Philips Patente

A magnet (1) for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device (2) includes a plurality of annular magnet coils (12, 14), wherein each annular magnet coil includes a stack of coaxial double-pancake coils (40) including a superconducting material. The stack of coaxial double-pancake coils of each annular magnet coil has a convex outer surface in a virtual plane (P) containing a common axis (CA) of the coaxial double-pancake coils.

The present invention relates to a device, system and method for performing comparable measurements of a target object in medical images. The device comprises an input unit configured to obtain a first image and a second image of the target object, the first image comprising a first coordinate system; a processing unit configured to perform elastic registration to map the first image, including the first coordinate system, to the second image, and to extract a slice from the second image based on the mapped first coordinate system; and an output unit configured to provide information about the extracted slice to a display unit for displaying the slice to a user for comparable measurement of the target object.

The present application teaches an improved apparatus (500) and method arranged to calculate an opto-electronic transfer function (OETF_PU) which is arranged to transform a linear input color coordinate (L_i) into a non-linear output color coordinate (Y_i_PU), wherein the apparatus comprises a coarse OETF calculation unit (510) arranged to calculate a coarse approximation of the opto-electronic transfer function by calculating for the input color coordinate (L_i) a non-linear intermediate color coordinate (Y_crs), by using a coarse OETF (F_crs) which consists of a number of segments between non-uniform endpoints, wherein in each segment the output color coordinate is defined as a function of the input color coordinate which function is a square root;and wherein the apparatus comprises a fine adjustment unit (511) which is arranged to apply a fine-tuning function (F_ft) to the non-linear intermediate color coordinate (Y_crs) to obtain the output color coordinate

The invention relates to an actively cooled ultrasound system. The system includes a cable (200) comprising a cable connector (250) with an inlet (215) and outlet (235) for coolant, a heat pump to draw the coolant, and an ultrasound probe (100) with an imaging sensor (120) and an electronic circuit (150). An open-loop cooling circuit circulates the coolant past the electronic circuit to absorb and transport heat away. The cable has a first coolant conduit (210) to transport coolant to the probe and a second coolant conduit (230) to transport coolant back to the connector.

A toothpaste dispensing system receives toothpaste from a toothpaste reservoir as an advancing toothpaste cylinder. The cylinder passes to a space between a pair of counter-rotating rollers such that the pair of rollers flatten the advancing toothpaste cylinder. An outlet delivers the flattened toothpaste cylinder. This enables a smaller amount of toothpaste to be delivered locally, so that a desired amount of toothpaste may be applied to a larger area such as a brushing mouthpiece.

A cooldown acceleration loop used to quickly cool down sealed magnetic resonance (MR) magnets. The cooldown acceleration loop is independent of the main cooling system inside the sealed magnet. In particular, a superconducting magnet system includes: a vacuum vessel; one or more shield coils; one or more one or more superconducting main coils, wherein the one or more shield coils and the one or more superconducting main coils are disposed within the vacuum vessel; a hermetically sealed cooling system disposed within the vacuum vessel and containing helium, the one or more shield coils and the one or more superconducting main coils being in thermal contact with the hermetically sealed cooling system; a cooldown acceleration loop comprising one or more fluid conduits disposed within the vacuum vessel and in thermal contact with at least the one or more shield coils and further comprising an inlet port and an outlet port at an exterior of the vacuum vessel; and a coldhead secured to a vacuum vessel and having its highest-stage cold station thermally connected to the hermetically sealed cooling system.

A system and method for encoding a user-defined view of an anatomical structure in an anatomical model. A predefined anatomical model of an anatomical model is obtained, and a user input indicating a desired view of the anatomical structure is received. A subset of surface elements of the predefined anatomical model defining a plane corresponding to the desired view of the anatomical structure is identified, and an association between the subset of surface elements and the desired view of the anatomical structure is encoded in the predefined anatomical model.

