Patents Examined by Andrew W Begeman
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Patent number: 11986621Abstract: A method and system determine, with a computer system including one or more processors, a plurality of parameters associated with a volume in an object over time in a series of sequence blocks. In a sequence block in the series of sequence blocks, the plurality of parameters are determined as occurring simultaneously in the volume in the object. At least one parameter of the plurality of parameters varies from the sequence block to another sequence block in the series of sequence blocks, and the plurality of parameters include a contrast related parameter associated with a concentration of a contrast agent in the volume in the object over time in the series of sequence blocks. The computer system generates a signal evolution based on the plurality of parameters of the volume in the object over time in the series of sequence blocks, the signal evolution defining the contrast related parameter over time in the series of sequence blocks.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventor: Arthur E. Uber, III
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Patent number: 11974881Abstract: A system and method for providing an anatomic orientation indicator with a patient-specific model of an anatomical structure of interest extracted from a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volume is provided. The method includes extracting the anatomical structure of interest from the 3D volume and generating a patient-specific model of the anatomical structure of interest. The method includes generating an anatomic orientation indicator including at least one mocked patient anatomy model of an anatomical structure adjacent the anatomical structure of interest at a position and orientation relative the patient-specific model. The method includes displaying the anatomic orientation indicator with the patient-specific model at a same first point of view. The method includes receiving an instruction to change a point of view of the patient-specific model to a second point of view and updating the displaying of the anatomic orientation indicator with the patient-specific model to the second point of view.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventor: Federico Veronesi
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Patent number: 11944468Abstract: A material decomposition apparatus for performing decomposition of a material in an object. The apparatus includes a data storage section for storing correction data preliminarily generated by decomposing one of three or more materials into the other two materials, a data input section to which radiation data of the object is inputted, the radiation data being divided into a plurality of energy levels, and a decomposition processing section for repeatedly performing two-material decomposition for decomposition of the other two materials of the three or more materials using the radiation data at different energy levels and the correction data to perform decomposition of the inside of the object into the three or more materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Kojima, Kazuma Yokoi, Isao Takahashi, Fumito Watanabe, Fuyuhiko Teramoto, Taiga Gotou
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Patent number: 11944424Abstract: Methods and systems with 129Xe dynamic spectroscopy with a fitting function that includes one or more non-Lorentzians, optionally with a barrier Voigt, and signal processing for identifying cardiogenic oscillations for evaluating disease states, use in drug discovery or monitoring disease status.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Elianna Bier, Bastiaan Driehuys, Ziyi Wang, Sudarshan Rajagopal
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Patent number: 11944499Abstract: A contrast element tracking method comprises obtaining a sequence of frames each comprising ultrasound or other medical imaging data representing an anatomical region of a human or animal subject at a respective different time; for each frame, identifying one or more portions of the ultrasound or other medical imaging data as single or multiple contrast element signal portions representative of a contrast element or plurality of contrast elements; assigning respective position data to each of the single contrast element signal portions and each of the multiple contrast element signal portions; and using a linking model that uses at least said assigned position data to link single or multiple contrast element signal portions represented in at least one of the frames to single or multiple contrast element signal portions represented in at least one other of the frames thereby to track movement of contrast elements through said region of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Heriot-Watt UniversityInventors: Vassilis Sboros, Weiping Lu, Rhodri Wilson, Evangelos Kanoulas
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Patent number: 11890142Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically characterizing lesions in ultrasound images. In one example, a method includes automatically determining an A/B ratio of a region of interest (ROI) via an A/B ratio model that is trained to output the A/B ratio using a B-mode image of the ROI and an elastography image of the ROI as inputs, and displaying the A/B ratio on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLCInventor: Yelena Viktorovna Tsymbalenko
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Patent number: 11890132Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes transmitting a first set of ultrasound waves to determine whether there is fluid flow at a target area. The first set of ultrasound waves are transmitted at a first pulse repetition frequency. The method also includes determining whether there is fluid flow in a second area based on the first set of ultrasound waves. The second area is between the target area and an ultrasound probe. The method further includes transmitting a second set of ultrasound waves to detect fluid flow at the target area in response to determining that there is fluid flow in the second area between the target area and the ultrasound probe. The second set of ultrasound waves are directed towards the target area. The second set of ultrasound waves are transmitted at a second pulse repetition frequency.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.Inventor: Thomas M. Duffy
