisition of projection data. The acquired projection data are then reconstructed to generate tomographic images. In acquisition of the projection data, a radiation source continuously irradiates a subject with a cone beam of radiation from a plurality of angles and an area detector continuously reads out data. A CBCT system including a source operable to produce a cone beam of radiation and an area detector movable in synchrony with the source to rapidly acquire projection data for CBCT construction is also disclosed.

Abstract: A replacement assembly for replacing a damaged portion of a component includes a replacement piece including a first plurality of layers with each layer of the first plurality of layers formed on top of a prior formed layer of the first plurality of layers, the first plurality of layers arranged to define a curved leading-edge portion and a first interface surface, the first interface surface defined by a first continuous curve. An attachment piece includes a second plurality of layers with each layer of the second plurality of layers formed on top of a prior formed layer of the second plurality of layers, the attachment piece arranged to fit between the first interface surface and the component to fixedly attach the replacement piece to the component to replace the damaged portion of a component.

Abstract: A memory has a fluence map that corresponds to a particular patient stored therein. This memory also has at least one deep learning model stored therein trained to deduce a leaf sequence for a multi-leaf collimator from a fluence map. A control circuit operably coupled to that memory iteratively optimizes a radiation treatment plan to administer therapeutic radiation to that patient by, at least in part, generating a leaf sequence as a function of the at least one deep learning model and the fluence map that corresponds to the patient.