Patents by Inventor Yanfang Liu

Yanfang Liu 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).

  • Patent number: 12347581
    Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a collimator assembly. The collimator assembly may include a multi-leaf collimator (MLC) situated in a first plane and at least one block situated in a second plane different from the first plane. The MLC may include at least one first group of leaves and at least one second group of leaves opposing each other and being moveable along a first direction. One of the at least one block may be located at a position corresponding to an end of the at least one first group of leaves. Projection of one of the at least one block along a second direction may partially overlap projection of the at least one first group of leaves along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfang Liu, Yifeng Wang, Cheng Ni
  • Publication number: 20250166862
    Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a collimator assembly. The collimator assembly may include a multi-leaf collimator (MLC) situated in a first plane and at least one block situated in a second plane different from the first plane. The MLC may include at least one first group of leaves and at least one second group of leaves opposing each other and being moveable along a first direction. One of the at least one block may be located at a position corresponding to an end of the at least one first group of leaves. Projection of one of the at least one block along a second direction may partially overlap projection of the at least one first group of leaves along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfang LIU, Yifeng WANG, Cheng NI
  • Publication number: 20250167812
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that can avoid fruitless decoding iterations by terminating fruitless decoding iterations at an early stage. A method comprises: iteratively decoding a codeword by a decoder until a number of iterations at which a syndrome weight of the codeword exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method may further comprise: comparing the syndrome weight of the codeword with a decoder syndrome weight threshold for the decoder; in response to that the syndrome weight of the codeword is greater than or no less than the decoder syndrome weight threshold, terminating decoding of the codeword by the decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Chenrong Xiong, Jie Chen, Han Zhang, Jianing Chen, Yanfang Liu
  • Publication number: 20250135234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting a beam-limiting device, the beam-limiting device including a plurality of movable components for shaping a radiation beam. The methods may include for each of the plurality movable components, determining an initial location of the movable component; determining a target location of the movable component; and determining, based on the initial location and the target location, a moving route of the movable component. The methods may also include causing the plurality of movable components to move along their respective moving routes. During the movement of the plurality of movable components along their respective moving routes, the shape of an irradiation region of the radiation beam passing through the beam-limiting device may remain unchanged or substantially unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfang LIU, Yifeng WANG
  • Publication number: 20250140515
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes: one or more imaging sources; and a plurality of detectors combined by joining, the plurality of detectors being configured to receive one or more imaging beams emitted by the one or more imaging sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Buliang SUN, Cheng NI, Wei ZHANG, Li WANG, Tao LIU, Jianwei FU, Libo FANG, Bo CAI, Xiaohua ZHU, Can LIAO, Hua FAN, Hongcheng YANG, Kang SHEN, Qiudong WANG, Yanfang LIU, Jingjie ZHOU, Kangkang SHA
  • Publication number: 20250135229
    Abstract: A method for reconstructing a dose distribution for a region of interest includes determining a predicted source intensity distribution of a radiation source; determining a calculated transmission dose distribution based on the predicted source intensity distribution; determining a target source intensity distribution based on the calculated transmission dose distribution and the predicted source intensity distribution; and reconstructing the dose distribution of the region of interest based on the target source intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Mingming Zhang, Fei Zhao, Libin Wen, Yanfang Liu, Zhao Jin, Fuwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 12288661
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a radiotherapy target device. The radiotherapy target device may include: a target component including a target body and a support supporting the target body; and a housing surrounding the target component. The housing may include a first surface and a second surface allowing radiation beams to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoubo He, Wei Han, Yanfang Liu, Chaoting Wen, Shouzeng Dong, Li Wang
  • Publication number: 20250090868
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a quality assurance method and system. The quality assurance method comprises: obtaining status information of a medical device; obtaining a target plan of a target subject; determining a prediction result based on the status information of the medical device and the target plan; and determining whether a quality assurance test is passed based on the prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanfang LIU
  • Patent number: 12240331
