Patents Assigned to GE Medical Systems Global Technology
  • Patent number: 10775958
    Abstract: A display device and an image display system are provided which can easily identify different kinds of windows. Solution: A list X of simplified images M is based on data containing associated information of multiple attributes as metadata. A display is provided to display the list X in a matrix in which the simplified images M are located for respective pieces of associated information of one attribute in a row direction while the simplified images M are located for respective pieces of associated information of another attribute in a column direction. The display has a first sub window SW1 and a second sub window SW2 that are displayed in different display modes on the list X, the first sub window SW1 containing the images M sharing the associated information of one attribute and the associated information of another attribute in the list X of the images M, the second sub window SW2 containing the images M placed in the same folder in the list X of the images M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kawanaka
  • Patent number: 10575821
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for a compact, inexpensive ultrasound system using an off-the-shelf personal digital assistant (PDA) device interfacing to a hand-held probe assembly through a standard digital interface. The hand-held probe assembly comprises a detachable transducer head attached to a beamforming module that performs digital beamforming. The PDA runs Windows applications and displays menus and images to a user. The PDA also runs ultrasound data processing software to support a plurality of imaging modes. An internal battery is provided in the PDA to power the system. The transducer head is detachable from the beamforming module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Menachem Halmann, Shinichi Amemiya
  • Patent number: 10292666
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a supporting table and an imaging system including the supporting table. Said supporting table comprises: a supporting table body; a bracket provided on the supporting table body to be supported by the supporting table body and configured to bear a target object, wherein the bracket can move to protrude out of the supporting table body; a supporting roller, which can be detachably mounted between the supporting table body and the bracket to support the bracket relative to the supporting table body when the bracket moves. Accordingly, overhanging deformation of the bracket may be a voided or minimized by the support of the supporting roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: ChangHong Liu
  • Patent number: 10254910
    Abstract: Problem: A display device and an image display system are provided which can easily identify different kinds of windows. Solution: A list X of simplified images M is based on data containing associated information of multiple attributes as metadata. A display is provided to display the list X in a matrix in which the simplified images M are located for respective pieces of associated information of one attribute in a row direction while the simplified images M are located for respective pieces of associated information of another attribute in a column direction. The display has a first sub window SW1 and a second sub window SW2 that are displayed in different display modes on the list X, the first sub window SW1 containing the images M sharing the associated information of one attribute and the associated information of another attribute in the list X of the images M, the second sub window SW2 containing the images M placed in the same folder in the list X of the images M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kawanaka
  • Patent number: 10213175
    Abstract: A heat sinking system and an imaging apparatus including the heat sinking system. The heat sinking system includes an air introducing portion, a capture portion and an air discharge portion. The air introducing portion is configured to introduce air from external, and to be in communication with heat sinking space, so that the introduced air flows into the heat sinking space and exchanges heat with a heat sinking object which is accommodated in the heat sinking space. The capture portion is configured to be in communication with the heat sinking space and the air discharge portion, and to capture air which flows from the heat sinking space to the capture portion and enable the captured air to flow into the air discharge portion. The air discharge portion is configured to discharge the air which flows in out of the capture portion to the external.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Duzi Huang, Weimin Qu
  • Patent number: 10206656
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can identify the angle of a received ultrasonic beam with respect to the predetermined biopsy path of a biopsy needle. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is characterized by including a received beam forming unit that forms received ultrasonic beams based on the echo signals of ultrasonic waves transmitted into a subject, and a display control unit that displays, in a B-mode image formed based on the received ultrasonic beams, a biopsy guide line in a display mode corresponding to an angle between the beam direction of the received ultrasonic beam and the predetermined biopsy path of a biopsy needle to be inserted into the subject. The biopsy guide line is displayed as, for example, a broken line having a width corresponding to the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Hiroshi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10201322
    Abstract: A gantry rotation control device for a computed tomography scanning apparatus. The gantry rotation control device includes a radiation dose determination unit for determining radiation doses of the X-rays that will be emitted to each site of the target object to be scanned, a minimum velocity determination unit for determining a minimum rotation velocity of the gantry according to a maximum radiation dose in the determined radiation doses, a maximum velocity determination unit for determining a maximum rotation velocity of the gantry according to the determined minimum rotation velocity, a rotation velocity determination unit for determining a rotation velocity of the gantry at any time during scanning of the target object according to the determined minimum rotation velocity and maximum rotation velocity, and a gantry rotation control unit for controlling the gantry to scan the target object while rotating according to the determined rotation velocity when the target object is to be scanned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Zhanfeng Xing
  • Patent number: 10156620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic field adjustment system for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and a respective method. The magnetic field adjustment system comprises a first magnetic field generating assembly and an additional assembly. Wherein the first magnetic field generating assembly is used for generating a first magnetic field required by the MRI; and the additional assembly, including a switch and a current branch line, is used for cooperating with the first magnetic field generating assembly to generate a second magnetic field required by the MRI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy John Havens, Weijun Shen, Zhenyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10149661
    Abstract: A probe cover is provided. The probe cover is configured to be detachably attached to an ultrasonic probe and cover plural switches on a surface of the ultrasonic probe, the probe cover including a depression portion by which an operator can depress at least some of the plural switches when the probe cover is attached to the ultrasonic probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsumura, Mitsuhiro Nozaki
  • Patent number: 10143446
    Abstract: A method for eliminating background noises in shear waves and the respective ultrasonic imaging system, the method includes: transmitting a push pulse along a push pulse vector; transmitting a first group of focus track pulses at a first group of a plurality of locations far away from the push pulse vector; receiving a first group of focus echo signals in response to the first group of focus track pulses; and processing the first group of focus echo signals to determine a first group of tissue displacement information varying with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Lu Tang, Xiaodong Han, Gang Cheng, Liang Shen
