Abstract: An electrode including a film having two-dimensional particles, the two-dimensional particles containing at least a metal cation and one or a plurality of layers, the layers including a layer body represented by: MmXn, wherein M is at least one Group 3 to 7 metal and contains at least a Ti atom, X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof, n is 1 to 4, m is more than n and 5 or less; and a modifier or terminal T is present on a surface of the layer body, wherein T is at least one of a hydroxyl group, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, an oxygen atom, and a hydrogen atom, the metal cation contains a Li cation, and a content of the Li cation in the two-dimensional particles is 5.4 mol or more with respect to 100 mol of the Ti atom.

Abstract: A wearable device for detecting a user's eye movement having a first movement sensor with electrodes aligned with each other along a first movement axis, a second movement sensor with electrodes aligned with each other along a second movement axis transverse to the first movement axis, and a control circuit coupled to the electrodes and configured to acquire electrostatic charge variation signals indicative of differences between the electrostatic charge variations detected by the electrodes of the movement sensors; detect an event indicative of respective displacements of the eyes along the movement axis; and determine the movement of the eyes based on of the event confirmation.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains biological information as to a subject acquired by a biological monitor, obtains analysis information resulting from analysis of the biological information, and sets an examination condition for capturing an image of the subject by a scan, based on the biological information and the analysis information.

Abstract: A medical device comprises a sensing circuit configured to sense at least one cardiac electrical signal, sense first ventricular event signals from the at least one cardiac electrical signal according to a sensitivity setting set to a first amplitude; and a control circuit in communication with the sensing circuit, the control circuit configured to determine that the at least one cardiac electrical signal meets suspected undersensing criteria, in response to determining that the suspected undersensing criteria are met, perform a morphology analysis of a first cardiac signal segment acquired from a first cardiac electrical signal of the at least one cardiac electrical signal sensed by the sensing circuit over a first predetermined time interval, determine that the first cardiac signal segment is a first tachyarrhythmia segment based on the morphology analysis, and adjust the sensitivity setting from the first amplitude to a second amplitude less than the first amplitude in response to determining that the firs

Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for managing electrical stimulation therapy and/or sensing of physiological signals such as brain signals. For example, a system may assist a clinician in identifying one or more electrode combinations for sensing a brain signal. In another example, a user interface may display brain signal information and values of a stimulation parameter at least partially defining electrical stimulation delivered to a patient when the brain signal information was sensed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an EEG recognition method for a natural hand movement based on a time-domain and frequency-domain multi-layer brain network, including: (1) acquiring a multi-channel EEG signal of the natural hand movement; (2) preprocessing the multi-channel EEG signal, and extracting a ? wave, a ? wave, a ? wave, a ? wave, and a ? wave at each time point; (3) constructing a time-domain multi-layer brain network using a wSAR model; (4) calculating the frequency-domain multi-layer brain network using the phase-amplitude coupling; (5) combining the time-domain multi-layer brain network and the frequency-domain multi-layer brain network, and performing standardization; and (6) calculating metrics of the time-domain and frequency-domain multi-layer brain network and a super-adjacency matrix of a decomposed time-domain and frequency-domain multi-layer brain network, inputting the same to a two-layer graph convolutional network (GCN), and fusing manual, shallow, and deep features for analysis.

Abstract: An information processing method for identifying a position that a worker visually recognizes with carefulness includes: acquiring as image data an image representing at least a part of a field of view of the worker at a predetermined time; acquiring as line-of-sight data a line-of-sight direction of the worker at the predetermined time; acquiring as electroencephalogram signal data an electroencephalogram signal of the worker in a time interval containing the predetermined time; detecting a predetermined waveform from the acquired electroencephalogram signal data; and determining a visually recognized position by the worker when the predetermined waveform occurs, based on the image data and the line-of-sight data.

