Abstract: A device including: one or more ear loop, three or more electroencephalogram sensors (EEG sensors), and one or more movement sensors. The one or more ear loops configured to extend at least partially around an ear of a user. The one or more ear loops include: the three or more EEG sensors. The three or more EEG sensors are distributed along the one or more ear loops so that the three or more EEG sensors extend around the ear of the user. A support post extends from the one or more ear loops. An ear tip is connected to and supported by the post. The one or more movement sensors are configured to monitor movement of the user. The one or more movement sensors include one or more pizeoelectric sensors (PES).

Abstract: A method and a system are described, for managing a mouth therapy in the Parkinson's disease, through the analysis of the motion status of patients, wherein the motion status can be in one of the following phases: OFF phase, wherein Parkinson's symptoms, such as rigidity, tremor and bradykinesia, emerge; ON phase wherein the symptoms markedly improve; DIS phase wherein involuntary movements emerge, called dyskinesias; as detectors of the symptoms the following parameters are used: voice analysis; face analysis; tremor analysis; movement analysis; levodopa and metabolite levels of monoamines in the sub-cutaneous interstitial liquid of the patients; an algorithm being provided, which provides to the patient the daily therapeutic scheme with its relates administration dosages and inter-times, computed by using the parameters as detectors.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to ear-worn devices and related systems and methods that can be used detect oropharyngeal events and related occurrences such as food and drink intake. In an embodiment, an ear-worn device system is included having a first ear-worn device that has a control circuit, a motion sensor, at least one microphone, an electroacoustic transducer, and a power supply circuit. The system can also include a second ear-worn device. The system can be configured to monitor signals from at least one of the motion sensor and the at least one microphone and evaluate the signals to identify oropharyngeal events and/or related occurrences. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes providing, by at least one computer processor, a plurality of signal channels, wherein the plurality of signal channels includes a plurality of electrical uterine monitoring signal channels and a plurality of acoustic uterine monitoring signal channels; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of channel weights, wherein each of the channel weights corresponds to a particular one of the signal channels; and generating, by the at least one computer processor, a combined uterine monitoring signal channel by calculating a weighted average of the signal channels based on the channel weight for each of the signal channels.

Abstract: Provided are a skin disease detection system and a skin disease management method using a portable terminal.

Abstract: A severity rating system and method for port-wine stains (PWS), the system comprising: an indicator selection and assignment module, an indicator processing module, and a rating module. The indicator selection and assignment module selects rating indicators for divided rating ranges and assigns values to the indicators, the indicator processing module scores the severity of a PWS, and the rating module rates the severity. The severity rating system and method for PWS comprehensively, completely and objectively consider multiple factors that reflect the severity of PWS; in addition, the accuracy and reproducibility of the rating results are high.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanosensor for real-time monitoring of wound healing, a manufacturing method thereof, and a real-time monitoring system for wound healing using the same. A nanosensor according to example embodiments includes a biomarker for detecting mRNA and a reference gene on gold nanoparticles, thereby providing an objective indicator through monitoring of wound healing, enabling monitoring of wound healing through direct monitoring using real-time fluorescence by including a fluorescent marker in a nanoflare, and enabling evaluation of a whole wound healing process in normal and patient groups (diabetes) through real-time monitoring. In addition, the nanosensor according to the example embodiments has advantages of shortening synthesis time and improving efficiency by 30% through integration of a novel synthesis method (freezing method) rather than an existing synthesis method (salt aging).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for evaluation knee stiffness and knee damping. The method may include the steps of releasing a subject's leg from an extension position to allow the leg to oscillate under gravity, tracking a knee angle and at least one joint motion characteristic during the oscillation, determining a knee joint torque and a knee gravitational moment from the knee angle and the joint motion characteristic, and determining a knee stiffness and a knee damping from the joint torque and the knee gravitational moment.

