Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for actively detecting an ingress of a medical probe. In accordance with certain embodiments, a method includes monitoring, with a sensor within a medical probe, an internal environment of the medical probe, detecting, with the sensor, at least one of a temperature, pressure, humidity, or concentration of a gas within the medical probe, determining, with a processor that is in communication with the sensor, whether a seal that hermetically seals the medical probe has failed as a function of at least one of the temperature, pressure, humidity, or concentration of the gas, and outputting, with the processor, a notification that indicates whether the seal has failed.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for data synchronization. In one example, a method for synchronizing data between an agent and a core includes sending, from the agent, a request to the core identifying a data subset to be synchronized, the request further including a fingerprint for each block of data in the data subset; receiving, at the agent, a response from the core identifying a block of mismatched data between the core and the agent; fetching a fingerprint for each record of the identified block of mismatched data and creating a fingerprint of the block based on the fetched fingerprints; sending, from the agent, a request to the core including the fingerprint of the block; and receiving, at the agent, one or more records from the core identified via a comparison of fingerprints of the one or more records.

Abstract: A flow diversion valve, the flow diversion valve including: a valve housing having a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet, and an inner cavity; a float valve provided within the inner cavity of the valve housing; and a check valve provided on the float valve. The flow diversion valve having a first configuration in which the float valve is in a closed position to provide a first flow path from the first inlet to the first outlet. The flow diversion valve having a second configuration in which the float valve is in an open position to provide a second flow path from the first inlet through the second outlet and a third flow path from the second inlet to the first outlet.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system and method of ultrasound imaging. The method includes initiating a live ultrasound scanning session and saving a first sequence of images in a volatile memory. The method includes receiving a store command while in a retrospective image capture mode during the live ultrasound scanning session. The method includes detecting that the first sequence of images does not meet a length threshold and automatically continuing to acquire a second sequence of images. The method includes detecting that the combination of the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images meets or exceeds the length threshold and saving a third sequence of images as a cineloop in a non-volatile memory, the third sequence of images including both at least a portion of the first sequence of images and at least a portion of the second sequence of images.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system is provided that includes a plurality of endpoint databases employed to store medical images and metadata that describes attributes of the respective medical images. A management and orchestration platform periodically scans the endpoint databases to determine an index of the recently acquired medical images and associated metadata and updates to metadata associated with previously stored medical images. A search engine executes the search function to retrieve at least one of the recently acquired medical images and associated metadata and the recent updates to metadata associated with the previously stored medical images. The platform can also provide project management services and various collaborative, social networking type services. For example, the platform can facilitate collaborative review of medical image data, allowing users to rate and review the medical image data, annotate the medical image data, edit and augment the medical image data, and the like.

Abstract: A radio frequency coil assembly for an MRI system. A support structure extends between a first end and a second end in a first direction and between an inner surface and an opposite outer surface in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The support structure has channels that extend into the support structure in the second direction. An RF coil is configured to transmit and/or receive RF signals. The RF coil is supported by the outer surface of the support structure. The channels are at least partially positioned between the support structure and the RF coil in the first direction and are configured to convey a cooling medium to cool the support structure in use.

Abstract: A system for drawing a solution is provided. The system includes a filter, a vacuum source, and an actuator. The filter has an input port, a first output port, a second output port, and a flow path defined in part by the input port and the second output port. The vacuum source is in fluid communication with the first output port and operative to apply a vacuum to the flow path. The actuator is operative to facilitate movement of the solution along the flow path.

Abstract: Various systems are provided for an X-ray system. In one example, an X-ray system comprises an X-ray source positioned opposite to and facing a first side of a table and an X-ray detector positioned directly opposite to and facing a second side of the table, wherein the second side is opposite the first side, wherein the X-ray source is a dual-energy X-ray source configured to scan in a raster pattern. In one example, an object is positioned on the first side of the table.

Abstract: An ultrasound probe hanger includes a stem, shoulders, arms, and a probe holder. The shoulders are arranged generally perpendicular to the stem and are connected to a proximal end of the stem. The arms are arranged generally parallel to each other and to the stem. The arms are connected at upper ends to outer shoulder ends of the shoulders. The probe holder includes outer side portions, a rear portion, a partially open front portion, and four protrusions. The outer side portions are each connected to lower ends of the arms. The rear portion extends between the outer side portions. The partially-open front portion includes outer front portions each extending from the outer side portions and defining a central front open portion. The four protrusions are arranged in a rectangle on an inside surface of the probe holder and are configured to suspend a wireless ultrasound probe within the probe holder.