There is provided a light-based skin treatment device, comprising a light source, a treatment window, and a device movement guide. The light source is adapted to generate treatment light. The treatment window is adapted to expose a first treatment area of a skin with treatment light when the device is in a first exposure position, and to expose a second treatment area of the skin with treatment light when the device is in a second exposure position. The device movement guide is adapted to guide a user to move the device along the skin in a movement direction from the first exposure position to the second exposure position. A distance between the first exposure position and the second exposure position in the movement direction is more than 100% and less than 120% of a width of the treatment window. The device movement guide is configured to generate a treatment signal when the device is in the first exposure position and when the device is in the second exposure position.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device (100) includes an electrically superconductive coil having an opening to receive a subject, and a magnetically-actuated contactor 306. The magnetic contactor (306) has a ferromagnetic plunger (320) and a ferromagnetic yoke (302) disposed over the ferromagnetic plunger (320). The ferromagnetic yoke (302) has four sides, with two of the four sides (312, 316) have substantially less surface area than the other two of the four sides. An external magnetic field is oriented to be substantially perpendicularly to the two sides (312,316) having substantially less surface area.

A superconducting magnet includes a vacuum vessel containing superconducting magnet windings and a persistent current switch (PCS) operative to switch the magnet between a persist mode and a ramp mode. A cryogenic cold head has a cold station thermally connected with the superconducting magnet windings to cool the superconducting magnet windings. A thermosiphon thermally connects the cold station of the cryogenic cold head with the PCS. A pneumatic valve has an expansion chamber, and is configured to block flow of working fluid through the thermosiphon when the expansion chamber is above a threshold temperature and to pass flow of the working fluid through the thermosiphon when the expansion chamber is below the threshold temperature. The thermosiphon has a liquid drop, and a heater is arranged to heat the liquid drop to boil working fluid contained in the liquid drop to accelerate startup of the thermosiphon.

A radio frequency (RF) coil assembly (500) includes a top structure (410) and a bottom structure (420). The top structure includes a first portion of an RF coil loop. The bottom structure includes a second portion of the RF coil loop. The RF coil assembly is configured to be selectively connected in at least a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration includes the top structure and the bottom structure. The top structure is connected to the bottom structure, and the first portion of the RF coil loop is connected to the second portion of the RF coil loop. The second configuration includes the top structure, the bottom structure, and an intermediary structure (530). The intermediary structure is detachably connected between the top structure and the bottom structure, and connects the first portion of the RF coil loop to the second portion of the RF coil loop.

A wireless power transmitter (101) comprising one or more power transfer coils (103, 105) arranged to generate an electromagnetic power transfer signal for a power receiver in response to a drive signal generated by a driver (201). A communicator (209) establishes a communication channel with each power receiver (107, 109) receiving power via a power transfer coil. The communicator (209) receives first data from a first power receiver (107, 109) receiving power via a first communication channel established with the first power receiver (107, 109) and forwards the data to a second power receiver (107, 109) receiving power over a second communication channel established with the second power receiver (107, 109). The approach may allow inter-power receiver communication without requiring additional communication channels to be established.

A composition for treating dentin hypersensitivity, comprising: a first component comprising: (i) a first rheology modifying polymer; (ii) a calcium ion source; (iii) a positively charged basic amino acid; and (iv) an acidifying agent, wherein the first component has a pH in the range of about 2.0 to about 7.0; a second component comprising: (i) a second rheology modifying polymer; (ii) a phosphate ion source; and (iii) an alkalizing agent, wherein the second component has a pH in the range of about 7.0 to about 14.0; wherein the first component and the second component are combined into a mixture such that a cationic amorphous calcium phosphate gel composition is created instantly when the pH of the mixture reaches a pH range of about 7.0 to about 9.5.

An oral care system (200) comprising: a disposable tray (210) configured to deliver a hypochlorous acid gel (220) to at least a portion of teeth and/or gum soft tissue inside a user's oral cavity, the disposable tray comprising an interior surface having the hypochlorous acid gel thereon and configured to fit contours of at least the portion of the teeth and/or gum soft tissue of the user's oral cavity; wherein the hypochlorous acid gel comprises hypochlorous acid and a pH sensitive rheology modifying polymer, and wherein the hypochlorous acid gel comprises a pH of about 5.0 to about 6.5

The invention relates to a method of MR imaging which addresses the interplay of patient-induced artifacts, operational complexity, and the need for precise imaging of clinically relevant areas. The method comprises: acquiring MR imaging data from a patient's anatomy by executing at least one (pre-) scan to generate an image of the anatomy and to extract information including at least one of coil sensitivity distribution, Bu field distribution, Bl field distribution, spatial distribution of flow characteristics, spatial distribution of motion characteristics; identifying an anatomic structure or region of interest within the imaged anatomy; automatically adapting settings of an MR scanner used and/or parameters of an MR imaging sequence or protocol taking the extracted information into account for enhancing image quality or diagnostic utility for the identified anatomic structure or region of interest; and acquiring further MR imaging data from the patient's anatomy using the MR imaging sequence or protocol with the adapted settings and/or parameters to generate one or more optimized images of the identified anatomic structure or region of interest. Moreover, the invention relates to an MR imaging system and to a computer program.

