Abstract: Methods and systems provide for virtual meeting coaching with content-based evaluation. In one embodiment, the system receives a set of coaching items including a number of questions each associated with an expected answer; connects to a coaching session including one or more participants and a virtual coaching agent; for each question and for at least a subset of the participants: transmitting the question, by the virtual coaching agent, to the client device used by the participant; receiving an answer to the question by the participant, the answer including media of the participant; receiving text of utterances spoken by the participant during the answer; generating one or more evaluation scores for the answer based on evaluating at least the content of the answer to the question; and transmitting an overall evaluation score for each of the subset of participants based on the generated evaluation scores for that participant.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for virtual meeting coaching with dynamically extracted content. In one embodiment, the system receives transcripts for a plurality of selected meetings from within a communication platform, the meetings being selected for question extraction; extracts, via a question extraction model, questions from the transcripts for the selected meetings; extracts, from the questions, a number of expected answers, each expected answer associated with one of the questions; connects to a coaching session with one or more participants and a virtual coaching agent; transmits, by the virtual coaching agent, at least a subset of the extracted questions to the participants; receives answers to the subset of the extracted questions by participants; and generates one or more evaluation scores for the participants corresponding to each of the answers, the evaluation scores being based at least in part on the extracted expected answers associated with the subset of the extracted questions.

Abstract: A medical device for the electromagnetic tracking of a medical instrument transported through the medical device. The medical device has a central axis and a channel that receives and transports a medical instrument through the medical device. The channel extends to a distal portion of the medical device and connects with an opening in the medical device that is not aligned with the central axis. The medical device includes a tracking component that is a plurality of coordinated electromagnetic sensors for generating a virtual axis of travel for the medical instrument, with the virtual axis passing through the opening of the device and being aligned with tool insertion axis.

Abstract: An apparatus provides remote assistance to a local operator of a medical imaging device disposed in a medical imaging device bay via a communication link from a remote location that is remote from the medical imaging device bay to the medical imaging device bay. The apparatus includes a workstation disposed at the remote location including at least one workstation display.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) provides remote assistance to a local operator of a medical imaging device (2) disposed in a medical imaging device bay (3) via a communication link (14) from a remote location (4) that is remote from the medical imaging device bay to the medical imaging device bay. The apparatus includes a workstation (12) disposed at the remote location including at least one workstation display (24).

Abstract: A system for providing navigational guidance to a sonographer acquiring images is disclosed. The system may provide haptic feedback to the sonographer. The haptic feedback may be provided through an ultrasonic probe or a separate device. Haptic feedback may include vibrations or other sensations provided to the sonographer. The system may analyze acquired images and determine the location of acquisition and compare it to a desired image and a location for obtaining the desired image. The system may calculate the location for obtaining the desired image based, at least in part, on the acquired image. The system may then provide the haptic feedback to guide the sonographer to move the ultrasonic probe to the location to acquire the desired image.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for presenting time distributions of participants across topic segments in a communication session. In one embodiment, the system connects to a communication session with a number of participants; receives a transcript of a conversation between the participants produced during the communication session, the transcript including timestamps for each utterance of a speaking participant; determines, based on analysis of the transcript, a meeting type for the communication session; generates a number of topic segments for the conversation and respective timestamps for the topic segments; for each participant, analyzes the time spent by the participant on each of the generated topic segments in the meeting; and presents, to one or more users, data on the time distribution of participants for each topic segment and across topic segments within the conversation.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for presenting the results of talking speed analysis per topic segment in a communication session.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for extracting next step sentences from a communication session. In one embodiment, the system connects to a communication session involving one or more participants; receives or generates a transcript of a conversation; extracts, from the transcript, a number of utterances including one or more sentences spoken by the participants; identifies a subset of the number of utterances spoken by a subset of the participants associated with a prespecified organization; extracts one or more next step sentences within the subset of the utterances, where the next step sentences each include an owner-action pair structure in which the action is an actionable verb in future tense or present tense; determines a set of analytics data corresponding to the next step sentences and the associated participants; and presents, to one or more users, at least a subset of the analytics data corresponding to the next step sentences.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for extracting engaging questions from a communication session. In one embodiment, the system connects to a communication session with a number of participants; receives a transcript of a conversation between the participants produced during the communication session; extracts, from the transcript, utterances including one or more sentences spoken by the participants; identifies a subset of the utterances spoken by a subset of the participants associated with a prespecified organization; extracts engaging questions within the subset of utterances, the engaging questions each including a question asked by the participant associated with the organization that is immediately answered in the following utterance by a participant not associated with the organization; and presents, for display at one or more client devices, data corresponding to the extracted engaging questions.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for extracting filler words and phrases from a communication session. In one embodiment, the system receives a transcript of a conversation involving one or more participants produced during a communication session; extracts, from the transcript, utterances including one or more sentences spoken by the participants; identifies a subset of the utterances spoken by a subset of the participants associated with a prespecified organization; extracts filler phrases within the subset of utterances, the filler phrases each comprising one or more words representing disfluencies within a sentence, where extracting the filler phrases includes applying filler detection rules; and presents, for display at one or more client devices, data corresponding to the extracted filler phrases.