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a first timeseries of biosignal data collected by a wearable device worn by a user during a first time period; deriving a first insomnia profile, representative of a set of health indicators exhibited by the user during the first time period, based on the first timeseries of biosignal data; and selecting a treatment pathway for implementation by the user based on the first insomnia profile. The method further includes: accessing a second timeseries of biosignal data collected for the user by the wearable device during a second time period; deriving a second insomnia profile, representative of the set of health indicators exhibited by the user during the second time period, based on the second timeseries of biosignal data; and characterizing effectiveness of the treatment pathway based on a difference between the first insomnia profile and the second insomnia profile.

Abstract: A method for determining at least one sleeping phase and/or one waking phase for at least one time span and a system having a control unit for determining at least one sleeping phase and/or one waking phase for at least one time span comprising a sensor for acquiring at least one movement signal, a sensor for acquiring at least one cardiac signal, a sensor for acquiring at least one respiration signal, a monitoring unit, which is configured to determine and/or assess a presence and/or a quality of the acquired movement, cardiac and respiration signals and one or more classification units, which are configured to determine a sleeping phase and/or waking phase on the basis of the determinations and assessments of the monitoring unit from the movement signals and/or the cardiac signals and/or the respiration signals.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for providing mediation of a traumatic brain injury. Systems may include an interface, processing devices, and a controller. The interface is configured to obtain measurements from a brain of a user with a traumatic brain injury. A first processing device is configured to generate multiple brain state parameters characterizing one or more features of a brain state of the user. A second processing device is configured to generate models of the brain of the user based on the plurality of brain state parameters and the plurality of measurements, and determine, using the models and training data comprising one or more mediation data points, a mediation procedure for reducing one or more symptoms of the traumatic brain injury. The mediation procedure is provided to one or more entities, and one or more control signals are generated by the controller based on the mediation procedure.

Abstract: A system for demonstrating an effect of opioid compounds to a user. The system includes an eyewear device including at least one lens having an overlay affixed to at least a portion of the at least one lens, the overlay including a pattern that at least partially obscures a peripheral region of the at least one lens, and the at least one lens including a plurality of independently-controllable regions configured to be switched between different levels of opacity; a processor in communication with the eyewear device; and a memory in communication with the processor having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: transmit a plurality of signals to the eyewear device to switch at least one of the plurality of independently-controllable regions of the lens between the different levels of opacity.

Abstract: A knotless anchor assembly method and device comprising an anchor and a compression member, wherein the anchor further comprises a pilot tip and anchor body. During procedures to tension the knotless anchor assembly, the anchor is driven into bone or other surface or component, and the tension member is urged into the anchor body recess. The compression member is secured in the anchor body to lock the tension member in place. The knotless anchor assembly gives the surgeon or user the ability to optimize tensioning by having the ability to change tension in the tension member by adjusting the compression member during or after the repair. Further, a system and method for monitoring real-time healing of tissue and other members of the body utilizing one or more surgical devices or components, at least one monitoring component, and a detector.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible body having a first portion and a second portion, an electronic component in the first portion and the second portion of the flexible body, a first magnetic element in the first portion of the flexible body and a second magnetic element in the second portion of the flexible body. The first magnetic and the second magnetic generate a repulsive force with each other when the flexible body is bent and the first portion and the second portion of the flexible body are moved toward each other.

Abstract: Wearable patches and wearable devices are described. The wearable patch and device include a facestock and an adhesive matrix that may be attached onto the dermis of the wearer for an extended time period.

Abstract: Provided i an apparatus configured to estimate an optical-based force, the apparatus including a main body, a cover disposed at a first side of the main body and configured to contact an object, a support part connected to two sides of the cover, supporting the cover, and protruding toward an inside of the main body, and an optical sensor disposed on the support part, the optical sensor including a light source configured to emit light onto a reflector, a detector configured to detect light reflected from the reflector, and a circuit unit configured to estimate a contact force of the object based on the detected light.