Abstract: A transcutaneous electrical stimulation system is provided that can include a number of features. In one implementation, the system can include a plurality of electrodes configured to be in contact with a skin surface of a patient. The system can further include a flexible hub electrically connected to the electrodes and configured to be in contact with the patient. A bend sensor can be disposed in the hub and configured to measure a curvature of the hub. The system can include a signal processing device electrically coupled to the plurality of electrodes and the bend sensor, the signal processing device being configured to change stimulation settings of the plurality of electrodes based on the curvature of the hub. In some implementations, the system can include a multi-channel stimulator. Methods of use are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a device and method for generating information on vertigo by tracking changes in eyes and head position, a computer-readable recording medium, and a computer program. More specifically, according to the device and method, movement of a patient's eyes and head is tracked in a video of the patient on the basis of a deep learning model to generate information on vertigo. The computer program for implementing the method is stored in the computer-readable recording medium.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices include a health parameter detection device. The device includes a platform with a measurement surface being a first surface. The measurement surface is operable to contact a target area of a user. The device includes one or more light sources disposed adjacent to the transparent material and operable to transmit light into the transparent material. Also, the device includes an interior mirror forming a first angle with the measurement surface; and/or a camera, such that the camera is operable to receive a scattered light caused by a frustrated total internal of reflection (FTIR) event occurring at the measurement surface and reflecting from the mirror. The platform can form part of at least one of a treadmill machine, an elliptical machine, a rowing machine, a stair stepping machine, or a leg press machine.

Abstract: Provided are methods of detecting concussion-level, neurologic dysfunction in a subject at risk of having developed concussion-level, neurologic dysfunction following exposure to repetitive, non-concussive head insults. Additionally provided are methods for preventing concussion-level, neurologic dysfunction in a subject at risk of developing such neurologic dysfunction.

Abstract: In a normal human being the pulsing of blood through the brain during sleep causes a periodic headpulse of high amplitude, detectable and measurable using cranial accelerometry. A patient's sleeping headpulse is compared to one or more reference headpulse patterns from normal and abnormal patients to determine health and condition of the brain and vasculature.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: performing a prediction process comprising: based on input data comprising values of physiological measurement variables of a patient over a time period, computing first correlations in the input data, the computing comprising computing short range temporal correlations between values of physiological measurement variables at consecutive time steps using an attention-based mechanism and computing spatial correlations between values of different physiological measurement variables at a same time step using a self-attention mechanism; generating first updated node embeddings based on the input data and the first correlations, each node corresponding to a physiological measurement variable at a time step; using a recurrent neural network, RNN, updating the first updated node embeddings based on second correlations between the first updated node embeddings to generate temporally updated embeddings; and based on the temporally updated embeddings and using a neural network,

Abstract: The invention provides an implantable device and method of monitoring wirelessly and continuously thermal conductivity and blood flow on the surface of a target region of a subject. The implantable device comprises a probe operably attached to the target region; and an electronic module coupled with the probe for wireless, real-time, and continuous measurements of physiological information of the target region.

Abstract: A sweat extraction and monitoring system comprises a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) for inducing localized sweating for a human skin to generate sweat, iontophoresis electrodes electrically connected to the TENG and configured to be operably electrically contacting the human skin, at least one microfluidic channel for receiving the sweat, at least one biosensor for sensing the sweat received in the at least one microfluidic channel, and at least one sweat-activated battery configured to be actuatable by the sweat for powering the at least one biosensor.

Abstract: A foetal monitoring device for simultaneously monitoring a concentration of an analyte in a foetus and a heart rate of the foetus, the device comprising a biosensor and an electrocardiogram (ECG).

Abstract: A device and method of testing muscle stiffness or spasticity. The method includes: controlling an actuator to periodically change between a pressurized state and a relaxed state such that the actuator in at least the pressurized state provides a cyclic force contributing to at least one deformation of a piezoelectric film, the actuator in at least the relaxed state providing a lateral surface in abutment with the piezoelectric film, the piezoelectric film being variably deformable and conformable to the muscle or the muscle group; acquiring a signal generated by the at least one deformation of the piezoelectric film, wherein a change in the signal corresponds to the at least one deformation of the piezoelectric film; and determining a quantitative measure of a muscle spasticity state of the muscle or the muscle group based on the signal.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting cognitive stress events using a wearable electronic device is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes (i) segmenting an EDA sensor signal into rising and falling regions; (ii) segmenting rising regions and falling regions into a plurality of rise sub-regions and a plurality of fall sub-regions, respectively; (iii) fitting a transfer function to each rise sub-region of the plurality of rise sub-regions; (iv) fitting a decaying function to each fall sub-region of the plurality of fall sub-regions; (v) combining fit parameters to identify baseline rises; (vi) combining decaying fit parameters to identify baseline falls; and (vii) identifying or characterizing physiological events, based upon the baseline rises and the baseline falls, for detecting the cognitive stress events. The wearable electronic device includes at least one electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor and at least one contact area.

