Patents Assigned to Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240100367
    Abstract: A radiation therapy system may include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device configured to acquire MRI data with respect to a region of interest (ROI). The MRI device may include a main magnet that is around a longitudinal axis and configured to generate a magnetic field. The MRI device may also include a radiation therapy device configured to perform a treatment on at least one portion of the ROI by delivering, based on the MRI data, therapeutic radiation to the at least one portion of the ROI. The radiation therapy device may be rotatable around the longitudinal axis. The MRI device may also include a first shielding structure configured to provide interference shielding for the MRI device or the radiation therapy device. The radiation therapy device may be rotatable relative to the first shielding structure around the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuguang LIU, Cheng NI, Peng WANG, Jianfeng LIU, Jian ZHANG, Yuelin SHAO
  • Publication number: 20240104705
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image correction are provided. The systems and methods may obtain raw data of a target object. The systems and methods may determine, based on the raw data of the target object, a target phase. The systems and methods may generate a first image corresponding to the target phase. The systems and methods may determine, using a preset evaluation tool, an image quality evaluation result of the first image. In response to determining that the image quality evaluation result of the first image does not satisfy a preset condition, the systems and methods may generate a set of corrected raw sub-data of the target object corresponding to the target phase by correcting a set of raw sub-data of the target object corresponding to the target phase. The systems and methods may generate, based on the set of corrected raw sub-data of the target object, a corrected image corresponding to the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofen ZHAO, Weikang ZHANG, Jiao TIAN, Wenjing CAO
  • Patent number: 11940511
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet may include magnet coils including at least one group of outer coils and at least one group of inner coils, a container including an accommodating space, at least one first chamber that is disposed within the accommodating space and houses the at least one group of the inner coils, and at least one second chamber that is disposed within the accommodating space and houses the at least one group of the outer coils. The at least one first chamber and the at least one second chamber may be configured to be filled with a cooling medium and are in fluid communication with each other. The cooling medium may be configured to cool the magnet coils to a superconducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Liu, Yanqing Cai, Lijun Zou, Jin Qian, Jian Gu
  • Patent number: 11940514
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data transmission may be provided. The system may at least include a data transmission module. The system may obtain MR signals from one or more RF coils. The system may generate, via a first portion of the data transmitting module, first data based on the MR signals. The system may generate, via a second portion of the data transmitting module, second data based on the first data. The second portion of the data transmitting module may connect to the first portion of the data transmitting module wirelessly. The system may further store the second data in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ling Ji
  • Patent number: 11940516
    Abstract: A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may include obtaining imaging signals related to a region of interest (ROI) of a subject. The method may also include selecting a portion of the imaging signals as auxiliary signals associated with at least one temporal dimension of the ROI. The method may also include generating at least one target image associated with the at least one temporal dimension of the ROI based on the imaging signals and the auxiliary signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Liu, Jingyuan Lyu, Zhongqi Zhang, Jian Xu
  • Patent number: 11937964
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling an X-ray imaging device. The method may include causing an X-ray source to emit X-rays to irradiate a subject. The method may also include generating an X-ray image of the subject. The X-ray image may be generated using a detector that is arranged to face the X-ray source to detect a portion of the X-rays that pass through the subject. And the method may further include causing to project, using an optical projection device, the X-ray image of the subject on a surface of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunheng Chang, Tao Cai, Yong E, Qianqian Yu
  • Patent number: 11941805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for image processing. The methods may include obtaining imaging data of a subject, generating a first image based on the imaging data, and generating at least two intermediate images based on the first image. At least one of the at least two intermediate images may be generated based on a machine learning model. And the at least two intermediate images may include a first intermediate image and a second intermediate image. The first intermediate image may include feature information of the first image, and the second intermediate image may have lower noise than the first image. The methods may further include generating, based on the first intermediate image and at least one of the first image or the second intermediate image, a target image of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Lyu
  • Patent number: 11941731
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing a 3D image. A method may include for an orientation of the 3D image, obtaining, from the 3D image, a plurality of slices of the orientation; processing the plurality of slices of the orientation by applying a conversion model; and determining a converted 3D image of the orientation based on the plurality of processed slices of the orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jonathan Maltz
  • Patent number: 11941733
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for motion signal recalibration. The method includes obtaining a motion signal of a subject based on positron emission tomography (PET) data of the subject. The motion signal may represent a plurality of motion cycles. The method includes determining a distribution of the motion cycles. The distribution of the motion cycles may indicate a probability that each motion cycle of the plurality of motion cycles corresponds to an actual motion cycle. The method includes correcting the motion cycles of the motion signal based on the distribution of the motion cycles to obtain corrected motion cycles. The method includes reconstructing a PET image by gating the PET data based on the corrected motion cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Feng, Gang Yang
  • Patent number: 11935654
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides computer-aided diagnosis systems and methods. The method may include obtaining multiple medical images of one or more bones; for at least one of the multiple medical images, detecting one or more bone fracture regions of the one or more bones in the medical image; causing a management list to be displayed for managing the one or more bones; receiving an instruction related to selecting at least one of the one or more bones, the instruction being generated through the management list; and upon receiving the instruction, causing the following to be displayed: at least one of one or more reconstructed bone images related to the at least one selected bone; or a marker of the one or more detected bone fracture regions related to the at least one selected bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Chunlin Zhao, Wenjun Yu, Ce Wang
  • Patent number: 11931197
