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20100241359 | ESTIMATION OF DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS - The invention relates to a method for estimating concentrations or concentration changes of particular biological markers, e.g. proteins. The estimations are performed by providing a mathematical model with data from measurements of other biological markers, e.g. other proteins. Thus, instead of measuring those particular proteins they can be estimated using the model. The estimated proteins can be used together with other clinical data in another model which is able to provide information or estimations of, for example, a patient's disease. | 09-23-2010 |
20140128707 | METHOD OF PREDICTING A BLOOD DILUTION RISK VALUE - The present invention provides for a clinical decision support system which makes use of a numerical model which dynamically describes a blood dilution of a blood circulation. Based on measured coagulation data and maybe other patient information, loss of hemostatic balance is predicted based on calculations of certain protein concentrations. Additionally, a calculation arrangement translates at least some of the calculated values of concentrations of human blood proteins into a risk value which risk value describes a risk of clotting and/or embolism and/or bleeding. A time development of that risk value is displayed to the user. | 05-08-2014 |
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20100209012 | METHOD OF ENHANCEMENT OF MOVING STRUCTURE USING DOUBLE-WARPING - A method for enhancing a moving structure of interest in a sequence of images is described, wherein images of the sequence are captured at different times and defined by a matrix of discrete pixels. The method comprises the steps of warping the data representative of pixels defining the images I(t) by using the data representative of the displacements V(t→to) to obtain data representative of pixels defining a second sequence of images A (t), applying an enhancement operation to images of the second sequence A (t) to obtain data representative of pixels defining a third sequence of images B(t), selecting data representative if pixels defining one image B(s) from the third sequence of images B(t), generating data representative of a reverse displacement V(to→O for pixels of the selected structure of interest between the image I(to) captured at reference time to and each image I(t) of the sequence of images captured at time t, and warping of the image B(s) using the data representative of the reverse displacement V(to→t) to obtain data representative of pixels defining a fourth sequence of images E(t). | 08-19-2010 |
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20110305322 | MEDICAL VIEWING SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A REGION OF INTEREST ON MEDICAL IMAGES - A medical viewing system with an X-ray image acquisition device for acquiring angiograms and interventional live images of vessels is adapted for generating a region of interest border into which an object referenced by an object-based registration process must extend in order to achieve an accurate registration of vessel trees extracted from the angiogram and the live images. The region of interest border is then overlaid onto the vessel tree images and the live images. The medical viewing system reminds the person accomplishing the intervention of the importance of pushing the object far enough into the image, while being discrete enough to be ignored if preferred, thus yielding in a reliable and precise road mapping processing. | 12-15-2011 |
20120177277 | LIVE REGISTRATION FOR VESSEL TREATMENT - The present invention relates to accurate positioning for vessel intervention procedures, particularly to a method for accurate positioning for vessel intervention procedures, a medical imaging system for accurate positioning for vessel intervention procedures and a catheterization laboratory system for accurate positioning for vessel intervention procedures. First, at least one X-ray image of a vessel region of interest is acquired ( | 07-12-2012 |
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20140062661 | INTERFACE ARBITRATION FOR A WIRED TAG - Various exemplary embodiments relate to an integrated circuit (IC) including: a memory; a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to access the memory; a wired interface connected to a host and configured to access the memory; and an arbitration module configured to prevent concurrent access to the memory by more than one interface. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of controlling access in a dual interface tag having a wired interface and a radio frequency (RF) interface operable in an idle state, a wired lock state, and a RF locked state. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068145 | SRAM HANDSHAKE - Various exemplary embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including: a RF interface; a wired interface connectable to a host; a volatile memory having a first block and a last block configured to store data transferred between the RF interface and the wired interface; and a memory controller configured to detect when the last block of the volatile memory has been written and to indicate that the volatile memory is ready to read. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a tag including: determining that data is to be received on the first interface; blocking the second interface; writing data from the first interface to a volatile memory; detecting that the last block of the volatile memory has been written; unblocking the second interface; indicating that data is available for reading; blocking the first interface; and reading data from the volatile memory to the second interface. | 03-06-2014 |
20140235162 | WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS - Near-field communication (NFC) is effected in a manner that ensures that messages are read. In accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a NFC antenna, a NFC tag and a host connected to the NFC tag via both a data communication circuit and a field detection circuit. The NFC tag stores and transmits an NFC data exchange format (NDEF) message via the NFC antenna. The NFC tag includes first and second registers respectively having data indicative of a read status of the NDEF message and data indicative of a last portion/byte of the NDEF message data. When the NDEF message is accessed (e.g., transmitted), the NFC tag sets the data in the first register to indicate that the NDEF message has been read (e.g., sets a bit value). The trigger circuit generates a trigger signal in response to the status, indicating that the NDEF message has been read. | 08-21-2014 |
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