Abstract: A mechanism for estimating sleep stages of an subject's sleep session using a machine-learning algorithm. An EOG signal, produced during the sleep session, is obtained. For each of a plurality of samples, a subset of one or more other samples is obtained. The subset is identified by determining temporal dependencies between the sample and the other sample(s) using temporal information trained into the machine-learning algorithm. Each sample is processed using its corresponding subset of one or more other samples to produce an estimate sleep stage for the sample. This produces a plurality of sleep stages for the sleep session of the subject.

Abstract: Systems are provided for perioperative care. In an example, a system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to output a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first visual representation of a default or previously-determined phase of anesthesia delivery for a patient; receive a plurality of monitoring parameters of the patient over an observation window, at least a portion of the plurality of monitoring parameters obtained from an anesthesia delivery machine; identify, by applying a selected set of rules to the plurality of monitoring parameters, whether an event signaling a change to a new phase of anesthesia delivery for the patient is detected; based on the event being detected, update the GUI to display a second visual representation of the new phase; and based on the event not being detected, maintain the first visual representation on the GUI.

Abstract: A thermal control unit supplies temperature controlled fluid to a patient to control the patient's temperature. The thermal control unit includes a fluid outlet, fluid inlet, heat exchanger, pump, patient core temperature probe port, auxiliary sensor port, and controller. The controller receives patient core temperature readings from the patient temperature probe port and auxiliary sensor readings from the auxiliary sensor port. The controller may control a temperature of the circulating fluid in both a feedback manner using patient core temperature readings and a feedforward manner using readings from the auxiliary sensor. The auxiliary sensor may measure a characteristic of the patient's tissue indicative of thermal resistance, and/or the auxiliary sensor may measure a temperature of the patient's tissue at an intermediate depth. The controller may use the intermediate temperature to predict arrival at a target patient temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for evaluating implant condition and associated patient condition. A method for determining an implant condition can include the steps of receiving implant vibration data from an implant coupled to a bone of a patient, receiving patient reported data from the patient, and generating an implant loosening score from the implant vibration data and the patient reported data. The implant vibration data can be generated by a sensor associated with the implant. The implant loosening score can be related to movement of implant with respect to the bone.

Abstract: A process and a system for fluid balancing a patient that is in a bed during a predefined reference time period. Each object used is provided with a marking. A bed scale weighs the bed. A reading unit reads the markings on the objects. A camera unit generates images that show at least the bed and objects in the vicinity of the bed. A signal processing unit determines a weight difference between the bed weight of the bed at a first time point and at a second time point. The signal processing unit calculates a fluid balance—the total amount of fluid supplied less the amount of fluid that leaves the patient, during the reference time period. The signal processing unit uses the difference in weight of objects, moved to or from the bed, and the respective amount of fluid that each moved object can hold.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface surrounding the first surface and the second surface, a substrate disposed in the housing, at least one light-emitting structure disposed on the substrate so as to be directed toward the second surface and being formed in a form of a bar, a plurality of light sources configured to emit light in different wavelength ranges and being disposed at designated intervals on the at least one light-emitting structure formed in the form of the bar, wherein the at least one light-emitting structure is electrically connected to the substrate by soldering in a state in which at least one of the at least one light-emitting structure is inclined at a particular angle.

Abstract: The invention provides a neck-worn sensor that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature, thoracic fluid levels, stroke volume, cardiac output, and a parameter sensitive to blood pressure called pulse transit time. From stroke volume, a first algorithm employing a linear model can estimate the patient's pulse pressure. And from pulse pressure and pulse transit time, a second algorithm, also employing a linear algorithm, can estimate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Thus, the sensor can measure all five vital signs along with hemodynamic parameters. It also includes a motion-detecting accelerometer, from which it can determine motion-related parameters such as posture, degree of motion, activity level, respiratory-induced heaving of the chest, and falls.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving a plurality of sensor streams, each sensor stream is received from a sensor of a plurality of sensors of a wearable electronic device; (ii) determining a sampling rate of each sensor stream; (iii) identifying a count of gaps and a length of each gap for each sensor stream; (iv) identifying a subset of a circular buffer for each sensor of the plurality of sensors that fits within a slice of time of interest characterized by a start timestamp and a stop timestamp; (v) determining consensus between the plurality of sensor streams; (vi) adding the plurality of sensor streams to the circular buffer; and (vii) determining whether a valid window of data exists for the plurality of sensor streams added to the circular buffer for synchronizing two or more sensor streams for a real time application.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for leveraging automotive and wearable-based data are described. For example, a system may include a wearable device, a user device associated with the wearable device, and a vehicle. The system may determine when a user is within a proximity of the vehicle based on communications between the vehicle and the wearable device, between the vehicle and the user device, or both. The system may retrieve physiological data measurement from the user via the wearable device based on determining the user is positioned in a proximity of the vehicle, such that one or more operational parameters of the vehicle may be adjusted based on the physiological data. Additionally, or alternatively, the system may receive telemetry data from one more sensors of the vehicle and may provide feedback to the user based on the telemetry data satisfying one or more trigger conditions.

