Abstract: A gesture based data capture and analysis system includes one or more gesture units and an analysis unit. The gesture units are affixed to a user's hand and/or one or more fingers. The gesture units contain a gesture sensor such as one or more motion detectors (e.g., accelerometers or an image analysis unit) and communicate with an analysis unit and one or more peripherals, such as a mobile phone, camera, video recorder, audio recorder, or other analog or digital sensing unit. The gesture units sense movement of a user's arms, hands, and/or fingers as gesture data. The analysis unit interprets the gesture data and controls the capture of image, audio, video, and/or other data by the peripherals and the processing, storing, sending, networking, posting, display, and/or publishing of the captured data according to processing gestures captured by the gesture units as gesture data and interpreted as such by the analysis unit.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus includes processing circuitry to obtain a volumetric medical imaging data set representative of a region of a material; associate one particular extinction color with the material; determine, based on the particular extinction color, a chromatic attenuation profile representative of color value as a function of intensity and as a function of depth in the material, the chromatic attenuation profile showing how the material having the particular extinction color changes in appearance with changes in the depth; obtain, from a user, a color value; determine a modified extinction color for the material based on the color value obtained from the user; and render a global illumination image from the volumetric medical imaging data set using the modified extinction color.

Abstract: A medical image data processing system comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a three-dimensional medical imaging data set, process the three-dimensional medical imaging data set to determine a curved plane that has a shape representative of a shape of at least one anatomical structure, wherein the at least one anatomical structure comprises a plurality of sub-structures, and obtain an image based on values of the medical imaging data set at a plurality of sample points of the curved plane.

Abstract: Technology for capturing a configuration of an infrastructure to enable replication of the infrastructure is provided. In one example, a layout agent may be provided for deployment to an infrastructure, including a server, together with instructions for the layout agent to capture server layout data for the server and to communicate the server layout data to a replication application. The server layout data for the server may be received at the replication application. A system model for the infrastructure may be generated based on the server layout data from the layout agent. The replication of the infrastructure as a replicated infrastructure may be initiated based on the system model.

Abstract: A technology is described for detecting a failure of a distributed system component. An example method may include registering a declarative file that may identify a distributed computing cluster in a service provider environment and provide failure criteria used to detect a failure of a distributed system component included in the distributed computing cluster. Distributed system components included in the distributed computing cluster may then be identified using information included in the declarative file. A distributed system component included in the distributed computing cluster may then be queried according to query criteria provided by the declarative file and a failure state of the distributed system component included in the distributed computing cluster may be identified based in part on a result of querying the distributed system component.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus comprises an image data unit for obtaining volumetric image data representative of a three-dimensional region, a rendering unit configured to perform a rendering process on the volumetric image data that includes a sampling process that comprises, for each of a plurality of sampling paths, determining a respective color or grayscale value for a corresponding pixel based on a plurality of sampled points along the sampling path. For each sampling path, the sampling process performed by the rendering unit comprises for each of at least some of the sampled points, calculating a significance factor for the sampled point based on accumulated opacity along the sampling path for the sampled point, selecting for the sampled point one of a plurality of rendering calculation processes in dependence on the calculated significance factor, and performing the selected rendering calculation process to obtain at least one image data value for the sampled point.

Abstract: An apparatus for image reconstruction is provided, including processing circuitry to obtain, from a scan of a region of interest of a patient, raw projection data of the region of interest; reconstruct the raw projection data to produce image data; apply high dynamic range tone-mapping to the image data to produce tone-mapped image data by applying window width and window level parameters to the image data to produce adjusted image data, and calculating a contrast adjustment based on both the image data and the adjusted image data; and quantize the tone-mapped image data to produce quantized tone-mapped image data for display.

Abstract: An image data processing apparatus comprises a data receiving unit for receiving medical image data representative of a region of a subject, wherein the medical image data comprises for each of a plurality of points in the region of the subject a first intensity value and a second intensity value, each point having a respective position on an at least two-dimensional distribution of first intensity against second intensity, and wherein for each point at least one of the first intensity value and the second intensity value is obtained from a contrast-enhanced scan of the region of the subject; and a processing unit for rendering or segmenting the medical image data in dependence on the positions of points in the at least two-dimensional distribution.

