Abstract: A probe sterilization device is provided. The probe sterilization device including: a housing defining a cavity with an opening, the housing including a cover plate capable of covering the opening; a cover plate drive, capable of driving, in response to a cover plate drive control signal, the cover plate to move so as to open the opening; a support, arranged in the housing and capable of fixing the probe; an ultraviolet light source, arranged in the housing and capable of being turned on in response to a light source control signal; and a processor, electrically connected to the cover plate drive and capable of sending the cover plate drive control signal to the cover plate drive, and electrically connected to the ultraviolet light source and capable of sending the light source control signal to the ultraviolet light source.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging apparatus and a locking apparatus for a scanning assembly in the ultrasound imaging apparatus. The locking apparatus includes: a scanning assembly connecting apparatus, one end of which has a ball-head structure and the other end of which is connected to the scanning assembly; a fixing member, connected to a main body of the ultrasound imaging apparatus, and including a hollow cavity, the ball-head structure being accommodated within the hollow cavity and movable within the hollow cavity; and a pressing assembly, including a motor assembly, a cylinder assembly, and a pressing member, the cylinder assembly being disposed between the motor assembly and the pressing member, and cylinder gas pressure of the cylinder assembly being increased under the driving of the motor assembly, to drive the pressing member to press against the ball-head structure, thereby locking the scanning assembly.

Abstract: A spherical joint includes a body portion and a blocking portion. The body portion includes a ball portion and a joint portion. The ball portion and the joint portion have an inner surface that links the two portions together in an axial direction and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The outer surface of the ball portion includes a spherical surface. The body portion further includes a first section and a second section. Each of the first section and the second section intersects with the inner surface and the outer surface such that the two sections together define a gap. The blocking portion is detachably connected to the body portion and shaped to match the gap, so that the blocking portion blocks the gap to form a hollow spherical joint structure. Further disclosed in the present application are a spherical joint assembly and an ultrasonic imaging device.

Abstract: A method for quantifying breast density and an ultrasonic imaging system including performing ultrasonic scanning on a breast to acquire an ultrasonic image of the breast; determining a volume of a mammary gland and a volume of the breast based on the ultrasonic image; and determining the breast density based on the volume of the mammary gland and the volume of the breast. According to the embodiments of the present application, the breast density is quantified by acquiring three-dimensional volume data of the breast, and detecting a glandular breast tissue and a chest wall tissue from the three-dimensional volume data.

Abstract: A scanning assembly, including: a housing, wherein a lower portion of the housing comprises an opening, and the opening can be closed by tissue to be scanned; a pressure difference generating device, disposed on the housing and used to generate an air pressure difference between the interior and the exterior of the housing, the air pressure difference providing a first pressure for the tissue to be scanned, the weight of the scanning assembly providing a second pressure for the tissue to be scanned, the tissue to be scanned being compressed under the action of a compressive force, and the compressive force comprising the first pressure and the second pressure; and an ultrasonic transducer, disposed in the housing and used to perform ultrasound scanning on the compressed tissue to be scanned.

Abstract: A computing device for predicting incoming behavior of the computing device is provided. The computing device may receive computing device measurement data historical telemetry data and live telemetry data and provide the computing device measurement data as an input to a virtual thermal device. The virtual thermal device may provide the one or more predictions of the incoming behavior of the computing device based on the computing device measurement data. The computing device may further provide the one or more predictions of the incoming behavior on a display.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to fans configured to automatically adjust for imbalances in mass. One example provides a self-balancing fan, comprising a hub comprising a plurality of blade interfaces, and a plurality of blade structures each attached to a corresponding blade interface of the hub, each blade interface comprising a tapered notch in the hub and being configured to increase a balancing force exerted by the hub against the blade structure as a function of increasing distance of the blade structure from the hub.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for ultrasound imaging probe power management. In one embodiment, a power management system for an ultrasound imaging system includes a wireless charger and a mount configured to couple to a probe holder of the ultrasound imaging system. The probe may seat against the wireless charger for charging of a power source of the probe.

Abstract: Provided is a conformal electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film including a thermal-forming film layer and an electrically conductive film layer. The thermal-forming film layer is configured to conformally coat over one or more electronic components mounted on a substrate with application of heat. The electrically conductive film layer is formed on an opposite side of the thermal-forming film layer from the substrate and has a plurality of voids that are configured to deform during the application of heat and allow the electrically conductive film layer to conform together with the thermal-forming film layer.

Abstract: A scanning assembly of an ultrasonic imaging device including: a scanning unit configured to send an ultrasonic signal to a subject to be scanned and/or receives an ultrasonic signal reflected by the subject to be scanned; and a transparent screen disposed on the scanning unit, the transparent screen being configured to display information while the subject is being scanned and/or provide for observation of the scanning unit through the transparent screen.

