Abstract: A system for facilitating image finding analysis includes one or more processors and one or more hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the system to perform acts such as (i) presenting an image on a user interface, the image being one of a plurality of images provided on the user interface in a navigable format, (ii) obtaining a voice annotation for the image, the voice annotation being based on a voice signal of a user, and (iii) binding the voice annotation to at least one aspect of the image, wherein the binding modifies metadata of the image based on the voice annotation.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for affixing and orienting an ultrasound transducer to a patient. A mount has a base, with a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of internal surfaces. Some of the internal surfaces define a number of through holes that pass through the top surface and the bottom surface at the periphery or outer edge of the base. A number of supports are also arranged on the outer surface of the housing to affix the mount to the patient, to affix the transducer to the mount, or both. At least one of the plurality of internal surfaces defines a channel between the top and bottom surfaces proximal to a center of the mount, which receives a transducer and directs the transducer head toward the patient.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are portable ultrasound imaging systems for thumb-dominant operations comprising: a portable ultrasound probe, wherein the portable ultrasound probe is configured to be operable using a first hand of the user; a mobile device comprising a mobile application installed thereon, the mobile application comprising a user interface, the mobile application configured to be operable using a second hand of the user and; and direct electronic communication between the portable ultrasound probe and the mobile device, the direct electronic communication configured to allow a user to control an operation of the portable ultrasound probe for imaging via user interaction with the user interface.

Abstract: An ultrasound elasticity measurement device includes an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes a vibrator and a transducer. The ultrasound elasticity measurement device further includes a vibration controller, a transmission/receiving controller and a data processor. When simultaneously performing the strain detection and the vibration elasticity detection, the vibration controller generates a vibration control sequence and transmits the same to the vibrator. The ultrasound probe vibrates when driven by the vibrator, and transmits ultrasound waves to the biological tissue and receives the ultrasound echoes, so as to obtain the ultrasound echo data for strain detection and the ultrasound echo data for vibration elasticity detection.

Abstract: A method of modulating glandular secretions by administering acoustic shock waves to a gland, includes the steps of activating acoustic shock waves of an acoustic shock wave generator to emit acoustic shock waves and subjecting the gland to acoustic shock waves stimulating the gland to have a modulated response. The modulated response is one of an adjustment in hormonal release which increases low level output, decreases high level output or stabilizes erratic output. The emitted acoustic shock waves are focused or unfocused low energy acoustic shock waves. The gland underlies the patient's skin. The shock wave generator is acoustically coupled to the patient's skin using a coupling gel or liquid. The gland is one of a testicle, ovary, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, thyroid gland, thymus, pineal gland, parathyroid, or hypothalamus. The method can be repeated one or more times.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasound probe including: a piezoelectric body that transmits and receives ultrasound; a backing that is disposed behind the piezoelectric body; and a reflector that is disposed between the piezoelectric body and the backing and that has an acoustic impedance greater than an acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric body; wherein, a thickness of the reflector is within the range of more than 0 to less than 0.05?, where ? is a wavelength of the ultrasound.

Abstract: Methods and devices for tissue stimulation with electromagnetic fields by frequency scan are described. The frequency scan refers to the variation of the electromagnetic field applied to a tissue via increments in frequency deltas, which adapts to tissue impedance response feedback. In addition, some methods allow determining stimulation frequency bands in order to focus stimuli in bands until the tissue impedance response returns to a tolerance level or exceeds a maximum stimulation time.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 includes an image acquisition unit 17 that acquires an ultrasound image of a subject a bladder extraction unit 18 that extracts a bladder from the ultrasound image; a prostate extraction unit 19 that extracts a prostate or cervix from the ultrasound image from which the bladder is extracted; a region-of-interest setting unit 20 that sets a region of interest at a depth position in the ultrasound image based on a position of the extracted prostate or cervix in a case where the prostate or cervix is extracted and that sets a region of interest at a depth position in the ultrasound image based on a position of the extracted bladder in a case where the prostate or cervix is not extracted; and an image quality adjustment unit 21 that adjusts the transmission/reception condition according to the depth position of the region of interest.

