Abstract: A medical treatment suite and method of use is described, having a projection X-ray apparatus mounted to a robot. The robot positions the projection X-ray apparatus with respect to a patient and data is taken in a form that is suitable for synthesizing computed tomographic images. The patient may be supported by a patient support apparatus, which may be mounted to another robot, which cooperates with the other robot so as to position the patient according to a selected treatment protocol. Each of the robots may be mounted to one of a floor, a ceiling or a wall of the room.

Abstract: A supported superconducting magnet includes a superconducting magnet arranged within an outer vacuum container and a support structure bearing the weight of the superconducting magnet against a support surface. The support structure includes a tubular suspension element located between the magnet and the support surface, the tubular suspension element retaining the magnet in a fixed relative position with reference to the outer vacuum container by means of complementary interface surfaces arranged to transmit the weight of the superconducting magnet to the support structure. The tubular suspension element is arranged about a generally vertical axis, and supports a solenoidal magnet structure which is arranged about a generally horizontal axis.

Abstract: A tilt tray sorter conveyor for piece goods is provided. The conveyer includes wagons which are coupled to each other to make a ring or train, or are employed individually, and are moved along rails, each wagon having a carrying tray. Each carrying tray is pivoted to both sides about a pivot which is arranged centrally underneath the carrying tray and runs in the direction of travel, by a tilt drive arranged on the wagon, from a horizontal transport position into an unloading position to release goods conveyed by the wagon. In order to enable a flexible operational discharge of the tiling movement of the carrying tray, at least one flexible form-fitting or force-fitting traction mechanism is arranged underneath the carrying tray and hinged to both sides, the traction mechanism working with a drive to apply a traction force to the carrying tray in the tilting direction.

Abstract: A method for planning a needle path is provided. The method includes displaying a restricted region on a display, the restricted region being defined by spatial limitations of an imaging system and a location of a selected target point; and selecting a skin entry point outside the restricted region.

Abstract: A method includes requesting by a user equipment for data from an application provider through a wireless network; communicating by the application provider through the wireless network an effective rate policy for the data to the user equipment, the effective rate policy being applicable upon satisfaction by the user equipment of conditions communicated with the effective rate policy; and sending the data at the effective rate policy to the user equipment when the conditions are met by the user equipment. A related method includes receiving by a user equipment an effective rate policy for data from an application provider through a wireless network, the effective rate policy being applicable upon satisfaction by the user equipment of conditions communicated with the effective rate policy; satisfying the conditions by the user equipment; and receiving the data at the effective rate policy by the user equipment.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring and setting at least one air parameter in a room includes at least one sensor and at least one monitoring unit, which is provided separately from the sensor. The at least one monitoring unit is connected to the sensor by a wireless communications link of a communications network. The communications network has at least one mobile terminal device on which at least a part of the monitoring unit is provided.

Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for using a common local oscillator for multiple transceivers (e.g., in a BST unit). One or two shared local oscillators LOs/frequency sources in a wireless transceiver may be configured to generate corresponding one or more oscillator signals, so that the corresponding portions of the one or two oscillator signals generated by the one or two LOs may be provided to multiple transmitters and to multiple receivers through corresponding paths in the wireless transceiver. For example it may be a shared use of frequency sources/LOs between multiple pipes/branches of the BST (one local oscillator for all transmitters, and another local oscillator for all receivers in the multiple pipes/branches). The implementation may require proper routing, and amplification and/or frequency conversion if necessary, of the shared LO signals.

Abstract: A system and method includes reception of a mask x-ray image of a patient volume, reception of a plurality of sequential x-ray images of the patient volume including a contrast medium, subtraction of the mask x-ray image from each of the plurality of sequential x-ray images to generate a plurality of sequential x-ray difference images, filtering of each of the plurality of sequential x-ray difference images based on one or more filter parameters to generate a plurality of sequential filtered x-ray difference images, combination of each of the plurality of sequential filtered x-ray difference images with a corresponding one of the plurality of sequential x-ray difference images based on a weight to generate a plurality of combined sequential x-ray images, and display of the plurality of combined sequential x-ray images sequentially.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for reconstruction of a magnetic resonance image includes acquiring a first incomplete k-space data set comprising a plurality of first k-space lines spaced according to an acceleration factor and one or more calibration lines. A parallel imaging reconstruction technique is applied to the first incomplete k-space data to determine a plurality of second k-space lines not included in the first incomplete k-space data set, thereby yielding a second incomplete k-space data set. Then, the parallel imaging reconstruction technique is applied to the second incomplete k-space data to determine a plurality of third k-space lines not included in the second incomplete k-space data, thereby yielding a complete k-space data set.