Abstract: Some disclosed examples involve obtaining, via a sensor system of a wearable device, first heart rate waveforms at a first wearable device configuration corresponding with a first position at least a portion of the sensor system. Some examples involve prompting, via a user interface of the wearable device, a user to change the wearable device configuration to a second wearable device configuration, the second wearable device configuration corresponding with a second position of one or more sensors of the sensor system. Some examples involve obtaining second heart rate waveforms at the second wearable device configuration and determining, based at least in part on the first heart rate waveforms and the second heart rate waveforms, whether to change a wearable device configuration or maintain a current wearable device configuration. Some examples involve prompting the user either to change the wearable device configuration or maintain the current wearable device configuration.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring wear status of a dental appliance may include a sensing module that sensing the temperature and one or more additional modalities (e.g., capacitance, impedance, pressure force) around a dental appliance to track when the user is wearing or not wearing the dental appliance. These sensing modules may also determine compliance more accurately with a dental treatment plan.

Abstract: A pulse wave feature calculator is provided that calculates a value of a pulse wave feature based on a steepness of a rise of a pulse wave measured with a photoplethysmographic sensor. Based on the value of the pulse wave feature calculated by the pulse wave feature calculator, a contact pressure determinator determines whether a contact pressure, which is a pressure with which the photoplethysmographic sensor is pressed against a measurement site, is within a range, such as an appropriate range.

Abstract: System and methods for optical coherence tomography. The systems may include a source of optical radiation, an optical fiber, a detector, an interface medium, a mirror in the embedding medium, and a processor. The optical fiber may provide a common path for optical radiation reflected from a reference and a target. The detector may receive the optical radiation reflected from the reference and the target. The interface medium may be at the reference interface and in optical contact with the distal end of the optical fiber. The mirror may include a silicon die having a reflective coating. The processor may generate an image of the target based upon the optical radiation received by the detector.

Abstract: Vascular access devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology includes an implantable vascular access device comprising a catheter and a housing defining a fluid reservoir and an outlet port configured to mate with a catheter, the outlet port fluidically coupled to the fluid reservoir. The vascular access device can comprise one or more sensing elements carried by the housing and/or the catheter, which are configured to capture physiological data while the device is implanted within a patient The device can also include a data communications unit configured to receive physiological data from the one or more sensing elements and transmit the physiological data to one or more remote computing devices.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for correcting a plurality of sensor streams in real time is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes (i) detecting a deviant in a sensor stream of the plurality of sensor streams based upon a distribution of sensor signal values in the sensor stream; (ii) detecting a gap or a period of missing sensor data based upon deviation in a sensor signal sample rate; (iii) performing adaptive interpolation for sensor signal values across the detected gap or the period of missing sensor data; (iv) performing adaptive signal correction by suppressing derivative values of the detected deviant; (v) performing adaptive drift correction to handle asymmetries in a sensor signal during a rise and fall of the sensor signal; and (vi) generating the sensor stream with corrected sensor signal values.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of training a sleep-related event classification model. The method may comprise a step of providing a pre-trained classification model. The classification model may be configured to classify one or more sleep-related events of a subject based on one or more physiological measurements of the subject. The classification model may be pre-trained using first training data associated with a source population of subjects. The method may comprise a step of finetuning the classification model using second training data associated with a target population of subjects. In addition, a corresponding method of classifying one or more sleep-related events of a subject as well as a corresponding computer program, data processing apparatus or system and data structure is provided.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for monitoring a patient for the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias. A computing system obtains a cardiac electrogram (EGM) strip for a current patient. Additionally, the computing system may apply a first cardiac rhythm classifier (CRC) with a segment of the cardiac EGM strip as input. The first CRC is trained on training cardiac EGM strips from a first population. The first CRC generates first data regarding an aspect of a cardiac rhythm of the current patient. The computing system may also apply a second CRC with the segment of the cardiac EGM strip as input. The second CRC is trained on training cardiac EGM strips from a smaller, second population. The second CRC generates second data regarding the aspect of the cardiac rhythm of the current patient. The computing system may generate output data based on the first and/or second data.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a first battery, charging circuitry, communication circuitry, a display, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, based on identifying that a wearable electronic device being mounted in the electronic device, wirelessly transmit power to the wearable electronic device using the charging circuitry; display, on the display, at least one of first state information of the first battery and second state information of a second battery included in the wearable electronic device while wirelessly transmitting the power; display at least one object corresponding to at least one function related to the wearable electronic device on the display; and based on identifying an input to a first object among the at least one object, transmit a control signal for causing the wearable electronic device to execute a first function corresponding to the first object to the wearable electronic device through the communication circui

