Abstract: A method for providing a collision model includes detecting an item of patient information that has an item of information on a spatial placement of an entry point of a medical object into an object undergoing examination. The item of patient information is registered with a movable medical device. The method also includes detecting an item of object information that has an item of information on a geometry and spatial position of a manipulator for moving the medical object. The manipulator includes a motion device and/or a member of technical medical personnel. A relative placement of the manipulator in relation to the object undergoing examination is determined based on the item of patient information and the item of object information. The collision model is provided for the purpose of moving the medical device based on the relative placement and the item of object information.

Abstract: To enhance safety of interventional procedures, a method for monitoring an interventional procedure that is carried out using an artificial object, such as a catheter, is provided. At least one image of the interventional procedure is acquired. The at least one image is analyzed automatically with regard to a specified anomalous feature relating to a geometry and/or a time-dependent movement parameter and/or a flow behavior of the artificial object. A complication signal is automatically generated only if the specified anomalous feature is detected in the at least one image.

Abstract: An intervention system and method for performing an intervention, for example a medical intervention, for example on a patient, at a first location, this being an intervention location. The intervention system includes at least one drivable intervention device at the first location to be used for the intervention, a first operating device provided at the first location for control of the at least one intervention device by a local group of people situated at the first location, a second operating device provided at a second location which is remote from the intervention location, for control of the at least one intervention device by a remote group of people situated at the second location, and an authorization device for authorizing the control of the at least one intervention device by the operating devices.

Abstract: A system and method for deformation simulation of a hollow organ able to be deformed by the introduction of a medical instrument. The method includes provision of a pre-trained machine-learning algorithm, provision of a 3D medical recording of the hollow organ with surrounding tissue, with the 3D recording having been recorded before the introduction of a medical instrument, segmentation or provision of a segmentation of the 3D medical recording of the hollow organ and establishment or provision of a three-dimensional model of the hollow organ, provision of information about a medical instrument introduced or to be introduced, and simulation of the deformation of the hollow organ to be expected from introduction of the instrument on the basis of the segmented 3D medical recording of the hollow organ and of the surrounding tissue and of the information about the instrument by using the pre-trained machine-learning algorithm.

Abstract: A method for monitoring an orientation of a medical object, includes identifying planning information having a planning orientation for the medical object with respect to a reference point on an anatomical object that is arranged within an examination object. The orientation of the medical object with respect to the reference point is detected using an acquisition unit. The acquisition unit includes a medical imaging device and/or an acoustic and/or optical and/or electromagnetic sensor. A deviation between the planning orientation and the orientation of the medical object with respect to the reference point is identified, and a signal is provided depending on the identified deviation.

Abstract: Contrast agent administration is controlled for medical imaging. Anamnesis data of an examination object is received. A maximum value of a substance quantity is determined based on the anamnesis data. Planning information that has information with regard to a planned sequence of a procedure is received. The procedure includes an administration of substance. An instantaneous value of the substance quantity is acquired. A required value of the substance quantity for the planned procedure is determined based on the instantaneous value and the planning information. A procedure parameter is based on the required value and maximum value of the substance quantity. The procedure parameter has information with regard to a deviation or conformity between the required value and the maximum value of the substance quantity.

Abstract: An angiographic examination method for depicting a target region as an examination object using an angiography system includes capturing a volume data set of the target region with the examination object, registering the volume data set to a C-arm, and extracting information about an assumed course of the examination object in the volume data set. The method also includes generating a 2D projection image of a medical instrument in the target region, 2D/3D merging the 2D projection image and the registered volume data set for generating a 2D overlay image, and detecting the instrument in the 2D overlay image with a first projection matrix. The method includes generating a virtual 2D projection using a virtual projection matrix, 3D reconstructing the instrument, and distorting at least part of the reference image such that the current and the assumed course of vessels are made to be congruent.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring at least one target object in a medical environment.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a system for generating an enriched image of a target object and to a corresponding computer program and a computer-readable storage medium, on which the computer program is stored. In the method, image data of the target object is acquired. Furthermore, tactile data is acquired for the target object, which characterizes a mechanical resistance of at least one section of the target object against a force applied thereto. The enriched image is then generated by merging the image data and the tactile data and/or a classification of the respective section derived therefrom.

Abstract: For a particularly failsafe performance of telemedicine procedures a method is provided for the automatic allocation and display of responsibility in telemedicine procedures with at least one medical device, the procedures involving at least two members of medical staff and of which at least one first person being positioned in close proximity to the device (“locally”) and at least one second person being positioned remotely from the device, with the following steps: planning and/or retrieving an operational sequence of procedural steps for the performance of the telemedicine procedure, requesting or retrieving an information profile in each case for at least the first and second person, wherein the information profile for the performance of the procedure contains relevant information on the respective person, ascertaining a competency classification of the at least first and second person for each procedural step in the telemedicine procedure on the basis of the information profiles, and displaying an alloca