Abstract: A detecting device includes a substrate and a plurality of detecting elements arranged in a matrix at the substrate. Each of the plurality of detecting elements includes a light emitting portion that emits light toward a living body, a light receiving portion that can receive light incident from the living body based on the light emitted from the light emitting portion, and a contact detecting portion that detects contact with the living body. The light emitting portion in each of the plurality of detecting elements emits light when the contact detecting portion in the same detecting element has detected contact with the living body.

Abstract: An electronic system for multimodal diagnostic measurements and therapeutic interventions includes a plurality of element network layers vertically stacked one with another on a flexible substrate, each element network layer being bi-axially stretchable and comprising a plurality of elements configured in an addressable, interconnected array formed in a multilayered structure and operably performing a distinct function. The electronic system is a multimodal, multiplexed soft electronic system in a multilayered configuration that supports capabilities ranging from high-density spatiotemporal mapping of temperature, pressure and electrophysiological parameters, to options in programmable high-density actuation of thermal inputs and/or electrical stimulation, drug elution, radio frequency ablation, and/or irreversible electroporation ablation.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to pledget stimulation/recording electrode assemblies that are particularly useful for automatic periodic stimulation. Embodiments are compatible with nerve monitoring systems to provide continuous stimulation of a nerve during surgery. Disclosed embodiments include an electrode assembly having one or more electrodes rotatably supported by and positioned within a pledget substrate. The flexible pledget substrate conforms and fixates to bioelectric tissue to secure the electrode assembly in position, wrapped around the target tissue. In some embodiments, the pledget substrate includes two bodies, each including at least one electrode, the two bodies being selectively separable so that the bodies can be repositioned with respect to one another. The electrode assembly further includes a lead wire assembly including at least one insulating jacket positioned around a wire core.

Abstract: A patient couch for use in a medical imaging system that includes a gantry, a power supply unit and a driving unit for positioning the patient couch with respect to the gantry. The patient couch includes at least a first connector for supplying a wireless coil (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) coil for an MRI imaging apparatus) with power. The patient couch is detachably connected to the gantry. The power supply is configured to supply the first connector with power and an optional clock synchronization signal.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a sensor affixed to an article of clothing; a transducer affixed to the article of clothing; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of: receiving sensor data from the sensor; processing the sensor data; sending the sensor data to a trained machine learning (ML) model having as inputs the sensor data, and providing as output, control data to control the transducer; receiving the control data from the trained ML model; and sending the control data to the transducer to provide therapy to a patient. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless method for predicting an inflammation state of a person under observation, comprising: (a) transmitting frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) wireless signals from one or more transmitting antennas; (b) receiving reflected FMCW wireless signals with one or more receiving antennas, at least some of the reflected FMCW wireless signals being reflected from the person; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) continuously while the person is under observation; (d) producing reflected FMCW wireless data based on the reflected FMCW wireless signals; (e) providing the reflected FMCW wireless data as an input to a trained machine-learning (ML) model, the trained ML model having been trained with ground-truth data that represents ground-truth inflammation states and ground-truth reflected FMCW wireless data of one or more subjects with respect to time; and (f) predicting, with the trained ML model, whether the person under observation is in an inflamed state or a non-inflamed state.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for determining a level of certainty of a patient’s response to a stimulus perception of a subjective medical test, the method including detecting at least one physiological signal from the patient while the patient is providing a response to the stimulus perception, determining the level of certainty of a patient’s response to the stimulus perception from the at least one physiological signal, the at least one physiological signal being an input data to a machine learning model trained based on a set of training data, the set of training data comprising at least one physiological signal associated to a level of certainty of a patient’s response, the determined level of certainty being the output of the trained machine learning model.

