Patents Issued in September 29, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220304610
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing an electrocardiogram signal and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining an electrocardiogram signal containing a plurality of selected waves; determining an interval sequence for the plurality of selected waves; converting the interval sequence into a symbol value sequence, based on symbolic dynamics; determining a Shannon entropy of the symbol value sequence; and classifying the electrocardiogram signal, based on a value of the Shannon entropy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guifang Meng
  • Publication number: 20220304611
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an atrial fibrillation detection device, method, system and storage medium. The device includes an ECG signal processing module, configured to identify positions of Q, R, S and T points of all heartbeats in an ECG signal acquired in a preset time, and determine a RR interval, a P point amplitude, an R point amplitude and a TQ segment waveform of each heartbeat according to the positions of the P, Q, R, S and T positions; and a detection module, configured to acquire an integrated score and perform conditional judgment on the integrated score, wherein the fifth score is a quotient of a total number of f waves in all the TQ segment waveforms in the ECG signal to a total number of the TQ segment waveforms involved in the ECG signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Liqun ZHAO, Chengliang LIU, Jinlei LIU, Fei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220304612
    Abstract: A system and method for determining an arrhythmia risk are provided and include memory to store specific executable instructions and a machine learning (ML) model trained to predict an arrhythmia with a characteristic of interest (COI) that exhibits a non-physiologic behavior. One or more processors are configured to execute the specific executable instructions to obtain CA signals collected by an implantable medical device (IMD), wherein the COI exhibits a physiologic behavior and apply the ML model to the CA signals to identify a risk factor that a patient will experience the arrhythmia at a future point in time even though the COI in the CA signals, exhibits a physiologic behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Davis, Aditya Goil
  • Publication number: 20220304613
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a small form factor ECG monitoring device that can acquire 3 standard ECG leads including a V-lead, does not require the use of adhesives for electrodes, and provides ECG data for a user on a near instantaneous basis. The ECG monitoring device can acquire leads I, II, and V2 (or any other V lead). The addition of a V-lead not only provides an additional channel of ECG data, but also adds another orthogonal cardiac field plane (the horizontal plane) thanks to the reference point formed by leads I and II. The ECG monitoring device may derive the augmented limb leads and subsequently generate a full 12-lead ECG. The ECG monitoring device may generate one or more diagnoses based on the full 12-lead set. The ECG monitoring device may provide an easy and non-invasive way for a person to take an ECG on the fly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: David E. Albert, Bruce Satchwell, Kim Norman Barnett, Joel Q. Xue
  • Publication number: 20220304614
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroencephalogram measurement structure formed by an ear-hanging structure and a second circuit board. The ear-hanging structure includes a body. An ear-hanging member is disposed at the extension of the body. The body can be worn on the ear via the ear-hanging member. In addition, a first reference electrode and a second reference electrode are disposed on the body and coupled to a first circuit board. The first circuit board is coupled to an electrical jack; the second circuit board is coupled to the electrical jack via an electrical plug. Thereby, the electroencephalogram measurement can be performed simply by wearing the ear-hanging member on the ear of the person under test. Hence, the problems of complicated wiring and inconvenience in wearing can be solved concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: CHUN-MING HUANG, CHEN-CHIA CHEN, GANG-NENG SUNG, CHIEN-MING WU
  • Publication number: 20220304615
    Abstract: A measurement system includes: a mounting member configured to be mounted on a measurement target portion of a living body and including a plurality of holding units configured to hold a plurality of magnetic sensors such that the plurality of magnetic sensors face the measurement target portion; an image capturing unit configured to capture images of markers arranged in arrangement regions of the plurality of holding units of the mounting member mounted on the measurement target portion, in the measurement target portion; a moving mechanism unit configured to move the image capturing unit relative to the measurement target portion on which the mounting member is mounted; and a derivation unit configured to derive three-dimensional position information on the plurality of magnetic sensors held by the plurality of holding units relative to the measurement target portion, based on the captured images of the markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hironobu MIFUNE, Takanobu OSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220304616
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FLINT HILLS SCIENTIFIC, L.L.C.
