There is provided herein a guidance system for positioning an insertion device comprising: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate an electromagnetic field covering a treatment area, an insertion device comprising an electromagnetic sensor, the electromagnetic sensor configured to receive signals indicative of the electromagnetic field, and a processing circuitry configured to: load an X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image of the subject's chest, mark a location of a first and a second anatomic landmarks on the subject's torso using a registration sensor and obtaining a subject coordinate system based thereon, identify the location of the first and the second anatomic landmarks on the loaded X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image of the subject's chest; aligning the subject coordinate system with the loaded X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image, and display, on the image, a path of the insertion device insertion with respect to the first and the second anatomic locations; wherein the path is generated according to changes in the strength of the electromagnetic field sensed by the tip sensor's during the insertion of the insertion device.

There is provided herein a system and a method for an insertion device positioning guidance system comprising: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate an electromagnetic field covering a treatment area; a reference sensor configured to be positioned, within the treatment area, on the subject's torso, the reference sensor is configured to define a reference coordinate system representing the position and orientation of the subject's torso relative to the field generator; a registration sensor configured to mark at least a first and a second anatomic locations relative to the reference coordinate system; and a processor configured to operate the field generator, read signals obtained from the reference sensor and the registration sensor, calculate a position and orientation thereof relative to the field generator, generate a 3D anatomic map representing the torso of the subject and the first and second anatomic locations, the processor is further configured to facilitate visualization on the 3D anatomic map of a position, orientation and/or path of a tip sensor, located in a distal tip section of the insertion device, with respect to the first and second anatomic locations, independent of the subject's movement and independent of deviations in the position and/or orientation of the field generator, thus determination of a successful medical procedure is facilitated.

A multi-modality medical system an intravascular catheter or guidewire configured to output intravascular data, an external ultrasound probe configured to output digital ultrasound data, and a processor disposed within a multi-modality housing and configured for communication with the external ultrasound probe and the intravascular catheter or guidewire. The external ultrasound probe includes ultrasound-specific hardware, such as signal processing circuitry, sufficient to generate digital ultrasound data that can be processed into images. In an external ultrasound data acquisition mode, the processor is configured to control the external ultrasound probe to generate the digital ultrasound data, and output an external ultrasound image to a display. In an intravascular data acquisition mode, the processor is further configured to control the intravascular catheter or guidewire to generate the intravascular data, and output a graphical representation of the intravascular data to the display.

A system and computer-implemented method for analysing or monitoring a subject, the method comprising: identifying one or more objects of interest that have been segmented from a first image comprising any of a baseline scan, a follow-up scan or a reference image of the subject; identifying predefined landmarks of the objects; determining reference morphometries pertaining to the objects by performing morphometrics on the objects by reference to the landmarks; selecting one or more regions of interest (ROIs) from the objects according to the reference morphometries, comprising identifying respective locations of the ROIs relative to the reference morphometries; performing a first analysis of the one or more ROIs; performing at least one corresponding second analysis of the one or more ROIs in respectively at least one second image comprising any other of a baseline scan, a follow-up scan or a reference image; and generating a comparison of one or more results of the first analysis and one or more corresponding results of the second analysis.

The present disclosure relates to use of a workflow for automatic prescription of different radiological imaging scan planes across different anatomies and modalities. The automated prescription of such imaging scan planes helps ensure contiguous visualization of the different landmark structures. Unlike prior approaches, the disclosed technique determines the necessary planes using the localizer images itself and does not explicitly segment or delineate the landmark structures to perform plane prescription.

A system and method for facilitating analysis of a wound in a target subject is provided. The method comprises obtaining one or more digital images of at least a portion of the wound; extracting a plurality of feature vectors from the one or more digital images; and identifying, using a first trained deep neural network, a type of wound tissue based on the plurality of extracted feature vectors.

A method includes receiving input data associated with a patient and predicting, using a trained machine learning model, a number of repetitions of a virtual drill to be undertaken by the patient based on the input data. The virtual drill is a virtual representation of a medical procedure to be undergone by the patient. At least one instance of the virtual drill is executed for the patient based on the predicted number of repetitions of the virtual drill, and one or more parameters associated with the patient are captured during the execution of the virtual drill. The one or more parameters depict an emotional response. The prediction of the number of repetitions of the virtual drill to be executed for the patient is modified based on the captured one or more parameters associated with the patient and/or the number of repetitions of the virtual drill executed for the patient.

A portable sensing system device and method for providing microwave or RF (radio-frequency) sensing functionality for a portable device, the device comprising: a portable device housing configured to be carried by a user; and a sensing unit within said housing con-figured to characterize an object located in proximity to the portable system, said sensing unit comprising: a wideband electromagnetic transducer array said array comprising a plurality of electromagnetic transducers; a transmitter unit for applying RF signals to said electromagnetic transducer array; and a receiver unit for receiving coupled RF signals from said electromagnetic transducers array.

An apparatus for monitoring a surgical procedure includes a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer comprising a load lock, an ionization chamber, and an ion detector. A first video camera produces an optical image of an operating field of the surgical procedure. A sample extracting device extracts the tissue sample at the location within the optical image of the operating field. A sample preparation system prepares MALID-TOF samples by depositing an extract of the extracted tissue sample on a sample plate together with a MALDI matrix. A sample plate loading mechanism loads the sample plate into the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. A second video camera produces an optical image of the sample plate and records a location of the extracted tissue sample. A computer records the images from first and second video cameras, correlates the location of the tissue sample in the operating field with the location of the tissue sample on the sample plate, acquires mass spectra data from the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer, and compares the mass spectrum data to known mass spectrum data.

An image recording device includes a processor. The processor acquires time-series images of endoscopy, temporarily records all of the time-series images of the endoscopy in a buffer memory, retrieves the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory and identifies an appearance of a lesion from the retrieved time-series images, and records in a memory a predetermined image of the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory, according to the identified appearance of the lesion.