The present disclosure provides a subject monitoring system, and methods for processing an input to subject monitoring systems. A plurality of subject windows are displayed by the subject monitoring system, each presenting at least part of subject data associated with a respective subject. An input indicating a target action to be performed on subject data associated with a target subject window is received. Based on the input, an action is initiated to be performed on subject data associated with a further subject window amongst the subject windows. Accordingly, a need to repeat the input for the further subject windows is obviated by the automated application of actions across multiple subject windows, potentially saving time for clinicians and improving consistency in data handling across different subjects.

Provided is an oral relief device (10) for an infant, the oral relief device being configured to be disassembled by a carer of the infant. The oral relief device has a disassembly control system (16) that is transformable, in a manner defined by the disassembly control system, from a first state to a second state. In the first state the disassembly control system provides a hinderance to disassembly of the oral relief device. Transformation of the disassembly control system to the second state removes said hinderance. The disassembly control system is further configured so that transformation from the first state to the second state is irreversible, with the first state being no longer adoptable by action of the carer once the disassembly control system has been transformed from the first state to the second state. Also provided is a method for disassembling the oral relief device, and a waste collection method for the used oral relief device.

A system (SS) and related method for supporting procedure in respect of entity (PAT). The procedure is guidable based on a stream of frames (mj) acquirable by an interventional imaging apparatus (IA) of the entity (PAT). The system comprises an input interface (IN) for receiving input data (d) indicative of an intended one implements (Pi, P1,P2) in a current FOV as per a current frame (mt0) displayable by a display device (DID). A selector module (SM) selects, based on the input data, a trained machine learning model. The selected ML model (M*) supports the procedure by being capable of providing a detection response, based on a current frame, of a part (Pij) of the intended implement as per the current frame (mt0), and in at least one future frame (mt'). Output interface (OUT) provides output data (e) including feedback data on the selected model.

The subject-matter of the present disclosure relates to a radiography system (100). The system comprises an imaging device (101) configured to expose a target area (106) to ionizing radiation and capture a radiographic image of the target area, an audio sensor (112) disposed proximate to the target area, and a controller (122) configured to receive an audio signal from the audio sensor, analyse the audio signal, and control an operating state of the imaging device based on the analysed audio signal.

The present disclosure provides a method for speech control of a system. The method includes predicting an input for control of the system based on detected speech of a user, generating a confirmation code, displaying the predicted input and the generated confirmation code, and responsive to receiving a further input from the user including the confirmation code, generating a control signal for controlling the system based on the predicted input. The method enhances accuracy and reliability in speech-controlled systems by incorporating user verification through dynamic generation of a confirmation code to be displayed with the predicted input.

A system and method for infection prediction. An infection prediction model, trained using a training dataset acquired in a first set of circumstances, and a set of physiological parameters for a subject, acquired in a second, different set of circumstances, are obtained. Data values identified as contextually different to the training dataset are identified in and removed from the set of physiological parameters to generate a modified set of physiological parameters. Input features are generated from the modified set of physiological parameters and provided to the infection prediction model to generate an infection prediction score for the subject.

A method for measuring biological signals, such as oxygen saturation levels in the blood, using optical sensors. The method is based on computing a biological signal using a plurality of optical signals, the plurality of optical signals acquired across multiple ray paths through the tissue. In some embodiments, the optical signals of the group are acquired simultaneously, and each optical signal in the group corresponds to a different spatial ray path through the tissue of the subject from at least one optical source to at least one optical detector.