    Inventor: IVAN Osorio
  • Publication number: 20220304617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for diagnosing small bowel cleanliness. The system may comprise: a similarity analysis unit for analyzing to select a representative image of similar small bowel images from among a plurality of small bowel images; an image classification unit for, when a series of a plurality of small bowel images in which cleanliness is to be diagnosed are received in a state where the plurality of small bowel images have been learned, classifying small bowel cleanliness according to scores by predicting the small bowel cleanliness by applying the representative image to a learning result; and a cleanliness diagnosis unit for calculating final small bowel cleanliness for the series of the plurality of small bowel images on the basis of a score for small bowel cleanliness of the representative image and the number of small bowel images similar to the representative image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: You Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20220304618
    Abstract: An impedance-type chip for real-time sensing sweat pressure, a micro-control system, and method thereof are provided for monitoring a physiological state of a subject. The impedance-type chip includes a substrate, a pair of comb-shaped electrodes, a first double-layered junction plate, a microfluidic channel plate, a second double-layered junction plate, and a sealing plate. Each the comb-shaped electrodes has a plurality of sub-electrodes and is disposed on the substrate to provide different impedance values. The first double-layered junction plate is disposed on the substrate, the microfluidic channel plate is disposed on the first double-layered junction plates, and the second double-layered junction plate is disposed on the microfluidic channel plate, wherein the first double-layered junction plate, the microfluidic channel plate, and the second double-layered junction plate have a microfluidic channel with a cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bor-Ran Li, Pei-Heng Lin, Wei-Lung Chang, Sian-Chen Sheu
  • Publication number: 20220304619
    Abstract: A system and a computer implemented method are disclosed to model breast shape using three-dimensional spherical harmonics with adjustable parameters to modulate breast size, projection, and/or ptosis. The method includes receiving a 3D image including a breast, identifying the breast in the 3D image, extracting 3D image data of the breast from the 3D image, forming a closed object using the 3D image data of the breast to create a zero-genus surface, mapping the 3D image data of the breast to a predefined template using spherical coordinates, and determining a 3D spherical harmonic descriptor of the 3D image data of the breast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Fatima Merchant, Audrey Cheong
  • Publication number: 20220304620
    Abstract: A method of processing optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans through a subject's skin, the method comprising: receiving at least a plurality of OCT scans through the subject's skin (7), each scan representing an OCT signal in a slice through the subject's skin (7), with the plurality of OCT scans being spaced apart such that the OCT scans represent the OCT signal through a volume through the subject's skin; processing each OCT scan using a processor so as to so as to detect at least one three dimensional structure in the skin; classifying, using a processor, the structure as belonging to a class of a plurality of classes of structures; and outputting at least one of the structure and the class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: MICHELSON DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
    Inventor: Jonathan Denis Holmes
  • Publication number: 20220304621
    Abstract: In some aspects, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for gathering and processing sensor data to identify a risk of impacting or causing a skin injury. The computer-implemented method can include: receiving, via a computer network, sensor feature data representing output of a user sensor configured to be worn on a limb of a user; generating activity classification model output data using the sensor feature data and an activity classification model, the activity classification model output data representing likelihoods that the sensor feature data corresponds to each of a plurality of different activity classifications; determining an activity classification from the activity classification model output data; and transmitting, via the computer network, display data representing the activity classification to a computing device configured to present the display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Mika Belding, Johannes Dagevos van Rij, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Jonathon Simon Lay, Brian William Quist, Damian Lawson Smith
  • Publication number: 20220304622
    Abstract: Sleep management apparatus including a wearable device having one or more physiological sensors operably engaged with a body of a user. One or more processors can be communicatively coupled with the wearable device having a memory storing instructions when executed operable to: detect one or more indicators of a bedtime; measure one or more physiological indicators predictive of a ready for sleep condition of the user; suggest, when one or more of the one or more physiological indicators exceed a predetermined threshold, a sleep preparation exercise; and track an effectiveness of the sleep preparation exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: HAPPY HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin M. FRECKLETON, Byron P. OLSON, Nithin O. RAJAN, David E. CLIFT-REAVES
  • Publication number: 20220304623
