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Personalized Fall Detector
3 Jun 21
A method and system for training a fall detection classifier using subject-specific movement data.
Warner Rudolph Theophile TEN KATE
Filed: 20 Nov 20
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a System and Method for Determining Conditions Which Risk Respiratory Attacks
3 Jun 21
A system is provided for warning of a risk of respiratory attack conditions in geographical region.
Paul VAN DER SLUIS
Filed: 8 May 19
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a System for Emergency Safety Warning and Risk Mitigation
3 Jun 21
Various embodiments relate to a system for activities of daily living (“ADL”) and instrumental activities of daily living (“IADL”) monitoring through electric current profile sensing, the system including an electric current profile sensing module configured to sense electricity usage and capture a current profile of a plurality of devices in a home using a plurality of current clamps, a device usage detection module configured to match the current profile for each of the plurality of devices to a referenced profile for each of the plurality of devices to determine a detected usage for each of the plurality of devices and an ADL and IADL module configured to translate the detected usage for each of the plurality of devices into ADLs and IADLs; wherein the ADL and IADL detection module determines whether a detected usage is a hazardous situation based on ADLs and IADLs.
Mladen MILOSEVIC, Saman PARVANEH
Filed: 18 Apr 19
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Personal help button and administrator system for a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)
3 Jun 21
A personal help button and the administrator part of a personal emergency response system are provided, in which verbal audio is converted into a low bandwidth format signal.
Wilhelmus Andreas Marinus Arnoldus Maria VAN DEN DUNGEN
Filed: 23 Nov 20
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Bar Blender
3 Jun 21
A bar blender comprises a blender blade driven by a motor (16) in a main housing (10).
Albert QUINESSER
Filed: 22 Nov 18
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Method and System for Automatic Brightness/gain Control While Measuring Localized Oral Inflammation
3 Jun 21
A method (500) for localizing gingival inflammation using an oral care device (10), the method comprising: (i) emitting (520) light at a first intensity by a light emitter (42); (ii) obtaining (530) first reflectance measurements reflectance data; (iii) determining (540), by a controller (30) from the first reflectance data, whether the location comprises gingiva; (iv) automatically adjusting (550), based at least in part on the first reflectance data, the intensity of a light emitter to a second intensity different from the first intensity, and/or automatically adjusting (550) a gain of a light detector; (v) obtaining (560) a second plurality of reflectance measurements by the light detector of the oral care device for at least some of the locations; and (vi) determining (570), using the second plurality of reflectance measurements, whether gingiva at the location is inflamed.
Steven Charles DEANE, Alan James DAVIE, Vincent JEANNE
Filed: 22 Nov 18
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Reducing Inhalation of Pollutants When Travelling
3 Jun 21
A method and system for determining a recommended level of exertion of an individual.
Christopher John WRIGHT, Matthew John LAWRENSON, Vincentius Paulus BUIL, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus GEURTS
Filed: 11 Jun 19
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Blood Flow Measurement Based on Vessel-map Slope
3 Jun 21
An apparatus for assessing a coronary vasculature and a corresponding method are provided which allow to globally assess a coronary artery disease directly from the contrast agent dynamics as derived from diagnostic images acquired using an invasive medical imaging modality by following the time course of the area occupied by the vessels in the diagnostic images.
Christian HAASE, Michael GRASS, Romane Isabelle Marie-Bernard GAURIAU, Martijn Anne VAN LAVIEREN
Filed: 2 Aug 19
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System and Method for Integrated Biopsy and Therapy
3 Jun 21
A system and method for integrating diagnosis and treatment for internal tissues includes imaging at least a portion of an internal organ of a subject using a first technology capable of differentiating tissue types, and targeting and accessing biopsy sites using images of the first technology fused with images of a second technology capable of real-time image updates.
SHENG XU, JOCHEN KRUECKER, BRADFORD JOHNS WOOD
Filed: 16 Feb 21
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Ultrasound Imaging System and Method
3 Jun 21
A system for generating ultrasound data in respect of an anatomical body being scanned makes use of a predetermined scan protocol, which specifies a sequence of types of ultrasound scan of structures of interest.
Nicole Schadewaldt, Cristian Lorenz, Alexander Schmidt-Richberg, Tobias Klinder
Filed: 28 Mar 19
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Methods and Apparatus for Reducing Risk to a Subject Undergoing Radiotherapy-based Treatment
3 Jun 21
A method of generating a strategy for performing a radiotherapy-based treatment and a system for performing the method.
Pedro Jorge DA SILVA RODRIGUES, Alfonso Agatino ISOLA, Reinhold WIMBERGER-FRIEDL, Vanda Lucia de Carvalho VITTORINO DE ALMEIDA
Filed: 18 Dec 18
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Evaluation of an Anatomic Structure with Respect to a Dose Distribution In Radiation Therapy Planning
3 Jun 21
The invention relates to a system for assisting in evaluating a contour of an anatomic structure (22) with respect to a dose distribution corresponding to a treatment plan for a radiation therapy treatment of a patient.