Abstract: In part, the disclosure relates to method of displaying a representation of an artery. The method may include storing an intravascular image dataset in a memory device of a diagnostic imaging system, the intravascular image dataset generated in response to intravascular imaging of a segment of an artery; automatically detecting lumen boundary of the segment on a per frame basis; automatically detecting EEL and displaying a stent sizing workflow. In part, the disclosure also relates to automatically detecting one or more regions of calcium relative to lumen boundary of the segment; calculating an angular or circumferential measurement of detected calcium for one or more frames; calculating a calcium thickness of detected calcium for one or more frames; and displaying the calcium thickness and the angular or circumferential measurement of detected calcium for a first frame of the one or more frames.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system (102) includes a touch screen user interface (122) and a touch screen controller (148). The touch screen user interface includes a touch panel (124). The touch panel includes a plurality of different clusters (510-522) of controls including a first cluster (512) in first sub-region and with a tactile control and one or more other cluster (510 and 514-522) in one or more other different sub-regions and with soft controls. The touch screen controller visually renders the one or more other clusters in the one or more different sub-regions spatially arranged with respect to each other based on a predetermined control cluster configuration for the touch screen user interface. The one or more other clusters include controls that correspond to different groupings of ultrasound imaging operations of the ultrasound imaging system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing transcranial diagnostic procedures using a transcranial ultrasound transducer array. The array elements are positioned and oriented such that far field regions respectively associated therewith spatially overlap within the brain of a patient. The array elements may be oriented approximately normal to the skull, permitting efficient coupling of ultrasound energy into the brain. The array elements are controlled to generate ultrasound pulses, where the timing of the pulses is controlled, based on registration between the array elements and volumetric image data, such that ultrasound energy is focused at a target within spatially overlapping far fields of the array elements. The transcranial ultrasound transducer array elements may be positioned and oriented relative to the skull such that their respective ultrasound beams are focused within the skull and diverging with the brain.

Abstract: A method for selecting a medical device for use in the performance of a medical procedure. The method comprises acquiring image data relating to an anatomical region of interest of a patient's body and generating a multi-dimensional depiction of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises defining a plurality of points relative to the multi-dimensional depiction, determining one or more measurements based on the defined plurality of points, and then selecting a medical device to be used based on the determined measurements.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a current position information of an ultrasonic probe in three-dimensional space. The processing circuitry is further configured to switch from a body mark indicating one body part to a body mark indicating the other body part, when a body mark indicating one body part of a pair of left and right body parts is displayed, and when the ultrasonic probe is positioned at a position farther than a predetermined distance from a midpoint of the pair of left and right body parts toward the other body part.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for predicting a disease state of a subject using ultrasound imaging.

Abstract: A humidity sensor includes a sound wave element configured to transmit a sound wave and receive the sound wave reflected by a reflector, a reception circuit configured to obtain an arrival time of the reflected wave received by the sound wave element, and a humidity analysis circuit configured to calculate humidity by using the arrival time, a distance from the sound wave element to the reflector, and a temperature of a space from the sound wave element to the reflector.

Abstract: A medical apparatus includes a registration tool, which includes a position sensor, A position-tracking system is configured to acquire position coordinates of the sensor in a first frame of reference defined by the position-tracking system. A processing unit is configured to receive 3D image data with respect to the body of the patient in a second frame of reference, to generate a 2D image of the surface of the patient based on the 3D image data, to render the 2D image to a display screen, and to superimpose onto the 2D image icons indicating locations of respective landmarks. The processing unit receives the position coordinates acquired by the position-tracking system while the registration tool contacts the locations on the patient corresponding to the icons on the display, and registers the first and second frames of reference by comparing the position coordinates to the three-dimensional image data.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a first image from a first camera, the first camera having a first focal length and a first field of view. The method also includes obtaining a second image from a second camera, the second camera having a second focal length and a second field of view disposed within the first field of view. The method further includes aligning at least a portion of the first image and at least a portion of the second image to produce aligned images. The method additionally includes fusing the aligned images based on a diffusion kernel to produce a fused image. The diffusion kernel indicates a threshold level over a gray level range. The method also includes outputting the fused image. The method may be performed for each of a plurality of frames of a video feed.

