Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a feeder-cell free methods of producing an expanded natural killer (NK) cell preparation. This method comprises providing a starting preparation of NK cells and treating the starting preparation with a natural killer cell p30-related protein (NKp30) modulating agent alone or with other expansion agents as described herein. The method further involves culturing the treated preparation under conditions effective to expand the starting preparation of NK cells to produce an expanded NK cell preparation. Other aspects of the disclosure related to therapeutic preparations of NK cells produced in accordance with the methods described herein.

Abstract: A tomographic imaging system, including a data processing component having a memory and at least one processor configured to: access scattering parameter data representing electromagnetic waves scattered by features within an object and originating from a plurality of antennas disposed around the object on a boundary S; process the scattering parameter data to generate a reconstructed image representing a spatial distribution of features within the object, said processing including: solving an electromagnetic inverse problem, wherein forward and inverse steps of the inverse problem are represented and solved as respective differential equations involving an electric field to determine values for the electric field; and process the determined values of the electric field to generate reconstructed image data representing one or more spatial distributions of one or more electromagnetic properties within the object.

Abstract: A hybrid medical imaging probe for application to a body part to image tissues within the body part, the medical imaging probe including: a first imaging probe component to generate non-microwave first signals for transmission into the body part and to sense corresponding signals scattered by the tissues within the body part to enable the generation of one or more corresponding images of the tissues using a non-microwave first imaging technology; and an electromagnetic imaging probe component to generate microwave signals in a microwave frequency band for transmission into the body part and to sense corresponding microwave signals scattered by the tissues within the body part to enable the estimation of corresponding values of permittivity of the tissues; wherein the first imaging probe component and the electromagnetic imaging probe component are co-located within the hybrid medical imaging probe and arranged so that the non-microwave and microwave signals are transmitted from the hybrid medical imaging prob

Abstract: A process for medical imaging, the process including: (i) receiving scattering data representing mono-static or multi-static measurements of scattering of electromagnetic signals from tissues of a body part of a subject at a plurality of different signal frequencies, wherein electromagnetic signals are emitted from one or more antennas and the corresponding scattered signals are measured by the one or more antennas; (ii) processing the scattering data to calculate electric field power values at each of a plurality of scattering locations of the subject's tissues within the body part and for each of the plurality of frequencies; (iii) for each of the scattering locations, summing the calculated electric field power values at the scattering location over the plurality of frequencies and the plurality of antennas to generate an image of the tissues within the body part; and (iv) iteratively updating a model of the tissues within the body part based on a comparison of the model with the generated image until a

Abstract: A tomographic imaging system, including a data processing component having a memory and at least one processor configured to: access scattering parameter data representing electromagnetic waves scattered by features within an object and originating from a plurality of antennas disposed around the object on a boundary S; process the scattering parameter data to generate a reconstructed image representing a spatial distribution of features within the object, said processing including: solving an electromagnetic inverse problem, wherein forward and inverse steps of the inverse problem are represented and solved as respective differential equations involving an electric field to determine values for the electric field; and process the determined values of the electric field to generate reconstructed image data representing one or more spatial distributions of one or more electromagnetic properties within the object.

Abstract: A system and method for providing consumer-based, adult care provider-relevant information in a consolidated format to potential users (e.g., customers, responsible parties, government evaluators, etc.) of adult healthcare facilities and/or services. A system and method typically enables healthcare providers and others to provide information and for users to obtain information via devices interfacing with a relatively centralized, network-connected, server-based presence.