Abstract: Devices, systems and techniques are used for cancer treatment. An example control device may be configured to be communicatively coupled to a radiation source of a radiotherapy device and a position sensor of the radiotherapy device. The example control device may be used to calculate, for a sliding window of a radiotherapy treatment, a positional error between: a measured target position signal determined from a series of images and sampled at the acquisition times of the images, and an estimated target position signal. The example control device may generate a computer-executable instruction configured to alter the radiotherapy treatment in response to the positional error violating a threshold.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options for a medical object based, in part, on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, and communicates the menu for display on a graphic interface. Certain menu selections pertaining to predicted medical action options may be disabled based on state values associated with the medical object.

Abstract: A carrier for an irradiated target includes a first portion and a second portion having inner walls. One or both of the first and second portions has a recess extending inwardly from the inner wall thereof to receive the irradiated target. The first and second portions are removably attachable in sealing engagement. The inner walls face each other and form a barrier around the recess upon the first and second portions being removably attached. A fastening system provided on one or both of the first and second portions maintains the first and second portions in sealing engagement. There is also disclosed a kit of the carrier and the irradiated target, a dissolution system for producing a solution from the irradiated target, and a corresponding method.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a plurality of training images representing different phases of a periodic motion of a target region in a patient; applying a model to the plurality of training images to generate a lower-dimensional feature space representation of the plurality of training images; clustering the lower-dimensional feature space representation of the plurality of training images into a plurality of groups corresponding to the different phases of the periodic motion; and classifying a motion phase associated with a new image of the target region in the patient based on the plurality of groups of the clustered lower-dimensional feature space representation of the plurality of training images.

Abstract: A coupling for providing a connection and establishing fluid communication between fluid lines is provided. The coupling includes a housing defining an internal cavity with an open end, and a male component engageable within the internal cavity through the open end. The male component has a shank portion adapted to engage a fluid line. The coupling also has a nut securable to the housing and adapted to surround a portion of the shank portion and radially and axially restrain the shank portion within the internal cavity. The nut is further adapted to allow the male component to rotate with respect to the housing and the nut about a longitudinal axis of the shank portion. The coupling further includes a sealing ring provided about the shank portion which is adapted to at least partially block axial and radial movement of the male component relative to the nut and the housing.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling fume extraction during a welding process that includes a control system that is operatively connected to a welding work cell for regulating the fume extraction flow rate for each weld in a welding sequence comprising at least two or more welds.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options for a medical object based, in part, on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, and communicates the menu for display on a graphic interface. Certain menu selections pertaining to predicted medical action options may be disabled based on state values associated with the medical object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates processes and systems for producing and/or purifying 68Ga from an irradiated substrate of 68Zn. In some embodiments, the process rely on the use two cation-exchange chromatography columns to separate 68Ga from 68Zn and other radionuclides and metallic impurities. The process achieves a high overall yield of 68Ga and a high effective molar activity while being implementable in a time compatible with the short half-life of 68Ga. In additional embodiments, the process is implemented by an automated system.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on an identified healthcare worker and based on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, disables one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with an identified medical object, and communicates for display on a graphic interface the menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.

Abstract: Radiation treatment is delivered to a patient by positioning the patient such that a radiation beam is delivered to a lesion within the patient along a beam-delivery path while securing a diagnostic imaging device about the patient such that the diagnostic imaging device does not intersect the beam-delivery path. Radiation therapy is simultaneously delivered along the beam-delivery path while diagnostic images are obtained using the imaging device.

Abstract: Radiation treatment is delivered to a patient by positioning the patient such that a radiation beam is delivered to a lesion within the patient along a beam-delivery path while securing a diagnostic imaging device about the patient such that the diagnostic imaging device does not intersect the beam-delivery path. Radiation therapy is simultaneously delivered along the beam-delivery path while diagnostic images are obtained using the imaging device.

Abstract: Various implementations of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems that facilitate real-time or near-real-time ultrasound tracking for the purpose of calculating changes in anatomical features during a medical procedure. More specifically, anatomical features within a patient undergoing a medical procedure are tracked by obtaining temporally-distinct three dimensional ultrasound images that include the feature of interest and obtaining a targeted subset of ultrasound images focused on the feature. Based on the targeted subset of ultrasound images, a displacement of the feature is determined and image parameters used to obtain the targeted subset of ultrasound images are adjusted based on the displacement. This results in a time-based sequence of three dimensional images and targeted ultrasound images of the feature that identify changes in the position, size, location, and/or shape of the feature.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on an identified healthcare worker and based on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, disables one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with an identified medical object, and communicates for display on a graphic interface the menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.