  • Patent number: 10143442
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit ultrasonic push pulses to a biological tissue of a test object and further configured to transmit measuring ultrasonic pulses to the biological tissue subjected to the transmitted push pulses in order to measure an elasticity of the biological tissue, a respiration detection part configured to detect respiration of the test object, and a notification part which, based on the detection by the respiration detection part, is configured to give notification allowing a transmission timing of the push pulses to be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Sotaro Kawae, Shunichiro Tanigawa, Eigil Samset, Michael Charles MacDonald
  • Patent number: 9986972
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for a compact, inexpensive ultrasound system using an off-the-shelf personal digital assistant (PDA) device interfacing to a hand-held probe assembly through a standard digital interface. The hand-held probe assembly comprises a detachable transducer head attached to a beamforming module that performs digital beamforming. The PDA runs Windows applications and displays menus and images to a user. The PDA also runs ultrasound data processing software to support a plurality of imaging modes. An internal battery is provided in the PDA to power the system. The transducer head is detachable from the beamforming module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Menachem Halmann, Shinichi Amemiya
  • Patent number: 9936936
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for a compact, inexpensive ultrasound system using an off-the-shelf personal digital assistant (PDA) device interfacing to a hand-held probe assembly through a standard digital interface. The hand-held probe assembly comprises a detachable transducer head attached to a beamforming module that performs digital beamforming. The PDA runs Windows applications and displays menus and images to a user. The PDA also runs ultrasound data processing software to support a plurality of imaging modes. An internal battery is provided in the PDA to power the system. The transducer head is detachable from the beamforming module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Menachem Halmann, Shinichi Amemiya
  • Patent number: 9921316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal management system, an X-ray detection device and a CT apparatus. The thermal management system comprises a heater, an air mixing portion and a fan. The heater is provided at an air inlet of the air mixing portion. The air mixing portion provides an air mixing space for mixing exterior air that enters the air mixing portion with interior air of the air mixing portion. The fan is provided at an air outlet of the air mixing portion, and supplies the mixed air in the air mixing portion to a target object to be thermally managed. Therefore, a response time of the thermal management system to operate for an external temperature change may be lengthened, thus occurrence of abrupt change in a temperature of the target object as the external temperature changes abruptly may be avoided, improving a reliability of the thermal management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co. LLC
    Inventors: Weimin Qu, Duzi Huang, Qun Xing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9839412
    Abstract: An ultrasonic image display apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic image display apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to move while in contact with a test object and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves to and from the test object to obtain echo signals from a three-dimensional region of the test object, a parameter calculation section configured to calculate a parameter related to a moving velocity of the ultrasonic probe, a data generation section configured to generate data based on the echo signals of a plurality of frames, by selecting the frames in accordance with the parameter calculated by the parameter calculation section so that the echo signals of the frames used for generating the data are acquired within a required range, and a display section configured to display an ultrasonic image generated based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY CO. LLC
    Inventor: Masafumi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 9826889
    Abstract: A display device configured to display an endoscopic image obtained by an endoscope for observing an object is provided. The display device includes a projecting unit configured to project coordinate axes set to the object onto the endoscopic image, and a display unit configured to display thereon the endoscopic image and the coordinate axes projected onto the endoscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: Shiga University of Medical Science, GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Hasnine Haque, Shigeyuki Naka, Shigehiro Morikawa, Tohru Tani
  • Patent number: 9824148
    Abstract: A method for searching and displaying scattered logs, comprising: finding out one or more corresponding log data based on a search key word; determining a desired timestamp from the log data, and regarding the log data containing the timestamp as target data; searching a semantic file for related semantic data based on the search key word, and finding out related log data based on the related semantic data; time filtering the related log data to obtain filtered log data; establishing a coordinate system by mapping the target data and the filtered log data onto mapping points of the coordinate system; semantically linking the filtered log data, and dying the filtered log data and the target data; and counting the number of lines related to the target data and the filtered log data, and generating links thereto. The present invention further discloses a device for searching and displaying scattered logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Maoquan Zhang, Weiguo Tang, Xueli Wang
  • Publication number: 20170046026
    Abstract: To provide a medical image capture apparatus capable of improving an operator's workflow when the operator selects operation buttons. A medical image capture apparatus is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, for example, and comprises: an auxiliary display section in which operation buttons to be selected by an operator are displayed; and a processor for executing a program of an operation button display control function of displaying the operation buttons in the auxiliary display section, said function displaying a plurality of the operation buttons that each belong to one of a plurality of categories and are specified beforehand, in one window separately on a category-by-category basis. The plurality of categories are, for example, a category of measurement button Bm, a category of comment button Bc, a category of body pattern button Bb, and a category of button Bo for inputting other commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tokuda, Konstantina Mertika, Eun Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9437018
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reducing artifacts in CT image reconstruction. The method comprises obtaining an original reconstructed image and an original sinogram and determining a proportion of metal pixels in the original reconstructed image. If the proportion is greater than a first threshold value, then generating an expanded metal template based on the original reconstructed image, generating a metal-free, metal artifact reduced (MAR) image based on the expanded metal template and the original sinogram, and generating a final image based on the expanded metal template and the metal-free, MAR image. However, if the proportion of metal pixels is less than a second threshold value, then generating an expanded metal template based on the original reconstructed image, generating a metal-free, metal artifact reduced image based on a treatment, and generating a final image based on the expanded metal template and the metal-free, MAR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology CO. LLC
    Inventors: Shuqin Dong, Jiaqin Dong, Shou Li
  • Patent number: D777173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC.
    Inventors: Rui Yang, Yan Li