Abstract: A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a breakdown voltage clamp includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, and a p-type reduced surface field (PRSF) layer including one or more bridge portions. Each of the one or more bridge portions extends below the drain n+ region in a thickness direction. Another LDMOS transistor includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, an n-type reduced surface field (NRSF) layer disposed between the source n+ region and the drain n+ region in a lateral direction, a PRSF layer disposed below the NRSF layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a p-type buried layer (PBL) disposed below the PRSF layer in the thickness direction. The drain n+ region is disposed over the PBL in the thickness direction.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that support configuration of cloud-based functionality. A configuration device is provided and includes a data processing module, a modelling module, and a loading module. The data processing module provides functionality for compiling information for use in configuring the cloud-based functionality in a requirements compliant manner. The modelling module may include various machine learning modules configured to evaluate configuration workbooks for compliance with requirements specified by a user. The modelling module may output recommendations for improving compliance of the configuration workbooks and appropriate changes may be made. The loading module may be configured to obtain templates applicable to the cloud-based functionality being configured and to extract appropriate data from the (updated) configuration workbooks.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure may include an ultrasound transducer assembly comprising a plurality of apertures that are configured to transmit signals toward and receive signals from a region of interest (ROI) of a subject, a tracking sensor disposed within the subject and configured to move within the ROI, the sensor being responsive to signals transmitted by the apertures, and at least one processor in communication with the ultrasound transducer assembly and the tracking sensor.

Abstract: The accuracy of automatic speech recognition (ASR) tasks is improved using trained models. A speech recognition model is applied in a noisy environment where speech is spoken at a distance from the microphones. The techniques may include extracting speech features, data augmentation by adding feature perturbation, and/or a multi-domain end-to-end speech recognition model. In some implementations, the described technology includes using a teacher-group knowledge distillation strategy to train a deep end-to-end speech recognition model on original speech samples and the sample speech augmentation of the original speech samples, that outputs recognized text transcriptions corresponding to speech detected in the original speech samples and the sample speech augmentation.

Abstract: A multi-transistor device includes first and second lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect (LDMOS) transistors sharing a first p-type reduced surface field (RESURF) layer and a first drain n+ region. In certain embodiments, the first LDMOS transistor includes a first drift region, the second LDMOS transistor includes a second drift region, and the first and second drift regions are at least partially separated by the first p-type RESURF layer in a thickness direction.

Abstract: A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a breakdown voltage clamp includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, and a p-type reduced surface field (PRSF) layer including one or more bridge portions. Each of the one or more bridge portions extends below the drain n+ region in a thickness direction. Another LDMOS transistor includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, an n-type reduced surface field (NRSF) layer disposed between the source n+ region and the drain n+ region in a lateral direction, a PRSF layer disposed below the NRSF layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a p-type buried layer (PBL) disposed below the PRSF layer in the thickness direction. The drain n+ region is disposed over the PBL in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium (34) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (32) to perform a method (100) for supporting remote experts (RE) in assisting local operators (LO) of respective medical imaging devices (2) during medical imaging examinations. The method includes: determining, in response to a calling local operator placing a call to a called remote expert, a context of the calling local operator based on at least one feed (15, 17, 17W, 18) of a workspace of the calling local operator; retrieving, from a database (34), a view configuration (36) for a determined user interface (UI) view based on the determined context; and controlling a display device (24) to display the determined UI view based on the retrieved view configuration.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium (26) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (20) to perform a method (100) of providing assistance from a remote expert (RE) to a local operator (LO) of a medical imaging device (2) during a medical imaging examination. The method includes: providing a user interface (UI) (29), on a remote workstation (12) operable by the remote expert, displaying a feed (17, 18) of at least an imaging bay (3) where the medical imaging device is disposed; detecting, by analysis of the feed, an event occurring in the imaging bay; and outputting, via the remote workstation, an alert (30) indicating the detected event.

Abstract: A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a breakdown voltage clamp includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, and a p-type reduced surface field (PRSF) layer including one or more bridge portions. Each of the one or more bridge portions extends below the drain n+ region in a thickness direction. Another LDMOS transistor includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, an n-type reduced surface field (NRSF) layer disposed between the source n+ region and the drain n+ region in a lateral direction, a PRSF layer disposed below the NRSF layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a p-type buried layer (PBL) disposed below the PRSF layer in the thickness direction. The drain n+ region is disposed over the PBL in the thickness direction.