Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Eugene Alekseyevich Ivanov

Raoul Florent

Bart Pierre Antoine Jozef Hoornaert

Mauro Barbieri

Johannes Henricus Maria Korst

Johan Juliana Dries

Frank Wartena

Qi Gao

David P L Simons

Marc André Peters

Jurgen Jan Rusch

Wiro Joep Niessen

Milosh Stolikj

Petrus Hubertus Maria America

Alexander Wilhelmus Heerink

Bart Albertus Gerardus Van Der Velden

Wim Stut

Everine Brenda Van De Kraats

Theo Van Walsum

Eeico Lennart Rommes

A method () of automated identification of one or more malfunction areas of a set (S) of malfunction areas for a service case in which a medical device () is serviced includes: generating an output probability vector () of probabilities for the set of malfunction areas of the medical device by operations including applying at least one classifier () to at least one of () text descriptions of parts ordered for the service case and/or () a text description of the service case; and displaying a list () of one or more most probable malfunction areas for the service case wherein the one or more most probable malfunction areas are the one or more most malfunction areas of the set of malfunction areas having highest probability in the output probability vector.

System and method for automated or semi-automated identification of malfunction area(s) for maintenance cases

An imaging system and a related method include a marker detection system (MDS) to detect one or more markers (MK) spatially arranged in association with an area (A). If the marker detection system (MDS) detects that the area (A) is within a field-of-view (FoV) of the imaging system or is at least within a predefined distance thereof, a control signal is issued in respect of the area (A) to an image acquisition system (ACS) of the imaging system. The area (A) may be one of a hand of a human operator or a part of a patient to be imaged.

Recognizer of staff or patient body parts using markers to prevent or reduce unwanted irradiation

A medical imaging system having an X-ray image acquisition device, a plurality of proximity sensors located at components of the X-ray image acquisition device and a processing unit is able to prevent unintended X-ray radiation to an object in a field of irradiation. For this purpose, the processing unit is configured for determining temporal differences of distance information delivered by the proximity sensors, for generating reference distance information based on acquired distance information with an X-ray source, an X-ray detector and the patient support in fixed positions, for filtering out reference distance information from the acquired distance information and for generating a signal in case temporal differences are determined exceeding a predetermined threshold.

Medical imaging system capable of preventing unintended X-ray radiation to an object

Data storage method for storing a subblock of a block of data. The block of data is distributed, in a number of subblocks of data, over a set of devices. The set of devices comprises at least two devices, and the method comprises the steps of: collecting a subblock of data using the device, storing the subblock of data on the device; and storing metadata identifying the data comprised in the subblock of data.

Method of collecting data

A telemonitoring central serversupports secure data exchange between a number of users, such as a patient, family and friends, medical personnel, suppliers, and the like. A user authenticatorauthenticates and authorizes a user to the system. Access control is driven by a number of static or dynamic access profiles that are assigned to each user. These profiles dictate the data to which the user is allowed access, the computations available to the user, and the manner in which data is displayed to the user. The presentation style is based on access role, user, age, background, result of previous interactions, information content, authentication level, and the like. Third-party services such as advertisements and discounts for 'get well soon' items can also be provided to the user.

Remote patient support and care by relatives

A communication system for monitoring the health status of a patient includes a communication device and a sensor device, the communication device comprising a first communication interface for communication with the sensor device and comprising a second communication interface for communication with a health care center, the communication device being able to generate a warning message upon failure of either the first communication interface or the second communication interface, wherein the generation of a warning message is prevented if the failure of the first communication interface begins and ends during a first time interval and/or the generation of a warning message is prevented if the failure of the second communication interface begins and ends during a third time interval and/or the communication device comprises a detection device for detecting a critical or non-critical health status, and the generation of a warning message is prevented if both the duration of failure of the second communication interface is shorter than a second time interval and a non-critical health status is detected.

Communication system for monitoring the health status of a patient, communication device, sensor device and method

The present invention relates to an X-ray examination apparatus and a corresponding method for acquiring X-ray image data of a region of interest by use of an imaging unit (-) comprising an X-ray source () for emitting X-ray radiation and an X-ray detector () for detecting X-ray radiation after penetration of said region of interest. In order to provide a quick and easy method which also reduces the X-ray dose to which a patient is exposed and which allows immediate acquisition of X-ray image data from a desired and possibly optimal position, it is proposed that the X-ray examination apparatus according to the invention comprises further: processing means () for determining a desired position of said imaging unit (-), at which X-ray image data shall be acquired, based on a predetermined image acquisition plan (P) and/or an actual position (D) of an instrument (), control means () for determining position parameters of said imaging unit (-) for said desired position, and positioning means () for positioning said imaging unit (-) at said desired position by use of said position parameters.

X-ray examination apparatus and method

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Eugene Alekseyevich Ivanov