Abstract: Post-patient collimators and methods of manufacturing post-patient collimators are provided. An example method includes additively manufacturing a collimator array having a plurality of tapered cavities, positioning a plurality of scintillator pixels within the tapered cavities of the collimator array, and hardening the pixels within the tapered cavities. An example post-patient collimator includes a collimator array including a plurality of cavities, wherein each of the plurality of cavities includes tapered walls, a scintillator including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels positioned with one of the plurality of cavities of the collimator, and a reflector positioned on a top of each of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: Provided is an X-ray CT apparatus capable of suppressing an entry of foreign matter into an inside of a bearing without incurring a cost. The X-ray CT apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes a fixed frame, a rotation frame, and a bearing, in which the bearing includes an outer ring connected to the fixed frame and an inner ring connected to the rotation frame, and the fixed frame includes a seal portion that seals the bearing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a PET system and a correction method and system thereof, a device, and a medium. The correction method includes: obtaining an initial NC factor of an initial LOR corresponding to a pair of coincident detector crystals in the PET system; determining, based on the DOI information, a target LOR corresponding to the pair of coincident detector crystals; obtaining a DOI compensating coefficient for the NC factor of the target LOR relative to the initial LOR; and obtaining, based on the initial NC factor and the DOI compensating coefficient for the NC factor, a target NC factor corresponding to the target LOR to correct the PET system.

Abstract: A method and a system for PET imaging may be provided. PET data of a subject collected by a PET scan of the subject and a physiological signal relating to a physiological motion of the subject during the PET scan may be obtained. Gated PET images corresponding to physiological phases of the subject may be generated based on the PET data and the physiological signal. Further, for each physiological phase, a first attenuation map of the subject corresponding to the physiological phase may be generated based on the gated PET image corresponding to the physiological phase, and an attenuation corrected gated PET image corresponding to the physiological phase may be generated based on the first attenuation map and a portion of the PET data corresponding to the physiological phase. A target PET image corresponding to a reference physiological phase may be generated based on the attenuation corrected gated PET images.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for fabricating and employing patient immobilization devices during radiation treatment procedures. Immobilization devices are provided that include a thin conformal shell configured to conform to an anatomical region of a patient that is to be exposed to radiation during a radiation treatment procedure, with a rigid lattice structure extending outwardly, in an external, beam-facing direction, from the conformal shell. The rigid lattice structure confers structural rigidity to the device, and the thin cellular regions mitigate the impact of the device on a surface dose delivered to the patient or subject. The present mechanical-metamaterial-based immobilization devices incorporate structural features that confer advantageous mechanical properties and radiation transmissive properties when compared with conventional solid or mesh-based immobilization devices used in radiation therapy.

Abstract: To present, in advance, information about a movement direction corresponding to a predetermined operation unit of a console, a medical imaging system includes a bed 170 on which a subject is placed; a movement mechanism (bed movement mechanism 174) configured to move a table 158 on the bed 170 on the basis of operation information of a predetermined operation unit; a determining unit 118 configured to determine whether an operator has touched the predetermined operation unit; and a presenting unit (second presenting device 172) configured to present, around the bed 170 or on the table 158 on the bed 170, information about the movement direction corresponding to the predetermined operation unit when the determining unit 118 determines that the operator has touched the predetermined operation unit.

