Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a horizontally disposed cyclone with a dirt outlet provided in a lower portion of the cyclone.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a horizontally disposed cyclone handle and the main body has a handle axis that extends upwardly and forwardly with respect to the cyclone axis of rotation.

Abstract: A self-propelled electric vacuum cleaner includes: a vacuum cleaner main body; a running section for causing the vacuum cleaner main body to run on a floor; a suction section for suctioning dust; a side brush for sweeping the dust on the floor, to the suction section; a floor detection sensor for detecting whether or not there is the floor; and a control section for controlling and driving the running section, the suction section and the side brush in response to an output of the floor detection sensor, in which the side brush includes a rotating shaft coaxially having a through-hole, and a plurality of brush bundles radially spread from one end of the rotating shaft, wherein the floor detection sensor includes an optical sensor provided adjacent to the other end of the rotating shaft to detect whether or not there is an object, through the through-hole.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an automatic cleaner. The automatic cleaner, according to one aspect, comprises: a casing having an inlet port; a suction device which is installed inside the casing and sucks external foreign substances through the inlet port; a moving device for moving the casing; and a side brush assembly movably installed at the casing, wherein the side brush assembly comprises: a movable member which is provided so as to be movable in the casing and protrudes outside of the casing; a side brush provided so as to be rotatable at the movable member; a hinge shaft for enabling the rotation of the movable member; and an elastic member for supporting the hinge shaft or the movable member.

Abstract: A system for transporting and collecting waste is disclosed. The system comprises a waste disposal bay comprising a front side, a bottom side, and a back side, wherein the back side includes an opening. The system further comprises a movable receptacle positioned above the waste disposal bay configured to translocate from a first position to a second position and back again, and wherein the movable receptacle comprises a through hole. The system further comprises a vacuum system associated with the through hole of the movable receptacle, comprising a motor for generating suction and a removable container for collecting waste; an attachment mechanism between the opening of the back side and the through hole, wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to maintain fluid communication between the opening and the vacuum system when the movable receptacle is in the first position; and a switch configured to activate the motor.

Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus includes a dust separation unit to separate dust from suctioned air; a dust storage unit to store the dust separated in the dust separation unit; a pressing member to compress the dust stored in the dust storage unit, and having a pressing plate support part, and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a fixing member disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit and the pressing plate support part; and a path formed by a part of the fixing member, located between the pressing plate support part and the inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit, and through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes, wherein one or more holes through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes are formed at the pressing plate.

Abstract: In a vacuum cleaner, a two stage filter system includes a primary inner filter such as a conventional vacuum cleaner filter, and a secondary outer filter with an enhanced surface area that is a self-cleaning, flexible interlocking knitted fabric having a rest position at atmospheric pressure, and a stretched position when under vacuum of a vacuum cleaner, the fabric having at least enough stretchability to increase its surface area, including fabric and interstices, by at least 2% in its stretched position from its rest position. When the vacuum cleaner is operating, the secondary filter is in its stretched position and collects dust and debris, and when the vacuum cleaner is off, the secondary filter relaxes, returns to its rest position and its surface area contracts to be self-cleaning, and a portion of the dust and debris to fall from the filter.

Abstract: A dust collector for a vacuum cleaner, including a first cyclone disposed within an outer case to filter out dust from air introduced from an outside thereof and introduce the air from which dust has been filtered out to an inside thereof, a second cyclone accommodated in the inside of the first cyclone to form a first space between the first cyclone and the second cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced to the inside of the first cyclone, and a guide vane spirally extended along an inner circumference of the second cyclone to induce rotational flow to the air introduced to an inside of the second cyclone through an inlet of the second cyclone via the first space, wherein the guide vane is integrally provided on the second cyclone.

Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a main body that defines an external appearance of the robot cleaner. The robot cleaner further includes a plurality of dust sensors that are located at different positions on the main body and that are configured to sense dust that is located in a traveling route of the robot cleaner. The robot cleaner further includes a control unit that is configured to control movement and a cleaning operation of the robot cleaner based on sensing data from the plurality of dust sensors.