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for detecting a conflict between a local control means and a distantly disposed remote control means. The method comprises a method step of receiving a first signal from the local control means. The method comprises a further method step of receiving a second signal from the remote control means. The method comprises a further method step of checking whether a conflict is present based on the first and the second signal. If a conflict was detected during the check, the method comprises a method step of providing conflict information, wherein the conflict information comprises information that a conflict is present.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a medical intervention taking place in an operating room or examination room, or a medical examination on a patient by medical personnel includes acquiring sensor data from at least one acoustic sensor, of at least one individual among the medical personnel during the medical intervention or the medical examination. The sensor data is evaluated as regards recognition of stress and/or negative emotions of the at least one individual. When stress and/or negative emotions are recognized, at least one cause of the stress and/or of the negative emotions is determined using the sensor data and/or further optical, acoustic, haptic, digital, and/or other data acquired during the medical intervention or the medical examination. Measures are triggered to remediate the determined cause and/or to reduce the stress and/or the negative emotions of the at least one individual.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for a packaging process, wherein the device is provided in the form of a step-by-step packaging machine, or is configured as a step-by-step packaging line. The device is configured to perform a recipe change from a first packaging recipe to another, second packaging recipe step by step at a plurality of work stations provided on the device. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: A method for automatic actuation of an X-ray device includes acquiring at least one X-ray image of a body containing at least two objects and/or an object divisible into at least two object sections, segmenting and classify the at least two objects and/or the at least two object sections of the object, and determining an immediately upcoming or current workflow step of the intervention. Information relating to objects or object sections relevant to the determined workflow step is retrieved, at least one object of the at least two objects or at least one object section of the at least two object sections of the object is selected taking the information into account, and a collimator of the X-ray device is automatically adjusted for overlaying the selected object or selected object section taking the information into account. At least one X-ray image is acquired using the thus adjusted collimator and displayed.

Abstract: A method for deformation correction includes receiving a preoperative 3D image data set from an examination region of an examination object, generating a segmented 3D image data set by segmenting an anatomical structure in the preoperative 3D image data set, and acquiring image data from the examination region. A medical object is arranged in the examination region. The medical object is identified in the image data, and the segmented 3D image data set is registered with the image data. An overlay data set is generated and displayed based on the segmented 3D image data set and the image data. A position of a deviation between the image data and the segmented 3D image data set is defined, and a deformation rule is determined for the reduction of the deviation between the image data and the segmented 3D image data set. The corrected overlay data set is generated and provided.

Abstract: A method for automatic actuation of at least one device in the medical environment including recording of at least one image in a medical environment with an arrangement in which at least one person of the medical staff and at least one device that is adjustable or movable by motorized mechanisms are present, segmentation of the image and identification of the at least one person and/or the at least one adjustable or movable device, evaluation of the arrangement in the image in terms of at least one ergonomic parameter with regard to the at least one person, determination of an adjustment or a movement of the at least one device, which improves the ergonomic parameter with regard to the at least one person, and actuation of the device for autonomous adjustment or movement of the device such that the ergonomic parameter is improved.

Abstract: A thermoforming packaging machine includes a forming station for thermoforming troughs in a film web, a filling path for filling products into the troughs, a sealing station for sealing the troughs, a chain guide for guiding a transport chain for the film web, a transverse cutting device for cutting the film web in a direction transverse to the transport direction, a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the film web in the transport direction, and a control device for controlling processes running on the thermoforming packaging machine. The transverse cutting device comprises a film punch, an adjustment drive which can be controlled by the control device for closing and opening the film punch, and a detection unit which is connected to the control device and which has at least one sensor which is configured to detect, per processing cycle, a force progression occurring at the film punch during opening and closing.

Abstract: For particularly quick and error-reduced navigation in vessel branches, a method is provided for visual support during navigation of a medical catheter introduced into a hollow organ system of a patient in a hollow organ branch, comprising the following steps: providing an, in particular pre-segmented, volume image of the hollow organ system and the hollow organ branch, which has been captured by means of an X-ray device; providing information relating to the geometric shape of the catheter tip; receiving a current projection image of the catheter tip, in particular by means of a cone beam X-ray device; registering the volume image and the projection image in the event that there is no pre-registration; determining the current position and current orientation of the catheter tip on the projection image based on the projection image; determining the relative position and relative orientation of the catheter tip in relation to the hollow organ branch; and displaying information relating to the determined relati

Abstract: A method for providing a corrected dataset includes receiving a preoperative dataset having an image and/or a model of an examination region in an examination subject. Intraoperatively, a first part of a medical object is arranged in the examination region and a second part of the medical object is arranged outside the examination subject. Positioning information relating to a spatial positioning of the second part of the medical object is received. An entry angle of the medical object into the examination subject is determined using the positioning information. An intraoperative dataset having an image of the examination region is received. A conversion instruction is determined based on the entry angle of the medical object to minimize a deviation between the preoperative and the intraoperative dataset, and the corrected dataset is generated by applying the conversion instruction to the preoperative dataset. The corrected dataset is provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and also to a correspondingly configured imaging device for planning support for an interventional procedure. In the method, a model of a hollow organ is created from a 3D image dataset. A deformation of the hollow organ is then simulated based on a course of a guide facility in the hollow organ through a deformation of the model. In accordance with the deformed model, a spatially resolved compression and/or stretching of the hollow organ, which is brought about by an introduction of the guide facility, is determined and specified.