    Abstract: A sleep testing method, a sleep testing apparatus, a sleep-aiding device, and a sleep-aiding method are described. The sleep testing method comprises: acquiring an electroencephalogram signal of a user; processing the electroencephalogram signal to obtain energy values of the electroencephalogram signal in a plurality of set frequency bands; calculating a relative energy value of the electroencephalogram signal in the plurality of set frequency bands; and determining a sleep state, mental stress and the degree of fatigue according to the relative energy value. According to the sleep testing method, the sleep state, the mental stress, and the degree of fatigue of a user can be simultaneously determined just according to an electroencephalogram signal, and a plurality of pieces of testing data related to sleep can be obtained in a single instance of testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Guifang MENG
  • Publication number: 20220304624
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a multilayer structure for a biosensor, comprising a base layer, a biocompatible layer comprising a reagent on the base layer, a self-adhesive layer on the biocompatible layer, such that the reagent is at least partially aligned with a channel formed in the self-adhesive layer, and a top layer on the self-adhesive layer. According to the present invention, the biocompatible layer is deposited directly onto the base layer and is adhesive. The present invention also concerns a biosensor and a method for the manufacture of such a multilayer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: François GERMAIN, Simon VASSAL
  • Publication number: 20220304625
    Abstract: A catheter device is to be applied to a catheter and includes a tube member and a handle. The tube member is configured to be inserted through a lumen provided in a catheter shaft of the catheter. The handle is provided on a base end of the tube member, and includes a deformation operating member configured to receive an operation that causes a region in the vicinity of a tip end of the tube member to be subjected to bending deformation. Upon the bending deformation of the region in the vicinity of the tip end of the tube member in response to the operation of the deformation operating member, the tube member to be subjected to the bending deformation is configured to be pressed against a wall surface of the lumen of the catheter shaft to displace a region in the vicinity of a tip end of the catheter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kohei SAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20220304626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the process of using signal-emitting and/or receiving objects or smart medical devices for image acquisition, and which can utilize a variety of external energy sources which are directly applied and/or incorporated into the host subject to produce a continuous and dynamic visual representation of the host subject on a computer display, which representation hereafter will be referred to as a visualization map. The derived images can be targeted, to small (i.e., focal) areas of clinical interest, to organ systems, or the entire body. The present invention provides a scalable method for continuous and dynamic imaging over prolonged periods of time, as dictated by the clinical context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Bruce REINER
  • Publication number: 20220304627
    Abstract: A biological information measurement system includes: a time measurement apparatus configured to transmit time information; a first measurement apparatus configured to measure brain neural activity of a subject, based on a biological signal detected from the subject; a first recording apparatus configured to record first data indicating a temporal change in the brain neural activity measured by the first measurement apparatus, in association with the time information received from the time measurement apparatus; an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of the subject; and a second recording apparatus configured to record second data indicating a temporal change in a posture of the subject, the posture identified based on the image captured by the image capturing apparatus, in association with the time information received from the time measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hirofumi MORISE, Kiwamu KUDO, Yoshihiro MISAKA
  • Publication number: 20220304628
    Abstract: A monitor comprises circuitry to receive a signal and process the signal to monitor at least one characteristic of a subject, and a flexible polymer casing forming a waterproof enclosure for the circuitry. The flexible polymer casing is infused with a conductive material at at least one location to form at least one infused electrode that extends from an exterior of the flexible polymer casing to an interior of the flexible polymer casing, and the at least one infused electrode is coupled to the circuitry so as to allow the signal to pass from outside the flexible polymer casing to the circuitry. A polymer in a portion of the flexible polymer casing that is infused with the conductive material at the at least one location is cross-linked with a polymer in a portion of the flexible polymer casing that is not infused with the conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas J. Quinlan, Paul J. Gaudet, David Peabody Goodall, III, John Edgar MacLean
  • Publication number: 20220304629
    Abstract: System and method for measuring dyslipidemia condition of a subject using thermal imaging is disclosed. The disclosed system and method includes thermal sensors for capturing thermal images and/or videos of a body part; and a processing engine to detect a predefined region of the body part in each frame of the captured images and/or videos. The processing engine segments one or more portions from the predefined region in each frame of the captured images and/or videos to identify a ROI comprising arteries in the segmented portions. Based on the identified region of interest, the engine extracts pixel values, representing biosignals, from each frame of the captured images and/or videos to determine parameters associated with a rate of atherosclerotic, levels of lipids and lipoproteins, and hemodynamic factors of the subject. Further a risk score for the dyslipidemia condition based on the determined parameters using computational models is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sameer Raghuram Shivpure, Jayanthi Thiruvengadam, Anuhya Choda, Gayathri Choda
