Abstract: The thigh adhesion quantitative measurement system is a sensor system for precisely locating fibers and/or bands of connective tissue formed between layers of body tissue, binding the layers together and not permitting them to glide over each other. This bonding is called an adhesion. The present system is designed to determine quantitatively the degree of adhesion and the location of high-pressure adhesion(s) such that medical removal procedures (e.g., liposuction) can be precisely performed. The system makes use of a scanning device having an array of pressure sensors, the scanning device being defined by a flexible plate wrapped by a belt to a patient's limb, such as a thigh. A flexible cable connects the plate to a body-worn transmitter that wirelessly transmits real-time pressure distribution images received from the flexible plate to a computer for use by doctors preparing for the liposuction procedure.

Abstract: The thigh adhesion quantitative measurement system is a sensor system for precisely locating fibers and/or bands of connective tissue formed between layers of body tissue, binding the layers together and not permitting them to glide over each other. This bonding is called an adhesion. The present system is designed to determine quantitatively the degree of adhesion and the location of high-pressure adhesion(s) such that medical removal procedures (e.g., liposuction) can be precisely performed. The system makes use of a scanning device having an array of pressure sensors, the scanning device being defined by a flexible plate wrapped by a belt to a patient's limb, such as a thigh. A flexible cable connects the plate to a body-worn transmitter that wirelessly transmits real-time pressure distribution images received from the flexible plate to a computer for use by doctors preparing for the liposuction procedure.

Abstract: The pressure profile data coding system and method maps the binary data standard format (0, 1) to a prominent and a non-prominent square shape milled inside a proper material called the code stamp. The code stamp can be scanned using a high spatial resolution, high sensitivity pressure sensor array to get a pressure profile coded image of this code stamp. The acquired gray level image has two color regions including one color region having high gray color values mapping the prominent region of the code stamp, and the second color region having low gray color values mapping the non-prominent region of the code stamp. The two color regions are arranged in a square grid, which can be processed using Reed-Solomon error correction until the image can be appropriately interpreted. The required data are then extracted from patterns present in both horizontal and vertical components of the image.

Abstract: The pulser logic method and system for an ultrasound beamformer is based on using memory blocks instead of ordinary binary counters to accomplish transmit focusing of an ultrasound beam. This method reduces the use count of logic blocks (cost reduction) and facilitates the FPGA floor planner routing, increasing the design overall speed (performance enhancement). The exemplary design disclosed herein is for sixteen channels, but can be adjusted for any number of beamformer channels. The design may use, for example, a Xilinx Spartan-3 field programmable gate array (FPGA).