Abstract: A thermal management system and method for cooling a CT detector assembly of a CT imaging system. The thermal management system uses a combination of air cooling for the readout electronics of the CT detector assembly and liquid cooling for the X-ray sensors of the CT detector assembly. The hybrid air and liquid cooling systems and methods may be coupled together in the thermal management system and method to create a cooler temperature in the CT detector assembly. The CT detector assembly components may include CT detector modules, which may include X-ray sensors, readout electronics and other components.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for bicuspid valve detection with ultrasound imaging. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring ultrasound video of a heart over at least one cardiac cycle, identifying frames in the ultrasound video corresponding to at least one cardiac phase, and classifying a cardiac structure in the identified frames as a bicuspid valve or a tricuspid valve. A generative model such as a variational autoencoder trained on ultrasound image frames at the at least one cardiac phase may be used to classify the cardiac structure. In this way, relatively rare occurrences of bicuspid aortic valves may be automatically detected during regular cardiac ultrasound screenings.

Abstract: A system for monitoring health during a water birth includes a first health sensor having one or more transducers configured to emit, receive, or both emit and receive monitoring signals through water in a tank. When received, at least some of the monitoring signals represent a health of a mother, a fetus, or both at least partially in the water. The system includes a health monitoring device in communication with the first health sensor. The health monitoring device is configured to receive communication signals from the first health sensor, the communication signals including data representing at least some of the monitoring signals.

Abstract: A system for monitoring health during a water birth includes a health sensor configured to be coupled to a mother. The health sensor includes a first sensor configured to measure one or more health parameters of a mother, a fetus within the mother or both, a second sensor configured to generate a submerged signal representing whether the health sensor is at least partially submerged in water, and a transmitter configured to transmit communication signals representing data collected by the first sensor. One or more parameters of the communication signals change depending on whether the submerged signal represents that the health sensor is at least partially submerged.

Abstract: A method of monitoring depth of muscle relaxation of a patient includes determining a sedative drug effect of one or more sedative drugs on a patient based on at least one of drug delivery information and measured nervous system information. The sedative drug effect is then compared to a sedation criterion and, if the sedative drug effect fulfills the sedation criterion, then a neuromuscular transmission (NMT) monitor is controlled to apply a series of stimulation to a nerve of a patient and muscle responses of the patient are measured to obtain an NMT baseline. A neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) notice is then generated on a user interface after obtaining the NMT baseline.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically generating a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) conformance statement. In one example, a method includes determining a set of DICOM query/retrieve capabilities of a DICOM application implemented on a DICOM device by performing a list of queries to the DICOM application, and populating a DICOM conformance statement with the determined set of DICOM query/retrieve capabilities.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a guided workflow through a series of ultrasound image acquisitions with reference images updated based on a determined anatomical position is provided. The method includes acquiring and displaying, by an ultrasound system, at least one ultrasound image of an anatomy. The method includes determining, by at least one processor, a position of the anatomy depicted in the at least one ultrasound image. The method includes automatically selecting and displaying, by the at least one processor, reference images corresponding to pre-defined views of an ultrasound examination. An orientation of anatomy depicted in the selected and displayed reference images is based on the determined position of the anatomy. The method includes acquiring and displaying, by the ultrasound system, additional ultrasound images of the anatomy corresponding to the selected and displayed reference images. The additional ultrasound images include pre-defined views of the ultrasound examination.

Abstract: A T-piece for controlling ventilation support to a patient includes a t-shaped body having a gas source connection port, an interface connection port, and a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) control port. A PEEP adjuster cap is connected to the PEEP control port and has a bypass hole to allow gas to exit the T-piece and configured such that when the bypass hole is closed substantially all gas received at the gas source connection port is directed to the patient and when the bypass hole is open at least a portion of the gas received at the gas source connection port exits through the bypass hole to maintain PEEP to the patient. A bypass cover is automatically operated by an actuator circuit to close the bypass hole to enable delivery PIP to the patient and to open the bypass hole to effectuate PEEP delivery to the patient.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a self-sanitizing touchscreen in a liquid crystal display of a medical device. In one example, ultraviolet light of a first wavelength may be generated from one or more light emitting diode (LED) engines positioned along a perimeter of the touchscreen or integrated in the LCD assembly to sanitize the touchscreen, the ultraviolet (UV) light flooding the touchscreen to sanitize the touchscreen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for visualizing a guidewire in a roadmap image. In accordance with certain embodiments, a method includes generating a background mask as a function of at least one background image, wherein the at least one background image includes a blood vessel of interest, generating a contrast mask as a function of at least one contrast image, wherein the at least one contrast image includes a contrast within the blood vessel of interest, receiving a guidewire image, wherein the guidewire image includes a guidewire within the blood vessel of interest, generating a roadmap image as a function of the background mask, contrast mask, and guidewire image, wherein the roadmap image includes the blood vessel of interest, and the guidewire, and outputting the roadmap image to a display.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue at multiple regions of interest, concurrently or consecutively. The neuromodulation may result in tissue displacement, which may be observed through changes in one or more molecules of interest.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, an imaging system comprises a chamber shaped to enclose a subject to be imaged, a support surface disposed within the chamber and shaped to maintain the subject in an upright position, and an annular imaging unit encircling the chamber and having a fixed angular orientation to the chamber, the annular imaging unit including a distributed x-ray unit and a detector array arranged opposite to each other across the chamber. The imaging system may image the subject without rotation of the annular imaging unit.