    Abstract: A global energy management optimization method in multi-task cross-core deployment for hybrid electric vehicles, belonging to the technical field of hybrid electric vehicle energy management, which is capable of solving the problem that conventional hybrid electric vehicles cannot realize global energy management at a vehicle end; through adopting the present invention, the problems relating to the failure of timely achieving global energy management for hybrid electric vehicles, poor vehicle speed performance and driving safety caused by the high difficulty of effectively connecting and deploying different computing tasks of global energy management are solved; a multi-core heterogeneous controller is used to perform multi-task deployment, which solves the problems caused by one type of tasks requiring high computing power but low real-time response while another type of tasks requiring low computing power but high real-time response, ensures the efficient utilization of control chips of the hybrid transmiss
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiangyang Xu, Junwei Zhao, Peng Dong, Yanfang Liu, Shuhan Wang
  • Patent number: 12202913
    Abstract: A preparation method of a Lentinula edodes polysaccharide rich in ?-glucan includes: (1) extracting the Lentinula edodes polysaccharide to obtain a filtrate; (2) concentrating the filtrate to obtain a supernatant; (3) precipitating a crude Lentinula edodes polysaccharide from the supernatant using anhydrous ethanol to obtain a first precipitate; and (4) purifying the first precipitate to obtain the Lentinula edodes polysaccharide. The Lentinula edodes polysaccharide rich in the ?-glucan has stable quality, and its yield, polysaccharide content and ?-glucan content are significantly improved compared with water extraction and alcohol precipitation methods in the related art. In vitro pharmacological experiments prove that the Lentinula edodes polysaccharide rich in the ?-glucan has good anti-inflammatory activity and can be applied to preparation of drugs or health foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yanfang Liu, Jia Luo, Liping Liu, Jie Feng, Jingsong Zhang, Shuai Zhou
  • Patent number: 12179040
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting a beam-limiting device, the beam-limiting device including a plurality of movable components for shaping a radiation beam. The methods may include for each of the plurality movable components, determining an initial location of the movable component; determining a target location of the movable component; and determining, based on the initial location and the target location, a moving route of the movable component. The methods may also include causing the plurality of movable components to move along their respective moving routes. During the movement of the plurality of movable components along their respective moving routes, the shape of an irradiation region of the radiation beam passing through the beam-limiting device may remain unchanged or substantially unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfang Liu, Yifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 12172035
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a pre-treatment quality assurance (QA) of a radiotherapy device may be provided. The method may include determining a measured dose image through an electronic portal dose imaging device (EPID). The method may include determining an energy fluence distribution map related to radiation beams predicted by a first portal dose prediction model. The method may include determining a predicted dose image based on the energy fluence distribution map and a simulated energy response curve related to the EPID. The method may further include determining differences between the measured and predicted dose images by comparing the dose distributions of the measured and predicted dose images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Han, Zhao Jin, Yanfang Liu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12135079
    Abstract: A gearshift overlap control system and a control method for improving vehicle dynamic response includes a gearshift progress calculation module: the gearshift progress calculation module is capable of calculating a gearshift progress in real time; a clutch control module: the clutch control module is capable of executing a first power-on downshift control and starting to perform a second power-on downshift control when a set second power-on downshift in a corresponding gearshift progress is requested; and an iterative learning control module: the iterative learning control module is capable of automatically adjusting a first on-coming clutch control pressure and a first off-going clutch control pressure in the first power-on downshift by means of monitoring the overshoot of the gearshift progress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventors: Peng Dong, Junqing Li, Xiangyang Xu, Shuhan Wang, Yanfang Liu, Wei Guo
  • Patent number: 12128251
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a multi-leaf collimator. The multi-leaf collimator may include a set of leaves installed in a cavity, each leaf of the set of leaves having a length along a first direction. At least a portion of the set of leaves may extend beyond the cavity along the first direction. The set of leaves may be arranged along a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction. A length of a target leaf of the set of leaves may be less than a length of a reference leaf of the set of leaves. The target leaf may be located in an end portion of the set of leaves along the second direction. The length of the set of leaves may conform to the shape of a maximum therapeutic radiation field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Liu, Kun Yang, Jian Zhang, Yanfang Liu, Cheng Ni
