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A computer implemented method for computing simultaneous rectilinear paths using medical images, the method comprising performing, by a processor of a computer system, the following steps: - receiving a 3D medical image comprising voxels representing a volume of an anatomical region of a patient, and a preliminary path determined by two points, a first point and a second point, traversing said 3D medical image, said 3D medical image having segmented therein at least one area of interest, and said preliminary path comprising a security zone with a given distance; - providing a new 3D image by computing a distance map of said area of interest, said new 3D image having a same dimensions of said 3D medical image and comprising voxels, each voxel indicating a distance value to the area of interest; - mapping the voxels having a distance value greater than a distance threshold to a first value and mapping the voxels having a distance value equal or smaller than the distance threshold to a second value, the distance threshold being equal to said given distance of the security zone; - selecting the voxels having said second value; and - obtaining a 2D projected image that includes a plurality of rectilinear paths by projecting the selected voxels using a frustum that projects the preliminary path onto a single point, wherein said 2D projected image comprises pixels each having one of said first or second values, where the pixels having the second value indicate that the rectilinear path traverses the 3D medical image at a distance less than or equal to the distance threshold from the area of interest and the pixels having the first value indicate that the rectilinear path traverses the 3D medical image at a distance greater than the distance threshold from the area of interest. - receiving a 3D medical image comprising voxels representing a volume of an anatomical region of a patient, and a preliminary path determined by two points, a first point and a second point, traversing said 3D medical image, said 3D medical image having segmented therein at least one area of interest, and said preliminary path comprising a security zone with a given distance; - providing a new 3D image by computing a distance map of said area of interest, said new 3D image having a same dimensions of said 3D medical image and comprising voxels, each voxel indicating a distance value to the area of interest; - mapping the voxels having a distance value greater than a distance threshold to a first value and mapping the voxels having a distance value equal or smaller than the distance threshold to a second value, the distance threshold being equal to said given distance of the security zone; - selecting the voxels having said second value; and - obtaining a 2D projected image that includes a plurality of rectilinear paths by projecting the selected voxels using a frustum that projects the preliminary path onto a single point,
Setup method for a printing machine that prints elements in sheet form, provided with at least one rotary printing cylinder, characterised in that it comprises the steps of: - measuring a speed of the element (12, 13) passing through the machine, - generating an operating signal, dependent on the measured speed and on a tangential speed of the cylinder, and - setting an operating speed of the machine according to the signal generated, so that the operating speed of the machine is such that the speed of the element (12, 13) is substantially equal to the tangential speed of the cylinder. - measuring a speed of the element (12, 13) passing through the machine, - generating an operating signal, dependent on the measured speed and on a tangential speed of the cylinder, and - setting an operating speed of the machine according to the signal generated,
An insulated wire comprising: (i) a conductor and, covering the conductor (ii) an insulating layer containing - a propylene-based copolymer obtained by synthesis using a metallocene catalyst and, per 100 parts by mass of the propylene-based copolymer - 0.01 to less than 1.5 parts by mass of an antioxidant having a chemical structure different from a hindered phenol structure; and - 0.01 to less than 1.5 parts by mass of a metal deactivator having a chemical structure different from a hindered phenol structure. (i) a conductor and, covering the conductor (ii) an insulating layer containing - a propylene-based copolymer obtained by synthesis using a metallocene catalyst and, per 100 parts by mass of the propylene-based copolymer - 0.01 to less than 1.5 parts by mass of an antioxidant having a chemical structure different from a hindered phenol structure; and - 0.01 to less than 1.5 parts by mass of a metal deactivator having a chemical structure different from a hindered phenol structure. - a propylene-based copolymer obtained by synthesis using a metallocene catalyst and, per 100 parts by mass of the propylene-based copolymer - 0.01 to less than 1.5 parts by mass of an antioxidant having a chemical structure different from a hindered phenol structure; and - 0.01 to less than 1.5 parts by mass of a metal deactivator having a chemical structure different from a hindered phenol structure.