Abstract: A mop comprising a mop handle with a grip end and a mopping end and includes spline ribs that surround a surface of the mop handle. The mop includes a ratchet sleeve surrounding the mop handle and is rotatable in first and second directions. The ratchet sleeve includes a flexible collar with an inward-facing integral pawl on an interior portion of the flexible collar. The mop includes a mop head at the mopping end of the mop handle. The mop head has a first end connected to the mopping end and a second end connected to the ratchet sleeve. The flexible collar is flexible between a locked position where the pawl engages with the spline ribs preventing rotation of the ratchet sleeve in the first rotational direction, and an unlocked position where the pawl disengages the spline ribs allowing rotation of the ratchet sleeve in first and second rotational directions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning device and method for cleaning surfaces of homes, vehicles or other large objects. The device includes a support member and a cleaning element. The support member may include a connector configured and dimensioned for receiving and attaching a pole to the support member. The cleaning element may be configured as a mitt having top and bottom portions, with the top portion including an opening for receiving the support member and to allow the pole connector of the support member to pass through, and the bottom portion having front and back surfaces, with the front surface representing a cleaning face and including a plurality of spaced flexible elongated members. The device may further include a wringer for removing dirt trapped in the elongated member or excess cleaning agents or liquid from the cleaning element.

Abstract: A filter assembly for filtering wash fluid to be recirculated by a circulation pump in a dishwasher appliance is provided. The filter assembly includes a first filter member and a second filter member. The first filter member defines a first filter panel and the second filter member defines a second filter panel. The first filter panel is spaced from the second filter panel along an axial direction of the filter assembly and is configured in series flow with the second filter panel. More particularly, the first and second filter panels are configured such that wash fluid is filtered by the first filter panel and by the second filter panel prior to being recirculated by the circulation pump.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance including a tub defining a wash chamber is provided. The dishwasher appliance also includes a sump positioned at a bottom portion of the tub, the sump including a bottom wall that defines a recessed chamber. A drain pump is provided in flow communication with the recessed chamber defined by the bottom wall of the sump. Moreover, a filter assembly is positioned at least partially within the sump and movable along an axial direction of the sump between a first position and a second position. The filter assembly is positioned over the recessed chamber of the bottom wall when in the first position and is seated on the bottom wall of the sump around the recessed chamber when in the second position.

Abstract: A dishwashing appliance may generally include a door and a tub defining a wash chamber configured to be closed via the door. The tub may include a top wall, a bottom wall and sidewalls extending between the top and bottom walls. In addition, the dishwashing appliance may include a heating device provided in operative association with the tub. The heating device may correspond to a resistive coating applied directly onto a surface of the bottom wall of the tub, wherein, when current is supplied through the resistive coating, the heating device is configured to generate heat.

Abstract: A dish mat includes a middle layer and a plurality of ribs. The middle layer has a top surface and a bottom surface. The plurality of ribs extend from each of the top and bottom surfaces of the middle layer. The plurality of ribs are spaced laterally apart from each other such that the plurality of ribs and the middle layer collectively define a plurality of upper and lower channels.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion part having a channel; an operation part attached to a proximal end part of the insertion part; a shaft-like member inserted into the insertion part, a proximal end part of the shaft-like member extends to the operation part, and the shaft-like member configured to be capable of moving inside the channel with respect to the insertion part; and a projectable unit provided at a distal end part of the channel; wherein the projectable unit includes: a movable part provided at a distal end part side of the channel and provided at distally than a distal end of the shaft-like member; and a coupling part watertightly attached with the movable part and the distal end part of the channel and is elastically deformable in accordance with a movement of the movable part.

