196 results about "Imaging Tool" patented technology

Method for remotely imaging a computer. In one embodiment the method includes establishing a connection between two or more computers, extracting information from a storage device, and executing commands to create and format partitions on the storage device. The method may also include changing a bootsector of a partition, transferring data including utility data and an image file to a partition, and activating a boot indicator associated with the partition so as to re-image the storage device upon rebooting. Embodiments of the invention also include methods for removing a computer name from an associated network or domain, and augmenting security and identity parameters to allow the computer to be re-associated with a network or domain. Embodiments of the invention may be implemented using an imaging tool that, in one embodiment, includes an initialization module having one or more interfaces with input fields, a format module, and a naming module.

A process for utilizing a spinal implant guide made using a diagnostic imaging tool to facilitate implantation of a device in the spine. The spinal implant guide preferably has a body designed to conform to certain predetermined, patient-specific anatomical vertebral landmarks. The guide may be fitted to the anatomical vertebral landmarks pre-operatively and / or during a surgical procedure using 3-point fixation technique to thereby substantially demarcate an optimal alignment, trajectory and angulation for the spinal implant device.

Pain factors are labeled with targeted agents or markers delivered into the body. The labeled pain factors are imaged with appropriate imaging tools in a manner allowing selective identification and localization of areas of pain source or transmission. The labeled pain factors allow spatial differentiation in the imaging sufficient to specify the location of the pain so as to drive therapeutic decisions and techniques in order to treat the pain. Pain factors labeled and imaged in this manner may include one or more of nerve factors, blood vessel factors, cellular factors, and inflammation factors. Labeled markers may include for example radioactive materials (e.g. tritiated or iodinated molecules) or other materials such as metal (e.g. gold) nanoparticles. Intermediary binding materials may be used, such as for example bi-specific antibodies. Therapeutic components of the system and method include for example localized energy delivery or ablation treatments, or local drug or other chemical delivery. Locations containing pain factor selectively bound by targeted agents are selectively treated with directed energy into a region containing the targeted agent bound to the pain factor.

Tools for analyzing images are disclosed. In some cases, the images are analyzed in order to determine whether a particular web site and / or email message is part of an illegitimate online activity. In an aspect, an image analysis process comprises comparing a suspect image with one or more elements of interest (which can include images, words, etc.) by generating fingerprints characterizing the suspect image and the elements of interest, to allow for a quantitative comparison.

A method includes acquiring imaging data of a scene using an imaging tool. The method also includes extracting radio frequency identification (RFID) data stored in an RFID tag associated with the scene. The method further includes associating the RFID data with the imaging data.

Some embodiments provide several on-image tools of image editing application for applying effects to an image. Some on-image tools are visible to the user and are overlaid on the image. Some on-image tools are not visible. The tools are for receiving a selection of a location of the image and for applying effects to at least an area of the image that does not include the location of the image.

Methods and systems for performing diagnostic functions for a deep learning model are provided. One system includes one or more components executed by one or more computer subsystems. The one or more components include a deep learning model configured for determining information from an image generated for a specimen by an imaging tool. The one or more components also include a diagnostic component configured for determining one or more causal portions of the image that resulted in the information being determined and for performing one or more functions based on the determined one or more causal portions of the image.

A method of determining and correcting for distortions introduced by an imaging tool. The method includes providing an imaging tool having a field of view (FOV), and creating a target pattern containing a regular array of symmetric sub-patterns having locations spanning the FOV. Using the imaging tool, the method then includes measuring relative position of the sub-pattern images at one or more target orientations, determining tool-induced sub-pattern position deviations from designed locations of the sub-patterns, and applying corrections to compensate for an orientation independent component of the sub-pattern position deviations. The target pattern may be mounted on a stage of the measurement tool, created on a mask used in the lithographic process, or created on a wafer being measured by the measuring tool.

A borehole logging tool includes a housing oriented along a longitudinal axis, and a centralizer assembly that positions the housing substantially at the center of the borehole. In one example, the centralizer assembly includes a plurality of centralizer arms radially extendable outward from the longitudinal axis. The borehole logging tool further includes a scanning head that rotates a plurality of scanning sensors axially within the borehole about the longitudinal axis. The scanning head further includes a plurality of linkage arms coupled to the plurality of scanning sensors such that the scanning sensors are radially extendable outward from the longitudinal axis. The borehole logging tool further includes an extension assembly adapted to substantially concurrently control the radial extension of the centralizer arms and the plurality of sensors.

Phase-sensitive measurements are made by a resistivity imaging tool in a borehole having non-conductive mud in a conductive earth formation at a plurality of frequencies. From the phase sensitive measurements, the formation resistivity can be determined with higher sensitivity than is possible with the single frequency measurements. Tool standoff can also be determined from a knowledge of the mud resistivity and / or dielectric constant. Formation resistivity may also be determined when the effect of formation capacitance cannot be ignored.