Abstract: A scanning assembly, including: a housing, wherein a lower portion of the housing comprises an opening, and the opening can be closed by tissue to be scanned; a pressure difference generating device, disposed on the housing and used to generate an air pressure difference between the interior and the exterior of the housing, the air pressure difference providing a first pressure for the tissue to be scanned, the weight of the scanning assembly providing a second pressure for the tissue to be scanned, the tissue to be scanned being compressed under the action of a compressive force, and the compressive force comprising the first pressure and the second pressure; and an ultrasonic transducer, disposed in the housing and used to perform ultrasound scanning on the compressed tissue to be scanned.

Abstract: Provided is a conformal electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film including a thermal-forming film layer and an electrically conductive film layer. The thermal-forming film layer is configured to conformally coat over one or more electronic components mounted on a substrate with application of heat. The electrically conductive film layer is formed on an opposite side of the thermal-forming film layer from the substrate and has a plurality of voids that are configured to deform during the application of heat and allow the electrically conductive film layer to conform together with the thermal-forming film layer.

Abstract: Thermal management devices and systems, and corresponding methods of cooling an electronic device are described herein. A method for cooling an electronic device that includes a housing and a vent in the housing includes monitoring, by a sensor, an operating condition of the electronic device. The vent is opened or closed based on the monitored condition of the electronic device.

Abstract: Provided is a conformal electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film including a thermal-forming film layer and an electrically conductive film layer. The thermal-forming film layer is configured to conformally coat over one or more electronic components mounted on a substrate with application of heat. The electrically conductive film layer is formed on an opposite side of the thermal-forming film layer from the substrate and has a plurality of voids that are configured to deform during the application of heat and allow the electrically conductive film layer to conform together with the thermal-forming film layer.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a channel combining and time-division processing circuit of a dual-plane pulse Doppler radar seeker. The circuit includes a time-division control circuit configured to receive a time-division control signal, control input of an elevation difference channel signal and an azimuth difference channel signal, combine the elevation difference channel signal and the azimuth difference channel signal and output a combined difference channel signal, and a hybrid bridge circuit configured to receive a sum channel signal, combine channels for the sum channel signal and the combined difference channel signal and output signals on a combined channel. With the circuit of the disclosure, signals received from a sum channel, an azimuth difference channel and an elevation difference channel can be combined into received signals from two channels for processing with one received signal processing channel hardware omitted.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for ultrasound imaging probe power management. In one embodiment, a power management system for an ultrasound imaging system includes a wireless charger and a mount configured to couple to a probe holder of the ultrasound imaging system. The probe may seat against the wireless charger for charging of a power source of the probe.

Abstract: A thermal management device with electromagnetic (EM) shielding includes a fin pack with a plurality of channels. The fin pack has an upper and lower surface. The fin pack has a pack length, pack height, and pack width. The fin pack has fins are oriented connecting the upper surface to the lower surface. The plurality of channels extends from a first end toward a second end. A first channel of the plurality of channels is adjacent the upper surface, and a second channel of the plurality of channels is adjacent the lower surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an impeller for a thermal management device includes partially curing a curable liquid in a curable liquid bath to form a first stage rotor, removing the first stage rotor from the curable liquid bath, the first stage rotor having excess curable liquid on a surface thereof, rotating the first stage rotor to displace the excess curable liquid radially outward from a rotational axis to compensate for imbalances in the first stage rotor, and fully curing the first stage rotor and at least a portion of the excess curable liquid to produce a second stage rotor that is more rotationally balanced than the first stage rotor.

Abstract: A spherical joint includes a body portion and a blocking portion. The body portion includes a ball portion and a joint portion. The ball portion and the joint portion have an inner surface that links the two portions together in an axial direction and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The outer surface of the ball portion includes a spherical surface. The body portion further includes a first section and a second section. Each of the first section and the second section intersects with the inner surface and the outer surface such that the two sections together define a gap. The blocking portion is detachably connected to the body portion and shaped to match the gap, so that the blocking portion blocks the gap to form a hollow spherical joint structure. Further disclosed in the present application are a spherical joint assembly and an ultrasonic imaging device.

Abstract: The present application discloses a probe sterilization device including: a housing defining a cavity with an opening, the housing including a cover plate capable of covering the opening; a cover plate drive, capable of driving, in response to a cover plate drive control signal, the cover plate to move so as to open the opening; a support, arranged in the housing and capable of fixing the probe; an ultraviolet light source, arranged in the housing and capable of being turned on in response to a light source control signal; and a processor, electrically connected to the cover plate drive and capable of sending the cover plate drive control signal to the cover plate drive, and electrically connected to the ultraviolet light source and capable of sending the light source control signal to the ultraviolet light source. The present application further discloses a probe sterilization method and an ultrasonic imaging system.