Abstract: Surgical apparatuses that include one or more structures that can be used to couple an elongated member, such as surgical tubing, to an endoscope, to yield a channel external of the endoscope that can be used to remove material from or deliver material to a desired location within a subject, like a human patient. Methods of using such surgical apparatuses are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is an assistive robot endoscopic system, including a wireless gyroscope, measuring an intuitive motion of a user's (e.g., a surgeon) head, generating data based on the intuitive motion of the user's head and transmitting the data to a computer; a control system, receiving the data from the computer; and a laparoscope, having a robotic endoscope and automatically controlled by the control system based on the intuitive motion of the user's head. In addition, the present invention further provides an assistive robot endoscopic method.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a raising base rotatably installed in an insertion portion of the endoscope, a recess formed in the insertion portion, a flexible control wire which is movable along an axis thereof relative to said insertion portion, a link member provided in the recess and connecting one end of the control wire to the raising base, and a cover which is detachably attached to the insertion portion to close the recess. The link member includes a rotational shaft which is coaxial with a of rotational axis of the raising base, the rotational shaft provided in the recess to be irrotatable relative to the raising base and detachably connected to the raising base; and a connecting portion detachably and irrotatably connected to the rotational shaft in the recess, the one end of the control wire being connected to the connecting portion at a position offset from the rotational shaft.

Abstract: A shaft of an endoscope including a locking coupling which is designed to connect the end piece of the shaft to a counter piece, and which includes a coupling piece which is mounted on the end piece or on the counter piece so that it can be slidingly moved transversely to the axis thereof, the coupling piece being designed so it can be placed, when being moved in a traverse manner, in or out of the locking engagement with the counter piece or end piece, the transverse bearing of the coupling piece is provided with a locking device which can be brought into contact for suppressing the transverse movement.

Abstract: A capsule endoscopic system with movement control is disclosed. The capsule endoscopic system comprises a capsule endoscopic device and a processor. The capsule endoscopic device comprises a capsule housing, an image sensor, one or more electrodes disposed fixedly through the capsule housing and a signal generation/signal driver unit. The image sensor captures images when the capsule endoscopic device travels inside a patient's gastrointestinal track. The processor derives quantified movement of the capsule endoscopic device based on the images captured using the image sensor. The electrodes apply electrical stimulus to living body tissue in the patient's gastrointestinal track. The signal generation/signal driver unit provides the electrical stimulus generated according to the quantified movement of the capsule endoscopic device to adjust movement of the capsule endoscopic device. The image sensor and the signal generation/signal driver unit are inside the capsule housing.

Abstract: A capsule endoscopic device with movement control is disclosed. The capsule endoscopic device comprises a capsule housing, one or more electrodes disposed fixedly through the capsule housing, a signal generation/signal driver unit, an interface circuit and a switch module. The electrodes apply electrical stimulus to living body tissue in a patient's gastrointestinal track. The signal generation/signal driver unit generates the electrical stimulus for the electrodes. The switch module is coupled to the electrodes, the signal generation/signal driver unit and the interface circuit. Furthermore, the switch module is configured to connect the electrodes to the signal generation/signal driver unit or the interface circuit depending on an operation mode.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method according to the present disclosure are provided. For example, an apparatus for providing electromagnetic radiation to a structure can be provided. The exemplary apparatus can include a first arrangement having at least two wave-guides which can be configured to provide there through at least two respective electro-magnetic radiations with at least partially different wavelengths from one another. The exemplary apparatus can also include a dispersive second arrangement structured to receive the electro-magnetic radiations and forward at least two dispersed radiations associated with the respective electro-magnetic radiations to at least one section of the structure. The wave-guide(s) can be structured and/or spatially arranged with respect to the dispersive arrangement to facilitate at least partially overlap of the dispersed radiations on the structure.

