Patents by Inventor Huanzhong Li
Huanzhong Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11751833Abstract: A training method (10) and system for a collimator border detection method. The training method (10) comprises the following steps: obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system and a processed image obtained after processing the original image (11); determining on the basis of the processed image whether the processed image is a valid image (12); and extracting coordinates of a collimator border of a valid processed image, putting into a training pool the extracted coordinates of the collimator border and the original image corresponding to the valid processed image, and when the number of valid original images in the training pool reaches a preset threshold value, starting the training of the collimator border detection method (13).Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Buer Qi, Dejun Wang, Wei Zhao, Huanzhong Li
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Publication number: 20220366540Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system, and post-processing the original image based on a trained network to obtain an optimized image after processing. The medical imaging system comprises a control module, configured to obtain an original image of an object; a learning network module, configured to post-process the original image to obtain a post-processed image based on user preferences selected by one or more users; and an optimized module, configured to optimize the learning network based on generated images sent to the learning network module, wherein the generated images comprise the post-processed image previously obtained by the learning network module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Dejun Wang, Yaan Ge, Yan Sun, Buer Qi, Huanzhong Li
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Patent number: 11398012Abstract: The present application provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system, and post-processing the original image based on a trained network to obtain an optimized image after processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Dejun Wang, Yaan Ge, Yan Sun, Buer Qi, Huanzhong Li
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Publication number: 20210059626Abstract: A training method (10) and system for a collimator border detection method. The training method (10) comprises the following steps: obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system and a processed image obtained after processing the original image (11); determining on the basis of the processed image whether the processed image is a valid image (12); and extracting coordinates of a collimator border of a valid processed image, putting into a training pool the extracted coordinates of the collimator border and the original image corresponding to the valid processed image, and when the number of valid original images in the training pool reaches a preset threshold value, starting the training of the collimator border detection method (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Buer QI, Dejun WANG, Wei ZHAO, Huanzhong LI
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Publication number: 20200394758Abstract: The present application provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system, and post-processing the original image based on a trained network to obtain an optimized image after processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Dejun WANG, Yaan GE, Yan SUN, Buer QI, Huanzhong LI
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Patent number: 10835196Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an image pasting examination comprises acquiring, via an optical camera and/or depth camera, image data of a subject, controlling an x-ray source and an x-ray detector according to the image data to acquire a plurality of x-ray images of the subject, and stitching the plurality of x-ray images into a single x-ray image. In this way, optimal exposure techniques may be used for individual acquisitions in an image pasting examination such that the optimal dose is utilized, stitching quality is improved, and registration failures are avoided.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dejun Wang, Srikrishnan V, Gireesha Rao, Katelyn Rose Nye, Nasir Ahmed Desai, Arun Kumar Chandrashekarappa, Huanzhong Li
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Publication number: 20200237332Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an image pasting examination comprises acquiring, via an optical camera and/or depth camera, image data of a subject, controlling an x-ray source and an x-ray detector according to the image data to acquire a plurality of x-ray images of the subject, and stitching the plurality of x-ray images into a single x-ray image. In this way, optimal exposure techniques may be used for individual acquisitions in an image pasting examination such that the optimal dose is utilized, stitching quality is improved, and registration failures are avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Dejun Wang, Srikrishnan V, Gireesha Rao, Katelyn Rose Nye, Nasir Ahmed Desai, Arun Kumar Chandrashekarappa, Huanzhong Li
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Patent number: 8433112Abstract: A method for processing each of chest X-ray images photographed by an X-ray imaging apparatus, includes the steps of: analyzing characteristics of lung images in the chest X-ray images; sorting the chest X-ray images, based on said result of analysis; and displaying the result of sorting.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Huanzhong Li, Dejun Wang, Mei Lin