A method for the long-term archiving of qualified signed data comprising the following method steps: - Hashing of the data; - encryption of the data by means of a cryptography algorithm; - hashing of the encrypted data; - signing the hashed data with an advanced time stamp at the end of a preselected time interval, wherein the signature includes both a hash value of the original file and a hash value of the encrypted archive file; - generating a hashtree over the entire dataset or sub-groups thereof; - signing the hashtree(s) by means of a qualified timestamp by which the advanced timestamp is confirmed by a qualified timestamp, whereby only a paid timestamp is required in the preselected time interval, wherein cryptographic algorithms are used to generate the signatures; - automatic feeding of the data to be archived to the archive without further user action; said method being performed on a computer system including the following features: - one and/or more interfaces each for connection to a server for issuing advanced and/or qualified signatures and timestamps; - a cryptographic device; - one and/or more mass storage media; - one and/or more suitable interfaces to the data stream of the data to be archived, which are designed in such a way that automatic archiving can take place. - Hashing of the data; - encryption of the data by means of a cryptography algorithm; - hashing of the encrypted data; - signing the hashed data with an advanced time stamp at the end of a preselected time interval, wherein the signature includes both a hash value of the original file and a hash value of the encrypted archive file; - generating a hashtree over the entire dataset or sub-groups thereof; - signing the hashtree(s) by means of a qualified timestamp by which the advanced timestamp is confirmed by a qualified timestamp, whereby only a paid timestamp is required in the preselected time interval, wherein cryptographic algorithms are used to generate the signatures; - automatic feeding of the data to be archived to the archive without further user action; - one and/or more interfaces each for connection to a server for issuing advanced and/or qualified signatures and timestamps; - a cryptographic device; - one and/or more mass storage media; - one and/or more suitable interfaces to the data stream of the data to be archived, which are designed in such a way that automatic archiving can take place.
Control device configured to control a planar array of individually drivable beam deflection elements, by means of which a pupil surface of an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is illuminateable in a variable manner, wherein each beam deflection element makes it possible to achieve a deflection of a projection light beam incident thereon depending on a control signal present at the beam deflection element, comprising a) a measuring unit configured to generate a measurement signal, the control device is characterized by b) a model-based state estimator configured to determine, using the measurement signal, an estimated state vector representing the deflection brought about by the beam deflection element and the time derivative of said deflection, and by c) a controller configured - to process the estimated state vector and a setpoint value for the deflection brought about by the beam deflection element and the time derivative of said deflection and - to control the control signal present at the beam deflection element by way of a manipulated variable (s). a) a measuring unit configured to generate a measurement signal, the control device is characterized by b) a model-based state estimator configured to determine, using the measurement signal, an estimated state vector representing the deflection brought about by the beam deflection element and the time derivative of said deflection, and by c) a controller configured - to process the estimated state vector and a setpoint value for the deflection brought about by the beam deflection element and the time derivative of said deflection and - to control the control signal present at the beam deflection element by way of a manipulated variable (s). - to process the estimated state vector and a setpoint value for the deflection brought about by the beam deflection element and the time derivative of said deflection and - to control the control signal present at the beam deflection element by way of a manipulated variable (s).
A computer-implemented method for analyzing a target analyte in a sample, comprising: obtaining a data set for the target analyte; wherein the data set is obtained from a signal-generating reaction using a signal-generating means and comprises a plurality of data points including cycle numbers and signal values, amending the data set; generating a non-linear function to the amended data set; determining a fitting accuracy of the non-linear function to the amended data set; and determining the presence or absence of the target analyte in the sample using the fitting accuracy, characterized in that the determination of the presence or absence of the target analyte in the sample is performed by comparing the fitting accuracy with a threshold value for the fitting accuracy to evaluate whether the fitting accuracy exceeds the threshold value. obtaining a data set for the target analyte; wherein the data set is obtained from a signal-generating reaction using a signal-generating means and comprises a plurality of data points including cycle numbers and signal values, amending the data set; generating a non-linear function to the amended data set; determining a fitting accuracy of the non-linear function to the amended data set; and determining the presence or absence of the target analyte in the sample using the fitting accuracy, characterized in that the determination of the presence or absence of the target analyte in the sample is performed by comparing the fitting accuracy with a threshold value for the fitting accuracy to evaluate whether the fitting accuracy exceeds the threshold value.
