Medical microprocessor systems

The practical classes and laboratory work in the discipline "Medical microprocessor systems", performed using software in the programming environment of microprocessors Texas Instruments (Code Composer Studio) and using of digital microprocessors of the Texas Instruments DSK6400 family, and models of electrical equipment in the environment of graphical programming LabVIEW 2010.Лабораторний практикум з програмування та побудови медичних мікропроцесорних систем, який викладено у навчальному посібнику допомагає накопичувати й ефективно використовувати отриману інформацію з теоретичного курсу на всіх стадіях навчального процесу, що є важливим для підготовки магістрів та необхідною ланкою у науковому пізнанні практичних основ біомедичної електроніки.The laboratory workshop on the programming and construction of medical microprocessor systems, which is outlined in the tutorial, helps to accumulate and effectively use the information obtained from a theoretical course at all stages of the educational process, which is important for the preparation of masters and a necessary link in the scientific knowledge of the practical basics of biomedicine.Лабораторный практикум по программированию и построению медицинских микропроцессорных систем, который изложен в учебном пособии помогает накапливать и эффективно использовать полученную информацию из теоретического курса на всех стадиях учебного процесса, что важно для подготовки магистров и является необходимым звеном в научном познании практических основ биомедицинской электроники

Domain Specific Language for Magnetic Measurements at CERN

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Founded in 1954, the CERN Laboratory sits astride the Franco–Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe’s first joint ventures and now has 20 Member States. Its main purpose is fundamental research in partcle physics, namely investigating what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the design and realization of the new particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has required a remarkable technological effort in many areas of engineering. In particular, the tests of LHC superconducting magnets disclosed new horizons to magnetic measurements. At CERN, the objectively large R&D effort of the Technolgy Department/Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostats (TE/MSC) group identified areas where further work is required in order to assist the LHC commissioning and start-up, to provide continuity in the instrumentation for the LHC magnets maintenance, and to achieve more accurate magnet models for the LHC exploitation. In view of future projects, a wide range of software requirements has been recently satisfied by the Flexible Framework for Magnetic Measurements (FFMM), designed also for integrating more performing flexible hardware. FFMM software applications control several devices, such as encoder boards, digital integrators, motor controllers, transducers. In addition, they synchronize and coordinate different measurement tasks and actions

PRODUCT LINE ARCHITECTURE FOR HADRONTHERAPY CONTROL SYSTEM: APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATION

Hadrontherapy is the treatment of cancer with charged ion beams. As the charged ion beams used in hadrontherapy are required to be accelerated to very large energies, the particle accelerators used in this treatment are complex and composed of several sub-systems. As a result, control systems are employed for the supervision and control of these accelerators. Currently, The Italian National Hadrontherapy Facility (CNAO) has the objective of modernizing one of the software environments of its control system. Such a project would allow for the integration of new types of devices into the control system, such as mobile devices, as well as introducing newer technologies into the environment. In order to achieve this, this work began with the requirement analysis and definition of a product line architecture for applications of the upgraded control system environment. The product line architecture focuses on reliability, maintainability, and ease of compliance with medical software certification directives. This was followed by the design and development of several software services aimed at allowing the communication of the environments applications and other components of the control system, such as remote file access, relational data access, and OPC-UA. In addition, several libraries and tools have been developed to support the development of future control system applications, following the defined product line architecture. Lastly, a pilot application was created using the tools developed during this work, as well as the preliminary results of a cross-environment integration project. The approach followed in this work is later evaluated by comparing the developed tools to their legacy counterparts, as well as estimating the impact of future applications following the defined product line architecture.Hadrontherapy is the treatment of cancer with charged ion beams. As the charged ion beams used in hadrontherapy are required to be accelerated to very large energies, the particle accelerators used in this treatment are complex and composed of several sub-systems. As a result, control systems are employed for the supervision and control of these accelerators. Currently, The Italian National Hadrontherapy Facility (CNAO) has the objective of modernizing one of the software environments of its control system. Such a project would allow for the integration of new types of devices into the control system, such as mobile devices, as well as introducing newer technologies into the environment. In order to achieve this, this work began with the requirement analysis and definition of a product line architecture for applications of the upgraded control system environment. The product line architecture focuses on reliability, maintainability, and ease of compliance with medical software certification directives. This was followed by the design and development of several software services aimed at allowing the communication of the environments applications and other components of the control system, such as remote file access, relational data access, and OPC-UA. In addition, several libraries and tools have been developed to support the development of future control system applications, following the defined product line architecture. Lastly, a pilot application was created using the tools developed during this work, as well as the preliminary results of a cross-environment integration project. The approach followed in this work is later evaluated by comparing the developed tools to their legacy counterparts, as well as estimating the impact of future applications following the defined product line architecture