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In an aspect, embodiments of the invention relate to the effective and accurate placement of intravascular devices such as central venous catheters, in particular such as peripherally inserted central catheters or PICC. One aspect of the present invention relates to vascular access. It describes devices and methods for imaging guided vascular access and more effective sterile packaging and handling of such devices. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the guidance, positioning and placement confirmation of intravascular devices without the help of X-ray imaging. A third aspect of the present invention relates to devices and methods for the skin securement of intravascular devices and post-placement verification of location of such devices. A forth aspect of the present invention relates to improvement of the workflow required for the placement of intravascular devices.

A secure online patient health management portal for patient and payer/provider communication, documentation and improved workflow efficiency. A payer/provider portal provides patient and file management, patient tasking and reminders, calendaring, creation and management of medical condition templates, aggregate report generation and electronic informed consent. A patient portal provides personal health management, task management and reminders, comprehensive access to and management of health records and documentation, calendaring, online payer/provider and institution communication, prescription and finance management and discussion forums.

In a radiation therapy method, one or more planning images are acquired (102) of a subject. Features of at least malignant tissue are contoured in the one or more planning images to produce one or more initial feature contours. One or more treatment images of the subject are acquired (114). The one or more initial feature contours are updated (122) based on the one or more treatment images. Radiation treatment parameters are optimized (126) based upon the updated one or more feature contours. Radiation treatment of the subject is performed (130) using the optimized parameters.

A positron emission tomography (PET) detector ring comprising: a radiation detector ring comprising scintillators (74) viewed by photomultiplier tubes (72); and a magnetic field shielding enclosure (83, 84) surrounding sides and a back side of the annular radiation detector ring so as to shield the photomultiplier tubes of the radiation detector ring. Secondary magnetic field shielding (76′) may also be provided, comprising a ferromagnetic material having higher magnetic permeability and lower magnetic saturation characteristics as compared with the magnetic field shielding enclosure, the second magnetic field shielding also arranged to shield the photomultiplier tubes of the radiation detector ring. The secondary magnetic field shielding may comprise a mu-metal. The PET detector ring may be part of a hybrid imaging system also including a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, the PET detector ring being arranged respective to the MR scanner such that a stray magnetic field from the MR scanner impinges on the PET detector ring.

A hybrid imaging system includes a magnetic resonance scanner and a second modality imaging system disposed in the same radio frequency isolation space. The second modality imaging system includes radiation detectors configured to detect at least one of high energy particles and high energy photons. In some embodiments a retractable radio frequency screen is selectively extendible into a gap between the magnetic resonance scanner and the second modality imaging system. In some embodiments shim coils are disposed with the magnetic resonance scanner and are configured to compensate for distortion of the static magnetic field of the magnetic resonance scanner produced by proximity of the second modality imaging system.

A system and a method are disclosed that forms a novel, synthetic, two-dimensional image of an anatomical region such as a breast. Two-dimensional regions of interest (ROIs) such as masses are extracted from three-dimensional medical image data, such as digital tomosynthesis reconstructed volumes. Using image processing technologies, the ROIs are then blended with two-dimensional image information of the anatomical region to form the synthetic, two-dimensional image. This arrangement and resulting image desirably improves the workflow of a physician reading medical image data, as the synthetic, two-dimensional image provides detail previously only seen by interrogating the three-dimensional medical image data.

An annotation support system (10) comprising at least one display device (20). A context extraction module (24, 36) determines a context of a current medical image from a current image study. A matching module (26, 38) compares the context of the current medical image to contexts of prior medical images from prior image studies. A display module (28, 40) displays at least one of context relevant annotations and context relevant medical images from the prior image studies which match the context of the current medical study.

The invention belongs to the field of mechanical arms, and particularly relates to a mechanical arm auxiliary mechanism. The mechanical arm auxiliary mechanism is characterized in that the mechanical arm auxiliary mechanism mainly comprises an installation frame, a servo motor and a side-drawn air cylinder, wherein the installation frame is connected with the servo motor which controls the installation frame to rotate, a perpendicular signal positioning switch and a side-drawn signal positioning switch are arranged on the installation frame, the servo motor is connected with a control device which controls the servo motor to rotate, a rotating signal positioning switch is arranged on the servo motor, and the side-drawn air cylinder is arranged on the installation frame. The mechanical arm auxiliary mechanism is simple in structure and convenient to operate, solves the problem that a traditional mechanical arm needs to travel for many times to complete a task, not only improves efficiency of a whole working procedure, but also greatly reduces energy consumption.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based notification are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining information in ablock of a blockchain to determine a current state of a workflow, wherein a blockchain contract deployed in the blockchain is executable to update the current state among one or more states of the workflow; updating a locally-maintained state machine based on the determined current state; and in response to determining that the updated state machine corresponds to one of the one or more states, transmitting a notification message to one or more subscribers subscribing to the one state.

The invention discloses an unloading device matched with a rotary excavating machine. A funnel-shaped body, a vibrating mechanism, a spraying mechanism, a warning mechanism, a first support, a secondsupport and a controller are included; the bottom side of the funnel-shaped body is in contact with or is connected with the first support, and is suspended on the ground under supporting by the firstsupport; pad feet are installed on the bottom side of the first support; the funnel-shaped body is provided with a feeding port or a discharging port; the second support is installed on the inner side of the feeding port; the vibrating mechanism is installed on the outer side of the funnel-shaped body so as to assist waste in a funnel in breaking away from the funnel-shaped body; the spraying mechanism is installed in the feeding port of the funnel-shaped body; and the vibrating mechanism and the warning mechanism are electrically connected with the controller. The unloading device matched with the rotary excavating machine can be used for conveniently achieving recycling of solid waste in a mine.

An image segmentation method segments a plurality of image features in an image. The plurality of image features are segmented non-simultaneously in succession. The segmenting of each image feature includes adapting an initial mesh to boundaries of the image feature. The segmenting of each image feature further includes preventing the adapted mesh from overlapping any previously adapted mesh.

A system for creating a longitudinal view of patient findings includes a natural language processing engine which extracts clinical findings from a clinical document. A temporal resolution engine determines which other clinical documents the clinical findings belong to. A visualization graphical user interface indicates the correlation of the clinical findings between the clinical document and the other clinical documents. The natural language processing engine also links one or more images to the clinical findings.

The invention discloses a supply chain financial piece-in information management method, which is characterized by comprising the following steps of: (1) inputting application information of an entrusting enterprise with supply chain financial business requirements; and (2) generating project establishment application information according to the application information. The invention further discloses a supply chain financial piece-in information management system which comprises a piece-in module, a data warehouse management system and an order module. According to the invention, supply chain piece-in information can be processed online, related services can be transmitted in time, the workflow efficiency is improved, and the management cost is reduced. According to the invention, the information of a core enterprise and upstream and downstream enterprises is perfected, the accuracy of multi-dimensional assessment is ensured, and the risk of bad accounts is reduced. Through multi-level and multi-role audit management, the risk management and control mechanism is enhanced, the risk of fraud is reduced, and the guarantee degree of fund safety is improved.