Abstract: The present invention relates to plate elements for the construction of a reactor module for carrying out endothermic reactions at high temperatures, the plate elements being designed in such a way that all reactant gases are heated by flowing around heating elements and the reaction zone is heated at the same time. The present invention also relates to reactor modules and reactor systems using the plate elements according to the invention pressed against each other, as well as the corresponding methods for efficiently carrying out endothermic chemical reactions, in particular the rWGS reaction.

Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a first set of nanosheets and a second set of nanosheets on top of the first set of nanosheets, wherein the first set of nanosheets has an uppermost nanosheet and the second set of nanosheets has a lowermost nanosheet, the lowermost nanosheet being separated from the uppermost nanosheet by a first gap; forming a conformal liner covering the first set of nanosheets and the first gap; covering a first portion of the conformal liner at the first gap with a protective stud; selectively removing a second portion of the conformal liner from end surfaces of the first set of nanosheets; and forming source/drain at the end surfaces of the first set of nanosheets. A structure formed thereby is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device with a multi-layer contact and a system is disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first electrode terminal located on a first surface and a second surface electrode terminal located on a second surface, the first surface being opposite to the second surface, an electrical contact layer disposed directly on the first electrode terminal, a functional layer directly disposed on the electrical contact layer, an adhesion layer directly disposed on the functional layer, a solder layer directly disposed on the adhesion layer; and a protection layer directly disposed on the solder layer, wherein the semiconductor device is a power semiconductor device configured to provide a vertical current flow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for segmentation of images. The device comprises an input (20) configured to obtain image data including a first image slice of a plurality of image slices of a 3D image data set, first segmentation of the first image slice in which at least one object is segmented, and a second image slice of the plurality of image slices of the 3D image data set. A processing unit (21, 21a) is configured to compute a second segmentation of the second image slice based on the obtained image data by applying a trained algorithm or computing system that has been trained on a plurality of segmentations of a plurality of objects in a plurality of image slices onto the obtained image data to propagate the segmentation of the at least one object in the first segmentation from the first image slice to the second image slice and to compute a third segmentation of a third image slice arranged, within the 3D image data set, in between the first and second image slices.

Abstract: A radar system includes a first integrated radar circuit having a plurality of first transmission paths and a local oscillator configured to generate a local oscillator signal. The first integrated radar circuit has a first terminal configured to output an oscillation signal based on the local oscillator signal. The radar system includes a second integrated radar circuit having a second transmission path and a second terminal. The radar system includes a partially reflective element coupled to the first terminal via a first line section and to the second terminal via a second line section. The partially reflective element is configured to reflect back a first portion of the oscillation signal as a reflected signal via the first line section to the first terminal and to pass on a second portion of the oscillation signal as a forward signal via the second line section to the second terminal.

Abstract: A fetal imaging method involves detecting (102) a spine centerline in a 3D ultrasound image, and determining (104) a first plane which is a sagittal plane of best fit through the spine centerline. A second, coronal plane, is also determined (108), and the image of the spine is projected onto the second plane, and the second plane and the projection of the spine image onto the second plane are displayed (110). In accordance with the invention, a measure of fit error of the spine centerline to the first plane is derived. If the measure of fit error is below a threshold, the first plane and the image of the spine is displayed (106). If the measure of fit error is not below the threshold, the image of the spine image is projected onto the first plane, and the first plane and the projected image of the spine is displayed (106).

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a display device; and an electronic processor programmed to perform a medical image processing method including receiving a three dimensional (3D) medical image; computing least one 3D derivative image of the 3D medical image; identifying a set of fibers in the 3D medical image by tracing fibrous image features in the at least one 3D derivative image starting from respective seed locations in the least one 3D derivative image; and controlling the display device to display an anatomical representation comprising or derived from the set of fibers.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for guiding the acquisition of an ultrasound image. A 3D ultrasound image is acquired by an ultrasound probe at a first position and an anatomical structure is identified within the 3D ultrasound image. A target imaging plane is estimated based on the identified anatomical structure and it is determined whether the target imaging plane is present within the 3D ultrasound image. If the target imaging plane is present, a displacement between a central plane of the 3D ultrasound image and the target plane is determined. If the displacement is below a predetermined threshold, the target imaging plane is extracted and if the displacement is above the predetermined threshold, an instruction to acquire a 3D ultrasound image with the ultrasound probe at a second position, different from the first position, is generated based on the displacement. The invention further provides a method for estimating a target imaging plane.

Abstract: A closure bottom part is disclosed for an essentially rotationally symmetric water container of a water pipe, comprising a closure element extending in an axial direction having a continuous opening in an axial direction and characterized in that the closure bottom part comprises a clamping means having a circumferential clamping element modifiable in a radial direction, which is configured to, in a state where it is mounted to the water container, create a radially directed clamping force in order to clamp the closure bottom part between opposing walls of the water container or in order to clamp the water container between opposing walls of the closure bottom part, wherein the clamping force is based on a modification of the diameter of the clamping element in a radial direction, further comprising a displacement element displaceable in an axial direction with respect to the clamping element, which is configured to modify the clamping element in the radial direction as a result of an axial displacement of th

Abstract: A method and system for mapping boundary detecting features of at least one source triangulated mesh of known topology to a target triangulated mesh of arbitrary topology. A region of interest in a volumetric image associated with each triangle of the target triangulated mesh is provided to a feature mapping network. The feature mapping network assigns a feature selection vector to each triangle of the target triangulated mesh. The associated region of interest and assigned feature selection vector for each triangle of the target triangulated mesh are provided to a boundary detection network. A predicted boundary based on features of the associated region of interest selected by the assigned feature selection vector is obtained from the boundary detection network.

