Patents by Inventor Yongqiang Dong

Yongqiang Dong 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: 12239480
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasonic imaging method, an ultrasonic imaging system and a computer storage medium. The method includes: transmitting ultrasonic waves to a region of interest, including transmitting multiple pulses to the same target position (S110); receiving ultrasonic echoes to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal (S120); performing beam synthesis to obtain a beam-synthesized signal for each transmission (S130); performing autocorrelation calculation on the beam-synthesized signal for each transmission to obtain an autocorrelation function characterizing the blood flow signal for each transmission (S140); synthesizing the autocorrelation functions obtained after multiple transmissions to obtain a synthesized autocorrelation function (S150); and obtaining a color blood flow image based on the synthesized autocorrelation function (S160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongqiang Dong, Yan Wang, Zhiwei Shi
  • Patent number: 12208323
    Abstract: A manipulating device comprising: a rocker, a supporting member a magnetic assembly and a coil assembly, wherein the rocker is rotatable around the supporting member; the coil assembly is formed to have an arc shape, an inner surface of the arc shape faces the rocker, the magnetic assembly is disposed on one end of the rocker adjacent to the coil assembly. According to the technical solution, by providing the magnetic assembly on the one end of the rocker adjacent to the coil assembly, the power for rotating the rocker is adjusted by interaction force between the magnetic assembly and the arc-shaped coil assembly, and the interaction force between the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly can be further adjusted by adjusting the magnitude of the current of the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Dongsheng Mao, Xinfeng Yang, Yongqiang Wang, Yuhang Dong, Fei Tan
  • Patent number: 12178635
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging system and an imaging method. The imaging method comprises: transmitting a divergent ultrasonic beam to a scanning object, and scanning the scanning object with the divergent ultrasonic beam (S11); a self-scanning object receiving an echo of the divergent ultrasonic beam, and obtaining divergent ultrasonic echo signals by means of beam synthesis (S12); obtaining blood flow velocity vector information of the scanning object according to the divergent ultrasonic echo signals (S13); and displaying the blood flow velocity vector information of the scanning object (S14). Using a divergent ultrasonic beam to perform blood flow imaging can ensure that there is a sufficiently large scanning area for covering a scanning object, thereby achieving ultrasonic blood flow imaging at a high frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yigang Du, Yongqiang Dong, Wei Fan, Lanxi Xiang
  • Publication number: 20240206845
    Abstract: An ultrasonic blood flow imaging method includes: transmitting first, second and third ultrasonic waves to a to-be-measured blood flow position of a target object at a first transmitting angle to acquire a first projection component of a blood flow velocity vector, with a first pulse repetition frequency between the first ultrasonic waves and the second ultrasonic waves and a second pulse repetition frequency between the second ultrasonic waves and the third ultrasonic waves; transmitting fourth, fifth and sixth ultrasonic waves to the to-be-measured blood flow position at a second transmitting angle to acquire a second projection component of a blood flow velocity vector, with a third pulse repetition frequency between the fourth ultrasonic waves and the fifth ultrasonic waves and a fourth pulse repetition frequency between the fifth ultrasonic waves and the sixth ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yigang DU, Yongqiang DONG
  • Publication number: 20230371918
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasonic imaging method, an ultrasonic imaging system and a computer storage medium. The method includes: transmitting ultrasonic waves to a region of interest, including transmitting multiple pulses to the same target position (S110); receiving ultrasonic echoes to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal (S120); performing beam synthesis to obtain a beam-synthesized signal for each transmission (S130); performing autocorrelation calculation on the beam-synthesized signal for each transmission to obtain an autocorrelation function characterizing the blood flow signal for each transmission (S140); synthesizing the autocorrelation functions obtained after multiple transmissions to obtain a synthesized autocorrelation function (S150); and obtaining a color blood flow image based on the synthesized autocorrelation function (S160).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yongqiang DONG, Yan WANG, Zhiwei SHI
  • Publication number: 20210378626
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging system and an imaging method. The imaging method comprises: transmitting a divergent ultrasonic beam to a scanning object, and scanning the scanning object with the divergent ultrasonic beam (S11); a self-scanning object receiving an echo of the divergent ultrasonic beam, and obtaining divergent ultrasonic echo signals by means of beam synthesis (S12); obtaining blood flow velocity vector information of the scanning object according to the divergent ultrasonic echo signals (S13); and displaying the blood flow velocity vector information of the scanning object (S14). Using a divergent ultrasonic beam to perform blood flow imaging can ensure that there is a sufficiently large scanning area for covering a scanning object, thereby achieving ultrasonic blood flow imaging at a high frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yigang DU, Yongqiang DONG, Wei FAN, Lanxi XIANG
  • Patent number: 10166004
    Abstract: An ultrasonic contrast imaging method and apparatus thereof. The method includes acquiring N frames of contrast image in an imaging period; projecting the N frames of contrast image to obtain a projection result image of the N frames of contrast image, wherein an nth group of original contrast image is projected in a projection template to obtain a projection result image of an nth frame of original contrast image, wherein the projection template is one frame of the nth group of original contrast image, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, wherein the nth group of original contrast images is within a projection period and includes the nth original contrast image, and the projection period is a fixed value less than the imaging period; and displaying or storing the projection result image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ziyan Zhu, Maodong Sang, Yongqiang Dong