Abstract: Image processing apparatus comprises a memory unit configured to store medical data, and a data processing unit configured to receive medical data from the memory unit and comprising an image generation unit configured to generate a medical display image, the medical display image comprising a background region image and a foreground image derived from the medical data, wherein a brightness of the background image changes in a region between a boundary of the background region and a periphery of the medical display image.

Abstract: An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine.

Abstract: In an application runtime environment, an application may have multiple components that are loaded at or prior to execution of the application. An online storage service is used to store up-to-date versions of the components, along with a source manifest that indicates version numbers of the up-to-date versions. Upon application startup, the application retrieves the source manifest to determine whether updated versions are available. Upon identifying updated versions, the application downloads the updated versions and loads or reloads them into the runtime environment prior to initiating the main functionality of the application.

Abstract: An interactive system and method allows game participants to engage in a contest that is subsequently broadcast with a time delay to game observers. The broadcast signal may be for the purpose of a pure entertainment source or may be an enticement to play the shown or other interactive games. The games may be computer simulation games, role-playing games, strategy games, question and answer games, casino games, or other games as desired. The broadcast signals may show a specialized view of the game being played and may contain live commentary or other enhancements. The games may be played with set top boxes connected to a television, a broadcast network, and a server system.

Abstract: A device and method for forming a portable network environment outside a managed network environment for sharing content is provided. A portable network device enables authorized consumption of content outside a managed environment. The portable network device may have an internal rechargeable battery and support wireless protocols such as Wi-Fi. The portable network device may act as a Wi-Fi base station allowing access to authorized Wi-Fi clients via a mesh network.

Abstract: The present invention is an interactive system and method whereby participants may engage in a contest that is simultaneously or subsequently broadcast. The broadcast signal may be for the purpose of a pure entertainment source or may be an enticement to play the shown or other interactive games. The games may be computer simulation games, role-playing games, strategy games, question and answer games, casino games, or other games as desired. The broadcast signals may show a specialized view of the game being played and may contain live commentary or other enhancements. The games may be played with set top boxes connected to a television, a broadcast network, and a server system.

Abstract: Image processing apparatus comprises a memory unit configured to store medical data, and a data processing unit configured to receive medical data from the memory unit and comprising an image generation unit configured to generate a medical display image, the medical display image comprising a background region image and a foreground image derived from the medical data, wherein a brightness of the background image changes in a region between a boundary of the background region and a periphery of the medical display image.

Abstract: An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine.

Abstract: A method for providing broadband communications over a multi-layer network having a plurality of Open System Interconnection layers. The method stores information in a memory, the information indicating for each of a plurality of communication resources within the multi-layer network, one or more layers of the network with which that communication resource is associated. The method monitors the multi-layer network to detect a quality of service event that has occurred at a first of a plurality of communication resources, and in response to the monitoring, uses the information to determine a layer of the multi-layer network that is associated with the first of the plurality of communication resources. The method responds to the quality of the service event by changing provisioning of the multi-layer network at a layer that is different from the layer of the multi-layer network that is associated with the first of the plurality of communication resources.

Abstract: An interactive television program guide is provided in which advertisements may be displayed in program listings display regions on program guide screens. The program listings display regions may be browse displays or flip displays. The program guide screens contain video for the current channel to which the user is tuned. The program listings display regions containing the advertisements may be overlaid on top of the current channel. Alternatively, the video for the current channel may be provided in a reduced-size video window. The advertisements may contain video. The advertisements may be used to promote television programs and conventional goods and services. Advertisements may be selectable. When a user selects an advertisement, the program guide provides the user with an opportunity to order products or services, request information, set reminders for upcoming programs, view program descriptions, record programs, or take other such actions.

Abstract: A method for providing broadband communications over a multi-layer network having a plurality of Open System Interconnection layers. The method stores information in a memory, the information indicating for each of a plurality of communication resources within the multi-layer network, one or more layers of the network with which that communication resource is associated. The method monitors the multi-layer network to detect a quality of service event that has occurred at a first of a plurality of communication resources, and in response to the monitoring, uses the information to determine a layer of the multi-layer network that is associated with the first of the plurality of communication resources. The method responds to the quality of the service event by changing provisioning of the multi-layer network at a layer that is different from the layer of the multi-layer network that is associated with the first of the plurality of communication resources.