Abstract: A mammography system includes a biopsy guidance system that employs a simplified robot arm support, to enable previously unusable locations for the mounting of the biopsy device directly to the mammography system, such as on a compression paddle, combined with a vision guidance and control system. The vision system operates to determine the position of the biopsy device and the biopsy needle tip, as well as to control the movement/operation of the biopsy guidance system, such as movement to the final end-pose or pre-firing position of the biopsy device to perform the biopsy procedure. The vision system utilizes one or more cameras to visually determine the position the biopsy device relative to a region of interest being biopsied within the required tolerances for the biopsy procedure without the need for precise positional information to be provided by the biopsy guidance system to the mammography system.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for stationary computed tomography (CT) imaging. In one embodiment, a stationary CT system includes one or more detector arrays extending around at least a portion of an imaging volume, a stationary distributed x-ray source unit comprising a plurality of emitters including a first set of emitters configured to operate at a first voltage and a second set of emitters configured to operate at a second voltage, different than the first voltage, and a source controller for triggering the first set of emitters for acquiring first projection data by the one or more detector arrays and triggering the second set of emitters for acquiring second projection data by the one or more detector arrays, the first projection data and the second projection data usable to reconstruct one or more basis material composition images or monochromatic images of an object within the imaging volume.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for medical imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method for a medical imaging system comprises acquiring emission data during a positron emission tomography (PET) scan of a patient, reconstructing a series of live PET images while acquiring the emission data, tracking motion of the patient during the acquiring by determining a per-voxel variation for selected voxels in a current live PET image of the series of live PET images, and outputting an indication of patient motion based on the per-voxel variation for the selected voxels in each live PET image. In this way, patient motion during the scan may be identified and compensated for via scan acquisition and/or data processing adjustments, thereby producing a diagnostic PET image with reduced motion artifacts and increased diagnostic quality.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for facilitating personalized neuromodulation treatment protocols. In one embodiment, a predetermined treatment position of an energy application device is used to guide future treatments for the patient. In one embodiment, a position of the energy application device relative to the predetermined treatment position is determined. In one embodiment, a total dose of ultrasound energy applied to the region of interest is determined.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.

Abstract: A capacitive transducer is provided. The capacitive transducer includes a plate including a protruding center mass and a substrate with a center depression configured to accept the center mass. The capacitive transducer also includes a first electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center mass and a second electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The capacitive transducer further includes a third electrode coupled to a horizontal edge surface of the center mass and a fourth electrode coupled to a horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The plate is coupled to the substrate at least along an outer perimeter area of the plate and the substrate.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for automatically classifying a plurality of image slices using body region bounding boxes identified from a localizer image. In one embodiment, a localizer image may be mapped to a plurality of bounding boxes, corresponding to a plurality of body regions, using a trained machine learning model. Coordinates of the plurality of bounding boxes may be used to determine body region boundaries, such that the body regions are non-intersecting and coherent. The body regions identified in the localizer image may then be correlated to image slice ranges, and image slices within each image slice range may be labeled as belonging to the corresponding body region.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for ultrasound imaging with real-time feedback for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions. Ultrasound images generated based on received echo ultrasound signals during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of a patient may be processed, and based on the processing of the ultrasound images, real-time information relating to the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be determined. Feedback for assisting in conducting the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be generated based on the information. The feedback may include information and/or indications relating to compressions applied during the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The feedback may be configured for outputting during displaying of the generated ultrasound images.

Abstract: The current disclosure provides systems and methods for providing guidance information to an operator of a medical imaging device. In an embodiment, a method is provided, comprising training a deep learning neural network on training pairs including a first medical image of an anatomical neighborhood and a second medical image of the anatomical neighborhood as input data, and a ground truth displacement between a first scan plane of the first medical image and a second scan plane of the second medical image as target data; using the neural network to predict a displacement between a first scan plane of a new medical image of the anatomical neighborhood and a target scan plane of a reference medical image of the anatomical neighborhood; and displaying guidance information for an imaging device used to acquire the new medical image on a display screen.