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for clock synchronization. The system may include a reset signal generator connected with a plurality of detectors. The reset signal generator may be configured to generate a set of preliminary reset signals to be detected and transmit the set of preliminary reset signals to the plurality of detectors. Each of the set of preliminary reset signals may have a different phase. Each of the plurality of detectors may be configured to generate first feedback data for each of the set of preliminary reset signals and transmit the first feedback data to the reset signal generator. The reset signal generator may be further configured to generate, for each of the plurality of detectors, a reset signal based on the first feedback data and transmit the reset signal to each of the plurality of detectors. Each of the plurality detectors may be further configured to execute a clock synchronization in itself based on the reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11935159
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system and method for medical imaging. The method may include: move, by a motion controller, a phantom along an axis of a scanner to a plurality of phantom positions; acquire, by a scanner of the imaging device, a first set of PET data relating to the phantom at the plurality of phantom positions; and store the first set of PET data as an electrical file. The length of an axis of the phantom may be shorter than the length of an axis of the scanner, and at least one of the plurality of phantom positions may be inside a bore of the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiping Liu, Xiaoyue Gu, Youjun Sun
  • Patent number: 11935211
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image processing are provided in the present disclosure. The systems and methods may obtain an image; determine a current resolution level of the image; determine, based on the current resolution level of the image, from a group of resolution level ranges, a reference resolution level range corresponding to the image; determine a target processing model corresponding to the reference resolution level range; and/or determine a processed image with a target resolution level by processing the image using the target processing model, the target resolution level of the processed image being higher than the current resolution level of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guobin Li, Renkuan Zhai, Meiling Ji
  • Patent number: 11935246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing method. The method may include: obtaining image data; reconstructing an image based on the image data, the image including one or more first edges; obtaining a model, the model including one or more second edges corresponding to the one or more first edges; matching the model and the image; and adjusting the one or more second edges of the model based on the one or more first edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanen Guo, Jianhua Shen, Xiaodong Wang
  • Publication number: 20240081750
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for image scanning. The method may include: obtaining image data of a subject, the image data being acquired by a scanning device scanning the subject during a time period; determining, based on the image data, a motion state of the subject in a motion cycle; obtaining a physiological signal of the subject in the motion cycle; determining, based on the motion state of the subject and the physiological signal of the subject, scan gating information of the subject; and determining, based on the scan gating information, target image data of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingzhi HU, Yiran LI, Xishan SUN
  • Publication number: 20240087168
    Abstract: A method for medical imaging is provided. The method may include obtaining historical state information of a scanning region in a historical scan and current state information of the scanning region in a current scan to be performed; determining whether historical parameter values of one or more imaging parameters used in the historical scan need to be updated based on a comparison result between the historical state information and the current state information; in response to determining that the historical parameter values of the one or more imaging parameters used in the historical scan need to be updated, determining updated parameter values of the one or more imaging parameters based on the historical state information and the current state information; and directing a medical imaging device to perform the current scan based on the updated parameter values of the one or more imaging parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shihui DING, Biao SUN
  • Publication number: 20240081760
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a dose of modulation (DOM) profile are provided. The method may include obtaining a 3D image and a topogram image of the object. The method may further include obtaining a dose of modulation (DOM) profile generation model. The DOM profile generation model may be generated by training a preliminary model based on a plurality of sample CT images, a plurality of sample 3D images corresponding to the plurality of sample CT images, respectively, and a plurality of sample topogram images corresponding to the plurality of sample CT images, respectively. The method may further include executing the DOM profile generation model to generate a DOM profile related to a computed tomography (CT) scan of the object based on the 3D image and the topogram image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min JI, Weili PENG
  • Publication number: 20240081764
    Abstract: A method for data acquisition and transmission in PET may be provided. The method may include obtaining a region of interest (ROI) of an object. The method may also include determining one or more target pairs of detectors among a plurality of detectors of an imaging device based on the ROI of the object. A response of line (LOR) corresponding to each pair of the one or more target pairs of detectors may pass though the ROI when the object is located in a detection region of the imaging device. The method may further include obtaining target coincidence events corresponding to the ROI of the object based on the one or more target pairs of detectors of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun LI, Wei ZHENG, Youjun SUN
  • Publication number: 20240087186
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for image reconstruction. The method may include obtaining a projection image of a subject acquired by an imaging device, the projection image including a first region with a normal exposure corresponding to a first portion of the subject and a second region with an overexposure corresponding to a second portion of the subject; using first pixel values of first pixels in the first region to correct second pixel values of second pixels in the second region; and reconstructing, based on the first pixel values of the first pixels in the first region and the corrected second pixel values of the second pixels in the second region, a target image of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhou YUAN, Yan'ge MA, Jian ZHONG
  • Patent number: 11929203
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet assembly may include a switch component including a first thermal switch and/or a second thermal switch. The first thermal switch may include a first activation mode configured to facilitate heat transfer between a first stage cold head and a radiation shield, and a first deactivation mode configured to break or impede the heat transfer between the first stage cold head and the radiation shield. The second thermal switch may include a second activation mode configured to facilitate heat transfer between a second stage cold head and a superconducting magnet, and a second deactivation mode configured to break or impede the heat transfer between the second stage cold head and the superconducting magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingen Yu, Jin Qian