Abstract: The present invention comprises methods for detecting, monitoring and treating lymphedema by using imaging devices to generate patient anatomical information from which body part volume measurements or geometries can be derived. Yet further, the present invention comprises methods of fitting compression garments for treatment of lymphedema by using the anatomical measurements derived from the patient anatomical information.

Abstract: A method for determining execution states, market clearing prices and bid and ask prices for futures products at an opening auction. A plurality of orders is received, each order is associated with a price limit, a quantity, a participant and a futures product. For each order a quantity vector is determined, is based on the futures product associated with the order. Further, for each order a price vector is determined, based on the price limit and the futures product associated with the order. Then, an execution state vector is determined by using the determined price and quantity vectors to maximize an objective function subject to constraints. Market clearing prices and best, not executed, buy and sell orders are determined for each product using the execution state vector. Finally the bid and ask prices are given by the price limits of the best, not executed, buy and sell orders.

Abstract: A method for describing one or more relations in a physical or other system on me oasis of an algebraic model of the system comprises the steps of: a) collecting data comprising measurements of different quantities relating to the system; b) interpreting the measurements of the different quantities as evaluations of different variables, which together comprise a polynomial ring; c) calculating an ideal of the ring, the generators of which substantially vanish on the collected data; d) interpreting the generators as polynomial relations between the variables of the system; e) reformulating at least one of the polynomial relations as an algebraic model for one of the variables in terms of the other variables involved in this relation; and f) the algebraic model is induced to generate one or more governing relations between parameters that govern the system using only measured data of the system.