Some embodiments provide several on-image tools of image editing application for applying effects to an image. Some on-image tools are visible to the user and are overlaid on the image. Some on-image tools are not visible. The tools are for receiving a selection of a location of the image and for applying effects to at least an area of the image that does not include the location of the image.

Defects observed by imaging tools may be classified by automatic comparison of features observed in a defect image with design information relating to corresponding portions of the image. Defect information may be generated from a defect image from a defect imaging tool. Design information relating to one or more structures to be formed on the substrate in a vicinity of the defect may be retrieved. The defect may be classified based on a combination of the defect information from the defect image and design information relating to one or more structures to be formed on the substrate in the vicinity of the defect.

Phase-sensitive measurements are made by a resistivity imaging tool in a borehole having non-conductive mud in a conductive earth formation at a plurality of frequencies. From the phase sensitive measurements, the formation resistivity can be determined with higher sensitivity than is possible with the single frequency measurements. Tool standoff can also be determined from a knowledge of the mud resistivity and / or dielectric constant. Formation resistivity may also be determined when the effect of formation capacitance cannot be ignored.

Tools and techniques allow visual media to be edited by superimposing a parameter adjusting mechanism on the visual media itself and adjusting parameter settings based on user input detected by the parameter adjusting mechanism. In a visual media editing application, the parameter adjusting mechanism is superimposed on visual media so that the user can keep his eyes on the visual media and so that the visual media itself is unobscured by other user interface controls and windows as the user edits it. The user sets control points on the visual media that act as a fixed reference points for subsequent user input. The parameter adjusting mechanism detects subsequent user input calculates new parameter settings based on that input.

A method and apparatus for real-time well-site interpretation of array resistivity log data. An inversion of data with different depths of investigation is carried out after data shoulder-bed correction. The formation model used by inversion is constructed with the layer boundaries obtained from an imaging tool or other log measurements.

Pain factors are labeled with targeted agents or markers delivered into the body. The labeled pain factors are imaged with appropriate imaging tools in a manner allowing selective identification and localization of areas of pain source or transmission. The labeled pain factors allow spatial differentiation in the imaging sufficient to specify the location of the pain so as to drive therapeutic decisions and techniques in order to treat the pain. Pain factors labeled and imaged in this manner may include one or more of nerve factors, blood vessel factors, cellular factors, and inflammation factors. Labeled markers may include for example radioactive materials (e.g. tritiated or iodinated molecules) or other materials such as metal (e.g. gold) nanoparticles.

A resistivity imaging tool is used in a borehole having a conductive fluid. Second differences between axially spaced apart electrodes are used in the imaging. A calibration compensates for the effects of borehole rugosity.

A method and apparatus for obtaining neutron images of a rock formation are provided. The neutron images can be obtained from a tool in a logging-while-drilling system but which need not rotate to obtain neutron data from a plurality of azimuthal orientations.

The invention relates to a virtual terminal connection imaging method based on a security coding device (SCD) document. The imaging method includes the following steps that a virtual terminal in the SCD document and a virtual terminal connection relation are pre-configured; imaging processing is conducted on the virtual terminal, and the SCD document is imported by using a virtual terminal connection imaging tool; imaging processing results are output and combined to obtain an IED complete virtual terminal drawing. By means of the imaging method, the important virtual terminal connection relation of an intelligent substation is displayed to users visually in a mode easy to read, verification of the intelligent substation is facilitated, and operation and maintaining requirements are met.

A collimator, and in particular a method for making a collimator for use with a small high resolution single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging tool for small animal research. The collimator is sized, both functionally and structurally, particularly smaller than known collimators and appropriately scaled to achieve a highly sensitive collimator which facilitates desired reconstruction resolutions for small animals, as well as compliments other functional imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and event-related potential (ERP), magneto-encephalography (MEG), and near-infrared optical imaging.

Provided is an SPEN (spatiotemporally-encoded) single-scanning magnetic resonance imaging spiral sampling and reconstructing method, relating to a magnetic resonance imaging method. 90 DEG linear scanning pulses and 180 DEG linear scanning pulses combine with corresponding SPEN gradients, and in a trigger period, protons in a space spin to obtain a quadratic phase relevant with a spatial position; in a sampling period, a spiral sampling gradient after optimization collets data, and obtains spatial domain magnetic resonance imaging data with T2*weighting in a superfast speed; and finally, spiral sampling data are reconstructed through a specific grid algorithm and a super-resolution reconstructing method based on compression perception, so as to obtain super-resolution high quality magnetic resonance images. The method greatly improves the image quality of SPEN single-scanning imaging, and provides a great imaging tool for the fields requiring superfast imaging.

Measurements made by a resistivity imaging tool in a borehole having non-conductive mud in a conductive earth formation are corrected using the tool standoff. The correction involves removing a calibration signal determined in a medium of high conductivity from the measured impedance. The magnitude and / or the real part of the impedance may be used.

