Abstract: A system for the detection of blood vessels includes an image sensor coupled to generate video data including a sequence of images of the blood vessels, and a heart rate monitor to measure a heart rate of a patient and to generate heart rate data. A controller is coupled to the image sensor to receive the video data, and coupled to the heart rate monitor to receive the heart rate data. The controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the controller to perform operations including isolate localized motion of the blood vessels in the video data using the heart rate data. The controller also computes a blood vessel mask (that includes differences between the video data and the localized motion of the blood vessels) and combined video data (that includes the video data and the blood vessel mask).

Abstract: A method includes magnifying a pathology sample with a microscope to form magnified pathology images, and recording the magnified pathology images with a digital camera optically coupled to the microscope. The method also includes comparing the magnified pathology images to reference pathology images included in a pathology database to identify one or more regions of interest in the magnified pathology images. A user of the microscope is alerted to the one or more regions of interest in the magnified pathology images.

Abstract: A method of surgical robot operation includes moving a surgical instrument through a medium using the surgical robot, where the surgical robot attempts to move the surgical instrument to a desired position. The method further includes measuring an actual position of the surgical instrument, and calculating a difference between the actual position and the desired position. The actual position of the surgical instrument is adjusted to the desired position using the surgical robot.

Abstract: A method includes magnifying a pathology sample with a microscope to form magnified pathology images, and recording the magnified pathology images with a digital camera optically coupled to the microscope. The method also includes comparing the magnified pathology images to reference pathology images included in a pathology database to identify one or more regions of interest in the magnified pathology images. A user of the microscope is alerted to the one or more regions of interest in the magnified pathology images.

Abstract: A method for pathology data capture includes magnifying a pathology sample with a microscope to form magnified pathology images. The method also includes recording the magnified pathology images with a digital camera optically coupled to the microscope, and recording voice annotations from a user of the microscope with a microphone. The magnified pathology images and the voice annotations are transferred to a processing apparatus electrically coupled to the digital camera and the microphone. The processing apparatus performs operations including recording the magnified pathology images and the voice annotations to a storage medium, indexing the magnified pathology images and the voice annotations with respect to recording time, and tagging the voice annotations of the user to one or more specific locations in the magnified pathology images.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring the extravascular lung water status of a patient. For example, an acoustic diagnostic device is provided that includes a housing configured to be worn by a patient and including a patient contact surface configured to contact the patient's skin of the patient's thorax; an acoustic transducer for transmitting acoustic energy via the patient contact surface into the patient's thorax and receiving reflected acoustic energy from the patient's thorax; and one or more processors coupled to the acoustic transducer for analyzing the reflected acoustic energy to provide an indication of extravascular lung water status of the patient.