Abstract: An endoscope device includes: an imaging unit for photoelectrically converting light from an object that has been irradiated with the light to generate an image signal; an optical signal converter for converting the image signal into an optical signal; a signal dividing unit for dividing the optical signal into first and second optical signals at a predetermined light quantity ratio; a first optical signal transmission line for transmitting the first optical signal; a connecting unit configured to connect the first optical signal transmission line and other optical signal transmission line and to input the first optical signal that has been transmitted through the first optical signal transmission line into the other optical signal transmission line; an electrical signal converter configured to convert the second optical signal into an electrical signal including light quantity information of the second optical signal; and an electrical signal transmission line for transmitting the electrical signal.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: an image sensor; a substrate having a conductor layer and extending from the image sensor; a multi-layer substrate having therein conductor layers on the substrate; electronic components mounted on/in the multi-layer substrate; an image signal electrode pad and a drive signal electrode pad on the image sensor; an image signal cable; a drive signal cable; an image signal wiring pattern through which an image signal is transmitted from the image signal electrode pad to the image signal cable; and a drive signal wiring pattern through which a drive signal is transmitted from the drive signal cable to the drive signal electrode pad. At least one of the electronic components is embedded inside the multi-layer substrate. The image signal wiring pattern and the drive signal wiring pattern are separated into different conductor layers of the substrate and the multi-layer substrate due to the embedded electronic component.

Abstract: An endoscopic illumination system for illuminating a subject for stereoscopic image capture, includes a light source which outputs light; a first complementary multiband bandpass filter (CMBF) and a second CMBF, the first and second CMBFs being situated in first and second light paths, respectively, where the first CMBF and the second CMBF filter the light incident thereupon to output filtered light; and a camera which captures video images of the subject and generates corresponding video information, the camera receiving light reflected from the subject and passing through a pupil CMBF pair and a detection lens. The pupil CMBF includes a first pupil CMBF and a second pupil CMBF, the first pupil CMBF being identical to the first CMBF and the second pupil CMBF being identical to the second CMBF, and the detection lens includes one unpartitioned section that covers both the first pupil CMBF and the second pupil CMBF.

Abstract: A visualization instrument comprising a camera including an optical train and an image sensor. The optical train includes at least one lens and may include a prism. Optical images received by the optical train are captured by the image sensor, which may be positioned adjacent the image sensor to reduce the profile of the camera.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate improving intubating a patient. An airway management apparatus is provided having an articulating blade comprising a plurality of articulation points and a channel configured to receive an endotracheal tube and facilitate passage of the endotracheal tube through the channel. The airway management apparatus further include a handle attached to the articulating blade and comprising a housing, a motor provided within the housing that is operatively coupled to the articulating blade, and a blade control component. The blade control component is provided on or within the housing, wherein the blade control component is operatively coupled to the motor and controls manipulation of the articulating blade at the plurality of articulation points via the motor.

Abstract: Geographic atrophy of the eye can be detected and measured by imaging the eye at a depth greater than the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) at a plurality of locations of the eye, for example, using optical coherence tomography (OCT); determining a ratio of the intensities of imaging signals of a retinal layer(s) with respect to the intensity of imaging signals of a sub-RPE layer(s) at each location; determining representative values based at least in part on the determined ratios; generating a map of the representative values; and identifying diseased areas from the map. Contours and binary maps may be generated based on the identified diseased areas. The size and shape of the identified areas may be analyzed and monitored over a period of time to phenotype subjects and classify diseases.

Abstract: A brightness information generation unit 13 generates brightness profiles, serving as brightness information, from each Sobel image formed by an image transformation unit. A feature point detection unit 14 extracts feature points from the generated brightness information. In this case, maximum points (hereinafter, referred to as “peaks”) in the brightness profiles generated from the Sobel image are determined and detected as feature points. A layered structure identification unit 15 identifies the kind of the boundary of each layer or that of the layer in the retina. To identify the kind of the layer or boundary, brightness values in an area between the peaks are obtained from a median image and the layered structure in the area between the peaks is determined, thus identifying the kind of the layer or boundary corresponding to each peak on the basis of information indicating the determination.

Abstract: An arithmetic processor including: a selection unit configured for a user to select a color that satisfies a predetermined condition with respect to a reference color formed on a medium that reflects light, out of a plurality of different colors displayed on a display apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine colors to be displayed on the display apparatus next time, based on the color selected by the user; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a visual characteristic of the user, based on results of repeating the determination of colors by the determination unit and the selection by the user for a plurality of times. In a case where the user repeatedly selects a color out of a combination of colors, the calculation unit calculates the visual characteristic of the user, based on the colors included in the combination.