Abstract: The Use Determination Risk Coverage Datastructure for On-Demand and Increased Efficiency Coverage Detection and Rebalancing Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“UDRCD”) transforms coverage enrollment request, event signal, ACGG request, search request inputs via UDRCD components into coverage enrollment response, add-in recommendation, ACGG response, search response outputs. A set of clinical conditions is determined. A set of treatments is determined for each clinical condition. Treatment paths data that specifies a set of treatment paths, wherein each treatment path comprises an ordered subset of treatments, is determined for each clinical condition. Providers are determined for each treatment. Practice patterns data that specifies, for each clinical condition treated by each provider, how likely the respective provider is to utilize each of the treatment paths is determined.

Abstract: A surgical system comprising: a surgical mechanical arm comprising a plurality of surgical arm sections sequentially coupled by surgical arm joints; an input arm comprising: a plurality of input arm sections sequentially coupled by input arm joints; and an elongate handle: sized and shaped to be held between a human adult's thumb and one or more finger, coupled to a distal end of said input arm by a flexion joint; and extending proximally with respect to a most distal input arm section so a user grasping said handle bends said flexion joint to hold said handle above other portions of the input arm; at least one sensor configured to measure movement of one or more of said sections; and circuitry configured to receive a measurement signal from said at least one sensor and to generate a control signal, based on said measurement signal for control of movement of said surgical mechanical arm.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system performs spectral Doppler processing in a manner that considers a physiological cycle of a subject. In one embodiment, gaps in a spectral Doppler signal are filled taking by a processor that analyzes changes in the spectral Doppler signal caused by a physiological cycle. Spectral Doppler data are scaled to fit with the data occurring before and after a gap. The firing order of an interleaved imaging mode can also be adjusted so that spectral Doppler imaging is not interrupted during pre-defined or user defined portions of a physiological cycle.

Abstract: Periodic displacement occurs in body tissue due to heartbeat. A peak level D of the movement distance of the body tissue is detected (Step 21), and a heartbeat cycle T is calculated from a frequency spectrum (Steps 22 and 23). By dividing twice the peak level D by the heartbeat cycle T, the moving velocity of the body tissue in a unit heartbeat cycle is calculated (Step 24). By dividing the moving velocity by a frame rate r, an average movement distance of the body tissue between frames is calculated (Step 25). In a case where the average movement distance is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, a time interval between the frames used for the calculation of the movement distance is extended (being Step 26 NO, Step 27).

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system for guiding a user to acquire ultrasound image data sets that can be analyzed for the presence of atherosclerosis. In one embodiment, the processor is programmed to analyze ultrasound image data for a vessel of interest and to control a user interface that suggests how an operator should move a transducer to acquire ultrasound image data with the vessel of interest in a desired location. The processor stores multiple ultrasound image data sets taken along a length of the vessel of interest to be analyzed for the presence of an atheroma.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to method and system for asset inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles. Regular inspection of assets in any environment is time consuming and involves physical risk and injury to the property. The method includes receiving a plurality of input images of an asset using unmanned aerial vehicle and generates a 3D point cloud based on overlapped images identified from the plurality of input images of the asset being inspected. Further, anomalies are detected and defects are observed in the one or more objects of interests based on the change observed in each 2D image frame from the plurality 2D image frames in a specific view with an identical objects of interest of the 2D image frame. A pyramidal view map is created for the plurality 2D image frames by mapping each pixel of the plurality 2D image frames with the plurality of input images.

