Abstract: A method for producing a closed profile for a sealed housing for an electrical cell, the method configured to be performed by a profiling system including a profiling device, a first joining device, an embossing device, and a separating device, the method including the profiling system continuously performing steps including: roll-forming, by the profiling device, a profile metal band having a first band edge and a second band edge into a profile; material-bonded joining, by the first joining device, of the first band edge and the second band edge of the roll-formed profile to one another, whereby the profile is closed; embossing, by the embossing device, a predetermined rupture location into the profile metal band for forced venting at a bursting pressure; and cutting, by the separating device, the previously closed profile to a length, thereby producing the closed profile.

Abstract: A method for planning a combined examination of an examination object using two imaging modalities is disclosed, with measurements being taken in at least two regions of the examination object. In at least one embodiment, the method includes planning of at least one measuring protocol of the first modality, which includes at least one measurement in a first of the regions and at least one measurement in a second of the regions; planning of at least one measuring protocol of the second modality, which comprises at least one measurement in the first region; and automatic production of a combined measuring sequence by arranging the measurements in such a manner that carrying out the measuring sequence taking into account modality preparations to be carried out between measurements takes as little time as possible.

Abstract: A system and method may generate a radiological request by which to conduct a radiological procedure that employs a series of procedural steps to acquire internal images of a patient. Each step may have a corresponding protocol item which affects image quality and the time required to complete the step. A database may be maintained that includes protocol items and patient characteristic data. A rule-based algorithm may accept patient characteristic data as input. Based upon one or more patient characteristics, an overall protocol by which to conduct the radiological procedure may be determined. The tailored protocol may include steps that are selected, omitted, and/or altered based upon a patient characteristic. The patient characteristics may be medical restrictions, such as age, pregnancy, allergies, artificial joints, or other limitations. As a result, the protocol items may be automatically selected based upon patient specific characteristics, and/or an anatomical structure to be examined.

Abstract: In a method for planning an examination of an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system, wherein images of different regions of the examination subject are acquired that are assembled into an overall image, the position of at least one first image in the examination subject, the measurement parameters for this at least one MR image are established, the position of at least one second image in the examination subject is determined, the measurement parameters for the at least one second image are established, and the measurement parameters that are dependent measurement parameters are determined. With these dependent measurement parameters the measurement parameters in the images are set (adjusted) such that they are identical for all images.

Abstract: In a method and computer program product for operating a tomographic imaging apparatus, a standard measurement protocol is generated by displaying a planning representation of a standard object, defining a spatial position of a standard imaging area in the planning representation, and storing, as the standard measurement protocol for the standard object, a reference to the standard object and parameters of the standard imaging area. Such a standard measurement protocol can then be used in the slice position planning for an actual tomographic measurement, by obtaining data representing features of an examination object, corresponding to the standard object, determining a geometrical relation of the features of the examination object to features of the standard object, and generating an object-specific measurement protocol wherein the imaging area is positioned relative to the examination object by modification of the standard measurement protocol.