Abstract: Systems and methods for massive model visualization in product data management (PDM) systems. A method includes storing a hierarchical product data structure that includes a plurality of occurrence nodes and component nodes. The method includes creating an occurrence equivalency table from, the hierarchical product data structure, that identifies at least one anchor occurrence node and at least one equivalent occurrence node. The product component corresponding to the equivalent occurrence node is spatially located within a specified distance threshold of product component corresponding to the anchor occurrence node.

Abstract: The interface has three inputs, a first output which is connected to a first input, a second output which can be connected to a second input or to the third input. The interface also includes a switching device which is connected to the second input, the third input and the second output, and a control device which is coupled to the third input in such a way that a detection signal can be fed from the third input to the control device. The detection signal is indicative of whether the second input or the third input is connected to the second pole of the two-pole line.

Abstract: A CAD system, method, and computer readable medium. A method for modeling a topological structure includes receiving a definition of a topological structure. The method also includes receiving a definition of a construction element and receiving a geometrical relationship between the construction element and an element of the topological structure. The method further includes receiving a change to the topological structure and, in response to the change, changing the first construction element according to the geometrical relationship.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus, in particular for a medical imaging apparatus, has a table for supporting a patient, and a support unit, wherein the table is arranged at the support unit such that the table may be displaced along a longitudinal extension of the support unit. Further, the patient support apparatus has a protective wall element which closes off a region for receiving fluids on the table and/or on the support unit in a fluid-tight manner.

Abstract: A sensor element is provided for conversion of x-radiation into an electrical measurement signal, the sensor element including an x-radiation-absorbing fluid arranged in a housing, and a pressure sensor arranged to detect a pressure of the fluid on the pressure sensor and convert the detected pressure into an electrical measurement signal. A plurality of such sensor elements may be arranged in a matrix-type arrangement to form an x-ray detector.

Abstract: A self validating flame detection system (10) for a turbine engine (12) configured to determine whether a flame exists in a turbine engine combustor is disclosed. The self validating flame detection system (10) may include two different types of flame detection sensors to reduce the risk of false positive signals. In at least one embodiment, the flame detection system (10) may include one or more infrared sensors (20) that sense infrared radiation within the combustor of the turbine engine (12) and one or more ultraviolet light sensors (22) that sense ultraviolet light within the combustor of the turbine engine (12). The flame detection system (10) may include a processor (24) configured to ignore the steady state infrared signal generated and instead analyze the dynamic infrared signal. The processor (24) may be configured to determine whether both types of sensors indicate a flame out condition so that a false alarm does not occur.

Abstract: A method for operating a dezentralized communication network with network nodes is provided. The method is based on protocols in conventional peer-to-peer networks. The method provides rapid searching of resources whereby each network node manages a table containing information regarding all the other network nodes, such that a network that contains the resource is immediately retrieved among the table entries. Furthermore, the table contains device names of technical components on which the network nodes are mapped, so that a technical component is directly addressed also via its device name without use of the search process.

Abstract: In a method and a device for placing units, such as motes, for executing an application in a distributed system, a placement of the units by a service layer and a communication between the units by a communication layer are provided. One field of application is for example process automation, such as in industrial or building management installations. Such installations have sensors and actuators with communication interfaces. The method and the device allow the energy demand of the installation to be reduced. Communication is preferably performed wirelessly. Network management is for example conducted according to the wireless HART protocol.

Abstract: An accelerator for charged particle may include: a capacitor stack which includes a first electrode that can be brought to a first potential, a second electrode that is concentric to the first electrode and can be brought to a second potential differing from the first potential, and at least one intermediate electrode that is concentrically arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode and can be brought to an intermediate potential lying between the first potential and the second potential; a switching device to which the electrodes of the capacitor stack are connected and which is designed such that the concentric electrodes of the capacitor stack can be brought to increasing potential stages during operation of the switching device; a first and a second acceleration channel formed by first and second openings in the electrodes of the capacitor stack such that charged particles can be accelerated along the first and second acceleration channel by means of the electrodes; and a device which c

Abstract: A mechanism usable in a communication management network system includes a network element and an operations system portion. After the network element is physically connected to the operations system portion, adaptation information is transmitted from the network element to the operations system. The operations system configures one or more applications on the basis of metadata which are accessed by using the adaptation information. The network element and all further network elements of the same type/release are manageable by the operations system portion.

Abstract: In a gas turbine engine, a flow directing member includes a platform supported on a rotor and includes a radially facing endwall and at least one axially facing axial surface extending radially inwardly from a junction with the endwall. The flow directing member further includes an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the endwall and a fluid flow directing feature. The fluid flow directing feature includes a groove extending axially into the axial surface. The groove has a radially inner groove end and a radially outer groove end, wherein the outer groove end defines an axially extending notch in the junction between the axial surface and the endwall and forms an opening in the endwall for directing a cooling fluid to the endwall.