  • Publication number: 20220304630
    Abstract: A method of estimating the probability of a seizure in a subject, the method comprising: receiving historical data associated with epileptic events experienced by the subject over a first time period, the historical data comprising physiological data associated with each epileptic event and a time at which each epileptic event occurred; generating a temporal probability model of future epileptic events based on the time of each of the epileptic events, the temporal probability model representing a probability of a future seizure occurrence in each of a plurality of time windows; generating a probabilistic model based on the physiological data associated with each epileptic event; weighting the probabilistic model based on the temporal probability model to generate a weighted probabilistic model of future seizure activity; and outputting an estimate of seizure probability in the subject using the weighted probabilistic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Philippa Karoly, Dean Freestone, Mark Cook
  • Publication number: 20220304631
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the non-invasive computation of Pulmonary Artery Pressure (and its components of mean, systolic and diastolic) (PAP) as well as Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (and its components of mean, A-Wave and V-Wave) (PCWP) using a wearable sensor device. Cardiac acoustic and electrocardiogram sensor signals are obtained and multiple temporal, amplitude-based, and spectral features are extracted from the signals. Extracted features from a subject are used as inputs for pre-trained classification, regression, or advanced machine learning models to provide an accurate computation of PAP and PCWP and their associated component values without surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SENSYDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: William J. Kaiser, Christopher Baek, Per Henrik Borgstrom, Aman Mahajan, Kanav Saraf, Michael Wasko, Xu Zhang, Yi Zheng
  • Publication number: 20220304632
    Abstract: A seizure early-warning method and a system thereof, relating to a technical field of artificial intelligence. The method includes: acquiring health data of a user (S110); extracting first feature parameters from the acquired health data (S120); inputting the extracted first feature parameters into a preset seizure probability estimation model, so as to obtain a seizure probability (S130), wherein the seizure probability estimation model being generated by training a classification model by means of historical health data of a plurality of patients, and the historical health data of the patients including health data of the patients before the seizure; and determining, according to the seizure probability, whether to issue a seizure early-warning notification (S140). The system is a system configured to execute the method. The described technical solution can implement seizure early-warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lichen ZHU, Sixing LIU, Jingjing LI, Zhaolei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220304633
    Abstract: A method for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may include obtaining photon information of photons that are emitted from an object and detected by detector units of a detector of a PET scanner. The method may also include obtaining, based on the photon information and lines of response (LORs), more than one coincidence window width value of the PET scanner. The method may also include determining coincidence events of the photons based on the more than one coincidence window width value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinyu LYU
  • Publication number: 20220304634
    Abstract: A method and positioning system for determining a region to be examined in a subject on a movable support of a medical imaging system. The method includes: a) manually specifying the region by positioning a predetermined marker object in relation to the subject; b) acquiring the position of the marker object by an acquisition apparatus; c) projecting or displaying a feedback marking by a projection apparatus at the acquired position on the subject, wherein the position of the marker object and the acquired position are adjustable; d) calculating a scan position of the movable support on the basis of the acquired position by means of a computer unit, wherein in the scan position, the region to be examined is arranged in an acquisition region of the imaging system; and e) automatically moving the movable support into the scan position with a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Johann Sukkau, Helmut Wrobel
  • Publication number: 20220304635
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to controlling radiation and protecting biological organisms from exposure to radiation and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, and systems for minimizing and/or eliminating exposure of humans to stray radiation used for medical imaging and therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Strangeman, Stephen Towe, Richard Haley, Alexandra Adrych-Brunning
  • Publication number: 20220304636
    Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate relative to one another. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to safely visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Evans FOSTER, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, William Thomas Livngston, Foster D. Phillips
  • Publication number: 20220304637
    Abstract: An intra-oral X-ray imaging system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an intra-oral X-ray sensing device being shaped in such a manner as to be hand-gripped by an user and performing X-ray imaging within an oral cavity through X-ray radiation, a charging connection deck having a structure where the intra-oral X-ray sensing device is accommodated therein and is chargeable, the charging connection deck being electrically connected to the intra-oral X-ray sensing device when the intra-oral X-ray sensing device is accommodated, and an X-ray image generation and display device being electrically connected to the charging connection deck, image-processing X-ray data resulting from the X-ray imaging, generating an X-ray image as a result of the image-processing, and displaying the generated X-ray image for a user's viewing, wherein the X-ray image generation and display device receives the X-ray data resulting from the X-ray imaging, through the charging connection deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Yoon PARK, Won SEONG