Abstract: Systems and methods to predict a patient mortality risk are disclosed, including determining a risk value for a plurality of physiologic measures and determining a mortality risk metric indicative of a risk of patient mortality as a weighted combination of the plurality of physiologic measures having risk values satisfying a pre-determined condition.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire subject information including at least one of information about a patient and information bout a medical practitioner, measurement information about a physiological parameter of the patient, and prediction information about the physiological parameter of the patient predicted by the medical practitioner, an analyzing unit configured to analyze a relationship between the subject information and a degree of divergence between the prediction information and the measurement information, and an output that configured to output analysis information representing the relationship between the subject information and the degree of divergence.

Abstract: A dental or medical CT imaging apparatus including a first longitudinally extending frame part. A support construction extends substantially perpendicularly from the longitudinally extending frame part. An X-ray source and an image detector which together form an X-ray imaging assembly are mounted to the support construction. A first driving mechanism is provided to move the X-ray imaging assembly about a virtual or physical rotation axis. A control system having at least one operation mode that simultaneously controls the first driving mechanism and the X-ray imaging assembly is provided. The support construction includes at least one guiding mechanism configured to enable laterally moving at least one of the X-ray source and the image detector in relation to the support construction. A range of the lateral movement of at least one of the X-ray source and the image detector includes a base position and a first and a second extreme position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support frame (1) of a CT imaging system, including: a connection flat plate portion (10); a support body portion (20) disposed on the connection flat plate portion (10); an X-ray source installation reference portion (30) disposed on the connection flat plate portion (10); an electrical installation portion (40); a cooling component installation portion (50); and a through hole (60), wherein the through hole is surrounded by the support body portion (20), the X-ray source installation reference portion (30), the electrical installation portion (40) and the cooling component installation portion (50), and the through hole penetrates the connection body portion (10). The connection flat plate portion (10), the support body portion (20), the X-ray source installation reference portion (30), the electrical installation portion (40) and the cooling component installation portion (50) are integrally formed.

Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for nuclear medicine executes an attenuation correction processing with a high degree of precision relative to the radiation image and an estimation method of an attenuation coefficient image without irradiating radiation to an examination subject using an external radiation source. The diagnostic apparatus has a memory storage, a reconstruction element, a position deviation calculating element, a position correction element generating the corrected attenuation coefficient image, and a attenuation correction element using a corrected attenuation coefficient image HF and a concurrent counting data DK.

Abstract: A medical imaging system is provided. Imaging detector columns are installed in a gantry to receive imaging information about a subject. Imaging detector columns can extend and retract radially as well as be rotated orbitally around the gantry. The system can automatically adjust setup configuration and an imaging operation based on subject shape estimation information.

Abstract: A bracket body releasably secures a compression element to the compression arm of a breast imaging system. A pair of parallel lateral arms extends from a rigid frame which extends from the bracket. A span connects the ends of the lateral arms opposite the bracket and a flexible membrane extends from the span towards the bracket body.

Abstract: A robotic transfer device is an unmanned vehicle carrying an articulated body that can load, unload, and transport a payload. The configuration of the articulated body is such that one of the degrees of freedom is along a vertical axis so that it can lift a payload from the bottom. At the tip, the articulated body has a roller bed which can be moved up or down with or without a payload. When the rollers rotate about their own axes, the payload moves linearly along the direction of motion perpendicular to the axis of rotation. This phenomenon helps transporting the payload from one robotic transfer device to another. If a patient bed is detachable from the frame, then the robotic transfer device can lift the bed along with the patient. A robotic transfer device and a method of transferring patient from one robotic transfer device to another are disclosed.

Abstract: X-ray and fluoroscopic image capture and, in particular, to a versatile X-ray emitter operative to capture images of a target configured to track and position the X-ray emission relative to an image sensor that generates the X-ray image using the X-ray emission. The system is configured to prompt the user or operator of the X-ray system with various informational data to improve the outcome of the X-ray and decrease the frequency of X-ray emissions required to obtain a desirable X-ray image.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for laser alignment systems, particularly laser alignment systems of medical imaging systems. In one example, a medical imaging system comprises: a gantry; and a laser mount including: a first section fixedly coupled to the gantry; a second section seated within the first section and slideable within the first section; and a third section seated within the second section and rotatable within the second section, the third section adapted to house a laser radiation source.

