Abstract: A method and programmable computer system calculates and displays the regions where the temperature can be reliably measured in a thermal therapy procedure. The clinician or automated control system then can make an informed decision to treat these regions or plan a treatment to avoid them based on the sensitivity of surrounding structures to unintended heating.

Abstract: Although Wi-Fi Protected Setup (“WPS”) enables simple establishment of a Wi-Fi connection between an Access Point (“AP”) and a Mobile Station (“MS”), there are difficulties associated with using it on a larger scale, such as the AP being physically inaccessible to the intended user. A method and apparatus for establishing a remote Wi-Fi connection with WPS, wherein a AP is connected to one or more Wi-Fi Connection Request Verifiers (“WCRV”), which allow for connection between a MS and the AP. The WCRVs comprise a display for an access code and a WPS button. To establish a connection, users input into their MSs an access code from the display of the WCRV. As an additional safety measure, users must also press a WPS button on the WCRV. Upon completion of these steps, the AP may establish a Wi-Fi connection and transmit encryption information for same.

Abstract: A library of novel amino-triazolyl-BODIPY compounds is described. Particular compounds of the library serve as selective fluorescent probes for human serum albumin (HSA) and for live primary neurons. The fluorescent probe for HSA binds uniquely and specifically to the fatty acid site 1 of HSA, and thus proves a valuable and unique probe for drugs that bind to such a site on HSA. Methods of synthesis for the library compounds are also described.

Abstract: A library of novel amino-triazolyl-BODIPY compounds is described. Particular compounds of the library serve as selective fluorescent probes Human Serum Albumin (HSA) and for live primary neurons. The fluorescent probe for HSA binds uniquely and specifically to the fatty acid site 1 of HSA, and thus proves a valuable and unique probe for drugs that bind to such a site on HSA. Methods of synthesis for the library compounds are also described.

Abstract: A method and programmable computer system calculates and displays the regions where the temperature can be reliably measured in a thermal therapy procedure. The clinician or automated control system then can make an informed decision to treat these regions or plan a treatment to avoid them based on the sensitivity of surrounding structures to unintended heating.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring a thermal effect of a conformal thermal treatment to diseased tissue in a target volume. The method includes acquiring a reference image of the volume containing the diseased tissue at a first position of the device, determining a baseline temperature distribution of the reference image, acquiring an image of the volume containing the diseased tissue while delivering a treatment to the volume, performing a phase subtraction between the image and the reference image to determine a change in phase between the image and the reference image and determining a current spatial temperature distribution in the volume containing the diseased tissue.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring a thermal effect of a conformal thermal treatment to diseased tissue in a target volume. The method includes acquiring a reference image of the volume containing the diseased tissue at a first position of the device, determining a baseline temperature distribution of the reference image, acquiring an image of the volume containing the diseased tissue while delivering a treatment to the volume, performing a phase subtraction between the image and the reference image to determine a change in phase between the image and the reference image and determining a current spatial temperature distribution in the volume containing the diseased tissue.