  • Publication number: 20220304638
    Abstract: An X-ray detector is provided. The X-ray detector includes multiple detector sub-modules. Each detector sub-module includes a semiconductor layer and multiple detector elements. A plurality of detector elements is disposed on the semiconductor layer. Wiring traces extending from the plurality of detector elements to readout circuitry, where each detector element is coupled to a respective wiring trace. The wiring traces are routed within a gap between adjacent detector elements of the plurality of detector elements. Processing circuitry is configured to perform coincidence detection to determine which detector element of the plurality of detector elements is associated with a location of an X-ray hit when the X-ray coincidently hits one of the detector elements of the plurality of detector elements and one or more of the wiring traces coupled to respective detector elements of the plurality of detector elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Brian David Yanoff, Biju Jacob
  • Publication number: 20220304639
    Abstract: A radiological imaging device configured to analyze a limb includes a first module that includes a source configured to emit radiation, a second module that includes a detector configured to receive radiation from the source that has passed through the limb, a control station connected to the first and second modules for controlling movement of the first and second modules and acquiring images from the second module, and a platform having an outer support surface to support the first and second modules. The control station includes a casing and a connecting member that is connected to the casing to attach the platform. The platform is suitable to rotate around an axis approximately parallel to the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Leonardo Manetti, Massimiliano Leonori, Damiano Fortuna
  • Publication number: 20220304640
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to techniques for medical imaging image presentation. The techniques include obtaining, for a target area including a first target, an image of the target area that is taken without a contrast agent and an image of the target area that is taken with a contrast agent. The techniques also include subtracting the image that is taken with a contrast agent from the image that is taken without a contrast agent to obtain a subtraction image; extracting a contour of a second target from the subtraction image, to obtain a contour image of the second target; and registering, based on a same marker, the contour image of the second target and a currently-acquired (e.g. real-time) image, and then displaying the images in a superimposed manner. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure improve the efficiency of treatment based on radiological images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Peng Cheng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20220304641
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for automated analysis and assessments of contrast medium absorption phases in contrast medium based medical images. A target image set includes a plurality of medical images acquired to image a plurality of contrast medium absorption phases. For the images of the target image set, a set of contrast medium absorption phase probabilities are determined corresponding to likelihoods that a given image corresponds to a given contrast medium absorption phase. The determined sets of contrast medium absorption phases are compared against a reference set of contrast medium absorption phases to determine differences to determine a set of matching scores indicative of how closely the contrast medium absorption phases of the target image set align with the plurality of contrast medium absorption phases as compared to the reference set of contrast medium absorption phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Giovanni John Jacques Palma, Arkadiusz Sitek
  • Publication number: 20220304642
    Abstract: Provided is a dynamic analysis device that includes a hardware processor and a storage that stores setting information on image associated information and a dynamic analysis including dynamic analyses. The image associated information is linked to the dynamic analysis among predetermined dynamic analyses of multiple types. The hardware processor acquires a dynamic image to be subject to the dynamic analysis and the image associated information of the dynamic image, specifies a type of the dynamic analysis that is applied to the dynamic image based on the acquired image associated information and the setting information stored in the storage, executes the dynamic analysis of the specified type to generate an analysis result, and outputs the generated analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toi SAWAGUCHI, Ichirou HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220304643
    Abstract: A CPU of a console acquires a plurality of projection images, acquires a plurality of tomographic images which are generated using the plurality of projection images and which correspond to each of a plurality of tomographic planes of a breast, performs pseudo-projection at set irradiation positions corresponding to each of the irradiation positions of the plurality of projection images, using a group of tomographic images other than a tomographic image including a reference object image indicating a reference object which is used as a reference for deriving a positional deviation amount between the projection images among the plurality of tomographic images, to generate a plurality of pseudo-projection images without a reference object which do not include the reference object image, and derives the positional deviation amount between the projection images on the basis of component-removed images which include the reference object image and which are obtained by removing components of the plurality of pseudo
