Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Siemens Healthineers Ag

Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgerate Gmbh

Mario Bechtold

Bernd Granz

Aleksandar Juloski

Henrik Keller

Hans-Peter Heindel

Johannes Reinschke

Jens Fehre

Wolfgang Neuber

Matthias Mahler

Juliane Ritter

Helmut Gollwitzer

Rainer Alfred Kuth

Ralph Oppelt

Hironao Kawano

Ralph Kimmlingen

Marcus Radicke

Thilo Hannemann

Daniel Lerch

Bernd Gromoll

Guenter Ries

Matthias Schulze

Rudolf Roeckelein

Anna Jerebko

Klaus Newerla

Stefan Nunninger

Ralph Oppect

Andrea Heilingbrunner

Hermann Hammerbacher

Ann-Christin Roessler

Karin Ratzmer

Anja Brundobler

Daniela Bolte

A system and a method are respectively for positioning an examination object and evaluation of an image with respect to a positioning of a breast of an examination object in relation to an x-ray device. In an embodiment, the system includes an x-ray device including at least one compression device to fix a breast of the examination object; at least one camera, arranged in relation to the x-ray device such that images are acquirable via the at least one camera, the images showing a current positioning of the breast of the examination object in relation to the x-ray device; and at least one display device, embodied to display the images.

Positioning of an examination object in relation to an x-ray device

A biopsy unit is for fixing to a mammography device. In an embodiment, the biopsy unit includes a fixing device and a receptacle for a biopsy needle. The biopsy unit is permanently connectable to the mammography device, and wherein the biopsy unit is pivotable between a rest state and an operating state.

Integratable biopsy unit and mammography device

A magnetically guided endoscope system has a display system wherein the position of the boundary of the examination region of the magnetic field that is used for capsule endoscope guidance is displayed and/or the position of the peak of the magnetic field used for capsule guidance is displayed. The displayed information can be presented in the form of computer-generated graphics superimposed on a camera image of the patient by a computer, or can be a fixed indicator on the display screen of a display at which a computer causes the camera image of the patient to be displayed at a position that is correctly oriented with respect to the fixed information.

Method and apparatus for displaying information in magnetically guided capsule endoscopy

Display screen showing an icon

A method for operating a linear compressor including a linear drive with a stator and a rotor configured for displacement by a magnetic field of the stator against a spring force, and a compression chamber which is delimited by a displaceable piston coupled to the rotor during the operation of which an alternating current is applied to the stator in order to drive the rotor in an reciprocatingly, the method including the steps of applying, prior to operation, a direct current with a first polarity to the stator in order to displace the rotor from a rest position, measuring a first end position attained by the rotor under the action of the direct current, and controlling, during operation, the intensity of the alternating current with which the stator is excited in a manner wherein the rotor does not reach the first end position or reaches it at a reduced speed.

Method for adjusting a piston in a linear compressor

A reversing linear drive which comprises a field coil and a magnetic armature that is excited by the magnetic field of the field coil to perform a linear, axially oscillating movement. In order to detect the armature position, the drive is provided with a stripe pattern element with an alternating arrangement of transparent and opaque stripes or of light-reflecting stripes and non-light-reflecting stripes which extends at least across the entire axial armature stroke, and with a light barrier with elements that emit and receive light in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

Reversing linear drive comprising means for detecting an armature position

In a method for local reduction of the operating noise produced by a medical diagnostic or therapy device, antisound is produced locally by a sound source. The sound source used is a highly directional parametric loudspeaker. As a result, disturbing operating noises can be limited locally and suppressed effectively.

Method for local reduction of the operating noise produced by a medical diagnostic or therapy device, and medical diagnostic or therapy device having a device for implementing such a method

A shock wave source has a coil carrier, a coil, having a metallic membrane separated from the coil in insulating fashion for generating shock waves. The coil carrier is formed of a material that damps the formation and/or the propagation of audible acoustic waves in the generation of shock waves.

Shock wave source with a wave damping coil carrier

A shock wave source has a coil carrier, having a longitudinal axis, a coil and a metallic membrane separated from the coil in insulating fashion for generating shock waves. The coil carrier has a generated surface, a first cover surface facing toward the coil and a second cover surface facing away from the coil. For reducing the low-frequency sound generation when generating shock waves, a cross-sectional area of the coil carrier intersected at a right angle by the longitudinal axis has a non-circular contour. A reduction of the audible sound generation when generating shock waves can also be achieved when the second cover surface of the coil carrier is non-flat.

Shock wave source with a coil carrier having a non-circular contour

In a method for the operation of a magnetic resonance apparatus having a gradient coil system as well as a shim system with a number of shim plates with respectively allocated heaters, at least one information signal indicating a change in shape and/or position of the gradient coil system is determined or employed, the regulation of the heaters, and thus the temperatures of the respective shim plates ensuing dependent thereon.

Magnetic resonance apparatus and operating method therefor for actively regulating heating in the apparatus

An amplifier and a coil are electrically connected to an amplifier in a coil system. A current controller is provided for adjustment of the current which is supplied from the amplifier to the coil. The current controller adjusts the current such that, at least on average, a predetermined power loss is converted to heat in the coil.

Coil system with current regulation based on emitted heat

A device provides ultrasonic therapy to a female breast. To this end, the breast is introduced into a container which, for a good acoustic coupling, is filled with at least one liquid. An ultrasonic transducer emits sound into the breast in a region which, in the positive and negative direction of rotation, related to the plane of the body of the female patient, covers angles of less than or equal to 50&deg;. In a preferred embodiment, a compression pad and a fixing membrane are provided for fixing a position of the breast.

Device for the ultrasonic therapy of a female breast with parallel sound direction

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Hemhofen, Germany

Mario Bechtold