Abstract: An intravaginal imaging device, method and system are disclosed. The imaging device is housed within an elongated housing having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end includes a sealing endcap window, an objective disposed behind the window having first lens group and a second lens group configured to focus on a target, an image detector disposed behind the objective configured to detect an image from the objective, and a LED light source disposed behind the window configured to illuminate the target. A connecting portion in communication with the image detector is disposed at the proximal end. The connecting portion is configured to convey an image from the image detector to an external device. The intravaginal imaging device is configured to be used in conjunction with a speculum where the intravaginal imaging device is inserted within jaws of the speculum and positioned within the spacers of the speculum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical data management method and system wherein medical data (22c) and identification data (22b) associated with the medical data (22c) of said patient (6) is received, said medical data (22c) and said identification data (22b) is stored as a medical file (22) in a storage system (2), wherein at least parts of said medical files (22) are modified for generating at least one modified file (22?) in response to a retrieval request from an unauthorized recipient (Ni), wherein such modification depends on an authorization code (42) associated with said unauthorized recipient (Ni), and wherein said at least one modified file (22?) is supplied to said unauthorized recipient (Ni) or the unmodified medical file (22) is supplied to an authorized recipient (6, 7). The invention enables a worldwide medical database for research and global health interests, by at the same time safeguarding the legitimate interests of the patient.

Abstract: Rotations at multiple longitudinal levels (e.g., rotations from different short axis views) are determined. Three-dimensional representations are generated as a function of the rotations, such as distorting the representation to show rotation and/or modulating the display values as a function of the rotations. Twist and/or torsion of the heart may be calculated from the rotations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for the representation of a predeterminable region (3) in multidimensional data sets (2). The data sets (2) are especially made of three or four dimensional image data of an object which is to be examined. The image data is produced by means of one or several receiving elements of the object and especially at least one two-dimensional cut (S) is located and displayed through the predeterminable region (3). The cut (S) is defined by at least one vector plane and/or indicator plane (E1, E2), which are arranged in the multi-dimensional data set (2), by means of a vector (4). Said vector or indicator is fixed by manipulation in the multidimensional data set (2) and/or on, particularly, the two-dimensional cut planes (S1, S2) of the multi-dimensional data sets (2) on at least one vector plane (E1, E2) and the vector and/or indicator (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for breast cancer screening and a corresponding method carried out with the system, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing an image of a predetermined region of a breast of a woman, b) determining the glandular volume in the scanning image, and c) calculating the absolute glandular tissue amount of the breast from the glandular volume, wherein the absolute glandular tissue amount can be used as a risk index which provides an indication about the risk of the woman of having breast cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for the representation of a predeterminable region (3) in multidimensional data sets (2). The data sets (2) are especially made of three or four dimensional image data of an object which is to be examined. The image data is produced by means of one or several receiving elements of the object and especially at least one two-dimensional cut (S) is located and displayed through the predeterminable region (3). The cut (S) is defined by at least one vector plane and/or indicator plane (E1, E2), which are arranged in the multi-dimensional data set (2), by means of a vector (4). Said vector or indicator is fixed by manipulation in the multidimensional data set (2) and/or on, particularly, the two-dimensional cut planes (S1, S2) of the multi-dimensional data sets (2) on at least one vector plane (E1, E2) and the vector and/or indicator (4).

Abstract: Rotations at multiple longitudinal levels (e.g., rotations from different short axis views) are determined. Three-dimensional representations are generated as a function of the rotations, such as distorting the representation to show rotation and/or modulating the display values as a function of the rotations. Twist and/or torsion of the heart may be calculated from the rotations.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a device for reconstructing and representing multidimensional objects from one- or two-dimensional image data, particularly from ultrasound image data, based on recordings (7) of one- or two-dimensional partial image areas (6) of an object (1), wherein the spatial and/or chronological positions of the individual partial image areas (6) are used along with the one- or two-dimensional image information (13) of the individual partial image areas (6) to generate one- or two-dimensional image data, wherein a first group of space elements (15a) is generated in a multidimensional voxel space (9) from first space elements (10a) which contain multidimensional image information and touch or intersect planes or lines of partial image areas (6) by means of the one- or two-dimensional image data, and wherein a second group of space elements (15b) is generated in the multidimensional voxel space (9) from second space elements (10b) by means of an information transformation from t

Abstract: The invention relates to a method or a device for recording ultrasonic images of an object (1) in which ultrasonic waves are radiated onto the object (1) by an ultrasonic emitter, and ultrasonic waves reflected by the object (1) are received by an ultrasonic receiver. For recording individual image partial areas (6), the ultrasonic emitter or ultrasonic receiver (18) is displaced along the object (1) or is at least partially rotated with regard to the object (1). The corresponding movement (S) of the ultrasonic transmitter or of the ultrasonic receiver (4, 18) is progressively detected by a detector (9, 23) and is assigned to the individual image partial areas (6). As a result, it is possible to record the object (1) by manually moving the ultrasonic transducer (4), whereby an incremental detector serves as a detector (9, 23) for progressively detecting the movement (S).

Abstract: The ultrasound imaging system and method of the present invention defines the gray-scale value and other parameters for each of a plurality of image elements in an output volume by determining all of the image information in the scanning planes that is contained within a defined portion of the output volume (which contains the image element) and thereafter simultaneously analyzing the selected image information. These steps are repeated for each of the image elements in the output volume.