Abstract: A pattern structure includes a plurality of first patterns and a plurality of second patterns on a substrate. Each of the plurality of first patterns extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, i.e., the first direction and the second direction are substantially parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and perpendicular to each other. Each of the plurality of second patterns extend in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other in the second direction. The plurality of first patterns are aligned with each other in the second direction at a first end, and the plurality of second patterns are aligned with each other in the second direction at a second end that is opposite to the first end in the first direction. The plurality of second patterns are aligned with and spaced apart from the plurality of first patterns, respectively, in the first direction to form a plurality of spaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for generating a simulated CBCT image based on a computed tomography image. A computed tomography image is converted into attenuation coefficients of the represented tissue, and the computed tomography image is forward-projected to a projection image based on scanner parameters of a simulated CBCT scanner. After the addition of artificial noise to the projection image representing noise detected by the simulated CBCT scanner, the projection image is back-projected with a reconstruction algorithm for the generation of a simulated CBCT image of the subject. The present invention relates further to a method for generating training data for training an artificial intelligence module based on the simulated images, and to methods for registering a computed tomography image to a CBCT image and for segmenting a CBCT image with an artificial intelligence module trained with training data comprising the simulated CBCT images.

Abstract: An automation module includes a housing that has a front and rear sides, top and lower sides and a left and right sides, wherein a printed circuit board is arranged within the housing parallel between the left and right sides of the housing, the lower and top sides are formed at least as a ventilation grid to enable cooling inside the housing, where a first plug connector is arranged on the printed circuit board proximate to the top side, an adapter is detachably arranged on the top side, where the adapter has a second plug connector and forms an encoding element such that the adapter includes pins arranged such that, during an insertion-withdrawal operation of the second plug connector into the first plug connector, the pins pass through openings in the ventilation grid and an insertion-withdrawal operation of the second plug connector into the first plug connector is therefore possible.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating a texture for a three-dimensional (3D) model of an oral structure. The method includes providing the 3D model of the oral structure in the form of a polygon mesh, identifying a set of points located on the polygon mesh, and determining, for each respective point in the set of points, a respective texture value. Each respective texture value is determined by identifying a set of frames, filtering the set of frames to identify a subset of frames, determining a set of candidate texture values for the respective texture value, computing, for each respective candidate texture value in the set of candidate texture values, a quality factor, and computing the respective texture value for the respective point by combining, based on their respective quality factors, candidate texture values selected from the set of candidate texture values.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for making anatomical measurements using a captured ultrasound image representative of the anatomical region of interest. The method comprises receiving (20) data representative of a set of points selected by a user within the image and interpreting from the points a particular anatomical measurement type which the user is intending to perform. In particular, the points are processed to identify (24) a pattern or other geometrical characteristic of the points, and the location (22) of at least one of the points within the image is also identified. These two characteristics are used to identify from the set of points which measurement the operator is performing. Once the measurement is identified, an appropriate measurement template (26) is selected and applied in order to derive (30) from the set of points an anatomical measurement.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for increasing butyrate production in a subject. In particular, provided herein are compositions, probiotic compositions, and combinations thereof that promote butyrate production in a subject.

Abstract: A method for operating a battery module, including multiple battery cells. The method includes: a) ascertaining cell voltages of the individual battery cells at a starting point in time; b) ascertaining at the starting point in time an average cell voltage from the cell voltages of the battery cells ascertained at the starting point in time; c) estimating the cell voltage of at least one battery cell at an operating point in time if the cell voltage of the battery cell is not measurable at the operating point in time, taking into account the cell voltage of the battery cell ascertained at the starting point in time, the average cell voltage ascertained at the starting point in time, and an average cell voltage ascertained at the operating point in time.

Abstract: A system for generating ultrasound data in respect of an anatomical body being scanned makes use of a predetermined scan protocol, which specifies a sequence of types of ultrasound scan of structures of interest. These types may for example be different imaging modalities (static, dynamic, 2D, 3D etc.) which are most appropriate for viewing different structures within the anatomical body. From received ultrasound images, a model is used to identify the structures of interest within the ultrasound images. The best images for creating the types of scan of the protocol are then identified and a sequence is compiled of those best images. In this way, a sequence is created which combines different types of scan, in a structured way according to a predetermined protocol. This makes the analysis of the sequence most intuitive for a user, and simplifies comparison between different sequences.

Abstract: A frost protection system for protecting new growth or new plantings from frost includes one or more light strings for irradiating the new growth or new planting to be protected from frost, a power supply for supplying the light strings with electrical power and a thermal control unit for controlling the power supply on the basis of measured temperature. The one or more light strings have at least four lights per linear meter.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system for acquiring ultrasound images of an anatomical feature of interest in a subject, comprising a controller operable by a user and configured to: process input ultrasound images to extract anatomical data; determine a set of constraints to be applied to the ultrasound images, the constraints being spatial, temporal and/or of image quality, derived from the extracted anatomical data and/or on user input; monitor the ultrasound images, as they are received, for determining their compliance with the determined constraints; and output an indication based on the determined compliance. The user can adapt the imaging process using the feedback of these indications, and can decide to stop the process based on satisfactory indications.