  • Patent number: 12125324
    Abstract: A configuration evaluation method and a platform for electromechanical coupling transmission of hybrid electric vehicles, includes an energy flow transfer path evaluation module for evaluating the energy flow transfer path, an electromechanical coupling transmission dynamic performance evaluation module for evaluating the dynamic performance of electromechanical coupling transmission, an electromechanical coupling transmission economic efficiency evaluation module for evaluating the economic efficiency of electromechanical coupling transmission, an electromechanical coupling transmission driving cycle adaptability evaluation module for evaluating the driving cycle adaptability of electromechanical coupling transmission, a component feature parameter rationality evaluation module for evaluating the rationality of component feature parameters, a structure and cost evaluation module for evaluating the structure and cost, and a comprehensive evaluation module for performing a comprehensive evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Xiangyang Xu, Junwei Zhao, Peng Dong, Yanfang Liu, Shuhan Wang, Wei Guo
  • Patent number: 12121753
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for determining a radiation dose. The system may include: obtaining data related to radiation source, a radiation auxiliary image of a target object at a target radiation time point, and an initial fluence map corresponding to the target radiation time point; determining a target fluence map corresponding to the target radiation time point by one or more iterations based on the radiation auxiliary image, the initial fluence map, and the data related to radiation source; obtaining a target scanning image of the target object; and determining the radiation dose received by the target object at the target radiation time point, based on the target fluence map, the target scanning image, and the data related to radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfang Liu, Huajie Han
  • Publication number: 20240331462
    Abstract: A configuration evaluation method and a platform for electromechanical coupling transmission of hybrid electric vehicles, includes an energy flow transfer path evaluation module for evaluating the energy flow transfer path, an electromechanical coupling transmission dynamic performance evaluation module for evaluating the dynamic performance of electromechanical coupling transmission, an electromechanical coupling transmission economic efficiency evaluation module for evaluating the economic efficiency of electromechanical coupling transmission, an electromechanical coupling transmission driving cycle adaptability evaluation module for evaluating the driving cycle adaptability of electromechanical coupling transmission, a component feature parameter rationality evaluation module for evaluating the rationality of component feature parameters, a structure and cost evaluation module for evaluating the structure and cost, and a comprehensive evaluation module for performing a comprehensive evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Xiangyang XU, Junwei ZHAO, Peng DONG, Yanfang LIU, Shuhan WANG, Wei GUO
  • Publication number: 20240307707
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method. The system may include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus configured to acquire MRI data with respect to a region of interest (ROI) and a therapeutic apparatus configured to apply therapeutic radiation to at least one portion of the ROI. The MRI apparatus may include a plurality of main magnetic coils arranged coaxially along an axis, a plurality of shielding magnetic coils arranged coaxially along the axis, and a cryostat in which the plurality of main magnetic coils and the plurality of shielding magnetic coils are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng NI, Xingen YU, Yanfang LIU, Jingjie ZHOU, Jianfeng LIU, Li WANG, Peng WANG, Yangyang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240288066
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gearshift overlap control system and a control method for improving vehicle dynamic response; the control system includes a gearshift progress calculation module: the gearshift progress calculation module is capable of calculating a gearshift progress in real time; a clutch control module: the clutch control module is capable of executing a first power-on downshift control and starting to perform a second power-on downshift control when a set second power-on downshift in a corresponding gearshift progress is requested; and an iterative learning control module: the iterative learning control module is capable of automatically adjusting a first on-coming clutch control pressure and a first off-going clutch control pressure in the first power-on downshift by means of monitoring the overshoot of the gearshift progress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Peng DONG, Junqing LI, Xiangyang XU, Shuhan WANG, Yanfang LIU, Wei GUO
  • Publication number: 20240189621
    Abstract: Systems and methods for radiotherapy plan verification are provided. The systems may obtain target radiotherapy plans which need to be verified. Further, the systems may generate a radiotherapy plan temporary list based on the target radiotherapy plans and verify the target radiotherapy plans in batches based on the radiotherapy plan temporary list using at least one verification means of at least one radiotherapy device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei HAN, Yanfang LIU, Zhao JIN