An ion guide, comprising: rods (201,202,203,301,302,303) each having a first end (204,205,206) and a second end (207,208,209) remote from the first end (204,205,206); an inductor connected electrically in parallel with a stray capacitance resulting from the rods (201,202,203,301,302,303); means for applying a radio frequency voltage between adjacent pairs of rods (201,202,203,301,302,303), wherein the RF voltage creates a multipole field in a region between the rods (201,202,203,301,302,303); means for applying a direct current voltage drop along a length of each of the rods (201,202,203,301,302,303); and wherein the inductor has an inductance selected to form a resonant circuit with the stray capacitance at the RF frequency. rods (201,202,203,301,302,303) each having a first end (204,205,206) and a second end (207,208,209) remote from the first end (204,205,206); an inductor connected electrically in parallel with a stray capacitance resulting from the rods (201,202,203,301,302,303); means for applying a radio frequency voltage between adjacent pairs of rods (201,202,203,301,302,303), wherein the RF voltage creates a multipole field in a region between the rods (201,202,203,301,302,303); means for applying a direct current voltage drop along a length of each of the rods (201,202,203,301,302,303); and wherein the inductor has an inductance selected to form a resonant circuit with the stray capacitance at the RF frequency.
A ceiling trim of a motor vehicle, including a panel intended to fit closely the interior face of the ceiling, said panel including: - a front central opening for fixing a control console; - a transverse connecting strip between two portions (26, 28) of the panel lateral to the opening, said strip being in front of the opening; characterized in that the connecting strip includes a pre-cut section configured to break in the case of deployment towards the windscreen of at least one airbag housed at the level of one of the lateral portions (26, 28) between the trim and the ceiling, said pre-cut section extending in a predominantly longitudinal direction, preferably from the front edge to the rear edge of said strip. - a front central opening for fixing a control console; - a transverse connecting strip between two portions (26, 28) of the panel lateral to the opening, said strip being in front of the opening; characterized in that the connecting strip includes a pre-cut section configured to break in the case of deployment towards the windscreen of at least one airbag housed at the level of one of the lateral portions (26, 28) between the trim and the ceiling, said pre-cut section extending in a predominantly longitudinal direction, preferably from the front edge to the rear edge of said strip.
Illuminated optical laryngoscope system consisting of a tubular frame comprising a first straight segment and a second curved segment for adapting to the interior of the mouth of the patient, wherein the tubular frame constitutes a main body or a laryngoscope per se with an optical system in its interior said optical system comprising a distribution of mirrors on the curved segment, characterized in a hinge formed in said curved segment of the main body, and means of protection in the form of a case that defines a tubular structure open at one end, into which the main body is inserted; the main body adopting the curved shape of said case when inserted.
A terminal apparatus of a localized network, LN, capable of communicating with a base station, the terminal apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire radio resource information related to a device-to-device resource of radio resources controllable by the base station, the device-to-device resource being a radio resource usable for device-to-device communication not via the base station; a determination unit configured to determine a size of data to be transmitted and received in the device-to-device communication on the basis of the radio resource information, characterized in that the determination unit is configured to determine the size further on the basis of at least one of a modulation scheme and an encoding scheme that is actually being used in the device-to-device communication of the localized network. an acquisition unit configured to acquire radio resource information related to a device-to-device resource of radio resources controllable by the base station, the device-to-device resource being a radio resource usable for device-to-device communication not via the base station; a determination unit configured to determine a size of data to be transmitted and received in the device-to-device communication on the basis of the radio resource information, characterized in that the determination unit is configured to determine the size further on the basis of at least one of a modulation scheme and an encoding scheme that is actually being used in the device-to-device communication of the localized network.
Baking oven with a lighting device for lighting a cooking compartment and with a lighting control device for switching on, keeping switched on and switching off the lighting device according to a predetermined time profile that defines the increasing, maintenance and decreasing of the light intensity, characterised in that the lighting control device has at least two different time profiles (32, 43, 53, 63) for increasing, maintaining and decreasing the light intensity and that the lighting control device is provided to receive, from a door opening signal element or a door handle signal element or a function switch or a light switch or light sensor, a signal to select a time profile, and that the lighting control device selects the relevant applicable time profile for the lighting device as a function of a signal, which it has received from the door opening signal element or the door handle signal element or the function switch or the light switch or light sensor.