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Patent number: 11872069Abstract: A method includes a step of obtaining plural pieces of training data each of which includes a different radiographic image of a bone and each of which has a label indicating one of an overt fracture, an occult fracture and no fracture, a step of using the plural pieces of training data to pre-train a deep convolutional network (DCN) model to obtain a preliminary DCN model, a step of determining a subset of the plural pieces of training data by at least excluding any piece of training data that has a label indicating occult fracture, and a step of using the subset to train the preliminary DCN model to obtain a first DCN model.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, LinkouInventors: Chi-Hung Lin, Kevin C. Chung, Chang-Fu Kuo
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Patent number: 11857289Abstract: A system and method for generating at least one optimized functional images of a lesion region of a subject is provided. The system includes a diffuse optical tomography (DOT) device, and a computing device. The DOT device is configured to acquire lesion functional data of an imaging volume including the lesion region of the breast and reference functional data from a corresponding imaging volume including healthy tissue within a contralateral breast. The computing device is programmed to generate at least one functional image of the breast by reconstructing the functional data at the plurality of regions including the lesion region and the surrounding adjacent background region. The functional images may be reconstructed by an optimization method regularized a preliminary estimate generated by applying a truncated pseudoinverse matrix of a weight matrix to the functional data. The optimized functional images relate to levels of hemoglobin at the voxels.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Washington UniversityInventors: Quing Zhu, Mark Anastasio, Shihab Uddin
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Patent number: 11759181Abstract: To provide a simpler implementation in which setting information is shared among a plurality of medical image capture apparatuses while maintaining intrinsic information each of the apparatuses has, in first memory in a first ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus UL1 are stored first data including first setting information set in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus UL1, and backup data for first intrinsic information included in the first data; in second memory in a second ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus UL2 is stored second data including second setting information set in the second ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus UL2; and once the second data is input via a network, a first processor rewrites the first data stored in the first memory into the second data, reads the first intrinsic information in the backup data, and rewrites the second intrinsic information into which the first intrinsic information has been rewritten, into the first intrinsic information in the backup data.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Seiji Funaya
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Patent number: 11701092Abstract: A fully automated ultrasound apparatus includes a sensor or probe which can be initially manually attached to a side of the neck of a patient, an ultrasound interface to control the sensor and periodically acquire raw ultrasound data, a signal and image processing system to autonomously convert the raw ultrasound data into a measurement that is useful to physicians, and a display to relay the current measurements and measurement history to provide data trends. The sensor can include one or more ultrasound transducers built into a housing. A disposable component can serve to secure the sensor to the neck of the patient and to provide a coupling medium between the sensor and the skin of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Grant Kruger, Torben K. Becker, Nikhil Theyyunni, Ross Kessler, Bradley Plummer, Matthew Tafoya, Chelsea Tafoya, Steven E. Harte
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Patent number: 11653898Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus generates and displays an ultrasound image corresponding to reflected ultrasound reflected inside a subject. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a hardware processor that generates a B-mode image based on a reception signal corresponding to the reflected ultrasound, analyzes the B-mode image and determines an operation status of a treatment instrument used for treatment, and based on a result of the determination, displays a first display image including a current B-mode image and a second display image including a B-mode image obtained when the treatment instrument is in a non-operating state in such a manner that the first display image and second display image are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Kazuya Takagi
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Patent number: 11602328Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array (102) with a plurality of transducer elements (106) configured to transmit an ultrasound signal, receive echo signals produced in response to the ultrasound signal interacting with stationary structure and flowing structure, and generate electrical signals indicative of the echo signals. The system further includes a beamformer (112) configured to process the electrical signals and generate sequences, in time, of beamformed data. The system further includes a filter (118) configured to process the beamformed data, and remove or replace a set of frequency components based on a threshold, producing corrected beamformed data. The system further includes a flow processor (120) configured to estimate a velocity of flowing structure from the corrected beamformed data. The system further includes a rendering engine (224) configured to display the flow velocity estimate on a display (124).Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: B-K MEDICAL APSInventors: Jacob Bjerring Olesen, Carlos Armando Villagomez-Hoyos, Jorgen Arendt Jensen, Matthias Bo Stuart
