Abstract: This invention is related to a method for determining the storage quality of an X-ray imaging plate, including the steps of: providing a plurality of digital X-ray images of the imaging plate; performing a cross-correlation operation on the X-ray images for relevant image regions; creating feature images from the correlation values; classifying the functionality of a pixel of a feature image based on the number of pixels in the vicinity of the pixel whose correlation value exceeds a correlation threshold. Further, the invention also relates to an apparatus.

Abstract: A computer platform is provided for computer assisted navigation during surgery. The computer platform includes at least one processor that is operative to transform pre-operative images of a patient obtained from a first imaging modality to an estimate of the pre-operative images of the patient in a second imaging modality that is different than the first imaging modality. The at least one processor is further operative to register the estimate of the pre-operative images of the patient in the second imaging modality to intra-operative navigable images or data of the patient.

Abstract: A sensor dome arrangement has a sensor dome and a housing wall, which is particularly a transmission wall. The sensor dome includes a sensor, dome contacts which are electrically connected to the sensor, and a dome housing. The dome housing has a first dome housing section in which the sensor is arranged, and a second dome housing section on or in which the dome contacts are arranged. A through-opening is made in the housing wall, and the sensor dome is attached to the housing wall such that at least one outer surface of the first dome housing section faces a first chamber which is adjacent to the sensor dome and an inner side of the housing wall, and such that the dome contacts face a second chamber which is adjacent to the sensor dome and an outer side of the housing wall.

Abstract: An electronic configuration, which is preferably a gearbox control device, has a control circuit and a sensor dome. The sensor dome has a sensor and dome contacts electrically connected to the sensor. The control circuit has circuit contacts for contacting the dome contacts. The dome contacts and the circuit contacts are configured to achieve a respective plug connection between a respective dome contact and a respective circuit contact.

Abstract: A gear assembly has a gear housing. A first component group is arranged in a first partial area within the gear housing. The first component group includes at least one sensor element and/or at least one actuator. A remote control device is coupled to the first component group so that signals can be exchanged by way of a bus system.

Abstract: A sensor module contains a sensor unit, a sensor cover, and a main body. The sensor unit has a sensor surface and a base surface. The sensor cover covers the sensor surface and at least a section of the base surface. The sensor cover is connected to the base surface and/or the main body by a fused connection. The main body is connected at least to the base surface of the sensor unit by a fused connection with a selectable relative position in relation to the sensor cover. Pre-mounting of the sensor unit in a sensor cover and advantageous encapsulation of a sensor can thus be achieved.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mechatronic assembly. The assembly includes a supporting circuit board with at least one populated flat side. A multiplicity of electronic components are arranged on the at least one populated flat side. In addition, at least one mechanical insert part for the mechanical fixing of at least one electronic component is also arranged on the at least one populated flat side. An encapsulation of one-piece design is provided which, in form-fitting and cohesive fashion, surrounds all of the components arranged on the at least one populated flat side of the supporting circuit board. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing the mechatronic assembly.

Abstract: A control unit device for a motor vehicle includes a circuit board, on which a plurality of electronic components are disposed. The electronic components are electrically coupled to one another by conductor tracks on the circuit board. A substantially gas-impermeable cover is materially joined or bonded to the circuit board in such a way that the cover, together with the circuit board, forms a closed cavity in which the electronic components and the associated conductor tracks are located. A method for producing the control unit device is also provided.

Abstract: Arrangement of a sensor for measuring the temperature of a medium in a motor vehicle. The sensor has a sensor body and two connecting wires. The first connecting wire and the major part of the sensor body is in direct contact with the medium. The second connecting wire is completely insulated from the medium.

Abstract: An electronic configuration, which is preferably a gearbox control device, has a control circuit and a sensor dome. The sensor dome has a sensor and dome contacts electrically connected to the sensor. The control circuit has circuit contacts for contacting the dome contacts. The dome contacts and the circuit contacts are configured to achieve a respective plug connection between a respective dome contact and a respective circuit contact.