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Wataru FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220304644
    Abstract: A CPU acquires projection images captured at each irradiation position in a state in which a marker is disposed and set irradiation positions set as the irradiation positions of the projection images, generates a tomographic image from the projection images using the set irradiation positions, derives the coordinates of a three-dimensional position where the marker is disposed from the tomographic image, derives a first two-dimensional position of the marker projected onto the projection plane from the set irradiation positions and the coordinates of the three-dimensional position of the marker, and estimates the irradiation positions on the basis of the first two-dimensional position and a second two-dimensional position of the marker in the projection plane which is specified from a marker image indicating the marker included in each of the projection images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Wataru FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220304645
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring and guiding patient motion during medical image acquisition. In accordance with certain embodiments, a method includes acquiring an image of a patient with an imaging system; determining an amount of patient movement; and providing a movement indicator based on the determined amount of patient movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michelle Marie Severino DeLong Samalik, Chelsey A. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20220304646
    Abstract: A computer system implements a neural network to process raw dental images to detect and number teeth and to diagnose pathological, non-pathological, and post-treatment conditions. Detected teeth, corresponding numbers, and any corresponding detected conditions are correlated to the dental image and presented in a graphical user interface comprising the image and a standard, symbolic dental chart associating the tooth number, detected conditions, and regions of the image to teeth represented in the symbolic chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dmitry TUZOFF, Alexey KRASNOV, Max KHARCHENKO, Lyudmila TUZOVA
  • Publication number: 20220304647
    Abstract: A CPU of a console acquires a plurality of projection images, performs an optimization process on a forward projection model, which has, as parameters, an absorption coefficient assigned to each voxel of a three-dimensional model that is virtually set in a three-dimensional space in which the object is disposed and has a plurality of voxels as constituent units, an intersection length of each voxel where a path of radiation emitted at an irradiation position intersects the three-dimensional model, and an amount of movement of the object, on the basis of the projection images at each of a plurality of irradiation positions, and generates a tomographic image of the object using the optimized parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Wataru FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220304648
    Abstract: An ultrasound-induced positioning type puncture assembly and a sleeve type small needle knife are provided. The small needle knife includes a cutting assembly and a puncture assembly. The puncture assembly includes a puncture needle core and a puncture sleeve; an annular groove facing an ultrasound equipment probe is formed in an outer wall of the puncture sleeve along a circumferential direction; and a cross section of the annular groove is of lug-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuanli WANG, Qingpu WANG, Yanli LU, Zhijun TIAN
  • Publication number: 20220304649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to determining the rotation of an interventional device in an ultrasound field. An interventional device is provided that is suitable for being tracked in an ultrasound beam of a beamforming ultrasound imaging system by correlating transmitted ultrasound signals from the beamforming ultrasound imaging system as detected by ultrasound receivers attached to the interventional device with the beamforming beam sequence of the ultrasound signals. The interventional device includes a longitudinal axis (A-A?), a first linear sensor array (12) comprising a plurality of ultrasound receivers (R1 . . . n) wherein each ultrasound receiver has a length (L) and a width (W), and wherein the array extends along the width (W) direction. Moreover the first linear sensor array (12) is wrapped circumferentially around the interventional device with respect to the axis (A-A?) such that the length (L) of each ultrasound receiver is arranged lengthwise with respect to the axis (A-A?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Willem-Jan Arend DE WIJS, Alexander Franciscus KOLEN
  • Publication number: 20220304650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for indicating a position of an interventional device feature (11a) of an interventional device (11) respective an image plane (12) defined by an ultrasound imaging probe (18) of a beamforming ultrasound imaging system (15) in which the position of the interventional device feature (11a) is determined based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the ultrasound imaging probe (18) and an ultrasound transducer (16) attached to the interventional device at a predetermined distance (Lp) from the interventional device feature (11a). An icon providing unit (IPU) provides a first icon (Cde) indicative of a circular zone with a radius corresponding to the predetermined distance (Lp). The first icon (Cde) is displayed in a fused image that includes a reconstructed ultrasound image (RUI) from the beamforming ultrasound imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hendrik Roelof STAPERT, Mustafa Hakan GÖKGÜRLER, Jeroen KORTSMIT, Stefan VAN DE PAS
  • Publication number: 20220304651