Abstract: An implantable ultrasound generating treating device (12) to induce spinal cord or spinal nerves treatment, suitable for implantation in the spinal canal and comprises an elongate support member (22, 32) and an array of several treatment transducers (20) distributed along the elongate support member. The several treatment transducers (20) comprise radial transducers emitting an ultrasound treatment beam oriented radially, wherein the treatment transducers (20) have a resonant frequency comprised between 0.5 and 4 MHz. The device has articulating portions so that the implantable device can adapt its shape to a curved elongation path. Also disclosed is an apparatus including the implantable ultrasound generating treating device and methods comprising inserting the implantable ultrasound generating treating device (12) inside the spinal canal of the spine of the patient.

Abstract: Multi-mode capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer (CMUT) and associated devices systems, and methods are provided. In an embodiment, an intravascular device includes a flexible elongate member having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a first sensor assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member. The first sensor assembly comprising comprises a first array of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs). The first sensor assembly comprises at least two of a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, or an imaging sensor. In some embodiments, the intravascular device further includes a second sensor assembly comprising a second array of CMUTs.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes at least one circuitry, and control circuitry. The at least one circuitry is used for an ultrasound scan. The control circuitry is configured to reset the at least one circuitry upon receipt of a stop instruction to stop the ultrasound scan and to stop supply of a clock to the at least one circuitry.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound system for accessing a vasculature of a patient. The ultrasound system is configured to depict an enhanced ultrasound image of a subcutaneous portion of the patient including an icon surrounding a target vessel depicted on the display. The icon indicates to a clinician the target vessel is within range of a percentage vessel occupancy or vessel purchase length depending on a size of cannula or angle of insertion. The icon can also indicate blood flow strength, vessel type, or vessel deformation. The enhanced image can further include cannula trajectory guidelines and visual alerts for the clinician if the cannula tip can potentially backwall the vessel. Additional icons can indicate obstructions disposed on the cannula trajectory.

Abstract: A method of obtaining high accuracy urination information is proposed. There may be provided the method of obtaining the urination information, wherein sound data is divided into a plurality of windows, segmented target data corresponding to respective windows is obtained from the sound data, segmented classification data classifying urination sections or non-urination sections and segmented urine flow rate data are obtained by using the obtained segmented target data, and urination data is obtained by using the obtained segmented classification data and the segmented urine flow rate data.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention includes: a transmitter that generates and outputs a plurality of drive signals to a transducer of an ultrasound probe, the drive signals causing the transducer to transmit a plurality of transmission ultrasound waves that have different waveforms in a temporally shifted manner, the drive signals being compensated for asymmetry of the transmission sound pressure waveforms of the plurality of transmission ultrasound waves transmitted from the transducer; and a hardware processor configured to extract a harmonic component according to a plurality of reception signals, and generating an ultrasound image based on the extracted harmonic component.

Abstract: An information acquisition unit acquires at least one information item of subject information, imaging condition information, or positioning information. Next, a body movement feature derivation unit derives body movement feature information indicating a feature of body movement of a breast which occurs at the time of the tomosynthesis imaging. A storage stores correspondence information in which the derived body movement feature information corresponds to at least one information item of the subject information, the imaging condition information, or the positioning information.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging device, including: a processor (10), N ultrasound systems (20), a communication channel (30) and an ultrasonic probe (40); where N is a positive integer greater than 1; the processor (10) is configured to receive an ultrasound system setting instruction input by a user, so that a ultrasound system (20) of the N ultrasound systems (20) is in an enabled state; the ultrasound system (20) in the enabled state is configured to send a control instruction to the ultrasonic probe (40) via the communication channel (30); and the ultrasonic probe (40) is configured to cooperate with the ultrasound system (20) in the enabled state to operate according to the control instruction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging system and a respective method. The ultrasonic imaging system includes a scanning assembly including an ultrasonic transducer, an adjustable arm, one end of the adjustable arm connected to the scanning assembly, and a counterweight, connected to the other end of the adjustable arm by means of a cable. The ultrasonic imaging system includes a transmission assembly comprising a drive unit and a transmission unit, the drive unit being capable of acting on the counterweight by means of the transmission unit so as to adjust a pressure applied by the scanning assembly to the tissue to be scanned and a control unit, sending a drive signal to the drive unit, and acquiring, on the basis of the drive signal, the pressure applied by the scanning assembly to the tissue to be scanned.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling contrast and time gain compensation (TGC) with a unified control. A system can include a first non-transitory computer storage medium for storing an ultrasound image, a second non-transitory computer storage medium for storing computer-executable instructions, and a computer hardware configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least cause presentation of the ultrasound image on a user interface of a display device using an initial contrast value for the ultrasound image and an initial time gain compensation value for at least two bands in the ultrasound image, each band being a portion of the displayed ultrasound image corresponding to a range of distances from an ultrasound scanner that generated the ultrasound image, and generate and cause display of a unified contrast/TGC (UTGC) control bar on the user interface for adjusting contrast and TGC of the displayed ultrasound image.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein for securely docking portable ultrasound imaging devices and/or other medical equipment to stand heads and other support structures. In some embodiments, a portable imaging device can include a movable carrying handle that enables the user to easily secure the imaging device to a stand head by rotating the handle to engage one or more latch mechanisms on the stand head. The user can quickly remove the imaging device from the stand head for transport to another location by disengaging the one or more latches and rotating the handle in the opposite direction. If the new location lacks a stand head or other docking structure, the user can rotate the handle downwardly to act as a stand that elevates the rear portion of the device to facilitate use on a desktop or other surface.

