Abstract: A hand shield may be installed onto an ultrasound probe to protect the operator from needle sticks. The transparent shield may be a disposable, sterilized film attachable to a frame which, when securely attached to the frame, blocks the needle from accidentally contacting and sticking the operator's hand during needle insertion. The shape and size of the frame avoids interference with the operator's hand and maintains normal operation of the ultrasound probe, thus recognizing the need for the angle of insonation (i.e., angle of the ultrasound beam relative to the tissue or organ of interest) to be adjusted and the ultrasound probe to be pressed into the tissue.

Abstract: A system and method includes receiving time-resolved images of a urinary tract of a subject as a bladder of the urinary tract begins, continues through, and completes a dynamic process involving a bladder and segmenting the time-resolved images of the urinary tract to identify boundaries of anatomical structures of the urinary tract. The method further includes performing a surface mapping of the boundaries of the anatomical structures to produce a consistent set of mapped anatomical structures across the time-resolved images, using a flow model and the consistent set of mapped anatomical structures, calculating metrics describing function of the urinary tract during the dynamic process, and generating a report using the metrics describing function of the urinary tract during the dynamic process.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a magnetic resonance (MR) phantom including a housing, a base medium disposed within the housing, and one or more compartment extending through the base medium, the one or more compartment comprising a crosslinked acrylamide-based polymer. The MR phantoms may be used as calibration phantoms for magnetic resonance elastography sequences and diffusion weighted images.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure discloses a magnetic resonance (MR) phantom. The MR phantom includes a housing, a base medium disposed within the housing, and one or more compartment extending through the base medium, the one or more compartment comprising a crosslinked acrylamide-based polymer. The MR phantoms may be used as calibration phantoms for magnetic resonance elastography sequences and diffusion weighted images.