Abstract: An optical biomedical measurement device is provided. The optical biomedical measurement device includes a substrate, a light source disposed on the substrate, a photodiode sensor disposed on the substrate, laterally spaced from the light source, a plurality of light-blocking walls disposed vertically on the substrate, laterally located on both sides of the light source and on both sides of the photodiode sensor, a sealing layer covering the light source, the photodiode sensor, and the light-blocking walls, a cover plate bonded to the sealing layer, a plurality of light-absorption films vertically aligned with the light-blocking walls, disposed in a plurality of etching regions on a top surface of the cover plate, an optical filter film disposed on the cover plate and the light-absorption films, a plurality of nano-metal particles arranged on the optical filter film with a distance therebetween, and an antibacterial optical film covering the nano-metal particles and the optical filter film.

Abstract: A photoacoustic sensing apparatus includes a light source that directs an optical signal toward an analyte, a photoacoustic sensor that receives an ultrasonic wave generated from the analyte and generates a photoacoustic sensor signal, and a signal processing device that controls the directing of the optical signal toward the analyte, and removes electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise from the photoacoustic sensor signal to generate a photoacoustic signal. A photoacoustic sensing method includes providing a first control signal to an optical switch connected to a light source to block or transmit the optical signal, generating a mixed signal that includes a photoacoustic signal and first EMI noise when the optical switch transmits the optical signal, and second EMI noise when the optical switch blocks the optical signal, and removing the EMI noise from the photoacoustic sensor signal based on the mixed signal and the second EMI noise.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention has an object of providing single-macromolecule particles each having a more accurately controlled hydrodynamic diameter, an active molecular complex, a method for producing the single-macromolecule particles, and a method for imaging biological tissue. In order to attain the object, provided are single-macromolecule particles characterized by each being formed of a single macromolecule and by having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of not more than 1.5. This makes it possible to obtain particles each having an accurately controlled hydrodynamic diameter. The single macromolecule is preferably a structure consisting of a single hydrophilic macromolecule A or a structure in which one or more side chains are bonded to a main chain, the main chain being the single hydrophilic macromolecule A, each of the one or more side chains being a hydrophilic macromolecule B.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging device for an interventional procedure, a medical instrument, and a method for aligning the medical instrument in the magnetic resonance imaging device are disclosed. The magnetic resonance imaging device has a recess along an inner circumference of a patient tunnel and a display arranged therein. The medical instrument has an optical image capturing apparatus at the distal end. In the method, a trajectory for the medical instrument is ascertained for a predetermined interventional procedure in a patient, an entry point on the patient and an impact point of the trajectory on the display are determined, the medical instrument is positioned at the entry point by a user, the impact point is marked by outputting a marking on the display, and the distal end of the medical instrument is aligned with the marking.

Abstract: The present invention provides a depth data-based pressure ulcer diagnosis system and method using a multispectral light source, the system comprising: a light emission unit for irradiating the skin of a body part with light in order to assess a pressure ulcer; a measurement unit which measures light transmittance using reflected light that is reflected from the skin of the body part when the skin of the body part is irradiated with light in order to assess a pressure ulcer; and a pressure ulcer diagnosis unit which assesses the state of a pressure ulcer on the basis of the light transmittance measured by the measurement unit, wherein the optical principle that the transmittance of light from a multispectral light source through the skin differs according to wavelength can be used to detect skin abnormalities caused by pressure ulcers.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic head device including: a base unit supported by a robot arm; a sonication unit which is provided on the base unit and includes a hemispherical sonication surface configured to radiate ultrasonic waves for sonication; a liquid bag which has a medium liquid through which the ultrasonic waves are transmitted accommodated therein and with which the sonication surface is covered; a liquid supplying and discharging unit which circulates the medium liquid through the liquid bag; and a moving mechanism which is provided on the base unit and supports the liquid bag so that the liquid bag freely moves relative to the sonication surface along a direction of a central axis of the sonication surface.

Abstract: Qualifying an unqualified dermascope imaging device for use with an image classification algorithm is described. A qualification data set comprising a plurality of pairs of images of skin lesions is accessed, wherein each pair comprises an image of a skin lesion captured by an unqualified dermascope imaging device and an image of the skin lesion captured by a qualified dermascope imaging device. Using the image classification algorithm, a confidence value of classification of each image is computed. A similarity metric is measured between the unqualified and qualified dermascope imaging device using differences in the confidence values between images of each pair. Qualifying the unqualified dermascope imaging device for use with the image classification algorithm is done in response a comparison between the similarity metric and a similarity threshold.

Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided.