A pill splitter for dividing pills into uniform dosage portions for treating humans or animals, characterized by: a. a housing including a cassette mount arising perpendicularly from the base of the housing; b. a cover having access ports disposed therein for retaining and removal of portions of a pill unit; c. a rotatable pill cassette having a top side and an under side which may be separated one from the other, each having disposed therein multiple pill cavities disposed to hold pills of different shapes and sizes, wherein the multiple pill cavities are disposed on opposing sides of the rotatable pill cassette; and further wherein the rotatable pill cassette is mounted on the cassette mount; d. a blade housing disposed within the housing which is proximally located in relation to and which moves upward or downward in an arc with the opening or closing of the cover; and e. a retractable blade within the blade housing sheathed between retractable blade guards, which is unsheathed and extended downward in an arc through the blade housing to pass through the center line of the pill cavity when the cover is closed. a. a housing including a cassette mount arising perpendicularly from the base of the housing; b. a cover having access ports disposed therein for retaining and removal of portions of a pill unit; c. a rotatable pill cassette having a top side and an under side which may be separated one from the other, each having disposed therein multiple pill cavities disposed to hold pills of different shapes and sizes, wherein the multiple pill cavities are disposed on opposing sides of the rotatable pill cassette; and further wherein the rotatable pill cassette is mounted on the cassette mount; d. a blade housing disposed within the housing which is proximally located in relation to and which moves upward or downward in an arc with the opening or closing of the cover; and e. a retractable blade within the blade housing sheathed between retractable blade guards, which is unsheathed and extended downward in an arc through the blade housing to pass through the center line of the pill cavity when the cover is closed.
Method for controlling a power factor correction circuit (11, 14; 20) for a luminaire, wherein the power factor correction circuit (11, 14; 20) comprises an inductance coupled to an input, and a controllable switching means coupled to the inductance to selectively charge and discharge the inductance by closing and opening the switching means, wherein the method comprises: - selecting an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in order to control the switching means, and - controlling the switching means according to the selected operating mode, wherein, when the selected operating mode is a first operating mode, a minimum waiting period between the switching off of the switching means and a switching on again of the switching means is determined, characterized in that a switching-on time for the switching means is determined as a function of the minimum waiting time and as a function of a voltage (66; 70) across the switching means when the selected operating mode is the first operating mode. - selecting an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in order to control the switching means, and - controlling the switching means according to the selected operating mode,
A method for controlling a wind turbine, the method comprising the steps: providing a load-reducing control strategy that may be activated, determining an operational load using one or more blade load sensors mounted on the turbine to measure the flapwise or edgewise bending of at least one rotor blade of the wind turbine, correcting the operational load to obtain a corrected operational load being an estimate of the load that would have been measured had the load-reducing control strategy not been activated, determining a damage signal based on the corrected operational load and, when the damage signal exceeds a pre-determined threshold level, activating the load-reducing control strategy to the wind turbine to mitigate potential damage to the component. providing a load-reducing control strategy that may be activated, determining an operational load using one or more blade load sensors mounted on the turbine to measure the flapwise or edgewise bending of at least one rotor blade of the wind turbine, correcting the operational load to obtain a corrected operational load being an estimate of the load that would have been measured had the load-reducing control strategy not been activated, determining a damage signal based on the corrected operational load and, when the damage signal exceeds a pre-determined threshold level, activating the load-reducing control strategy to the wind turbine to mitigate potential damage to the component.
A beverage dispensing system comprising: a cartridge containing a concentrate chamber comprising beverage concentrate, an outlet downstream of the concentrate chamber for the discharge of a beverage, a flow path connecting the concentrate chamber and the outlet, the flow path containing a means for mixing the beverage concentrate with an aqueous medium to form the beverage, wherein the flow path has a maximum cross-section area of X and a minimum cross-section area of Y, wherein the ratio of X to Y is about 20 or greater, and wherein the beverage concentrate is a solid beverage concentrate comprising an alginate thickener and / or a thermally reversible gelling thickener. a cartridge containing a concentrate chamber comprising beverage concentrate, an outlet downstream of the concentrate chamber for the discharge of a beverage, a flow path connecting the concentrate chamber and the outlet, the flow path containing a means for mixing the beverage concentrate with an aqueous medium to form the beverage, wherein the flow path has a maximum cross-section area of X and a minimum cross-section area of Y, wherein the ratio of X to Y is about 20 or greater, and wherein the beverage concentrate is a solid beverage concentrate comprising an alginate thickener and / or a thermally reversible gelling thickener.