Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods used to register medical image data with anatomical positions are disclosed. The image data is captured by an imaging system over a period of time. The positions are determined by a tracking system over the period of time. The positions are averaged to determine an average position of the anatomy, which is then used for registration of the image data with the anatomy. Registration based on the average position can then be used to enhance the quality of 3D images of the anatomy, as well as to improve navigation for a surgical procedure.

Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting experienced EM fields measured at each of one or more EM trackers of an EM tracking system as such measurements are influenced by a known distorter are disclosed herein. An EM emitter may transmit an EM field such that it contains the one or more EM trackers. The system then determines a pose of a distorter within the EM field. The system receives, from each EM tracker, data representing experienced EM fields as distorted by a distortion field caused by the distorter. The system proceeds to determine the distortion field using the pose and a model comprising one or more characteristics of the distorter. The system may first optimize the model. The system calculates data representing corresponding corrected experienced EM fields based on each respective experienced EM field and the determined distortion field at the same location.

Abstract: A container for materials, such as food, having a container body and a liner filled with the material.

Abstract: A container for materials, such as food, having a container body and a liner filled with the material.

Abstract: A container for materials, such as food, having a container body and a liner filled with the material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structural member of a multi-alloy monolithic extrusion comprising a first aluminum alloy and a second aluminum alloy; wherein the first aluminum alloy is metallurgically fused to the second aluminum alloy. In another aspect of the present invention, an extrusion method is provided including the steps of providing a first billet and at least a second billet; machining the first billet to form a first substantially flat surface; machining the second billet to form a second flat surface; positioning the first flat surface of the first billet adjacent to the second flat surface of the second billet; welding at least a portion of the first billet to the second billet to form a third billet; and extruding the third billet to form a monolithic multi-alloy structural member.

Abstract: A stilt construction for a dwelling house is comprised of a core structure having a reinforced turned-down edge core slab and a plurality of wooden core pilings set into the earth to extend upward through the slab; moment-reacting connectors anchor the core slab perpendicularly to the pilings. A beam structure, horizontally supported by the tops of the core pilings, extends outward of the core to the tops of pilings remote from the core structure. Earth-supported slabs, which lay beneath the beam structure outboard of the core, are not anchored to the remote piles and are free to settle. An upper floor is supported upon the beam structure, while walls for the lower floor are suspended from the beam structure. Sill members along their lower edges adjacent to the earth-supported slab do not rely on it for bearing.