Abstract: An ultrasound phased array transducer is disclosed that achieves suppression of grating lobes through the incorporation of a coupling layer, where the coupling layer is positioned adjacent to the phased array transducer such that an ultrasound beam propagates through the coupling layer prior to encountering a propagation medium. The phased-array elements may be provided such that one or both of the array pitch and a lateral extent of each ultrasound transducer element is larger than half of the ultrasound wavelength in the propagation medium. Grating lobes within the coupling layer and the propagation medium may be reduced or suppressed by selecting a coupling material having a speed of sound that exceeds that of the propagation medium. The coupling layer may have a thickness sufficient for the generation of a wavefront, and the coupling layer may be formed from a viscous or viscoelastic material.

Abstract: Disclosed techniques for image processing three-dimensional image data include: obtaining three-dimensional image data representing contiguous slices parallel to a plane, constructing training data from the image data by, for each of a plurality of angles: rotating the image data in the plane to produce rotated image data, blurring the rotated image data in a dimension parallel to the plane to produce low resolution rotated image data, and introducing aliasing into the low resolution rotated image data in the dimension parallel to the plane to produce aliased low resolution rotated image data, training an anti-aliasing neural network with the aliased low resolution image data and the low resolution image data, training a super-resolution neural network with the aliased low resolution image data and the rotated image data, and processing the image data using the trained anti-aliasing neural network and the trained super-resolution neural network to produce processed image data.

Abstract: A method and system for performing three-dimensional, 3D, magnetic resonance elastography, MRE, using a multi-slice gradient echo, GRE, imaging sequence. Four scans typically required to be performed during MRE, and during four breath-holds, are combined into a single measurement that can be performed during a single breath-hold.

Abstract: A physiological information system includes a patient monitor configured to acquire a vital sign based on a vital sign signal of a subject, and an ultrasonic measuring apparatus configured to acquire ultrasonic images based on ultrasonic waves transmitted toward the subject and received from the subject. The patient monitor includes a storage device configured to store measured data of the vital signs in association with measurement dates and times, and to store the ultrasonic images in association with image capture timings, and a controller configured to display a screen on a display section based on data, including the measured data and the ultrasonic images, stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A method of determining a position of a target using a metric comprises receiving a plurality of ultrasound signals representative of ultrasound energy received from the target and, for each of a plurality of different foci, adjusting the ultrasound signals in dependence on the focus and determining a value of the metric using the adjusted ultrasound signals. The method further comprises using the determined values for the metric for the different foci to determine a position of the target.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging device and system, and an image enhancement method for ultrasound radiography and imaging. Image enhancement coefficients of location points in a examined biological tissue are computed first according to radiography channel data, and then, weighted processing is performed on the image enhancement coefficients and beam forming data.