Abstract: A neonatal care system includes a platform for supporting an infant, a plurality of part tags each embedded in a part within the neonatal care device, and at least one part reader. Each of the plurality of part tags is configured to transmit a part identifier and the at least one part reader is configured to receive the part identifiers transmitted from the plurality of the part tags. A controller is configured to store at least one part identifier catalog, receive the part identifiers from the part reader, and compare the part identifiers generated by the plurality of part tags to the at least one part identifier catalog. If any of the received part identifiers does not match the at least one part identifier catalog, then an alert is generated.

Abstract: A superconducting magnet system having two-stage quenching. A primary coil assembly includes a coil section configured to be superconducting when conducting current below a first critical current. An EMI shielding coil assembly includes a coil section configured to be superconducting when conducting current below a second critical current, which is electrically coupled to a variable resistor configured to be superconducting when conducting current below a third critical current and to be non-superconducting when conducting current at or above the third critical current that is less than both the first and second critical currents. Generating a magnetic flux within the EMI shielding coil assembly causes the current conducted through the variable resistor to exceed the third critical current, quenching the variable resistor and generating heat. The EMI shielding coil assembly is disposed such that the heat from the variable resistor quenches the primary coil assembly.

Abstract: A system and method for the prediction of a thermal load for a proposed imaging procedure in view of the current thermal state for an imaging system employs a suitable software program/algorithm which determines a predicted or likely set of individual steps for a proposed imaging procedure to be performed. The system receives parameters for the particular imaging procedure to be performed and compares these parameters with information stored concerning prior performed imaging procedures to locate prior performed imaging procedures that have similar parameters to that for the proposed imaging procedure. The system utilizes the similar prior performed procedures as models of a likely set of imaging steps for the proposed procedure and estimates the heat generation produced by the models. The software program/algorithm can then determine if the entire proposed imaging procedure represented by the models can be successfully performed under the current thermal state for the imaging system.

Abstract: An infant care station is described herein that can include a heating component of a microenvironment of the infant care station, at least one temperature measuring device, and a processor. The processor can calculate a baseline temperature of the heating component using the at least one temperature measuring device and monitor the heating component using the at least one temperature measuring device to determine one or more operating characteristics. The processor can also detect, based at least in part on the baseline temperature, that the one or more operating characteristics exceed a predetermined threshold and generate a response that results in a correction of the temperature maintained by the heating component.

Abstract: A method and system for obtaining and analyzing ECG waveforms from a patient is disclosed. Initially, a recommendation for obtaining an ECG waveform from a patient is issued, typically from a cardiologist. An ECG recording device is used to obtain ECG data from the patient. The recording device generates patient identification information, time and date information and an initial analysis that are included in a log delivered along with the ECG data to an analysis server. The analysis server generates a recommended action for the patient, which is delivered to the recording device while the patient is still present at the recording device. The recording device can then carry out the recommended action and provide the results for analysis by the cardiologist. The analysis server can utilize artificial intelligence/machine learning to generate the recommended action for the patient without having to involve the cardiologist, thereby reducing the number of visits for the treatment of the patient.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a set of devices for an imaging system. In one example, the set of devices includes a first device configured to obtain a first set of image data and a second device configured to obtain a second set of image data along at least one dimension. The first and second sets of data may be compiled to generate a field-of-view (FOV) preview.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for de-noising medical images using deep neural networks. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a medical image acquired by an imaging system, wherein the medical image comprises colored noise; mapping the medical image to a de-noised medical image using a trained convolutional neural network (CNN); and displaying the de-noised medical image via a display device. The deep neural network may thereby reduce colored noise in the acquired noisy medical image, increasing a clarity and diagnostic quality of the image.

Abstract: Techniques are described for generating reformatted views of a three-dimensional (3D) anatomy scan using deep-learning estimated scan prescription masks. According to an embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components comprise a mask generation component that employs a pre-trained neural network model to generate masks for different anatomical landmarks depicted in one or more calibration images captured of an anatomical region of a patient. The computer executable components further comprise a reformatting component that reformats 3D image data captured of the anatomical region of the patient using the masks to generate different representations of the 3D image data that correspond to the different anatomical landmarks.