An apparatus and method for image analysis of a fluid sample on a test card are disclosed. An example apparatus for analyzing a fluid sample includes a camera imaging device configured to record a plurality of images of the fluid sample while located within a target zone of a fluid microchannel of a test card. The example apparatus also includes a controller configured to perform a cytometry analysis on the fluid sample to determine whether the fluid sample tests positive or negative for a bacteria or virus.

System and methods for monitoring the growth of an aquatic plant culture and detecting real-time characteristics associated with the aquatic plant culture aquatic plants. The systems and methods may include a control unit configured to perform an analysis of at least one image of an aquatic plant culture. The analysis may include processing at least one collected image to determine at least one physical characteristic or state of an aquatic plant culture. Systems and methods for distributing aquatic plant cultures are also provided. The distribution systems and methods may track and control the distribution of an aquatic plant culture based on information received from various sources. Systems and methods for growing and harvesting aquatic plants in a controlled and compact environment are also provided. The systems may include a bioreactor having a plurality of vertically stacked modules designed to contain the aquatic plants and a liquid growth medium.

The invention relates to a motion determination device for determining the motion of an object. The motion determination device comprises a magnetic resonance (MR) information providing unit (2, 5) for providing an MR image of the object (6) and for providing non-image MR data of the object which have been acquired at different acquisition times, and a motion determination unit (9) for determining a motion field, which describes the motion of the object (6), depending on the provided non-image MR data acquired at the different acquisition times and the provided MR image. Since the non-image MR data, which are preferentially k-space data, are directly used for determining the motion field, i.e. without an intermediate reconstruction of MR images based on the non-image MR data, the motion field can be determined with a very high temporal resolution.

A system and method of displaying of multiple simultaneous views of a same region of a biological tissue sample. Logical instructions are executed by a processor to perform operations such as receiving a plurality of images of the biological tissue sample, converting the plurality of images to a common reference frame based on the individual metadata of each image, and arranging the plurality of images into a display pattern for simultaneous viewing of different aspects of the imaged biological tissue sample on a display screen. The plurality of images is produced by preprocessing images of the biological tissue sample. Each image shows a view mode of a same region of the biological tissue sample, and each image contains metadata that describe spatial orientation, such as the translation, rotation, and magnification, of the image to bring the plurality of images to a common view.

A myelin image is generated with a stable contrast regardless of an imaging condition with an MRI apparatus that measures an echo signal generated from a subject by applying a high-frequency magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field to the subject placed in a static magnetic field according to a predetermined imaging sequence. A reconstructed image is obtained from the echo signal. A distribution of a quantitative value of the subject is estimated using a plurality of the reconstructed images, each of which is obtained by a plurality of types of imaging having different imaging conditions of the imaging sequence, and a signal function defining a relationship between the quantitative value of the subject and a signal value of the reconstructed image. An image generation unit generates an arbitrary image from the distribution of the quantitative value.

The present invention is directed to a method for detection of microbial colonies on a surface, comprising the steps of obtaining one or a plurality of digital images I0, I1, I2, I3, I4 of the surface, said digital images I0, I1, I2, I3, I4 being represented by at least two-dimensional matrices of pixel values, calculating a statistical noise distribution based on at least one of the digital images I0, applying the statistical noise distribution calculated in the calculation step to the one or the plurality of digital images I0, I1, I2, I3, I4, and detecting an object of interest as a candidate for a microbial colony based on deviation of pixel values from the noise distribution.

A device to provide three-dimensional (3D) depictions of health of human organs of a user relative to the user's age based on sensed biometrics of the user. The device may comprise one or more processors; one or more databases in communication with the one or more processors and having a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) depictions of each of one or more human organs stored therein. The plurality of 3D depictions of each of the one or more human organs define a set of base images of the respective human organ, each set of base images configured to include a plurality of base images of the respective human organ at each of a plurality of different ages, the plurality of base images of the respective human organ at each of the plurality of different ages configured to include one or more depictions of the respective human organ at the respective different age at each of a plurality of health levels among a range of health levels, each of the plurality of health levels configured to indicate health risk.

An unauthorized visitor system collects an image of a person detected in a room of a patient. The system identifies reference points on the person's face, for example, points along the cheeks, jowls, and/or brow. The system may compare the reference points to reference points of images associated with registered visitors. The system then determines, based on the comparison, if the person is a registered visitor. One or more designated recipients may be alerted if the person is not a registered visitor or if the person breaches a patient identification zone established around a particular patient. The system may also register the person in a database of visitors.

A control unit of a console acquires first radiographic image data and second radiographic image data and determines whether a reference line which satisfies a predetermined accuracy for defining a bone mass is capable of being derived, on the basis of a pixel value of an initial soft region of a DXA profile indicating a correspondence relationship between a pixel position and the pixel value in a derivation region including a soft region and a bone region in a DXA image which is a difference image between a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image and is used to derive at least one of bone density or bone mineral content. In a case in which it is determined that the reference line is capable of being derived, the control unit derives the reference line on the basis of the pixel value of the initial soft region.

Systems, including methods and apparatus, for growing viable monoclonal colonies, identifying them as monoclonal after their viability has been demonstrated, and picking and placing them into a target environment. The methods may include plating cells at low density in a well, capturing at a first time shortly after plating a series of vertically spaced-apart images of the well showing locations of the cells, capturing at a second, later time images of the same well showing locations of candidate cell colonies, determining a likelihood that the candidate colonies are monoclonal based on information in the first set of images, and, based on the likelihood, picking candidate colonies using a picking head for transfer to a target environment.