Abstract: Apparatuses (devices, systems) and methods for shielding (protecting) surroundings around periphery of regions of interest located inside objects (e.g., patients) from radiation emitted by X-ray systems towards the objects. Apparatus includes: at least one radiation shield assembly including a support base connectable to an X-ray system radiation source or detector, and a plurality of radiation shield segments sequentially positioned relative to the support base, thereby forming a contiguous radiopaque screen configured for spanning around the region of interest periphery with a radiopaque screen edge opposing the object. Radiation shield segments are individually, actively controllable to extend or contract to selected lengths with respective free ends in directions away from or towards the support base(s), for locally changing contour of the radiopaque screen edge.

Abstract: A medical image acquisition apparatus including: a biopsy apparatus; an imaging table that is used to capture an image of a living body disposed on an imaging surface with an imaging apparatus; a projector that projects the image; and at least one processor, wherein the processor performs control of projecting relevant information associated with each execution stage of a biopsy that is performed on the living body using the biopsy apparatus, from the projector toward the imaging surface of the imaging table for each execution stage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for X-ray and fluoroscopic image capture and, in particular, to a versatile, multimode imaging system incorporating a handheld X-ray emitter operative to capture non-invasive images of a target; a stage operative to capture static X-ray and dynamic fluoroscopic images of the target; a system for the tracking and positioning of the X-ray emission to improve safety of obtaining X-ray images as well as improve the quality of X-ray images. Where the devices can automatically limit the field of the X-ray emission.

Abstract: A mobile diagnostic imaging system includes a battery system and charging system. The battery system is located in the rotating portion of the imaging system, and includes one or more battery packs comprising electrochemical cells. Each battery pack includes a control circuit that controls the state of charge of each electrochemical cell, and implements a control scheme that causes the electrochemical cells to have a similar charge state. The battery system communicates with a charging system on the non-rotating portion to terminate charge when one or more of the electrochemical cells reach a full state of charge. The imaging system also includes a docking system that electrically connects the charging system to the battery system during charging and temporarily electrically disconnects the rotating and non-rotating portions during imaging, and a drive mechanism for rotating the rotating portion relative to the non-rotating portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray image processing system (4) comprising an X-ray image input interface (8), a computing unit (9) and an X-ray image output interface (11). The X-ray image input interface (8) is configured to receive original X-ray images taken by an X-ray imaging system (1) comprising an X-ray source (2) and an X-ray detector (3). The computing unit (9) is connected to the X-ray image input interface (8) and is configured to obtain at least one original X-ray image from the X-ray image input interface (8), obtain information relating to the relative detector pose of the X-ray detector (3) relative to the X-ray source (2) and obtain a point of interest (P) in the original X-ray image, wherein the point of interest (P) is an anatomical structure or a part within an anatomical structure.

Abstract: Method for marking a region of interest in a mammogram, identifying a first posterior nipple line in the first mammogram; identifying a region of interest in the first mammogram; identifying a reference line in the first mammogram, the reference line being perpendicular to the first posterior nipple line and extending from the posterior nipple line through the region of interest; calculating a distance, d, the distance d extending from the first nipple tip to the reference line along the first posterior nipple line; identifying a second posterior nipple line in the second mammogram; and providing, on the second mammogram, a region-of-interest marker, the region-of-interest marker extending perpendicular from the second posterior nipple line the distance d from the second nipple tip along the second posterior nipple line.

Abstract: A mammography apparatus including: an imaging table that has a placement surface on which a breast is placed; a protective cover that includes a first magnetic object at a predetermined first position and is mounted on the placement surface; and a sample tray that includes a second magnetic object and a housing part of a sample and is placed on the placement surface via the protective cover, the second magnetic object being attracted to the first magnetic object by a magnetic force, wherein the sample tray is configured to be magnetically attached to the predetermined first position of the protective cover by the first magnetic object and the second magnetic object.

Abstract: An x-ray breast imaging system includes a breast support platform including an x-ray receptor, and an x-ray tube head. The x-ray tube head includes an x-ray source configured to emit an x-ray beam in a direction towards the x-ray receptor, and a collimator. A filter assembly including a plurality of filter slots selectively positionable adjacent to the collimator, and a specimen imaging filter disposed within a slot of the plurality of filter slots. The specimen imaging filter includes at least one aperture defined therein. The specimen imaging filter also blocks a portion of the emitted x-ray beam so that the at least one aperture defines a path of the emitted x-ray beam towards the x-ray receptor.