Abstract: Provided herein are devices and methods generating a panoramic rendering of a subject’s teeth. Methods and processes are provided to image the subject’s teeth with a dental scan. Methods and processes are also provided to automatically 3D render the subject’s teeth with the scan images. Methods and apparatuses are also provided to generate simulated panoramic views of the subject’s dentition from various perspectives.

Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector that can allow an operator to more accurately identify a position of a body tissue into which radionuclides have been taken. A radiation detector includes: a probe which has a radiation detection element housed therein and which is insertable into a body; a reporting part provided to the probe; and a control part configured to cause the reporting part to operate in accordance with a result of detection of radiation, the detection being made by the radiation detection element.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for create a scanning pencil beam of x-rays and the air cooling of the system. The system has an enclosure with an x-ray beam source disposed therein. An x-ray wheel having or holding an x-ray attenuating ring is disposed proximate to an end of the enclosure and is configured and disposed to rotate the x-ray attenuating ring and form a scanning pencil beam. The system has at least one air inlet and air outlet and at least one air moving device configured and disposed to move air through the air inlet and the air outlet and to air cool the x-ray system.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to reconstructing images such as, e.g., medical images from low-dose image scans. Adversarial learning such as, e.g., a Cyclic Simulation and Denoising (CSD) framework can be used to address challenges of complicated mixed noise in real low-dose scans. The CSD framework can include a simulator model that can extract low-dose noise and features (e.g., tissue features) from separate image spaces into a unified feature space and a denoiser model that can learn how to remove noise and restore features, simultaneously. Both the simulator model and the denoiser model can regularize each other in a cyclic manner to optimize network learning effectively. The CSD framework in combination with phantom scans can embrace the realistic low-dose noise and features into a unified learning environment to address the challenge of real low-dose image restoration.

Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes an access point that performs first wireless communication with a radiation imaging apparatus that performs imaging to acquire a radiographic image, the first wireless communication being performed to control the imaging by the radiation imaging apparatus, a communication device that performs second wireless communication with the radiation imaging apparatus to make a setting to be used for the first wireless communication on the radiation imaging apparatus, and a control apparatus that controls the imaging. The control apparatus causes the communication device to perform the second wireless communication with the radiation imaging apparatus based on signal intensity of a signal received from the radiation imaging apparatus by the communication device and a predetermined number of times that the signal intensity exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A lung sound analysis system includes a storage means for storing therein the history of auscultation observations on lung sound data of each of auscultation positions of a subject who is a heart failure patient, a calculation means for calculating appearance frequency of abnormal sounds for each of the auscultation positions on the basis of the history, a determination means for determining the sequence of the auscultation positions at which lung sounds are to be auscultated from the subject, on the basis of the calculated appearance frequency, and an acquisition means for giving guidance on the auscultation positions of the subject to an operator according to the determined sequence, and acquiring time-series acoustic signals including lung sounds from a guided auscultation position.

Abstract: A stethoscope system comprising: a plurality of sensors for collecting auscultatory sounds; and a controller which detects a first heart sound and a second heart sound of heart sounds based on a volume of the auscultatory sounds which are collected by the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which can examine a required examination range without omission while ensuring the subject's privacy and having a cheap and simple apparatus configuration. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for an examiner to perform ultrasonography on a subject by using an ultrasound probe includes a gel region detection unit that detects a temporal change of a gel region where gel is applied to an examination position of the subject; and an examined region estimation unit that estimates an examined region of the subject on the basis of a position where the temporal change of the gel region is detected by the gel region detection unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for restoring venous valve function. In some embodiments, for example, a system includes an implantable coil and a deployment device therefor. The implantable coil has a non-coiled configuration in a first state and a coiled configuration in a second state configured to compress incompetent valves. The deployment device includes a handle, an outer sheath, a needle, and a mandrel. The handle includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The outer sheath includes a side opening proximate a distal end. The needle is operatively coupled to the first actuator. The mandrel is operatively coupled to the second actuator. The mandrel is configured to push the implantable coil through a needle tip of the needle, which allows the implantable coil to transition from the first state within the deployment device to the second state outside of the deployment device such as around a vein.

