Patents Assigned to GE Medical Systems Global Technology
  • Patent number: 9141521
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of automatic testing of a graphical user interface in the technical field of software testing. Embodiments of the invention provide a method for automatically generating a test script for a graphical user interface. This method comprises defining information of each component in a tested graphical user interface, writing a test case file, and generating a file of combined values of components, and adding an operation type to each component in each file of combined values. The method further comprises determining a sequence of operations in each of the files of combined values, and generating a test script. This method reduces the tester's workload when manually programming test scripts and facilitates maintenance of test scripts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Yun Zhang, Jing Luo, Yuanji Wang
  • Publication number: 20150247911
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance apparatus for performing a scan for generating a first magnetic resonance signal from an imaged part including a moving part is provided. The magnetic resonance apparatus includes a coil having a plurality of channels configured to receive the first magnetic resonance signal, a channel selecting unit configured to select a first channel disposed near an end of the moving part from the plurality of channels, and a generating unit configured to generate a biological signal including motion information indicating a movement of the imaged part in the scan, based on the first magnetic resonance signal received by the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Yuji Iwadate
  • Patent number: 9089302
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for probe connector that is connected to a shaft of the probe connector, includes a door and a drive assembly for releasing or locking the probe connector by opening and closing of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Zhensong Zhao
  • Patent number: 9091749
    Abstract: A reception circuit disposed within an ultrasound probe is provided. The reception circuit includes, at least one amplifying unit configured to amplify echo signals received by ultrasound transducers, and at least one delay unit connected to the amplifying unit and including a first circuit and a second circuit each configured to apply a delay time to an output from the amplifying unit, wherein the first and second circuits each have a plurality of capacitor banks. Each capacitor bank includes two or more capacitors each configured to write therein a signal amplified by the amplifying unit, wherein the two or more capacitors are different from one another in capacitance, write switches configured to write an output current into the first and second capacitors of the two or more capacitors, and read switches configured to read the output written into the first and second capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Shinichi Amemiya
  • Patent number: 9081082
    Abstract: A system for wireless detector application in a medical system is provided. The system includes at least three host wire adapters configured to receive beacon messages broadcast periodically by a wireless detector, and obtain information about the wireless detector based on the received beacon messages. The system further includes a controller configured to receive information about the wireless detector from the at least three host wire adapters, and determine a position of the wireless detector based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Xinyu Zhang, Bin Ye
  • Publication number: 20150182199
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe that performs ultrasound transmission/reception in Doppler mode and ultrasound transmission/reception in other mode than Doppler mode; and a Doppler processing unit that performs quadrature detection on an echo signal generated from the ultrasound transmission/reception for Doppler mode and then generates a Doppler spectrum signal. The Doppler processing unit includes a signal estimation unit that performs an extrapolation process to estimate missing part of the Doppler spectrum signal resulting from the ultrasound transmission/reception for other mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Masafumi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 9071228
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of RF circuits, and in particular, to a balun. In an embodiment of the present invention, a balun is provided which comprises at least two coaxial cables, each of which is wound into at least one loop, and the inner and outer conductors of one end of all coaxial cables are connected respectively to each other and the inner and outer conductors of the other end are also connected to each other. The novel balun according to the embodiments of the present invention has a small size but a large power capacity and low cost, and can be used in a magnetic field environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Qibin Peng, Anmou Liao, Haoyang Xing, Chenxing Zhao, Hai Huang
  • Publication number: 20150173717
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided. The device includes a transmission control unit configured to generate a first ultrasonic wave and a second ultrasonic wave for detecting movement of a physical object in a biological tissue, wherein values of transmission parameters of repetitively transmitted first ultrasonic waves that are relevant to movement of the physical object are different from one another. The device further includes a decision unit configured to determine presence or absence of movement of the physical object, and a display image control unit configured to generate an image according to the value of the transmission parameter of the first ultrasonic wave in a case where the decision unit decides that movement is present, or a predetermined value in a case where the decision unit decides that movement is absent and the value of the transmission parameter of first ultrasonic wave has reached the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Shunichiro Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20150162107
    Abstract: A collimator module manufacturing method is provided. The method includes aligning a plurality of collimator plates arranged a predetermined distance apart in one direction, each of the collimator plates being substantially a rectangular solid, bonding a first bar-like member to upper edges of the collimator plates, the first bar-like member being radiolucent and extending from a first collimator plate at a first end to a second collimator plate at a second end in the direction of the collimator plate arrangement, and bonding a second bar-like member to the lower edges of the collimator plates, the second bar-like member being radiolucent and extending from the first collimator plate to the second collimator plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Mai Kato, Katsumasa Nose
  • Patent number: 9044205
    Abstract: A method of optimizing operation of a medical diagnostic table according to a patient's weight is provided. The method includes sensing a weight carried by the medical diagnostic table using weighing sensors mounted under the medical diagnostic table, and adjusting a moving speed of the medical diagnostic table according to the sensed weight. The moving speed is reduced when the sensed weight is greater than a predetermined value, and the moving speed is increased when the sensed weight is less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Chengcheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9041399