Abstract: Continuous time or non-integrating operation of an array of photosensitive elements for use as a detector in frequency domain interferometric imaging systems is described. Both swept-source and spectral domain embodiments are presented. Non-integrating or continuous mode camera operation enables much higher camera read-out rates compared to interferometric imaging systems using conventionally operated CMOS or CCD cameras.

Abstract: A diagnosis system and a diagnosis method are provided. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a diagnosis system for detection of corneal degeneration impacting the biomechanical stability of the human cornea and a diagnosis method for detection of corneal degeneration impacting the biomechanical stability of the human cornea. Still more specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a diagnosis system for early detection of corneal degeneration impacting the biomechanical stability of the human cornea and a diagnosis method for early detection of corneal degeneration impacting the biomechanical stability of the human cornea.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for aligning swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) spectral interferograms to a reference spectral interferogram based on signal information (e.g., amplitude or phase) at a fixed-pattern noise location to reduce residual fixed-pattern noise and improve the phase stability of SS-OCT systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pair of spectacles (1) comprising a frame (2), said frame (2) having at least one lens-receiving opening (3) for a lens, and having a right nose section (5) of the frame and a left nose section (6) of the frame, wherein a right eye-capturing camera (7) is arranged in the right nose section (5) of the frame, and a left eye-capturing camera (8) is arranged in the left nose section (6) of the frame.

Abstract: A projector and one or more optical components project a light pattern that scans at least a portion of an anterior segment of an eye of a user, while one or more cameras capture images of the anterior segment. During each scan, different pixels in the projector emit light at different times, causing the light pattern to repeatedly change orientation relative to the eye and thus to illuminate multiple different cross-sections of the anterior segment. The cameras capture images of each cross-section from a total of at least two different vantage points relative to the head of the user. The position of the projector, optical components and cameras relative to the head of the user remains substantially constant throughout each entire scan.

Abstract: A surgical microscope is disclosed with an observation beam path for generating an optical image from the eye, an illumination device for illuminating the eye, wherein the illumination device is designed for illuminating the eye with illumination light that contrasts eye lens pieces, in order to generate an optical contrast image that contrasts the eye lens pieces as optical image from the eye by means of the observation beam path, at least one digital camera, to which the optical contrast image is fed and which creates a digital contrast image from the optical contrast image and outputs it, an image processing unit, which is connected to the digital camera for receiving the digital contrast image and which is designed to find locations of increased contrast in the digital contrast image and to generate and output a superimposition image representing the locations of increased contrast, and a superimposing device.

Abstract: A system and method for rejecting afocal light collected from an in vivo human retina is disclosed. The system may include a detector, a server system being in communication with the detector and a memory system with a rejection of collected afocal light and a disk having an optointerruptor and a motor, which is speed controlled via a non-transitory storage media. The method includes utilizing a series of optical shapes or codes, similar to other structured illumination systems, illuminating the series of optical shapes or codes several times, collecting and processing the series of optical shapes or codes yielding measurements of optical noise and optical signal and subtracting the noise and signal from the final image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for minimally-invasive diagnosis of conditions within the body of an animal. In one particular embodiment, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for utilizing intraluminally-generated signals to diagnose disorders or monitor the function of internal organ of an animal by assessing the signal transcutaneously. The signals can be electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, acoustic, ultrasonic, optical, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a torsional vibration resonance frequency measuring method and a novel amplitude transformer for assessing the stability of dental implants. In one example, a torsional vibration resonance frequency measuring method includes installing an amplitude transformer on a dental implant, energizing a torsional vibration mode, gathering resonance signals, and analyzing a resonance frequency. In another example, an amplitude transformer for measuring torsional vibration resonance frequency in a dental implant, includes an anti-rotary horizontal double-winged component and a central bolt. The central bolt is configured to closely connect with the inner threads of the dental implant, such that the amplitude transformer can integrate with the dental implant sufficient to vibrate as an integral structure under energizing.

Abstract: A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remain in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may provide an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide used to capture images. The system may be configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. The systems described herein provide two or more diagnostic imaging channels for capture of multiple, concurrent diagnostic images and may be used where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by two or more images that are independently marked for functional interest.

