Abstract: An exemplary processing system accesses a three-dimensional (3D) model of an anatomical structure of a patient and applies a detection process to the 3D model to detect a single-layer anatomical feature in the anatomical structure. The detection process includes generating, from the 3D model, a probability map of candidate points for the single-layer anatomical feature, and generating, based on the probability map of candidate points, a single-layer mesh representing the single-layer anatomical feature.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone, comprising a sound production component, comprising a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer, a sound outlet hole being provided on an inner side surface of the sound production component, the inner side facing an auricle of a user, and the sound outlet hole being configured to transmit a sound produced by the transducer out of the housing toward an ear canal of the user; and an ear-hook, configured to place the sound production component at a position adjacent to the car canal but not blocking an ear canal opening in a wearing state; wherein, at least a portion of the sound production component inserts into a cavum concha.

Abstract: A system comprises a processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: define a subregion of a model of an anatomic region, the subregion including a plurality of virtual tissue structures and corresponding to an area surrounding a tip of an image capture probe located within the anatomic region; compare a tissue structure in an image received from the image capture probe to at least a portion of virtual tissue structures of the plurality of virtual tissue structures; based on the comparison, determine a respective similarity measure between the image and each virtual tissue structure; identify a closest matched virtual tissue structure based on the determined similarity measures; and based on identifying the closest matched virtual tissue structure, register the image to the model to determine a virtual position for the image capture probe with respect to the model.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a headphone including a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook includes a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion being hooked up between an ear auricle and a head of a user, and the second portion is configured to be hang between an auricle of a user and a head of the user, the second portion extends toward a front outer side of the auricle, connects with the sound production component, and is configured to place the sound production component at a position close to an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal, and at least a portion of the sound production component is inserted into an concha cavity. The sound production component and the first portion of the ear hook clamp the auricle in a wearing state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone including: a sound generation component, including a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer, the housing being provided with a sound outlet hole and a pressure relief hole, the sound outlet hole being provided on an inner side of the housing facing an auricle, and the pressure relief hole being provided on an other side of the housing; an ear hook configured to place the sound generation component near an ear canal without blocking the ear canal in a wearing state; and a microphone assembly at least including a first microphone and a second microphone provided in the sound generation component or the ear hook, the sound generation component or the ear hook being provided with a first sound receiving hole and a second sound receiving hole corresponding to the first microphone and the second microphone, respectively.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone, comprising a sound production component including a transducer and a housing. The earphone further includes and an ear-hook, wherein the ear-hook places the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. The sound production component and the ear-hook have a first projection and a second projection, respectively, on a sagittal plane. A first distance exists between a centroid of the first projection and a highest point of the second projection along a vertical axis direction, and a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection along the vertical axis direction is in a range of 0.35 to 0.6. A sound outlet is provided on an inner side surface of the housing, other side surfaces of the housing are provided with one or more pressure relief holes.

Abstract: A medical robotic system and method of operating such comprises taking intraoperative external image data of a patient anatomy, and using that image data to generate a modeling adjustment for a control system of the medical robotic system (e.g., updating anatomic model and/or refining instrument registration), and/or adjust a procedure control aspect (e.g., regulating substance or therapy delivery, improving targeting, and/or tracking performance).

Abstract: A method of deploying an interventional instrument comprises identifying a target structure in an anatomic frame of reference. The method further comprises determining a target region in the anatomic frame of reference with respect to a current position of the interventional instrument and recording a first engagement location of the interventional instrument within the target region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of the ear hook's projection on a user's sagittal plane includes a first curve having an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane, and the upper vertex is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along the user's vertical axis. An inclination angle of the long-axis direction relative to a horizontal direction is within a range of 13°-21°.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an earphone, comprising: a sound production component, at least a portion of the sound production component extending into a concha cavity; ear hook disposed between an auricle and a head of the user, extending toward a side of the auricle away from the head, and connecting the sound production component; in a non-wearing state, the ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a first plane comprising an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour, the inner contour, the first end contour, the second end contour, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour define a third closed curve, a ratio of a projection area of the sound production component on the first plane to a third area of the third closed curve is between 0.67 and 1.06.

Abstract: Information extracted from sequential images captured from the perspective of a distal end of a medical device moving through an anatomical structure are compared with corresponding information extracted from a computer model of the anatomical structure. A most likely match between the information extracted from the sequential images and the corresponding information extracted from the computer model is then determined using probabilities associated with a set of potential matches so as to register the computer model of the anatomical structure to the medical device and thereby determine the lumen of the anatomical structure which the medical device is currently in. Sensor information may be used to limit the set of potential matches. Feature attributes associated with the sequence of images and the set of potential matches may be quantitatively compared as part of the determination of the most likely match.