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry is configured to concurrently obtain a plurality of cardiac function indexes for at least two or more cardiac chambers including a left ventricle and a right ventricle among cardiac chambers appearing on an apical 4-chamber moving image of a subject during one or more heartbeats, based on boundary positions of the cardiac chambers appearing on the apical 4-chamber moving image. The display displays at least one or more of the plurality of cardiac function indexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko ABE, Koichiro KURITA
  • Publication number: 20220304652
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a vessel assessment system configured to image a target vessel and determine which vascular access device (VAD) to use to access the target vessel while remaining within one or more insertion parameters of percentage vessel occupancy, and dwell length given a predetermined range of insertion angles. The system can superimpose a target vessel sizing ring to measure a diameter or cross-sectional area, or to measure a depth of the target vessel. Further, the system can provide a list of VAD's that can access the target vessel within one or more insertion parameters. The system can provide an icon representing the VAD superimposed over the target vessel to provide a visual representation of the vascular access device within the target vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bart Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Kelly E. Harper, Tab Robbins, Matthew J. Prince
  • Publication number: 20220304653
    Abstract: A method for alignment of an ultrasound image obtained by an ultrasound probe for obtaining images in relation to the eye (1) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Smistad, Reidar Brekken, Tormod Selbekk
  • Publication number: 20220304654
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel method to utilize image tracking technology and artificial intelligence to make automatic measurements of the systemic vein lumen diameter and using calculations made to estimate a patient's volume status and cardiac ventricular function. In this technique, an ultrasound machine is used to measure the diameter of the systemic vein lumen and an image processing unit, such as a computing device, endowed with image recognition and tracking technologies through machine-learning, is used to measure the respiratory variation in the lumen diameter and circumference. Artificial intelligence technology is thereafter utilized to identify the maximum and minimum diameters/circumference and various calculations are made using the measured diameters, such as diameter variation percentage which is the difference between the maximum and minimum diameter divided by the maximum diameter and expressed as a percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Gaurang Nandkishor Vaidya
  • Publication number: 20220304655
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe hanger includes a stem, shoulders, arms, and a probe holder. The shoulders are arranged generally perpendicular to the stem and are connected to a proximal end of the stem. The arms are arranged generally parallel to each other and to the stem. The arms are connected at upper ends to outer shoulder ends of the shoulders. The probe holder includes outer side portions, a rear portion, a partially open front portion, and four protrusions. The outer side portions are each connected to lower ends of the arms. The rear portion extends between the outer side portions. The partially-open front portion includes outer front portions each extending from the outer side portions and defining a central front open portion. The four protrusions are arranged in a rectangle on an inside surface of the probe holder and are configured to suspend a wireless ultrasound probe within the probe holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Franz Josef Steinhofer
  • Publication number: 20220304656
    Abstract: A device (1) and method to treat a patient (P) with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), wherein the device (1) performs a movement of an imaging device (4) along a longitudinal axis (8a, 8b) while acquiring images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: THERACLION SA
    Inventors: Jérémie ANQUEZ, Anthony GRISEY
  • Publication number: 20220304657
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including a plurality of casters allowing the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to be moved according to a control signal, a detection sensor configured to detect a motion of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, an input configured to receive a control command of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus from a user, and a controller configured to determine whether a user desires to use the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus on the basis of at least one of the detected motion or the received control command, and upon determining that the user desires to use the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, transmit a control signal for locking at least one of the plurality of casters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook Song, Kyeong Gu Woo, Gil Ju Jin
  • Publication number: 20220304658
    Abstract: A cordless ultrasound device for a medical examination procedure, the cordless ultrasound device including a main body, including a head portion, and a handle portion disposed on at least a portion of the head portion to extend away from the head portion and facilitate gripping thereof, a transducer disposed on at least a portion of the head portion to emit at least one ultrasonic wave therefrom, and a power indicator comprising a battery and disposed on at least a portion of the handle portion to indicate a power level of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Judith Sene
  • Publication number: 20220304659
    Abstract: Described are micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) arrays with trenches, reducing cross-talk between MUTs to mitigate undesirable artifacts in ultrasound images, as well as methods of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Brian BIRCUMSHAW, Sandeep AKKARAJU, Drake GUENTHER, Haesung KWON, Anthony BROCK