Patents by Inventor Yaoxian Zou

Yaoxian Zou 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: 11969288
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging method includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a fetal head; receiving an ultrasonic echo, obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal, and obtaining the three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head according to the ultrasonic echo signal; according to the characteristics of a median sagittal section of the fetal head, detecting the median sagittal section in the three-dimensional volume data; and displaying the median sagittal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen, Yi Xiong, Bin Yao
  • Publication number: 20230414195
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, comprising: acquiring an ultrasonic image, the image comprising a target tissue; an ultrasound probe obtaining an ultrasonic image by means of receiving an ultrasound signal from the target tissue; displaying the ultrasonic image; obtaining a measurement instruction on the basis of the ultrasonic image; calculating a related measurement item of the target tissue according to the measurement instruction and obtaining a calculation result; and outputting the calculation result. Further provided is a system for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image. The method and system solve the problem wherein ultrasonic image measurement operations are inconvenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Huifang WANG, Yongquan LAI, Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Zhijie CHEN
  • Patent number: 11826194
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, comprising: acquiring an ultrasonic image, the image comprising a target tissue; an ultrasound probe obtaining an ultrasonic image by means of receiving an ultrasound signal from the target tissue; displaying the ultrasonic image; obtaining a measurement instruction on the basis of the ultrasonic image; calculating a related measurement item of the target tissue according to the measurement instruction and obtaining a calculation result; and outputting the calculation result. Further provided is a system for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image. The method and system solve the problem wherein ultrasonic image measurement operations are inconvenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Second People's Hospital
    Inventors: Huifang Wang, Yongquan Lai, Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen
  • Publication number: 20230329581
    Abstract: A method for automatic identification of a measurement item includes: acquiring gray values of pixels of a specified section image, where the gray values of the pixels correspond to ultrasound echoes generated by reflection of ultrasound waves by a tissue under examination; determining a section type of the specified section image based on one or more characteristics defined by the gray values of the pixels, the section type identifying a particular section of a particular area of the tissue from which the specified section image is acquired; identifying at least one measurement item which is measurable in the specified section image according to the section type of the specified section image; and obtaining a value of the identified at least one measurement item according to the specified section image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yaoxian ZOU, Bin YAO, Yi WEI, Muqing LIN, Zuoqi ZENG
  • Patent number: 11744541
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining a pelvic ultrasound image, wherein the pelvic ultrasound image is acquired by receiving ultrasound echoes from a pelvic floor tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the pelvic floor tissue; displaying the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a position of an inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis in the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a central axis of symphysis pubis in the pelvic ultrasound image; determining an axis that passes through the determined position of the inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis and is at an angle of 135 degree with respect to the determined central axis of symphysis pubis; determining a position of a bladder neck in the pelvic ultrasound image; and calculating a distance from the determined position of the bladder neck to the determined axis to obtain a value of a bladder neck-symphyseal distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Second People's Hospital
    Inventors: Huifang Wang, Yongquan Lai, Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen
  • Patent number: 11744540
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining a pelvic ultrasound image, wherein the pelvic ultrasound image is acquired by receiving ultrasound echoes from a pelvic floor tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the pelvic floor tissue; displaying the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a position of an inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis in the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a horizontal axis according to the determined position of the inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis; determining a position of a bladder neck in the pelvic ultrasound image; and calculating a distance from the determined position of the bladder neck to the determined horizontal axis to obtain a value of a bladder neck-symphyseal distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Second People's Hospital
    Inventors: Huifang Wang, Yongquan Lai, Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen
  • Patent number: 11717183
    Abstract: A method for automatic identification of a measurement item is provided. The method comprises acquiring, via an image acquisition module, gray values of pixels of a specified section image corresponding to ultrasonic echoes generated by reflection of ultrasound waves by a tissue under examination; identifying, via an identification module, at least one measurement item corresponding to the specified section image based on the gray values of the pixels; and measuring, via a measuring module, a measurement item parameter of the specified section image based on the measurement item identified. Because the measurement item of a specified section image can be automatically identified based on the content thereof, the user does not need to move a trackball to select measurement items, and therefore efficiency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Bin Yao, Yi Wei, Muqing Lin, Zuoqi Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230210501
    Abstract: Provided are a CEUS imaging method, an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: controlling an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a target tissue containing a contrast agent, receive an echo of the ultrasonic wave, and acquire a first contrast data and a first tissue data in real time based on the echo of the ultrasonic wave, the first contrast data and the first tissue data being volumetric data; rendering a second contrast data and a second tissue data in real time to acquire a hybrid rendered image of the second contrast data and the second tissue data, the second contrast data containing all or part data of the first contrast data, and the second tissue data containing all or part data of the first tissue data; and displaying the hybrid rendered image in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Aijun WANG, Muqing LIN, Yaoxian ZOU, Maodong SANG, Xujin HE
  • Patent number: 11534133
    Abstract: An ultrasonic detection method and ultrasonic imaging system for a fetal heart. Since after three-dimensional volume data is obtained, at least one point within a fetal heart in the three-dimensional volume data is identified, the spatial position where a fetal heart cross-section is located in the three-dimensional volume data is identified according to the point, and the fetal heart cross-section is then extracted from the three-dimensional volume data according to the identified spatial position, the fetal heart cross-section can be quickly acquired from the three-dimensional volume data. The present invention is simple and easy to use, and is convenient for a doctor to make a diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Yong Huang, Zhijie Chen
  • Patent number: 11534134
    Abstract: The three-dimensional ultrasound imaging method comprise emitting an ultrasonic wave to a fetal head; receiving an ultrasonic echo to acquire an ultrasonic echo signal; acquiring three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head according to the ultrasonic echo signal; detecting a median sagittal section from the three-dimensional volume data according to features of the median sagittal section of the fetal head; determining a facing orientation of the fetal head in the median sagittal section; displaying the median sagittal section as an image suitable for observation according to the facing orientation of the fetal head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen
  • Patent number: 11521363
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device and a method and system for transforming the display of a three-dimensional ultrasonic image thereof. The method comprises: first acquiring original ultrasonic three-dimensional body data including a tested object (S10); detecting the orientation of the tested object from the original ultrasonic three-dimensional body data according to image features of the tested object (S20); then comparing the orientation of the tested object with a desired orientation, so as to obtain a rotation transformation parameter in a three-dimensional coordinate system (S30); next, rotating and transforming the original ultrasonic three-dimensional body data according to the rotation transformation parameter, so as to obtain the transformed three-dimensional body data (S40); and finally, outputting the transformed three-dimensional body data (S50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianzhu Liang, Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Wenda Gong, Lei Zhu, Helin Feng
  • Publication number: 20220249060
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a method for display processing of 3D image data and method and system for 3D ultrasonic imaging. The method includes: obtaining 3D volume data of the head of a target body; detecting a transverse section at a anatomical position from the 3D volume data according to image characteristic of the head of the target body in a transverse section related to the anatomical position; and displaying the transverse section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yaoxian ZOU, Kyle Brennan, Muqing LIN, Zhijie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220087636
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining a pelvic ultrasound image, wherein the pelvic ultrasound image is acquired by receiving ultrasound echoes from a pelvic floor tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the pelvic floor tissue; displaying the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a position of an inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis in the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a horizontal axis according to the determined position of the inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis; determining a position of a bladder neck in the pelvic ultrasound image; and calculating a distance from the determined position of the bladder neck to the determined horizontal axis to obtain a value of a bladder neck-symphyseal distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Huifang WANG, Yongquan LAI, Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Zhijie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220087635
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining an ultrasound image by receiving ultrasound echoes from a target tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the target tissue; displaying the ultrasound image; obtaining multiple measurement items to be measured; determining multiple anatomical feature items whose positions are to be determined during a measurement of the multiple measurement items according to a relevance among the multiple measurement items, to obtain a feature set that comprises the multiple anatomical feature items and whose anatomical feature items are different from each other; determining positions of the anatomical feature items in the feature set in the ultrasound image; calculating values of the multiple measurement items according to the positions of the anatomical feature items in the feature set; and outputting the values of the multiple measurement items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Huifang WANG, Yongquan LAI, Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Zhijie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220087637
    Abstract: A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining a pelvic ultrasound image, wherein the pelvic ultrasound image is acquired by receiving ultrasound echoes from a pelvic floor tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the pelvic floor tissue; displaying the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a position of an inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis in the pelvic ultrasound image; determining a central axis of symphysis pubis in the pelvic ultrasound image; determining an axis that passes through the determined position of the inferoposterior margin of symphysis pubis and is at an angle of 135 degree with respect to the determined central axis of symphysis pubis; determining a position of a bladder neck in the pelvic ultrasound image; and calculating a distance from the determined position of the bladder neck to the determined axis to obtain a value of a bladder neck-symphyseal distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Huifang WANG, Yongquan LAI, Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Zhijie CHEN
  • Patent number: 11229419
    Abstract: A method for display processing of 3D image data includes obtaining 3D volume data of the head of a target body; detecting a transverse section at an anatomical position from the 3D volume data according to image characteristic of the head of the target body in a transverse section related to the anatomical position; and displaying the transverse section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Kyle Brennan, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen
  • Publication number: 20210393240
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging method and device (10) and a computer-readable storage medium. The ultrasonic imaging method comprises: transmitting ultrasonic waves to a uterine region of an object to be detected (S201); receiving ultrasonic echoes based on the ultrasonic waves reflected from the uterine region of said object, and acquiring ultrasonic echo signals on the basis of the ultrasonic echoes (S202); processing the ultrasonic echo signals to obtain three-dimensional data of the uterine region of said object (S203); identifying the endometrium from the three-dimensional data of the uterine region according to endometrium image characteristics of the uterine region to obtain position information of the identified endometrium (S204); according to the position information of the identified endometrium, imaging the cross section of the identified endometrium on the basis of the three-dimensional data to obtain an cross-sectional endometrium image; and displaying the cross-sectional endometrium image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Xiao HAN, Guohao DONG, Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Tao JIN
  • Publication number: 20210307719
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging method includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a fetal head; receiving an ultrasonic echo, obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal, and obtaining the three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head according to the ultrasonic echo signal; according to the characteristics of a median sagittal section of the fetal head, detecting the median sagittal section in the three-dimensional volume data; and displaying the median sagittal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Zhijie CHEN, Yi XIONG, Bin YAO
  • Publication number: 20210251601
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for ultrasound imaging and a related equipment, the method for ultrasound imaging comprising: obtaining ultrasound body data of a test object; determining position information of a target anatomical structure from the ultrasound body data; determining an ultrasound image of the target anatomical structure from the ultrasound body data according to the position information of the target anatomical structure; and displaying the ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Xiao HAN, Yaoxian ZOU, Muqing LIN, Tianzhu LIANG, Wenfang WANG
  • Patent number: 11039810
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging method includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a fetal head; receiving an ultrasonic echo, obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal, and obtaining the three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head according to the ultrasonic echo signal; according to the characteristics of a median sagittal section of the fetal head, detecting the median sagittal section in the three-dimensional volume data; and displaying the median sagittal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen, Yi Xiong, Bin Yao