    Abstract: A gradient coil is provided. The gradient coil comprises: a first layer comprised of a first plurality of turns of wires; and a second layer of coil comprised of a second plurality of turns of wires. Each turn of wire in the first and second plurality of turns of wires circles along the side walls of a cylindrical substrate and each turn of wire in the first and second plurality of turns of wires include a first portion wound along the inner side wall of the substrate and a second portion wound along the outer side wall of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy James Hollis, Fengshun Tan
  • Patent number: 9035264
    Abstract: An X-ray detector and a heat dissipating method are provided. The heat dissipating method comprises providing an optical sensing panel over an internal support of the X-ray detector and providing a digital printed circuit board directly on a back cover, so that there is a gap between the digital printed circuit board and the optical sensing panel that is fixed by the internal support. The X-ray detector comprises an optical sensing panel bonded to the outer side of an internal support; and a digital printed circuit board bonded to the inner side of a back cover, wherein there is a gap between the digital printed circuit board and the optical sensing panel that is fixed by the internal support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Tao Chen, Xiaojie Wang
  • Publication number: 20150119710
    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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Sotaro Kawae, Shunichiro Tanigawa, Eigil Samset, Michael Charles MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20150119712
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic device includes a transmission control unit configured to control an ultrasonic probe such that transmission of a push pulse of an ultrasonic wave to a biological tissue of a test object and transmission of an ultrasonic pulse for measurement for measuring a shear wave generated in the biological tissue with the push pulse are alternately performed a plurality of times, the transmission control unit configured to control the ultrasonic probe such that an ultrasonic pulse for detection is transmitted, wherein the ultrasonic pulse for detection is for detecting that a first shear wave generated with a first push pulse has passed through a region through which an ultrasonic pulse for measurement corresponding to a second push pulse to be transmitted next to the first push pulse is scheduled to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Shunichiro Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 9020220
    Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus is provided. The X-ray CT apparatus includes an estimation device configured to estimate a feature quantity that relates to one of image quality and a pixel value of an image obtained by performing an X-ray CT scan on a imaging target under a predetermined scan condition, wherein the feature quantity has a correlative relationship with a dose that is based on data obtained from X-ray imaging performed on the imaging target before a main scan, and a calculation device configured to calculate a dose for the imaging target for a case when an X-ray CT scan is performed under a desired setup scan condition, the dose calculated based on the estimated feature quantity and the correlative relationship between feature quantity and dose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Masatake Nukui
  • Patent number: 9020093
    Abstract: A two-dimensional collimator module is provided. The two-dimensional collimator module includes first collimator plates arranged in a channel direction, second collimator plates arranged in a slice direction and combined with the first collimator plates to form a lattice, and a first block and a second block that hold the first collimator plates, wherein each of the first collimator plates is formed with slits, each of the second collimator plates is inserted through an associated row of the slits, first plate surfaces of the second collimator plates in the slice direction abut only first wall surfaces of first and second wall surfaces of the slits in the slice direction in a first set of the first collimator plates, and second plate surfaces of the second collimator plates opposite to the first plate surfaces abut only the second wall surfaces of the slits in a second set of first collimator plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Haruo Kurochi, Takayuki Koike
  • Patent number: 9014340
    Abstract: A radiation tomography system is provided. The radiation tomography system includes a radiation source configured to rotate around a subject and apply radiation to the subject, a plurality of radiation detecting elements disposed opposite the radiation source, a plurality of collimator plates partitioning the radiation detecting elements in a channel direction, the collimator plates erected such that plate surfaces of each of the plurality of collimator plates extend along a direction of radiation from the radiation source, and an aperture-width changing unit configured to change a width of each aperture formed by the plurality of collimator plates by moving a plurality of radiation absorbing members along respective end sides of the collimator plates close to the radiation source, the plurality of radiation absorbing members moveable between a first position at which the end sides are covered and a second position at which the end sides are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Haruo Kurochi
  • Patent number: 9014782
    Abstract: Versatility and the quality of images are to be improved. As preparation pulses, a first RF pulse to flip along the yz plane spins oriented in a magnetostatic field direction in a subject; a velocity encoding gradient pulse which, in spins flipped by that first RF pulse, mutually shifts the phase of spins in a static state and the phase of spins in a moving state; and a second RF pulse to flip along the yz plane spins whose phase has been shifted by the velocity encoding gradient pulse are successively transmitted. After that, a killer pulse is transmitted to extinguish the transverse magnetizations of the spins flipped by the second RF pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mitsuharu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 9014341
    Abstract: A CT collimator comprising a rotating slot part on a rotation shaft and having a plurality of blades, each blade has a slot of a different width and a radiation beam entering the collimator can only pass via a slot in one of the blades, each edge of each blade slot along a longitudinal direction has a convex curved surface structure, and in a vertical plane along a longitudinal direction, two side edges of the slot are curved, and each blade is arranged to be eccentric to the center of the rotation shaft. A CT system using the CT collimator, the detection area of the radiation rays projected to the radiation detector via the CT collimator can be maintained unchanged by adjusting the rotation angle of the blade, under the circumstance where the focus of the radiation source shifts during a CT scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Zhang, Jun Guo, Xuyong Yang
  • Patent number: D728802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsumura, Koji Yanagihara