A calibration fixture provides a repeatably accurate tool for measuring offset angles between measurement axes for inertial measurement units (IMUs) used in motion capture. The measured offset angles may be used to correct angles measured by the IMUs to create a biomechanical skeleton that accurately represents movements of a motion capture subject. The disclosed embodiments are applied segments of a biomechanical skeleton providing a mathematical model of a human arm and hand.

A surgical platform system including a first platform portion, a second platform portion, and a support portion is provided. The support platform supports the first platform portion, and can be moveable relative to a surgical robotic system supporting the second platform portion. With the support portion and the first platform portion positioned relative to the surgical robotic system, the first platform portion supporting a first portion of the patient and the second platform portion supporting a second portion of the patient can be adjusted relative to one another to correspondingly adjust positions/orientations of the first portion and the second portion of the patient. To illustrate, using an end portion supporting the first platform portion, the first platform portion can be rotated about a vertical axis and moved side to side to adjust the position/orientation thereof relative to the second platform portion.

A disorder detection system includes: a pair of left and right footrests configured so that left and right feet of a user are respectively placed thereon to perform an exercise of legs therewith; a pair of left and right slide mechanisms for enabling the footrests to slide in a front/rear direction with respect to a sitting part, the slide mechanisms including a resistance part for applying a resistance to the sliding; a moving mechanism for enabling the left and right slide mechanisms and the footrests to move independently of each other; an angle detection unit for detecting angles of joints of left and right lower legs of the user around a roll axis, a yaw axis, and a pitch axis; and a display unit for displaying the detected angles of the joints of the left and right lower legs of the user around the roll, yaw, and pitch axes.

A femoral region supporter (2) supports a femoral region of a user (1) in a travel direction. A force detector (3) detects force received by the femoral region supporter (2) from the femoral region of the user (1). A walking motion estimator (4) estimates walking motion of the user (1) based on the force detected by the force detector (3). The video generator (5) generates a video to be presented to the user (1) based on the walking motion estimated by the walking motion estimator (4). The video presenter (6) presents the video generated by the video generator (5) to the user (1).

Systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying a health disorder based on a temperature asymmetry estimation. A system may include a thermal camera configured to detect thermal images of an inspected body part and a reference body part, which may be contralateral to the inspected body part. The system may further include an optical camera configured to detect optical images of the inspected body part and the reference body part. The system may further include a remote mobile device having a mobile processor programmed to control the thermal camera to detect the thermal images and the optical camera to detect the optical images. The system may further include remote server having a diagnostic processor programmed to determine that a functional disorder or inflammation of the inspected body part has occurred by analyzing the thermal images and the optical images.

A system that includes: a force sensor assembly adapted to monitor a load as applied on a subject's knee joint when the force sensor assembly remains in direct contact with the subject's lower extremity and the load is monitored from inside a main magnet of an MRI scanner; a mobile unit comprising tracks configured to adjust a position of the force sensor assembly; a stationary base on which the mobile unit and the force sensor assembly are located, the mobile unit translatable solely axially on the stationary base; and a processor coupled to the force sensor assembly and programmed to read information encoding the load being monitored by the force sensor assembly, wherein an MRI scan of the knee joint is initiated only when a pre-determined load has been applied to the subject's knee joint for a pre-determined period of time.

An inflatable patient support includes a top panel defining a first perimeter and a bottom panel defining a second perimeter. The second perimeter of the bottom panel is coupled to the first perimeter of the top panel. An internal wall is coupled between the top panel and the bottom panel to define a first chamber and a second chamber. The internal wall defines at least one passage therethrough that allows fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. The first chamber and the second chamber are inflatable.

The present invention provides a RF coil assembly comprising a first rigid frame and a flexible coil in a naturally planar shape having a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end. The first end of the flexible coil is attached to the first rigid frame and the second end of the flexible coil is away from the first rigid frame. The first rigid frame is shaped to bend the flexible coil, upon attaching the first end of the flexible coil to the first rigid frame, to form a shape of the RF coil assembly which conforms to a shape of a region of a subject with multiple contours. According to the present invention, the RF coil assembly is lighter and better matches the regions of different subjects to be imaged. The contoured shape of the RF coil assembly can be maintained for immediate use instead of having to achieve the shape by an operator attaching the flexible coil to body regions. Therefore, the positioning and fastening of the RF coil assembly is much easier and faster as compared to the conventional flexible coil, and the workflow of MR scanning is enhanced.

A system including a magnetic resonance imaging system having a magnet and first and second sidewalls positioned on opposite sides of an imaging field of the magnet, and a subject support configured to support a subject that is positioned in an upright position. The system may be capable of imaging a target anatomy of the subject while the subject is in the upright position, and may further include a motor for translating the subject support between first and second positions within and outside of the imaging field of the magnet, respectively. The subject support may include a seat on which the subject may sit facing the subject support, such that the subject's back can be operated on and imaged while the subject is in an upright position.

Various embodiments provide a muscle testing device. In an example embodiment, the muscle testing device comprises a frame comprising a central frame element and two arms extending therefrom. The distance between the arms is adjustable. The muscle testing device further comprises a first sensing pad (a) configured to be secured to a first arm of the two arms, (b) configured to measure a force or pressure applied to a sensing surface thereof, and (c) being moveable between a first position and a second position. When the first sensing pad is secured to the first arm in the first position, the sensing surface faces a second arm of the two arms. When the first sensing pad is secured to the first arm in the second position, the sensing surface faces away from the second arm. The muscle testing device may be part of a muscle testing kit.