Abstract: Decision-making for a vehicle uses a data determining interface between perception and decision-making. The interface receives, from at least two data sources, operational environment data representing objects external to the vehicle while the vehicle is traversing a vehicle transportation network. The operational environment data is modified to determine output data for data types needed to determine a candidate vehicle control action responsive to the distinct vehicle operation scenario identified using the operational environment data. The solution is the same candidate vehicle control action for the same conditions regardless of the data types available from the data sources. That is, even where different data sources are available, consistent output is provided to a decision-making system. Consistent decision-making results whether the vehicle has a high-definition map, a standard-definition map, or no map as a data source, for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of manufacture and implementations of hybrid separators for data cables having conductive and non-conductive or metallic and non-metallic portions, and data cables including such hybrid separators. A hybrid separator comprising one or more conductive portions and one or more non-conductive portions may be positioned within a data cable between adjacent pairs of twisted insulated and shielded or unshielded conductors so as to provide physical and electrical separation of the conductors. The position and extent (laterally and longitudinally) of each conductive portion and each non-conductive portion may be selected for optimum performance of the data cable, including attenuation or rejection of cross talk, reduction of return loss, increase of stability, and control of impedance.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of manufacture and implementations of hybrid separators for data cables having conductive and non-conductive or metallic and non-metallic portions, and data cables including such hybrid separators. A hybrid separator comprising one or more conductive portions and one or more non-conductive portions may be positioned within a data cable between adjacent pairs of twisted insulated and shielded or unshielded conductors so as to provide physical and electrical separation of the conductors. The position and extent (laterally and longitudinally) of each conductive portion and each non-conductive portion may be selected for optimum performance of the data cable, including attenuation or rejection of cross talk, reduction of return loss, increase of stability, and control of impedance.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of manufacture and implementations of hybrid separators for data cables having conductive and non-conductive or metallic and non-metallic portions, and data cables including such hybrid separators. A hybrid separator comprising one or more conductive portions and one or more non-conductive portions may be positioned within a data cable between adjacent pairs of twisted insulated and shielded or unshielded conductors so as to provide physical and electrical separation of the conductors. The position and extent (laterally and longitudinally) of each conductive portion and each non-conductive portion may be selected for optimum performance of the data cable, including attenuation or rejection of cross talk, reduction of return loss, increase of stability, and control of impedance.

Abstract: Systems and methods for assisting navigation of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of assisting navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigational data relating to an intended route of the vehicle, receiving object data relating to at least one external object detected within a vicinity of a current position of the vehicle, determining whether the at least one external object affects an ability of the vehicle to proceed along the intended route, and generating at least one instruction relating to the ability of the vehicle to proceed along the intended route.

Abstract: Systems and methods for assisting navigation of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of assisting navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigational data relating to an intended route of the vehicle, receiving object data relating to at least one external object detected within a vicinity of a current position of the vehicle, determining whether the at least one external object affects an ability of the vehicle to proceed along the intended route, and generating at least one instruction relating to the ability of the vehicle to proceed along the intended route.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of manufacture and implementations of hybrid separators for data cables having conductive and non-conductive or metallic and non-metallic portions, and data cables including such hybrid separators. A hybrid separator comprising one or more conductive portions and one or more non-conductive portions may be positioned within a data cable between adjacent pairs of twisted insulated and shielded or unshielded conductors so as to provide physical and electrical separation of the conductors.

Abstract: A method of reducing forward head posture is disclosed herein. Such a method may include: providing a backpack that includes a sternal pad included on one or more shoulder straps, a sacral pad, and one or more dorsal pads; positioning the sternal pad included on the one or more shoulder straps on a wearer's sternum and upper anterior ribs; positioning the sacral pad on the wearer's thoracolumbar junction, such that the sacral pad spans at least a portion of a bottom of the backpack; and positioning the one or more dorsal pads on the wearer's spine and shoulder, where the sternal pad, the sacral pad, and one of the one or more dorsal pads when positioned on the wearer are arranged in a triangular configuration when viewed from a side perspective of the wearer.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety.