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Patent number: 11442128Abstract: During the delivery of thermal therapy, the measured temperature at each pixel in a cross-sectional temperature slice of a multi-pixel thermal image is compared to a maximum temperature limit. When the measured temperature of a pixel is higher than the maximum temperature limit for a predetermined number of consecutive cross-sectional temperature slices, the pixel is masked if the absolute value of the average difference between the measured temperature at the pixel and the measured temperatures at the pixel's neighbors is greater than a maximum temperature variation. The measured temperature of the masked pixel is ignored in subsequent cross-sectional temperature slices until the delivery of thermal therapy is complete.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Profound Medical Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Bigot, Benjamin Yat-Chung Leung
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Patent number: 11324487Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus has: an image acquiring unit that transmits/receives an ultrasound beam from an ultrasound probe to acquire an ultrasound image; a part probability calculating unit that calculates, for the ultrasound image acquired in accordance with a first measurement method, a probability that a part included in the ultrasound image is a specific part from at least one of an orientation angle of the ultrasound probe or an analysis result of the ultrasound image; and a measurement method changing unit that changes, when the probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the first measurement method to a second measurement method for identifying the part for which the probability has been calculated, in which an ultrasound image is further acquired by using the second measurement method.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11311277Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus has: an image acquiring unit that transmits/receives an ultrasound beam from an ultrasound probe to acquire an ultrasound image; a part probability calculating unit that calculates, for the ultrasound image acquired in accordance with a first imaging condition, a probability that a part included in the ultrasound image is a specific part from at least one of an orientation angle of the ultrasound probe or an analysis result of the ultrasound image; and an imaging condition changing unit that changes, when the probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the first imaging condition to a second imaging condition for identifying the part for which the probability has been calculated, in which an ultrasound image is further acquired by using the second imaging condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11272842Abstract: A system for maintaining coherence of ultrasound waves emitted by multiple transducer arrays includes multiple retention arms, each for receiving one of the transducer arrays; a connecting frame for receiving and mechanically retaining the arms in fixed angular relation to each other; and a processor configured to determine relative locations of the transducer arrays with respect to one another and the connecting frame; determine a location of the connecting frame relative to an anatomic region of interest; determine a spatial arrangement of the transducer elements in each transducer array with respect to the anatomic region of interest; and adjust a transmission configuration of the transducer elements in the transducer arrays to achieve a desired focusing property with respect to the anatomic region of interest while maintaining coherence therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: INSIGHTEC, LTD.Inventor: Yoav Levy
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Patent number: 11185310Abstract: An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: an image processor configured to generate an ultrasound image based on an ultrasound echo signal; a display; and a main controller configured to detect a liver area and a kidney area in the ultrasound image, extract a border line between the liver area and the kidney area, automatically establish a region of interest of the liver and a region of interest of the kidney based on the border line, obtain a diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the liver and a diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the kidney, and control the display to display information about the diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the liver and the diagnostic parameter for the region of interest of the kidney.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.Inventors: Gun Woo Lee, SeWon Kim, JongHyon Yi, ChoongHwan Choi
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Patent number: 11123042Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method to measure fluid within a body cavity where data is received with an interface (210), the data being received from an ultrasound transducer. A three-dimensional sonographic image is generated with an image generator (220) connected to the interface (210), the three-dimensional sonographic image being generated from the data from the ultrasound transducer. The body cavity is identified in the three-dimensional sonographic image with an image processor (230) connected to the image generator (220); and, an area of fluid in the body cavity in the three-dimensional sonographic image is identified with the image processor (230). The volume of the area of fluid is calculated using the three-dimensional sonographic image and a stacked crescents process, a spherical fill process, a convex hull process, and/or a triangulation process.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: The Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Shane B. Anderson, Lorne H. Blackbourne, Mariya Gusman, Jose Salinas