The present invention relates to an X-ray system and an apparatus for controlling X-ray imaging, in particular a footswitch having at least one pedal comprising a pedal plate configured to be moveable by a user operation, and a base plate configured to provide an end position for a movement of the pedal in which contact between the pedal plate and the base plate in established in a contact area having a relatively limited size of 200 mm2 or less. In one aspect, at least one of the base plate and the pedal plate is provided with a cut-out overlapping with at least part of the other one of the based plate and the pedal plate, the contact area being adjacent to the cut-out arranged along a periphery of the cut-out. In another aspect, the contact area is defined by one or more contact structures or elements on a contact side of the base plate and/or the pedal plate.

Disclosed herein is a medical method. The method comprises retrieving (200) application usage data (126) from a log (122). The application usage data (126) is descriptive of user interface actions performed during performing at least one medical image generating protocol with at least one image processing application (124). The method further comprises generating (202) protocol-specific lists (128) descriptive of the at least one medical image generating protocol by reformatting the application usage data (126). The method further comprises constructing (204) a semantically encoded database (130) from the protocol-specific lists (128). The method further comprises providing (206) a task monitor system (134) constructed from a general purpose large language model (132) configured to integrate the semantically encoded database (130) into prompt responses.

A bitstream, an encoder and method for encoding the bitstream, and a decoder and method for decoding the bitstream. The bitstream comprises one or more texture patches and one or more depth patches for each region in the scene that does not contain a non-Lambertian reflecting surface, one or more texture patches and one or more depth patches for any non-Lambertian reflecting surface in the scene, and at least one texture patch and at least one depth patch for each virtual object in any non-Lambertian reflecting surface. The one or more texture patches for any non-Lambertian reflecting surface and the at least one texture patch for each virtual object each comprises a color value and a density value for each pixel.

A breast pump for expressing milk from a nipple of a breast, the breast pump comprising a pump system to provide a pressure profile to be applied to at least a part of the breast and wherein the breast pump is configured to be received in a user's bra during use, characterized in that, the breast pump is configured such that, during use, no part of the breast pump blocks a user's unobstructed view of the nipple.

An automatic hair curler device (1) comprises a barrel (2) and a rotating mechanism (3) for wrapping hair around the barrel. The barrel is tapered and includes a movement mechanism (4) for translating the barrel in the vertical direction to adjust the diameter of the curl. This movement mechanism enhances the performance of the curl by increasing tension on the hair and improving heat exchange, resulting in sharper and longer-lasting curls.

A personal care apparatus comprising a body contacting portion and a handle assembly coupling portion. The body contacting portion is able to rotate with respect to the handle assembly coupling portion, as the handle assembly coupling portion moves over a surface of a housing of the body contacting portion. The center of this rotation, i.e., the effective pivot point of the body contacting portion, lies near a first plane. The first plane is defined as a plane in which three body contacting elements of the body contacting portion lie.

A patient environment information providing system is provided that comprises a data collection device, a data synchronization device, and a data diagnose support device. The data collection device is configured to provide a data provider access to the system via at least one on-line user interface for inputting data that is relevant to the event from a plurality of information sources. The data synchronization device is configured to analyze the input data to obtain synchronizing information and to synchronize the input data based on the synchronizing information to provide a support data set for the patient and the event. The data diagnose support device is configured to provide a data diagnose support interface to at least one patient environment information obtaining device to provide the support data set for the patient and the event to the at least one patient environment information obtaining device.

This disclosure provides a method for reception mode switching and a terminal. The method includes: switching a reception mode of the terminal from a first reception mode to a second reception mode if a reception mode switching event occurs.

Disclosed is a computer-implemented method (100) for performing image quality checks using a control system (200), the method comprising by the control system (200): receiving (102) screen capture medical image data (202) of a user interface (204) of a medical imaging system (206); extracting (104) exam context information (208) and medical images (210) from the screen capture medical image data (202); based on the extracted exam context information (208), selecting (106) an image evaluation protocol (212), wherein the image evaluation protocol (212) comprises at least one image metric (214); executing (108) the image evaluation protocol (212) on the extracted medical images (210), resulting in at least one value of the at least one image metric (214); and based on the at least one value of the at least one image metric (214), providing (110) a control signal (216) to the medical imaging system (206).

