A medical system may utilize a modular and extensible sensing device to derive a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) human model for a patient in real-time based on images of the patient captured by a sensor such as a digital camera. The 2D or 3D human model may be visually presented on one or more devices of the medical system and used to facilitate a healthcare service provided to the patient. In examples, the 2D or 3D human model may be used to improve the speed, accuracy and consistency of patient positioning for a medical procedure. In examples, the 2D or 3D human model may be used to enable unified analysis of the patient's medical conditions by linking different scan images of the patient through the 2D or 3D human model. In examples, the 2D or 3D human model may be used to facilitate surgical navigation, patient monitoring, process automation, and/or the like.

A method for determining a muscle fatigue of a muscle includes a first step of electrostimulating the muscle at different frequencies. A second step of the method includes determining forces developed by the muscle in response to the electrostimulations of the first step. A third step includes determining a muscle fatigue on basis of the forces determined in the second step.

A method for determining a muscle fatigue of a muscle includes the step of electrostimulating the muscle at a given electric charge at different frequencies. The method further includes the steps of determining forces developed by the muscle in response to the electrostimulations and determining a muscle fatigue on basis of the forces The steps are repeated a number of times with increasing electric charge, wherein the electric charge is increased by a charge step between two occurrences of the electrostimuation step.

In an approach to smart joint monitoring for bleeding disorder patients, one or more sets of data are received from a smart joint monitor, where the smart joint monitor includes one or more sensors. One or more criticalities are detected, where the one or more criticalities are detected by an artificial intelligence engine based on the one or more sets of data and a global knowledge base. One or more suggestions are determined, where the one or more suggestions are determined by the artificial intelligence engine based on the one or more criticalities and the global knowledge base.

For autonomous MR scanning for a given medical test, a simplified MR scanner may be used without or will little input or control by a technologist (e.g., by a physician, radiologist, or person trained in MR scanner operation). The MR scanner autonomously positions, scans, checks quality, analyzes, and/or outputs an answer to a diagnostic question with or without an MR image. Scan analysis, based on artificial intelligence, allows for on-going or on-the-fly alteration of the scanning configuration to acquire the data desired to answer the diagnostic question. By using a simplified MR scanner, both position of the patient relative to the MR scanner and localization of the scan by the MR scanner are jointly solved. Sensors may sense a patient in a scan position where the reduced radio frequency requirements allow for a more open bore.

A system for monitoring heart activity may provide a power source, digital storage, a processor, a main body with an alignment mechanism facilitating proper placement, and one or more microphones for receiving audio signals and positioned for placement at auscultatory areas. The alignment mechanism may be a dip, depression, notch, or combinations thereof that align the system centrally on the sternum, suprasternal notch, or jugular notch. Further, the audio signals from the microphones may be monitored or recorded as individual tracks corresponding to different auscultatory areas. The auscultatory areas may be selected from an aortic area, pulmonic area, tricuspid area, mitral area, Erb's point, first alternate tricuspid area, and/or second alternate tricuspid area.

A console for medical diagnosis includes a chair, a computer for displaying and communicating test results, various testing areas for performing multiple diagnostic tests, various testing devices including at least an EEG testing device, an ECG testing device, a BMD testing device, an ultrasonography testing device, and an EMG testing device, and openings for kidney probes and an echocardiogram probe. The testing areas include a first area for performing diagnostic tests on the head, a second area for performing diagnostic tests on sensory, a third area for performing diagnostic tests on the chest region, a fourth area for performing diagnostic tests on the pelvic and chest regions, a fifth area for performing diagnostic tests on blood, tissue, and bodily fluids, a sixth area for performing electromyographical tests, a seventh area for performing bone-related diagnostic tests, and an eighth area for performing diagnostic tests related to physical parameters and vitals.

According to some aspects, a magnetic resonance imaging system capable of imaging a patient is provided. The magnetic resonance imaging system comprising at least one B0 magnet to produce a magnetic field to contribute to a B0 magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging system and a member configured to engage with a releasable securing mechanism of a radio frequency coil apparatus, the member attached to the magnetic resonance imaging system at a location so that, when the member is engaged with the releasable securing mechanism of the radio frequency coil apparatus, the radio frequency coil apparatus is secured to the magnetic resonance imaging system substantially within an imaging region of the magnetic resonance imaging system.

A patient couch for use in a medical imaging system that includes a gantry, a power supply unit and a driving unit for positioning the patient couch with respect to the gantry. The patient couch includes at least a first connector for supplying a wireless coil (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) coil for an MRI imaging apparatus) with power. The patient couch is detachably connected to the gantry. The power supply is configured to supply the first connector with power and an optional clock synchronization signal.

A method is for positioning an imaging-relevant component of an imaging apparatus in an application-appropriate position for recording medical image data from a target region of a patient. In an embodiment, the method includes: acquiring information on the target region of the patient, acquiring a position of the patient relative to the imaging-relevant component, determining an application-appropriate position of the imaging-relevant component, determining a positioning instruction, and outputting the positioning instruction. An imaging apparatus of an embodiment includes an imaging-relevant component. The imaging-relevant component has a mechanical guide configured to position the imaging-relevant component along at least one degree of freedom of movement relative to a static arrangement of the imaging apparatus and/or a patient.