Patient motion is the most common cause of artefacts in medical imaging. There is therefore provided a computer-implemented method for performing motion suppression in a medical imaging apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining image data defining an image to be displayed to a patient within a bore of the medical imaging apparatus; controlling a display device to display the image to the patient in the bore; obtaining data indicating a real-time position of an anatomical region of interest comprising the head and/or eyes of the patient during a medical imaging scan; detecting movement of the anatomical region of interest using the data indicating the real-time position; and in response to detecting the movement, adapting the displayed image to perform patient motion suppression by relocating the displayed image to a location relative to the bore which urges the patient to return their head and/or eyes to their original position. According to the invention, the projected image is adapted to intuitively guide the patient to limit their own head motion and eye motion and to return to an original position after any motion.

A method to generate orthotic product recommendations for users includes receiving interactions from a user including identification of one or more extremity areas of the user's body, the one or more extremity areas relevant to selection of one or more orthotic products. On-screen cues and interactions are provided to assist in positioning of the one or more extremity areas relative to one or more imaging sensors. Scan data is received from the one or more imaging sensors. A model of the one or more extremity areas is generated based on the scan data including estimating one or more complete circumferences of the one or more extremity areas. One or more orthotic products are identified based on a comparison of the model of the one or more extremity areas and one or more factors associated with the user and a plurality of orthotic products. A recommendation is provided that includes the one or more orthotic products.

A radiotherapy system is provided. The radiotherapy system may include a treatment component, an imaging component, and a table being movable between the treatment component and the imaging component along a first direction in a first coordinate system. The table may have a plurality of cross sections perpendicular to the first direction. The table may include a positioning line that extends along the first direction and have a positioning feature. The positioning feature may have a plurality of feature values. Each feature value may correspond to one of the plurality of cross sections.

A method of maintaining patient registration in surgical navigation includes: obtaining a patient position in a tracking system frame of reference, based on a fiducial marker array affixed in a first position relative to the patient; receiving an initial surface scan depicting the patient and the fiducial array; responsive to receiving an intraoperative image depicting the patient: obtaining a position, in the tracking system frame of reference, of the fiducial array affixed in a second position relative to the patient; receiving a secondary surface scan depicting the patient and the fiducial array; detecting a deviation in a position of the fiducial marker array relative to the patient between the initial and secondary surface scans; and applying the deviation to the position of the patient to generate an updated position of the patient in the tracking system frame of reference, based on the fiducial array affixed in the second position.

A system and method for assessing a patient's balancing ability in order to facilitate ascertaining the patient's current medical status. The system includes a balance plate for measuring the center of gravity dynamic weight distribution in combination with a sensor for measuring the patient's fine motor skills.

An imaging station/booth for automated total body imaging having a small footprint and capable of quickly, efficiently, effectively, and consistently capturing multiple body images of a user or patient over time with minimal assistance from medical staff.

A system for superimposing virtual anatomical landmarks on an image includes a medical positioning system (MPS) for producing location readings with respect to points within a region of interest in accordance with an output of a location sensor disposed in a medical device. A coordinate system of the MPS is registered with an image coordinate system. A control unit receives a signal from a user to record a location reading when the medical device is at a desired point in the region of interest where the user desires to place a virtual landmark, modifies the recorded location reading for motion compensation, transforms the motion-compensated location reading from the MPS coordinate system to the image coordinate system to produce a target location, and then superimposes a representation of the virtual landmark on the image at the target location.

Apparatus and methods are described including a stent (20) configured to be placed inside an aorta of a subject, the stent comprising one or more electrodes (22), control circuitry (32), and a first antenna (28) coupled thereto. A second antenna (26) is placed on the subject, such that the second antenna extends at least from above a left clavicle of the subject to below a jugular notch of the subject and from below the subject's jugular notch to above a right clavicle of the subject, the second antenna being con figured to transmit an electrical signal to the first antenna via inductive coupling. Other applications are also described.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling and configuring a guide robot system for correction and evaluation of walking posture. A method of analyzing and evaluating gait according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: projecting a guide footprint at a pre-configured point based on a user's walking direction; measuring a user's footprint in walking performed by a user based on a position of the guide footprint; and performing analysis and evaluation of the user's footprint based on the guide footprint.

A radiotherapy system is provided. The radiotherapy system may include a treatment component, an imaging component, and a table being movable between the treatment component and the imaging component along a first direction in a first coordinate system. The table may have a plurality of cross sections perpendicular to the first direction. The table may include a positioning line that extends along the first direction and have a positioning feature. The positioning feature may have a plurality of feature values. Each feature value may correspond to one of the plurality of cross sections.