The invention relates to a single-incision endoscopic surgery system based on flexible surgery tools. The system is characterized by comprising the flexible surgery tools, an imaging tool and a catheter. Each flexible surgery tool comprises a surgery performer, a flexible arm, a driving handle and a near-end structure, wherein the surgery performer is linked with the far end of the flexible arm, the near end of the flexible arm is linked with the driving handle through the near-end structure, and the driving handle drives the flexible arm to turn. The imaging tool comprises an imaging lighting module, a turning joint and an imaging tool driving unit, wherein the imaging lighting module is linked with the far end of the turning joint, the near end of the turning joint is linked with the imaging tool driving unit, and the imaging tool driving unit drives the turning joint to turn. The catheter is used for guiding the surgery performers at the far ends of the flexible arms and the imaging lighting module at the far end of the turning joint to reach the same area and guiding the parts behind the near ends of the flexible arms and the near end of the turning joint in different spatial directions at the same time.

The invention relates to a single port laparoscopic surgery system with a front-loaded drive. The system comprises a flexible operation tool, an imaging tool, a catheter body and a drive body, wherein the flexible operation tool comprises a first flexible arm body, an operation execution device and a first drive transmission unit; the imaging tool comprises a second flexible arm body, an imaging illumination module and a second drive transmission unit; the catheter body comprises a catheter and a multi-chamber pipe body; the drive body comprises a skeleton correlated with the catheter body as well as multiple drive modules which are firmly connected to the skeleton and correlated to the first and second drive transmission units respectively; an overall feeding freedom degree, an overall rotation freedom degree and a turning freedom degree of the first flexible arm body are achieved by the drive modules through the correlated first drive transmission unit; and an overall feeding freedom degree and a turning freedom degree of the second flexible arm body are achieved by the drive modules through the correlated second drive transmission unit. According to the invention, multiple flexible operation tools and imaging tools can be inserted into a human body via the same multi-chamber pipe body for an operation.

Measurements made by a resistivity imaging tool in a borehole having non-conductive mud in a conductive earth formation are corrected using the tool standoff. The correction involves removing a calibration signal determined in a medium of high conductivity from the measured impedance. The magnitude and / or the real part of the impedance may be used.

A Precision Optical Intracellular Near Field Imaging / Spectroscopy Technology (POINT / NANOPOINT) is a high-resolution instrument for analyzing and comparing molecular characteristics of cells. A nanosensor array is provided which is capable of imaging inner regions of living cells without destroying its natural environment and providing new information about molecular makeup of cells. The POINT probe collects data from high-resolution imagery, providing an imaging tool for investigating cells at sub-cellular and molecular levels. Data are then incorporated into a signature facilitating molecular analysis of diseases. The POINT probe non-invasively penetrates cell membranes to image insides of intact cells allowing the POINT probe to collect data without destroying cell structures. The probe provides cellular imaging to enable the viewing of both imaging and spectroscopy of internal regions of cells. The POINT system may be attached to existing microscopes to achieve a very high resolution.

The average current at a plurality of measure electrodes of a resistivity imaging tool is determined and subtracted from the individual measure currents to give a resistivity image with improved dynamic range.

The invention relates to a method for discriminating bainite in a hot rolled TRIP steel and calculating a three phase ratio of the hot rolled TRIP steel. According to the method, an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) apparatus arranged on a scanning electron microscope is utilized to carry out quantitative measurement on FCC phase ( residual austenite) and BCC phase (ferrite+ bainite) of a hot rolled TRIP steel; processing is carried out on EBSD pattern data; a bainite structure is distinguished from the BCC phase by utilizing addition of a low angle grain boundary; Image Tool software is utilized to carry out statistics and calculation on three phase structure phase distinguishment graph of the hot rolled TRIP steel so as to obtain a content of a ferrite; and finally, a ration of the residual austenite to the ferrite to the bainite in the hot rolled TRIP steel is determined. Beneficial effects of the method is as follows: calibration on a phase structure can be carried out accurately and it is convenient to calculate all phase structures; and orientation information obtained by an EBSD technology can be utilized to carry out processing on various data according to own researches; therefore, researchers can accurately calibrate all phase structures in controlled rolling and controlled cooling steel with multi-phase structures without increased extra work.

The present invention is directed to a method for combining assessment of different factors of dyssynchrony into a comprehensive, non-invasive toolbox for treating patients with a CRT therapy device. The toolbox provides high spatial resolution, enabling assessment of regional function, as well as enabling derivation of global metrics to improve patient response and selection for CRT therapy. The method allows for quantitative assessment and estimation of mechanical contraction patterns, tissue viability, and venous anatomy from CT scans combined with electrical activation patterns from Body Surface Potential Mapping (BSPM). This multi-modal method is therefore capable of integrating electrical, mechanical, and structural information about cardiac structure and function in order to guide lead placement of CRT therapy devices. The method generates regional electro-mechanical properties overlaid with cardiac venous distribution and scar tissue. The fusion algorithm for combining all of the data suggests cardiac segments and routes for implantation of epicardial pacing leads.