Abstract: A sensor dome arrangement has a sensor dome and a housing wall, which is particularly a transmission wall. The sensor dome includes a sensor, dome contacts which are electrically connected to the sensor, and a dome housing. The dome housing has a first dome housing section in which the sensor is arranged, and a second dome housing section on or in which the dome contacts are arranged. A through-opening is made in the housing wall, and the sensor dome is attached to the housing wall such that at least one outer surface of the first dome housing section faces a first chamber which is adjacent to the sensor dome and an inner side of the housing wall, and such that the dome contacts face a second chamber which is adjacent to the sensor dome and an outer side of the housing wall.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring the temperature of a medium in a motor vehicle. The sensor has a sensor body and two connecting wires and is completely insulated from the medium. The sensor body is electrically insulated by the medium by way of a covering completely surrounding the sensor body, and is in heat-conducting contact with the medium by way of the connecting wires and the surrounding covering.

Abstract: A sensor configuration measures the temperature of a medium in a vehicle. The sensor configuration includes a sensor body and two connecting wires and is completely insulated from the medium. The sensor body is electrically and thermally insulated from the medium by a covering completely surrounding the sensor body and is in heat-conducting contact with the medium substantially through the connecting wires.

Abstract: An electrical connection is formed of a plug outside a housing and a circuit carrier inside the housing. The plug includes at least one plug contact and an end face in the direction of the housing wall. The circuit carrier includes a receptacle for a plug contact. The plug contact protrudes through an opening in the housing wall in order to establish the electrical connection. The cross-sectional surface of the opening is smaller than the end face of the plug, the end face completely covers the opening and the circuit carrier at least partially covers the opening.

Abstract: A connecting device electrically connects electrical lines to electrical contacts. The connecting device includes a flexible circuit board or printed circuit board, a base support and a cover. The electrical lines are disposed on the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board has a contact-making region, in which at least one electrical line is electrically connected to at least one electrical contact. The electrical contacts are disposed on the base support. The flexible circuit board is disposed between the base support and the cover. The base support and the cover form a sealed housing of the contact-making region. The circuit board and the cover are each composed of a flexible material, and the physical material properties of the circuit board and of the cover are substantially identical.

Abstract: A component has at least one opening through which an electric and/or electronic contact element is guided outwards in a sealed manner against the penetration of environmental media. A closed volume is formed at least in a wall of the component in the region of the contact element, and a permanently elastic sealing material which completely surrounds the at least one contact element in at least some sections is filled into said volume.

Abstract: A sensor module contains a sensor unit, a sensor cover, and a main body. The sensor unit has a sensor surface and a base surface. The sensor cover covers the sensor surface and at least a section of the base surface. The sensor cover is connected to the base surface and/or the main body by a fused connection. The main body is connected at least to the base surface of the sensor unit by a fused connection with a selectable relative position in relation to the sensor cover. Pre-mounting of the sensor unit in a sensor cover and advantageous encapsulation of a sensor can thus be achieved.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mechatronic assembly. The assembly includes a supporting circuit board with at least one populated flat side . A multiplicity of electronic components are arranged on the at least one populated flat side. In addition, at least one mechanical insert part for the mechanical fixing of at least one electronic component is also arranged on the at least one populated flat side. An encapsulation of one-piece design is provided which, in form-fitting and cohesive fashion, surrounds all of the components arranged on the at least one populated flat side of the supporting circuit board. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing the mechatronic assembly.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic assembly that includes: a carrier element, a circuit carrier having a number of electronic components, a circuit board, which is electrically conductively connected to the circuit carrier, and a covering element for covering the circuit carrier. The covering element is arranged on one flat side of the circuit board and the carrier element is arranged on an opposite flat side of the circuit board. The circuit board is welded respectively to the carrier element and to the covering element. The disclosure further relates to a method for producing such an electronic assembly.

Abstract: A multi-part sealing system is provided for a housing of a motor vehicle control unit. The housing includes a first housing part and at least one additional housing part, with at least one electronic component in the interior of the housing and at least one conducting structure which leads out of the interior of the housing and connects an electronic component in the interior of the housing to components outside the housing in an electrically conductive manner. At least one housing part has at least one device for accommodating at least one part of the multi-part sealing system. A first part of the sealing system is suitable for preventing liquid harmful or noxious substances from penetrating into the interior of the housing and additional parts of the sealing system are suitable for preventing gaseous harmful or noxious substances from penetrating into the interior of the housing.