Abstract: A multi-modality medical system having a computing system communicatively coupled to a medical instrument is provided. An acquisition control activity module is configured to control acquisition of medical data from a patient with the medical instrument and a business logic state machine having a first data acquisition state and a first data review state and being operable to utilize the acquisition control activity module to control acquisition of medical data from the patient with the medical instrument while in the first data acquisition state, and being configured to convert the medical data into images representative of portions of the patient while in the first data acquisition state. The computing system includes also includes a user interface state machine having a second data acquisition state and a second data review state and being configured to present the images within a user interface while in the second data review state.

Abstract: A backpack designed to reduce forward head posture is disclosed herein. Such a backpack may include: one or more shoulder straps, where each of the shoulder straps includes a sternal pad in contact with a wearer's sternum and upper anterior ribs when worn; a wedge-shaped sacral pad spanning a bottom of the backpack, the upper edge of which contacting a user's thoracolumbar junction when worn; one or more dorsal pads in contact with a wearer's spine and shoulder blade when worn; and wherein the sternal pad, wedge shaped sacral pad, and one of the one or more dorsal pads when in contact with a wearer's anatomy are arranged in a triangular configuration when viewed from a side perspective of a wearer.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing and storing patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and systems described herein store all medical data acquired from a patient in a single patient record that is assigned a unique identifier. For example, (i) information identifying a patient, (ii) data acquired during a first diagnostic procedure, and (iii) data acquired during a second, different diagnostic procedure may all be stored in association with the same unique identifier, so as to simplify patient case review and retrieval. As an aspect of this, identifying patient information such as patient name and date of birth need only be inputted into the disclosed system a single time, thereby reducing the chance of clerical error.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety.

Abstract: A distributed medical sensing system including a first body sensing device configured to sense medical characteristics, the first body sensing device being located in a first sterile field and a second body sensing device configured to sense medical characteristics, the second body sensing device being located in a second sterile field, the second sterile field being spaced from the first sterile field. The system also includes a computing device outside of the first and second sterile fields and communicatively coupled to the first and second body sensing devices, the computing device configured to respectively receive first and second medical characteristic data from the first and second body sensing devices, process the first and second medical characteristic data, and transmit the processed first and second medical characteristic data to respective first and second user interface devices.

Abstract: A distributed medical sensing system including a first body sensing device configured to sense medical characteristics, the first body sensing device being located in a first sterile field and a second body sensing device configured to sense medical characteristics, the second body sensing device being located in a second sterile field, the second sterile field being spaced from the first sterile field. The system also includes a computing device outside of the first and second sterile fields and communicatively coupled to the first and second body sensing devices, the computing device configured to respectively receive first and second medical characteristic data from the first and second body sensing devices, process the first and second medical characteristic data, and transmit the processed first and second medical characteristic data to respective first and second user interface devices.

Abstract: A distributed medical sensing system including a first hub configured to receive first medical characteristic data from a first body sensing device, the first body sensing device being located in a first sterile field and a second hub configured to receive second medical characteristic data from a second body sensing device, the second body sensing device being located in a second sterile field spaced from the first sterile field. The system also includes a computing device outside of the first and second sterile fields and communicatively coupled to the first and second hubs, the computing device configured to receive the first and second medical characteristic data from the respective first and second hubs, process the first and second medical characteristic data, and transmit the processed first and second medical characteristic data to the respective first and second hubs.

Abstract: A method of communicating medical sensing data including receiving, at a patient communication system, medical sensing data collected by a medical sensing device during a medical sensing procedure. The method also includes creating, with the patient communication system, a data message, the data message including at least a portion of the medical sensing data, information about the medical sensing procedure, and information about the medical sensing data and transmitting, with the patient communication system, the data message to a centralized computing device over a data network.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing and storing patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and systems described herein store all medical data acquired from a patient in a single patient record that is assigned a unique identifier. For example, (i) information identifying a patient, (ii) data acquired during a first diagnostic procedure, and (iii) data acquired during a second, different diagnostic procedure may all be stored in association with the same unique identifier, so as to simplify patient case review and retrieval. As an aspect of this, identifying patient information such as patient name and date of birth need only be inputted into the disclosed system a single time, thereby reducing the chance of clerical error.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety.