Abstract: A method for fusing a plurality of images. The method includes: acquiring the plurality of images from a plurality of different modalities, each one of the images having a different reference space; and fusing the plurality of images into a common reference space, such common reference space being different from the reference space of each one of the plurality of acquired images. Thus, with such method, a unified process is provided for handling fusion across multiple clinical interventional and/or surgery (i.e., intra-operative) procedures.

Abstract: A method for fusing a plurality of images. The method includes: acquiring the plurality of images from a plurality of different modalities, each one of the images having a different reference space; and fusing the plurality of images into a common reference space, such common reference space being different from the reference space of each one of the plurality of acquired images. Thus, with such method, a unified process is provided for handling fusion across multiple clinical interventional and/or surgery (i.e., intra-operative) procedures.

Abstract: A system for guiding the browsing/tracking of software development documents and their relationships contains several components. A procedure definition defines the software development procedure. An interface allows users to select phase, activity, and system components and execute other utility programs or choose options. A browser interpreter interprets the selection and decides how to form and execute each command. A command-composer composes the commands for execution. A project file contains the information about system components, physical locations of the system documents, documentation tools associated with documents, options selected, hyper-links to the documents, etc . . . A state-checker checks the status of the documents and reports it upon the users' request and a document repository stores documents.

Abstract: A multiloop communications system and a method of routing data between stations is disclosed. The communications system has a plurality of interconnected communications loops, each of the loops including a ring-connected set of nodes providing data flow unidirectionally from one node to the next, each of the nodes being capable of passing data through itself along its loop, extracting data from its loop or injecting data into its loop. A first subset of each loop's set of nodes are local nodes which interface a station to its respective loop. A second subset of each loop's set of nodes are gateway nodes which interface to a gateway node of another of the loops. Each of the stations has a logical address unique within the system and each of the nodes has a functional address unique within each node's respective loop.