Rolf Jürgen WEESE, Steffen RENISCH, Hrishikesh Narayanrao DESHPANDE, Heinrich SCHULZ, Sven KABUS, Stéphane ALLAIRE, Alfonso Agatino ISOLA, Christoph NEUKIRCHEN, Maria Luiza BONDAR, Jens WIEGERT
Filed: 17 Dec 18
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Automatic Artifact Detection and Pulse Sequence Modification In Magnetic Resonance Imaging
27 May 21
The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100, 300).
Karsten Sommer, Axel Saalbach, Michael Gunter Helle, Steffen Weiss, Christophe Michael Jean Schulke
Filed: 17 Apr 19
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Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Timing Calibration Using Coincidences Involving High-energy Cascade Gamma from Prompt-gamma Positron Emitters
27 May 21
Timing calibration of a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging device (2) uses a radioactive source (20) comprising a positron-emitting radioisotope having a decay path including emission of two oppositely directed 511 keV gamma rays and a cascade gamma ray at a cascade gamma ray energy.
Leonid ROMANOV, Andriy ANDREYEV, Thomas Christoher BULGRIN
Filed: 4 May 18
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Evaluation of a Monitoring Function
27 May 21
According to one aspect, there is provided a server for use in evaluating a monitoring function to determine if a trigger condition is satisfied.
PETER PETRUS VAN LIESDONK, MEILOF GEERT VEENINGEN
Filed: 30 Jul 18
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Automatic Slice Selection In Medical Imaging
27 May 21
The invention provides for a medical imaging system (100, 300, 400, 700) comprising: a memory (110) for storing machine executable instructions (120) and a processor (106) for controlling the medical imaging system.
Ravindra Balasaheb Patil, Rithesh Sreenivasan, Krishnamoorthy Palanisamy, Nagaraju Bussa
Filed: 12 Apr 19
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a Method and System for Gene Signature Marker Selection
27 May 21
A method (100) comprising: (i) providing (104, 106) a reference data set for a first gene expression platform and a training data set for a second platform; (iii) computing (108) a boundary expression level that distinguishes between the subtypes; (iv) generating (1 10) a confusion matrix; (v) determining (112) an effectiveness of the gene markers to discriminate between the subtypes; (vi) filtering (114) any gene marker with an expression level below a threshold or with determined effectiveness below a threshold; (v) calculating (118) a mean and/or median expression level for each subtype, and comparing them to generate an expression level change; (vi) comparing (118) the expression level change to a reference expression level change; and (vii) selecting (120) the gene marker if the generated expression level change and the reference expression level change are changed in the same direction; and (viii) providing (124) the selected gene markers via a user interface.
Yee Him Cheung, Nevenka Dimitrova, Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Verhaegh
Filed: 25 Jun 18
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System and Method for Allele Interpretation Using a Graph-based Reference Genome
27 May 21
A method (100) for generating a graph-based reference genome, comprising: (i) receiving (120) one or more older versions of a current reference genome, each comprising a plurality of nodes identifying the version of the reference genome and a location within that version for the respective node; (ii) aligning (130) each older version of the reference genome to the current reference genome to generate a graph-based reference genome, wherein the alignment is based on the location information; (iii) extracting (140), from a corpus of references, an allele and contextual information associated with the allele, wherein the respective reference identifies the version of the reference genome and a location of the allele within the version; and (iv) mapping (150) the allele and associated contextual information onto a node of the graph-based reference genome, based on the identified version of the reference genome and the location of the extracted allele within that version.
YONG MAO, KOSTYANTYN VOLYANSKYY, NEVENKA DIMITROVA
Filed: 20 May 19
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System and Method for Expanding Search Queries Using Clinical Context Information
27 May 21
A system (400) configured to generate an expanded query for an electronic health database, the system comprising: a user interface (410) configured to receive a query comprising a search string and information about a clinical context in which the search is being performed; and a processor (460) comprising: (i) a model creation module (420) configured to generate a clinical information model comprising one or more clinical concepts; (ii) a prioritization module (430) configured to prioritize the one or more clinical concepts identified in the generated clinical information model based on the received information about the clinical context in which the search is being performed and a clinical guideline or management plan for the patient; (iii) a query expansion module (440) configured to create an expanded query using the prioritized clinical concepts; and (iv) a query module (450) configured to query the electronic health database using the expanded query.
Lucas De Melo Oliveira, Gabriel Ryan Mankovich
Filed: 24 Jul 18
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Automated System for Error Checking Injection Parameters During Imaging Exams
27 May 21
An apparatus for use with a medical imaging device (2) operative in conjunction with a contrast injector (11) to perform a contrast enhanced medical imaging procedure.
Olga STAROBINETS, Sandeep Madhukar DALAL, Ranjith Naveen TELLIS, Hareesh CHAMARTHI, Yuchen QIAN, Vijay PARTHASARATHY
Filed: 13 Nov 20