Abstract: A method of discharging a battery assembly includes detecting, with aid of a timer, when the battery assembly is not in use for a threshold length of time, where the battery assembly is configured to power at least a part of a movable object. The method further includes initiating a controlled self-discharge of the battery assembly when the battery assembly is not in use for the threshold length of time; and during the controlled self-discharge of the battery assembly, in response to detecting that the battery assembly is activated or detecting that the movable object is powered on or detecting that current is flowing from the battery assembly, terminating the controlled self-discharge of the battery assembly regardless whether the battery assembly voltage drops to a threshold voltage value.

Abstract: A method for image segmentation comprises receiving volumetric image data for an anatomical region and generating a first volumetric patch from the volumetric image data. The method also comprises generating a second volumetric patch from the first volumetric patch by weighting at least one of a plurality of volumetric units in the first volumetric patch and receiving the second volumetric patch as an input to a convolutional neural network. The weighting that at least one of the plurality of volumetric units includes applying a weight based on a foreground structure classification. The method also comprises conducting a down-sampling filter process and conducting an up-sampling filter process within the convolutional neural network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone including: a sound generation component, including a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer, the housing being provided with a sound outlet hole and a pressure relief hole, the sound outlet hole being provided on an inner side of the housing facing an auricle, and the pressure relief hole being provided on an other side of the housing; an ear hook configured to place the sound generation component near an ear canal without blocking the ear canal in a wearing state; and a microphone assembly at least including a first microphone and a second microphone provided in the sound generation component or the ear hook, the sound generation component or the ear hook being provided with a first sound receiving hole and a second sound receiving hole corresponding to the first microphone and the second microphone, respectively.

Abstract: Systems and methods for frequency management, including: an online media service configured to receive a request for a media item, the request comprising a recipient identifier of a recipient, and identify a set of candidate media items ranked based at least partially on relevance to the recipient; and a frequency management service configured to: (i) identify a quantity of impressions associated with a first candidate media item of the set of candidate media items and the recipient identifier over a preceding duration of time, (ii) identify a maximum frequency threshold, (iii) determine, based on the quantity of impressions, that the maximum frequency threshold is exceeded, (iv) exclude the first candidate media item from a result set based on the frequency threshold being exceeded, and (v) provide the result set comprising an identifier of a second candidate media item in response to the request.

Abstract: Systems and methods for entity detection using artificial intelligence, including: a deep learning model service configured to: select and analyze a set of frames from a media item to determine a set of candidate brand-probability pairs; a voting engine configured to: determining that a first brand-probability pair of a set of candidate brand-probability pairs based on at least one obtained hyperparameter value does not meet a threshold for determining whether candidate brand-probability pairs are to be included in a result set; excluding the first brand-probability pair from the result set based on the determination; sorting the result set; and selecting at least one final brand-probability pair from the result set; and an offline transcoding service configured to: store the final brand-probability pair in a repository with a relation to an identifier of the media item.

Abstract: A method comprises inserting, via a drive unit, a flexible elongate device into a passageway; recording, via one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to a tracking system that is communicatively coupled to the drive unit, a first positional data point of the flexible elongate device at an insertion distance during the inserting; retracting, via the drive unit, the flexible elongate device; recording, via the one or more hardware processors, a second positional data point of the flexible elongate device at the insertion distance during the retracting; combining the first and second positional data points to create a third positional data point; and registering, via the one or more hardware processors, the third positional data point with a model of the passageway. The registering includes matching the third positional data point with a corresponding common passageway model data point.

Abstract: A system includes a medical instrument, a teleoperation manipulator, an optical tracking sensor, and a control system. The medical instrument includes an elongated flexible body, a rigid proximal body comprising a reference portion, and a shape sensor having a reference point. The control system is configured to: track, with the optical tracking sensor, a first set of optical fiducials on a patient anatomy and a second set of optical fiducials on the reference portion; determine, using the second set of optical fiducials, a position of the reference point for a plurality of insertion measurements of a position measuring device; receive shape information from the shape sensor; and determine a pose of a portion of the elongated flexible body with respect to the patient anatomy using the first set of optical fiducials, the position of the reference point as indicated by the position measuring device, and the shape information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone, comprising a sound production component, comprising a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer, a sound outlet hole being provided on an inner side surface of the sound production component, the inner side facing an auricle of a user, and the sound outlet hole being configured to transmit a sound produced by the transducer out of the housing toward an ear canal of the user; and an ear-hook, configured to place the sound production component at a position adjacent to the car canal but not blocking an ear canal opening in a wearing state; wherein, at least a portion of the sound production component inserts into a cavum concha.

Abstract: A method of registering sets of anatomical data for use during a surgical procedure is provided herein. The method may include segmenting a set of first modality image data representing a model of one or more passageways within a patient and generating a first set of points based on the segmented set of first modality image data representing the model of the one or more passageways. The method may further include determining a set of matches between a second set of points and the first set of points, wherein the second set of points is obtained by a second modality and discarding a subset of the set of matches based on a first heuristic to generate a modified set of matches. The second set of points may then be moved relative to the first set of points based on the modified set of matches.