Abstract: A processor of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus acquires first ultrasound image data of a lower abdomen of a subject, derives a size of a bladder region included in the first ultrasound image data based on the first ultrasound image data, determines presence or absence of an organ, other than a bladder, that is to be examined, in the lower abdomen based on the size of the bladder region, and in a case where determination is made that there is an organ to be examined, displays first information on an examination of the organ on a display.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a unique method and system for combining 3D ONS modeling with an elastography measurement (shear wave pulse measurement at a fixed depth) to capture strain values within the ONS wall tissue giving a more reliable assessment of both prior and current TBI, preferably without maneuvers to artificially increase intracranial pressure (ICP). Imaging for the 3D modeling and the elastography utilizes he same H-transducer to obtain B-Mode and shear wave pulse images. The combined data is used in a discriminatory Machine Learning system to provide a discriminatory outcome of TBI.

Abstract: A device for detecting properties of soft tissue. The device comprises a probe coupled to drive means to urge the probe against the soft tissue, a detector for determining applied stress to the soft tissue, and an ultrasonic transmitter configured to, in use, transmit ultrasound waves through at least a portion of the probe and through the soft tissue. A system including the device is also provided along with a corresponding method.

Abstract: There is provided a method and a system for ultrasound imaging in presence of relative motion between a body and an imaging probe. A plurality of Eulerian-based ultrasound images of the body acquired at successive times T with the imaging probe is obtained. Lagrangian coordinates for the body are computed using data from the Eulerian-based ultra-sound images. Lagrangian-based ultrasound images of the body are formed by providing the data from the Eulerian-based ultrasound images in the Lagrangian coordinate system.

Abstract: A framework for image-based probe positioning is disclosed herein. The framework receives a current image from a probe. The current image is acquired by the probe within a structure of interest. The framework predicts a position of the probe and generates a recommendation of a next maneuver to be performed using the probe by applying the current image to a trained classifier. The framework then outputs the predicted position and the recommendation of the next maneuver.

Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging method includes: detecting an imaging setting for current ultrasonic imaging before ultrasonic imaging; determining a beam forming procedure corresponding to the imaging setting from a plurality of predetermined beam forming procedures; controlling an ultrasonic probe to transmit ultrasonic waves to a biological tissue under examination based on the imaging setting and obtain echo signals from the biological tissue under examination; beam-forming the echo signals by the determined beam forming procedure to generate beam-formed data; generating an ultrasonic image of the biological tissue under examination based on the beam-formed data.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system configured to simultaneously capture one or more ultrasound images and sterilize a skin surface within a target area via ultraviolet light. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture the one or more ultrasound images of a target area. A sterilizing system of the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of ultraviolet light sources. Logic of the ultrasound imaging system governs the operation of the ultraviolet light sources including activation, deactivation, intensity modulation, and/or pulsing modulation. Contact and motion sensors provide input to the logic and the logic governs operation of the ultraviolet light sources in accordance input received from the contact and motion sensors.

Abstract: Various implementations include an ultrasound needle guidance device. The device includes a coupling body and at least one needle holder portion. The coupling body is configured to fixedly couple to an ultrasound probe that is able to produce an ultrasonic beam along a scanning plane. The needle holder portion has a rotational axis and defines a needle opening having an opening central axis extending perpendicularly to the rotational axis. The needle holder portion is rotationally coupled to the coupling body such that the needle holder portion is rotatable about the rotational axis relative to the coupling body from a first position to a second position. The needle holder portion is configured such that, when the coupling body is coupled to the ultrasound probe, the opening central axis is disposed within the scanning plane in all positions in a range from the first position to the second position.