Abstract: Various implementations of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems that facilitate real-time or near-real-time ultrasound tracking for the purpose of calculating changes in anatomical features during a medical procedure. More specifically, anatomical features within a patient undergoing a medical procedure are tracked by obtaining temporally-distinct three dimensional ultrasound images that include the feature of interest and obtaining a targeted subset of ultrasound images focused on the feature. Based on the targeted subset of ultrasound images, a displacement of the feature is determined and image parameters used to obtain the targeted subset of ultrasound images are adjusted based on the displacement. This results in a time-based sequence of three dimensional images and targeted ultrasound images of the feature that identify changes in the position, size, location, and/or shape of the feature.

Abstract: Various implementations of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems that facilitate real-time or near-real-time ultrasound tracking for the purpose of calculating changes in anatomical features during a medical procedure. More specifically, anatomical features within a patient undergoing a medical procedure are tracked by obtaining temporally-distinct three dimensional ultrasound images that include the feature of interest and obtaining a targeted subset of ultrasound images focused on the feature. Based on the targeted subset of ultrasound images, a displacement of the feature is determined and image parameters used to obtain the targeted subset of ultrasound images are adjusted based on the displacement. This results in a time-based sequence of three dimensional images and targeted ultrasound images of the feature that identify changes in the position, size, location, and/or shape of the feature.

Abstract: Various implementations of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems that facilitate real-time or near-real-time ultrasound tracking for the purpose of calculating changes in anatomical features during a medical procedure. More specifically, anatomical features within a patient undergoing a medical procedure are tracked by obtaining temporally-distinct three dimensional ultrasound images that include the feature of interest and obtaining a targeted subset of ultrasound images focused on the feature. Based on the targeted subset of ultrasound images, a displacement of the feature is determined and image parameters used to obtain the targeted subset of ultrasound images are adjusted based on the displacement. This results in a time-based sequence of three dimensional images and targeted ultrasound images of the feature that identify changes in the position, size, location, and/or shape of the feature.

Abstract: Various implementations of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems that facilitate real-time or near-real-time ultrasound tracking for the purpose of calculating changes in anatomical features during a medical procedure. More specifically, anatomical features within a patient undergoing a medical procedure are tracked by obtaining temporally-distinct three dimensional ultrasound images that include the feature of interest and obtaining a targeted subset of ultrasound images focused on the feature. Based on the targeted subset of ultrasound images, a displacement of the feature is determined and image parameters used to obtain the targeted subset of ultrasound images are adjusted based on the displacement. This results in a time-based sequence of three dimensional images and targeted ultrasound images of the feature that identify changes in the position, size, location, and/or shape of the feature.

Abstract: Various implementations of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems that facilitate real-time or near-real-time ultrasound tracking for the purpose of calculating changes in anatomical features during a medical procedure. More specifically, anatomical features within a patient undergoing a medical procedure are tracked by obtaining temporally-distinct three dimensional ultrasound images that include the feature of interest and obtaining a targeted subset of ultrasound images focused on the feature. Based on the targeted subset of ultrasound images, a displacement of the feature is determined and image parameters used to obtain the targeted subset of ultrasound images are adjusted based on the displacement. This results in a time-based sequence of three dimensional images and targeted ultrasound images of the feature that identify changes in the position, size, location, and/or shape of the feature.

Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are provided for adapting a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network, including receiving a message comprising medical information data, predicting a healthcare worker's workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data; communicating, based on the predicted workflow, a menu comprising one or more medical action options for displaying to the healthcare worker.

Abstract: Radiation treatment is delivered to a patient by positioning the patient such that a radiation beam is delivered to a lesion within the patient along a beam-delivery path while securing a diagnostic imaging device about the patient such that the diagnostic imaging device does not intersect the beam-delivery path. Radiation therapy is simultaneously delivered along the beam-delivery path while diagnostic images are obtained using the imaging device.