Abstract: Interior scan and exterior photos are jointly visualized in medical imaging. One or more cameras are mounted to the internal medical scanner, allowing a photograph to be taken while or in temporal proximity to when the internal region of the patient is scanned. An image associating the exterior photographs with the interior region of the patient is presented to assist in diagnosis. Due to the spatial and temporal proximity, the image may be a visualization formed by combining the photograph and interior scan data.

Abstract: An organ imaging apparatus (1) has an imager (3), a detector, and an illuminator (2). The imager (3) acquires an image by imaging an imaging object including an organ of a living body. The detector detects a feature of the imaging object based on the image acquired by the imager (3). The illuminator (2) illuminates the imaging object at an angle exceeding 45 degrees but not more than 90 degrees relative to the imaging optical axis (X) of the imager (3) passing through the imaging object. The imager (3) images the shadows formed by the imaging object under illumination by the illuminator (2). The detector detects the surface irregularities on the imaging object and the boundary of the organ included in the imaging object based on the shadows.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for determining characteristics of a wound. The system includes a first imaging sensor that obtains imaging information of a wound area and a second imaging sensor that obtains topology information of the wound area.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method may include outputting one or more sensor signals from an electronic device into a portion of a user's body, and detecting one or more deflected signals from the one or more sensor signals. The method may include detecting a bone structure of the user's body based on the one or more deflected signals. Then, the method may include determining a user measurement based on the one or more deflected signals, the health measurement being adjusted by the detected bone structure.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a light source configured to emit light that penetrates into a portion of a user's body, a plurality of light sensors configured to detect a pattern of diffusion of the emitted light, and a controller configured to detect a gesture made by the user based on the detected pattern of diffusion of the emitted light. The controller may be configured to control the light source and the plurality of light sensors to detect the gesture made by the user.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is disclosed for diagnosis, which can automatically discriminate an optical refractive index of flushing liquid which is utilized during pull-back scanning, and reconstruct a blood vessel cross-sectional image having an appropriate scale. An intensity of reflected light in a medium having a known refractive index is obtained in advance. An intensity of the reflected light on a border surface between a catheter sheath unit and the flushing liquid is detected based on interference light data, which is obtained during the pull-back scanning. The refractive index of the flushing liquid is calculated based on the intensity of the reflected light, an intensity of incident light obtained from the stored reflected light, and a known refractive index of the catheter sheath unit.

Abstract: A jaw assembly including first and second jaw members configured to clamp tissue therebetween. The first jaw member includes a surface opposing a surface of the second jaw member, a light source, and a light detector. The light source is configured to emit light from an opening defined in the surface of the first jaw member. The light detector is disposed within the opening and is configured to sense properties of light reflected off tissue clamped between the first and second jaw members and to generate signals indicative of the sensed properties of light. A processor is operatively associated with the light detector and is configured to receive the signals from the light detector. The processor is also configured to analyze the signals to determine an attribute of tissue clamped between the first and second jaw members and to provide feedback to a user of the attribute of the tissue.

Abstract: Provided is an optical measurement apparatus to which a measurement probe having an illumination fiber and a light receiving fiber is configured to be detachably connected and which is configured to perform optical measurement on a measurement target. The optical measurement apparatus includes: a light source unit configured to emit illumination light to the measurement target via the illumination fiber; a light receiving unit configured to receive light propagated via the light receiving fiber; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a characteristic value of a measurement history of each of the illumination light and external light incident from outside, based on a plurality of measured values obtained by receiving diffused light of the illumination light reflected from a reflection index member and on a plurality of measured values obtained by receiving diffused light of the external light that has been transmitted through a diffusion index member as uniform light.

Abstract: An imaging method comprising: receiving a spatial thermal representation of a curved body section, wherein the spatial thermal representation comprises a thermal image associated with spatial data; and generating a theoretical thermal simulation of the curved body section, wherein said generating of the theoretical thermal simulation is based on the spatial data of the representation and on predetermined thermodynamic logic of a type of the curved body section.