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Publication number: 20100290707Abstract: An image acquisition method includes determining the starting position, the ending position of a region of interest, and the value of overlap of the region of interest in the two adjacent sub-images, calculating the number of the sub-images required to be captured, the component of field of view at the direction of tube movement and the positions of the tube and the detector corresponding to each sub-image based on the starting position and the ending position of a region of interest and the value of the overlap. The method also includes moving the tube and the detector to each position and capturing the region of interest to obtain sub-images at the positions, and pasting the several sub-images together to form an image of the said region of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Dejun Wang, Huanzhong Li, Tiantian Zhang, Xianfeng Ni, Kadri Jabri
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Patent number: 7804938Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus and a fluoroscopic image display apparatus are provided for displaying postural information of a subject on a fluoroscopic image. The X-ray imaging apparatus detects an X-ray irradiated from an X-ray irradiator and passing through a subject and takes a fluoroscopic image. The X-ray detector includes a visible indicator at a corner of an X-ray incidence plane, a display device that displays a fluoroscopic image based on a detection signal from the X-ray detector together with an orient mark corresponding to the indicator, and a writing device that enables a mark indicating the posture of a subject on the displayed fluoroscopic image.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Mei Lin, Huanzhong Li
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Patent number: 7636421Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray imaging apparatus and X-ray controlling method which allows appropriate X-ray control irrespective of the type and position of a subject. The X-ray controller device for controlling the X-ray emission condition of the X-ray emitter device based on the image information of a fluoroscopic image sets within one frame of the fluoroscopic image a plurality of narrow regions and one single wide region encompassing these narrow regions, selects as the formal region, from within the plurality of narrow regions and the wide region, the region in which the subject is assumed to be present, or selects as the formal region the wide region if there is no region in which the subject is assumed to be present, then control the X-ray emission condition of the X-ray emitter device based on the image information in the formal region.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventor: Huanzhong Li
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Publication number: 20090196481Abstract: A method for processing each of chest X-ray images photographed by an X-ray imaging apparatus, includes the steps of: analyzing characteristics of lung images in the chest X-ray images; sorting the chest X-ray images, based on said result of analysis; and displaying the result of sorting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Huanzhong Li, Dejun Wang, Mei Lin
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Publication number: 20090168956Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus and a fluoroscopic image display apparatus are provided for displaying postural information of a subject on a fluoroscopic image. The X-ray imaging apparatus detects an X-ray irradiated from an X-ray irradiator and passing through a subject and takes a fluoroscopic image. The X-ray detector includes a visible indicator at a corner of an X-ray incidence plane, a display device that displays a fluoroscopic image based on a detection signal from the X-ray detector together with an orient mark corresponding to the indicator, and a writing device that enables a mark indicating the posture of a subject on the displayed fluoroscopic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Mei Lin, Huanzhong LI
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Publication number: 20090136111Abstract: A system and method of diagnosing a medical condition in a patient from accessing image data and non-image data of a patient, analyzing the combination of image data and non-image data to generate an output with image findings and a risk assessment for diagnosing certain medical conditions in the patient. The image data may be acquired from an image acquisition system. The non-image data may include clinical data of the patient and may be acquired from a user interface, an electronic medical record, and/or findings from an expert system from previous imaging sessions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2007Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kadri Nizar Jabri, Renuka Uppaluri, Yan Laura Lin, Huanzhong Li, Gopal Biligeri Avinash, John Michael Sabol
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Publication number: 20090086897Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray imaging apparatus and X-ray controlling method which allows appropriate X-ray control irrespective of the type and position of a subject. The X-ray controller device for controlling the X-ray emission condition of the X-ray emitter device based on the image information of a fluoroscopic image sets within one frame of the fluoroscopic image a plurality of narrow regions and one single wide region encompassing these narrow regions, selects as the formal region, from within the plurality of narrow regions and the wide region, the region in which the subject is assumed to be present, or selects as the formal region the wide region if there is no region in which the subject is assumed to be present, then control the X-ray emission condition of the X-ray emitter device based on the image information in the formal region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventor: Huanzhong Li