Patents by Inventor Yanran XU

Yanran XU 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).

  • Publication number: 20230206501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for calibration between coordinate systems of a 3D camera and a medical imaging apparatus. The calibration system includes a calibration tool having markers and a reference point that is aligned with a center of the medical imaging apparatus to serve as an origin of the coordinate system. Positions of the markers in the coordinate system of the medical imaging apparatus are calculated according to relative positions of the markers with respect to the reference point. A 3D camera captures images to determine positions of the markers in the coordinate system of the 3D camera. A calculation device calibrates the coordinate system of the 3D camera and the coordinate system of the medical imaging apparatus using the positions of the markers in the coordinate system of the 3D camera and the p in the coordinate system of the medical imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Fanbo Meng, Yanran Xu
  • Patent number: 11600021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for calibration between coordinate systems of a 3D camera and a medical imaging apparatus and an application thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Fanbo Meng, Yanran Xu
  • Publication number: 20220381862
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging system and method. Specifically, an imaging system comprises: a positioning image acquisition unit, configured to acquire a positioning image of a scanning object; a monitoring slice image acquisition unit, configured to determine a key point corresponding to the position of a target region of interest in the positioning image by using a neural network, and acquire a monitoring slice image of the scanning object at the position of the key point; and a target region-of-interest segmentation unit, configured to segment the monitoring slice image to obtain the target region of interest. The present disclosure can accurately acquire the position of the monitoring slice, and can accurately obtain the target region of interest through segmentation by a cascaded coarse segmentation and fine segmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jingyi Yang, Mingyang Yang, Yanran Xu, Yuting Dou, Bingjie Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220319030
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for configuring scan parameters for an imaging system are described. The method for configuring scan parameters includes acquiring an RGB image and a depth image of a scan object, computing physical parameters of the scan object according to the RGB image and the depth image of the scan object, and configuring, according to the physical parameters, scan parameters for scanning the scan object. In this way, the scan parameters for scanning the scan object can be automatically configured, which improves the efficiency and standardization of a scan process. Moreover, an appropriate configuration of scan parameters can further avoid rescanning and poor-quality scout images resulting from manual errors. An example apparatus that may be used to perform the method includes an acquisition unit for acquiring the RGB image, a first computation unit for computing the physical parameters, and a configuration unit for configuring the scan parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yanran Xu, Bingjie Zhao, Hsieh Jiang, Ziyu Liu
  • Patent number: 11386593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically setting a scan range. The method comprises: receiving an RGB image and a depth image of an object positioned on a scan table, respectively, by an RGB image prediction model and a depth image prediction model; generating an RGB prediction result based on the RGB image and a depth prediction result based on the depth image with respect to predetermined key points of the object, respectively, by the RGB image prediction model and the depth image prediction model; selecting a prediction result for setting the scan range from the RGB prediction result and the depth prediction result; and automatically setting the scan range based on the selected prediction result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yanran Xu, Fanbo Meng, Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11357462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3D perspective indicator and a generation method therefor and an application thereof. The present invention specifically provides a 3D perspective indicator for a CT system and a generation method therefor as well as a method and an apparatus for controlling a scanning range in a CT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Tiegong Zheng, Yanran Xu
  • Patent number: 11276166
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating patient structure prior to a scan by a medical imaging system. As one example, a method may include acquiring depth images of a patient positioned on a table of the medical imaging system, correcting the depth images based on histogram data from the depth images, and extracting a three-dimensional structure of the patient based on the corrected depth images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Raghu Prasad, Yu Huang, Yanran Xu, Kiran Panchal
  • Publication number: 20210201476
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating patient structure prior to a scan by a medical imaging system. As one example, a method may include acquiring depth images of a patient positioned on a table of the medical imaging system, correcting the depth images based on histogram data from the depth images, and extracting a three-dimensional structure of the patient based on the corrected depth images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Raghu Prasad, Yu Huang, Yanran Xu, Kiran Panchal
  • Publication number: 20200402272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically setting a scan range. The method comprises: receiving an RGB image and a depth image of an object positioned on a scan table, respectively, by an RGB image prediction model and a depth image prediction model; generating an RGB prediction result based on the RGB image and a depth prediction result based on the depth image with respect to predetermined key points of the object, respectively, by the RGB image prediction model and the depth image prediction model; selecting a prediction result for setting the scan range from the RGB prediction result and the depth prediction result; and automatically setting the scan range based on the selected prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yanran XU, Fanbo MENG, Yu HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200394821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for calibration between coordinate systems of a 3D camera and a medical imaging apparatus and an application thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yu HUANG, Fanbo MENG, Yanran XU
  • Publication number: 20200390406
    Abstract: A method for generating an object 3D point cloud in a medical imaging system comprising a machine table and a scanning device comprises: extracting a valid 3D point cloud in a valid region where the machine table is located from a global 3D point cloud based on a current height of the machine table and boundary information of the machine table, wherein the global 3D point cloud comprises 3D point clouds of an object and a surrounding environment thereof, and the object 3D point cloud is comprised in the valid 3D point cloud; and removing an environment 3D point cloud of the surrounding environment from the valid 3D point cloud to obtain the object 3D point cloud, wherein the surrounding environment comprises at least part of the machine table. In some embodiments, a moving path of the machine table in the medical imaging system is planned using the object 3D point cloud. In some embodiments, collision prediction of the object is performed in the medical imaging system using the object 3D point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yanran XU, Yu HUANG, Fanbo MENG, Raghu PRASAD, Adam G. PAUTSCH
  • Publication number: 20200375561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3D perspective indicator and a generation method therefor and an application thereof. The present invention specifically provides a 3D perspective indicator for a CT system and a generation method therefor as well as a method and an apparatus for controlling a scanning range in a CT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yu HUANG, Tiegong ZHENG, Yanran XU