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| 8185904 | Image reconstruction system with multiple parallel reconstruction pipelines In a method, system, computer-readable medium and watchdog module to control a number of medical technology processes that are executed in multiple computerized pipelines according to a predetermined organizational structure, a priority is associated with an incomin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185857 | Signal conversion facility and method for creating programming for a signal conversion facility A signal converter device has a programmable logic circuit, wherein a number of binary input signals are being transmitted from the outside of the signal converter unit. The programmable logic circuit is programmed by a programming in such a way, as to detect binary... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185335 | Magnetic resonance system and method for spatially-dependent adjustment of system parameters A magnetic resonance apparatus is operated with continuous movement of an examination subject through a measurement volume of the apparatus. At each successively-occupied position of the examination subject within the measurement volume during the continuous movemen... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185188 | Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging on the basis of a gradient echo sequence In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging on the basis of a gradient echo sequence by excitation of nuclear spins and measurement of radio-frequency signals indicating the excited nuclear spins, a) the pulse frequency of the person to be examined is d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184884 | Method for evaluating a tomography data record, and a tomography workstation A method is described for evaluating a tomography data record. In at least one embodiment, a tomography data record of a hollow organ is generated, the tomography data record is analyzed automatically, and organ sections to be assessed as critical are determined. Fu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184854 | Method and system for evaluation of the behavior of users of a digital image information system In a method of evaluation of the user behavior of users of a digital image information system during the viewing and/or assessment and/or processing of at least one image object presented on at least one display device, at least one selectable indicator of the user ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184770 | X-ray acquisition method and device for stereotactic biopsy In a method and an associated device for generation of digital x-ray image exposures of an examination subject with an x-ray source and a digital x-ray detector for a stereotactic biopsy, wherein, for one or more x-ray image acquisitions of the examination subject w... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184039 | Level sensing device A level sensing device with a high frequency radar system is provided. The radar system includes a radar high frequency module, a carrier board and a controller. The radar high frequency module is mounted on the carrier board using surface mount techniques. The cont... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183874 | Monitoring of the aging of the capacitors in a converter by means of capacitance measurement A method and a device for converting an electrical current include at least one phase module having an AC voltage connection and at least one DC voltage connection. A phase module branch is disposed between each DC voltage connection and the AC voltage connection. E... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183866 | Magnetic resonance tomography method and apparatus with separation of fat and water images according to the two-point dixon method dependent on Tdecay In a magnetic resonance tomography method and apparatus for separation of fat and water images according to the two-point Dixon method dependent on the T*2 decay, the following steps are implemented: (S1) acquire three fat-water images, respectivel... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183865 | Magnetic resonance system and method for correction of movement artifacts In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) for correction of movement in the acquisition of MR images of an examination region, wherein the movement that occurs between the acquisition of data of spatially different slices of the examination region is taken into accoun... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183858 | Method and arrangement for measuring a gap A method for measuring the gap between a levitation magnet of a vehicle of a magnetic levitation railway and a fixed reaction rail of the magnetic levitation railway and for generating a gap measured value which specifies the size of the gap. In order to form the ga... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183674 | Power semiconductor module comprising an explosion protection system A power semiconductor module for energy distribution, includes at least one power semiconductor, connection terminals for connecting the power semiconductor module, and a housing, in which protection from explosion is ensured in the module even in the event of elect... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182499 | Device for repeated semi-invasive abrasion of lesions on the walls of hollow organs A device is for repeated semi-invasive abrasion of lesions on the walls of hollow organs, in particular blood vessels or the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The device includes an outer stent which, fixed in position at the site of the lesions, can be clamped a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182271 | Training method and system A system and method for certifying a trainee to use a device is disclosed. The system and method include a testing computer configured to create an answer log containing at least one answer given by the trainee to at least one question of a certification test and a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182149 | Method and marking out apparatus for marking out a guide line for a penetration instrument, control device and recording system A method is disclosed for marking out a guide line of a penetration instrument entering an object along a penetration channel. In at least one embodiment, the penetration channel into the object is firstly determined based on image data of the object generated by an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181070 | Error detection in a networked embedded system A method for detecting errors in a networked embedded system having a multiplicity of components. Error and/or diagnostic data which are relevant to a component are stored in a set of further components of the networked embedded system and are determined if necessar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180627 | Method and an apparatus for clustering process models The invention relates to an apparatus for clustering process models each consisting of model elements comprising a text phrase which describes in a natural language a process activity according to a process modeling language grammar and a natural language grammar, w... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180309 | Lock-in amplifier and method for filtering a measurement signal using such an amplifier A lock-in amplifier with an additional phase-sensitive detector is provided. A measurement signal is mixed in a multiplicative fashion with a reference signal, which is phase-shifted by 90 degrees, for a modulation frequency. In order to reliably filter out interfer... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180151 | Method for segmenting structures in image data records and image processing unit for carrying out the method In the method according to at least one embodiment of the invention, a first segmentation of a structure in an image data record is firstly carried out, and a first final segmentation result is obtained therefrom. A region in the image data record is selected based ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180128 | Method for recording measured data of a patient while taking account of movement operations, and an associated medical device A method is disclosed for recording measured data of a patient while taking account of movement operations by way of a medical device that is designed both for recording movement-related measured data, in particular measured data of high temporal resolution and/or m... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180127 | Method and image evaluation system for preparation of medical 2D or 3 D data In a method and system to prepare medical 2D or 3D data, in particular 2D or 3D image data acquired by means of computed tomography, a data set composed of medical 2D or 3D data is segmented with predeterminable first segmentation parameters, so a first data set wit... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179923 | System and method for transmitting real-time-critical and non-real-time-critical data in a distributed industrial automation system A system and a method provide a real-time-critical communication and a non-real-time-critical communication in a switched data network consisting of users and switching units, for example a distributed automation system, by a cyclic operation. In a transmission cycl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178811 | Method and apparatus for sorting flat objects in a number of sorting passes In a method and device for sorting a quantity of flat objects, especially of mail items, each object passes at least twice through a sorting system with a number of output devices. In each pass of an object the sorting system determines a destination identification ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177873 | Separating device for separating out particles A separating apparatus for separating out particles, especially liquid droplets from a gas flow which comprises the particles, comprising a flow channel which conducts the gas flow and has at least one deflection region for deflecting the gas flow, and a collecting ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177835 | Method of imaging for heart valve implant procedure A method as a workflow for imaging for a heart valve implant procedure includes positioning the patient and an articulated imaging apparatus relative to one another, inducing rapid ventricular pacing in the patient, and imaging a region of the patient's heart to obt... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177547 | Method for starting a burner The invention relates to a method for starting a burner for combusting synthesis gases, wherein said burner comprises first and second fuel passages, the first fuel passage encompasses the second fuel passage in a substantially concentric manner and the gas transfer... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176722 | Method and device for the transfer of heat from a heat source to a thermodynamic cycle with a working medium of at least two substances with non-isothermal evaporation and condensation The invention relates to a thermodynamic circuit with a working medium comprising at least two substances with non-isothermal evaporation and condensation whereby the working medium can decompose above a given temperature. According to the invention, the heat from h... | 05/15/2012 |
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| 8176116 | Operating method for an automation unit A potential communication partner receives an inquiry which prompts it to notify the inquiring party of its interface in machine-readable form. When the interface data for the potential communication partner are available, the interface data can be transferred to a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175361 | Method and apparatus for the artifact-reduced detection of a 3D object in tomographic imaging In order to regularize a reconstruction method associated with computed tomography (CT), in at least one example embodiment, information relating to the statistics of the attenuation values of the reconstructed object is also included in the form of the logarithmic ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175352 | System and method for automated magnetic resonance scan prescription for optic nerves A method and system for automated magnetic resonance (MR) scan prescription is disclosed. A 3D MR scout image is obtained by an initial MR scan. The location of an optic nerve in the scout image is determined by registering a template image to the scout image using ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174160 | Group of three stator windings for a stator of an electric machine, a stator arrangement, a generator, and wind turbine A group of three stator windings for a stator of an electric machine, a stator arrangement, a generator, and wind turbine are provided. The first winding head segments of the three stator windings differ in form such that the first winding head segments of at least ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173979 | Generating and visualizing an ion beam profile A method for generating and visualizing an ion beam profile is provided. The method includes specifying an incidence direction of a particle beam, specifying a target region that is to be irradiated by said particle beam, creating an ion beam profile from points tha... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173250 | Metal/plastic hybrid and shaped body produced therefrom The invention relates to a metal/plastic hybrid and to a shaped body produced therefrom. By combining metallic additives in plastic, it has been shown for the first time that specific volume resistances of less than 10−2 Ωcm can be realized while the c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173207 | Arrangement for depositing coating powder on a rotational symmetric body An arrangement for depositing coating powder on a rotational symmetric body is provided. The arrangement includes a rotation device for rotating the rotational symmetric body around a horizontal axis of rotation, wherein the horizontal axis of rotation coincides wit... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171771 | Calibration for a nondestructive material testing system Calibration for a nondestructive ultrasonic material testing system is provided, the system having a multiplicity of ultrasound transducers which are linearly movable as a whole but are arranged fixed with respect to one another, for example mounted fixed in a singl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171196 | Serial bus system, node device and input/output card that can be connected to the node device There is described a node device of a serial bus system, a bus system with a node device of this type, and an input/output card. In serial bus system, in which individual node devices can have only a limited address space, and in which a number of input/output cards... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170969 | Automated computation of semantic similarity of pairs of named entity phrases using electronic document corpora as background knowledge An overall semantic similarity score value between pairs of named entities in a text corpus is obtained by calculating for at least one pair of named entities a plurality of corresponding pair similarity score values according to a first and at least a second classi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170853 | Method of modeling the time gradient of the state of a steel volume by means of a computer and corresponding objects A steel volume is modeled in a computer by means of a plurality of volume elements. The state of the steel volume at a given time comprises, for each volume element, characteristic quantities of an enthalpy existing at said time in the respective volume element and ... | 05/01/2012 |