Abstract: A system and method for adapting treatment plan are provided. The method may include: obtaining a planning image of a region of interest relating to a first treatment fraction of a first treatment plan; obtaining a first image of the region of interest relating to a first scan of the region of interest with a first dose level; comparing the planning image with the first image to generate a first comparison result; determining whether the first comparison result satisfies a first replanning condition; causing, in response to a determination that the first comparison result satisfies the first replanning condition, one or more scanners to perform a second scan with a second dose level to provide a second image; and generating a second treatment plan according to the second image, wherein the second dose level is higher than the first dose level.

Abstract: A quick action menu system may be configured to perform operations that include: causing display of a graphical user interface (GUI) at a client device, the GUI comprising a display of a persistent icon at a position within the GUI; receiving a selection of the persistent icon from the client device; accessing user profile data associated with a user of the client device responsive to the input that selects the persistent icon; and causing display of a quick actions menu to display content associated with the user profile data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical image acquisition unit assistance apparatus (10), the apparatus comprising: —at least one sensor (20); and —a processing unit (30); wherein one or more sensors of the at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data of a person observing a patient undergoing a medical scan by a medical image acquisition unit; wherein the one or more sensors is configured to provide the acquired sensor data of the person observing the patient undergoing the medical scan to the processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a state of the person observing the patient undergoing the medical scan comprising utilization of the acquired sensor data of the person observing the patient undergoing the medical scan; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine an overall state of the patient comprising utilization of the determined state of the person.

Abstract: A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is achieved. Three or more source lines are provided for each pixel column. Video signals having the same polarity are input to adjacent source lines during one frame period. Dot inversion driving is used to reduce a flicker, crosstalk, or the like.

Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosis of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) with a monopolar probe in a territory innervated by a chorda tympani nerve (CTN) by applying a stimulus by the monopolar, measuring a response to the stimulus, changing the strength of the stimulus applied based on the measured response until the measured response reaches a threshold value, determining a first stimulus strength at the threshold value, repeating these steps for another predefined location in a territory innervated by the CTN associated with a second ear, to determine a second stimulus strength at the threshold value for the second predefined location; and diagnosing AOM based on a difference between the determined first and second stimulus strengths for the first and second locations.

Abstract: Ultrasonic testing (UT) data acquired during an inspection of an object is received and a first image of a portion of the object is displayed. The first image is generated in a first scan type based on the UT data. A first user input characterizing a first modification of the first image to focus on a region of interest within the portion of the object can be received, and the first image can be updated based on the first modification. A second user input characterizing a switch from the first scan type to a second scan type can be received. A second image of the portion of the object that is generated in the second scan type can then be displayed. A second modification to the second image based on the first modification to display the region of interest within the portion of the object can be automatically applied.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a physical object within an environment using a camera of an electronic device, obtaining a content item to be output for display by the electronic device, determining a content position and a content orientation for the content item relative to the physical object, and displaying a representation of the content item using the electronic device so that, from a perspective of a user using the electronic device, the content item replaces the physical object in the environment. The content item is selected based on identifying the physical object.

Abstract: A system and method wherein a face mounted eye-tracking system is mounted in a dive mask. The mask mounted occulometric system has a novel configuration and enclosure to provide in situ occulometrics and neurological assessment.

Abstract: To provide means for measuring the blood flow rate of gastric subepithelial microvessel in real time.

Abstract: An ultrasonography apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an ultrasound image group including multiple ultrasound images of a subject captured by an ultrasound probe at multiple imaging positions of the subject, predict an imaging position where a disease predicted in the subject is capable of being imaged on the basis of the multiple ultrasound images of the subject with reference to multiple diagnosed ultrasound image groups and a diagnostic log which is for each of the multiple diagnosed ultrasound image groups and which includes positional information indicating a position of a disease, notify of the predicted imaging position, update the diagnostic log, detect a current position of the ultrasound probe on the subject, and display an image that shows the image of the subject superimposed with the current position of the ultrasound probe and the predicted imaging position on the image showing the image of the subject.

Abstract: An elongated medical tubular assembly is configured to improve, at least in part, transmission of a signal from the signal-transmitting device, received, at least in part, within the elongated medical tubular assembly, toward the signal-transceiving device of the medical-imaging system. The elongated medical tubular assembly defines a lumen extending from a distal tip toward a proximal end of the elongated medical tubular assembly; and the lumen is configured to receive, at least in part, the signal-transmitting device in such a way that the lumen, in use, receives, at least in part, the signal-transmitting device at the signal-liberating feature.

Abstract: A method to operate a head-mountable processing system, is provided. The head-mountable processing system comprising generating one or more control signals based upon a visual motion of a sequence of images for display by the head-mountable processing system, and transmitting the generated one or more control signals to a plurality of transducers to stimulate a wearer's vestibular system.