  • Patent number: 9818185
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic imaging method. The method includes: on a basis of performing fuzzy segmentation of a membership function on an echo signal, sequentially dividing an input image into a plurality of fuzzy segments according to a strength of an echo; dividing the image into a plurality of layers accordingly; and performing a spatial neighborhood operation on a membership degree value in the plurality of layers, so as to obtain a space fuzzy segmentation array; in another aspect, determining a manipulated variable vector of the image according to image content-based self-adaptive calculation or user-based input, flexibly weighting and stretching space fuzzy segmentation arrays at the layers according to the manipulated variable vector finally, and adjusting and compounding the input image by using obtained echo increment and brightness compensation, so as to obtain a final output image. Also disclosed is a corresponding ultrasonic imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiwei Shi, Yongqiang Dong
  • Publication number: 20170071574
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic contrast imaging method and an apparatus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ziyan Zhu, Maodong Sang, Yongqiang Dong
  • Publication number: 20160196646
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic imaging method. The method includes: on a basis of performing fuzzy segmentation of a membership function on an echo signal, sequentially dividing an input image into a plurality of fuzzy segments according to a strength of an echo; dividing the image into a plurality of layers accordingly; and performing a spatial neighborhood operation on a membership degree value in the plurality of layers, so as to obtain a space fuzzy segmentation array; in another aspect, determining a manipulated variable vector of the image according to image content-based self-adaptive calculation or user-based input, flexibly weighting and stretching space fuzzy segmentation arrays at the layers according to the manipulated variable vector finally, and adjusting and compounding the input image by using obtained echo increment and brightness compensation, so as to obtain a final output image. Also disclosed is a corresponding ultrasonic imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Zhiwei Shi, Yongqiang Dong
  • Patent number: 9295446
    Abstract: Methods and systems for pulse scanning and simultaneously displaying a blood flow image and a B-mode image are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lei Li, Yongqiang Dong
  • Patent number: 9086474
    Abstract: Methods and systems for simultaneously displaying a Doppler image, a B-mode image, and a color blood flow image are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lei Li, Yongqiang Dong, Bo Yang
  • Patent number: 8649586
    Abstract: A color flow gain adjustment method and device, and a color ultrasound imaging system using the device are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Xiangzuo Zheng, Yongqiang Dong
  • Patent number: 8263018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for detecting the presence or absence of a target molecule or substance, compounds which may be employed in such devices and methods of using such compounds. In some embodiments, the compounds are conjugated polyenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ben Zhong Tang, Matthias Haeussler, Yongqiang Dong, Hui Tong
  • Publication number: 20120172725
    Abstract: A color flow gain adjustment method and device, and a color ultrasound imaging system using the device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Xiangzuo Zheng, Yongqiang Dong
  • Patent number: 8129111
    Abstract: The presently described subject matter is directed to water-soluble conjugated polyene compounds that exhibit aggregation induced emission, as well as to water dispersible, fluorescent, polymeric microparticles and/or nanoparticles comprising the water-soluble conjugated polyene compounds. Also provided are methods of making and using the compounds and particles. The described conjugated polyene compounds are useful as bioprobes for the detection biomacromolecules, as well as in the manufacture of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Yuning Hong, Matthias Haeussler, Hui Tong, Yongqiang Dong, Zhen Li, Changmin Xing
  • Publication number: 20120053461
    Abstract: Methods and systems for simultaneously displaying a Doppler image, a B-mode image, and a color blood flow image are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei LI, Yongqiang Dong, Bo Yang
  • Publication number: 20120029350
    Abstract: Methods and systems for pulse scanning and simultaneously displaying a blood flow image and a B-mode image are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei LI, Yongqiang DONG
  • Patent number: 7939613
    Abstract: The presently described subject matter is directed to water-soluble conjugated polyene compounds that exhibit aggregation induced emission, as well as to water dispersible, fluorescent, polymeric microparticles and/or nanoparticles comprising the water-soluble conjugated polyene compounds. Also provided are methods of making and using the compounds and particles. The described conjugated polyene compounds are useful as bioprobes for the detection biomacromolecules, as well as in the manufacture of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Yuning Hong, Matthias Haeussler, Hui Tong, Yongqiang Dong, Zhen Li, Changmin Xing
  • Patent number: 7933439
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrasound imaging method and apparatus for adaptively suppressing tissue flickering. The method includes transmitting ultrasound pulses to an object to be detected and receiving ultrasound echo signals from the object to be detected; processing the ultrasound echo signals to obtain anatomical image data; demodulating the ultrasound echo signals to obtain demodulated signals; processing the demodulated signals to obtain blood flow image data; and displaying either anatomical image data or blood flow image data based on fusing rules, wherein a first fusing rule is used for a portion of the object to be detected in which tissue flickering exists, and a second fusing rule, which is different from the first fusing rule, is used for a portion of the object to be detected in which no tissue flickering exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongqiang Dong