Disclosed herein is a method of magnetic resonance imaging. The method comprises receiving (200) a sequence of magnetic resonance imaging scans (122) to be performed on a single examination subject (318) during a continuous time interval for a magnetic resonance imaging system (302).The method further comprises receiving (202) metadata (124) descriptive of the single examination subject and the magnetic resonance imaging system. The method further comprises receiving (204) a set of inter-scan time intervals (126) for time intervals between the sequence of magnetic resonance imaging scans in response to inputting the metadata and the sequence of magnetic resonance imaging scans into a trained artificial intelligence module (132). The set of inter-scan time intervals comprises: paired time intervals (128) and confidence levels (130) of the time intervals. The method further comprises providing (206) the set of inter-scan time intervals as control data for the magnetic resonance imaging system.

Disclosed is a medical imaging method comprising receiving (200) reference medical camera data (122). The method further comprises receiving (202) reference anatomical keypoint data (126) by inputting the reference medical camera data into an anatomical keypoint detection neural network (124). The method comprises iteratively generating (204) synthetic medical camera data (138) by: generating (206) intermediate medical camera data (130) by inputting the reference medical camera data into an image synthesis machine learning module (128); receiving (208) intermediate anatomical keypoint data (132) from the anatomical keypoint detection neural network; calculating (210) a loss function (134) using the intermediate anatomical keypoint data and the reference anatomical keypoint data; providing (214) the intermediate medical camera data as synthetic medical camera data (138) if the loss function meets (212) a predetermined convergence criterion; and otherwise, modifying (216) the image synthesis machine learning module using the loss function and repeating the iterative steps.

A method and system for object instance segmentation. Imaging and/or audio data is obtained, and a plurality of prompts for an object instance in the imaging and/or audio data is defined. Each prompt is provided to a prompt-based segmentation model to generate a respective initial segmentation mask for each prompt. At least some of the initial segmentation masks are processed to generate a final segmentation mask for the object instance.

The invention concerns a computer-implemented method for optimizing an examination, wherein the method comprises the steps of instructing the patient by displaying instructions via a user interface for simulating the examination; receiving image data comprising information about at least one portion of the patient via an optical sensor; analyzing, by a processor, the image data from the patient when the patient has been instructed; determining visible patient properties based on the analyzed image data; providing the visible patient properties to an external examination unit; and adapting a workflow of the examination based on the determined visible patient properties. The invention further concerns a system for optimizing an examination.

There is provided methods and devices arranged for the controlling media access in a wireless network. The wireless network may comprise a first device and a second device. The first device may obtain a reservation to the wireless medium for a duration and then relinquish the reservation for a part of the duration and be arranged to go into a power-saving state. The first device may receive a power-saving allowed or disallowed indication from another device and enter or not a power-saving state.

A bitstream, an encoding apparatus and method for encoding the bitstream, and a decoding apparatus and method for decoding the bitstream. The bitstream comprises encoded 3D Gaussian splat data for one or more frames. The encoded 3D Gaussian splat data comprises at least one reference set of parameters for a reference frame representing a 3D scene at a first moment in time and at least one set of decoding instructions. Each set of decoding instructions describes a transformation to be applied to one of the at least one reference set of parameters. The at least one reference set of parameters and the at least one set of decoding instructions are decoded using at least one processing unit configured to perform serial processing. The transformation described by each set of decoding instructions is applied using massively parallel processing.

A wireless device receives a configured grant (CG) configuration comprising a parameter to disable starting a discontinuous reception (DRX) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer. The DRX HARQ RTT timer is for a HARQ process associated with a transport block transmitted via a CG resource indicated by the CG configuration.

An X-ray imaging system has a visible light source and associated optics for directing the visible light source output to an X-ray collimator, in order to generate a collimation light field. A 2D camera has an offset between an optical axis of the 2D camera and an optical axis of the X-ray source. The camera is for capturing reflected images formed from the visible light source output, so that a depth of an object between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector can be determined from the 2D camera images based on a parallax shift.

There is provided methods and devices arranged for the controlling media access in a wireless network. The wireless network may comprise a first device allowing a pre-emption of part of a reservation it holds. A second device may send a request to use the pre-emption. In a message, the first device sends, there is a duration in which the pre-emption is allowed. Upon expiry or the receipt of a message indicating that the second device has finished with the pre-emption, the first device may access the wireless medium.