Abstract: The ultrasonic oscillator unit has: an ultrasonic oscillator array in which a plurality of ultrasonic oscillators are arranged; an electrode part having a plurality of electrodes provided on an end surface side of the ultrasonic oscillator array and electrically connected to the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, respectively; a backing material layer that is disposed on a back surface of the ultrasonic oscillator array, has an outer surface having a circular-arc cross-section and is provided with a recess on the inside thereof opposite to the outer surface; a wiring board having a plurality of wiring lines electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the electrode part; and a cable wiring part in which a plurality of cables connected to the plurality of wiring lines, respectively, are wiring-connected; at least a portion of the cable wiring part being included in the recess of the backing material layer.

Abstract: An AI system may receive an image. The AI system may include a first AI model trained using labeled training images including images from prior mammograms to predict cancer and a second AI model trained using labeled training images including images from current mammograms to classify mammogram images. The second AI model may be initialized using the weights of the first AI model using transfer learning. The AI system may receive a classification output indicating a likely current breast cancer diagnosis or a likelihood of the user to develop breast cancer in the future.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of obtaining zero vergence ultrasound waves for providing sonodynamic therapy with ultrasound waves. The method includes coupling a sonodynamic therapy device with an array of flat piezoelectric transducers to a skin surface. A controller is configured to generate an electrical drive signal at a frequency, modulate the drive signal, and drive the transducer with the modulated drive signal at the frequency to produce a zero vergence ultrasound wave to produce an average acoustic intensity sufficient to activate a sonosensitizer in a treatment region without damaging healthy cells in the treatment region.

Abstract: Example implants, systems and methods using sensors for orthopedic surgical assessment and/or planning are described herein. An example system can include a wearable sensor device for pre-operative use by a patient before an orthopedic surgery to generate pre-operative sensor data. The system can also include an implantable sensor device (e.g., a bone implant) to generate and aggregate post-operative sensor data associated with the patient after the surgery. The system can retrieve the pre-operative sensor data and the post-operative sensor data and predict, analyze or assess an outcome of the surgery.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing patient anatomy models with indications of model accuracy included with the model. Accuracy is determined, for example, by analyzing gradients at tissue boundaries or by analyzing tissue surface curvature in a three-dimensional anatomy model. The determined accuracy is graphically provided to an operator along with the patient model. The overlaid accuracy indications facilitate the operator's understanding of the model, for example by showing areas of the model that may deviate from the modeled patient's actual anatomy.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a deployable invasive device. In one example, the deployable invasive device has a transducer with a plurality of transducer arrays linked by at least one shape memory material, the at least one shape memory material configured to transition the transducer between a first, folded shape and a second, unfolded shape in response to one or more stimuli. When in the second, unfolded shape, an active area of the transducer is increased relative to the first, folded shape.

Abstract: Motion independent acoustic radiation force impulse imaging is provided. Rather than rely on the displacement over time for each location, the displacements over locations for each time are used. Parallel beamforming is used to simultaneously sample across a region of interest. Since it may be assumed that the different locations are subjected to the same motion at the same time, finding a peak displacement over locations for each given time provides peak or profile information independent of the motion. The velocity or other viscoelastic parameter may be estimated from the displacements over locations.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein include determining, during ultrasound imaging, that an anatomical region is clipped by a field of view of an ultrasound image, and providing a notification, during the ultrasound imaging, that the anatomical region is clipped by the field of view of the ultrasound image. Aspects of the technology described herein also include determining that an anatomical region is clipped by a field of view of at least one ultrasound image collected during a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep, and providing a notification that the anatomical region is clipped by the field of view of the at least one ultrasound image collected during the three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep.

Abstract: Systems and methods may monitor electrical activity of a patient's heart using electrodes during delivery of cardiac therapy and determine a degree of posterior left bundle branch engagement based on the monitored electrical activity. The systems and methods may adjust the cardiac therapy based on the degree of posterior left bundle branch engagement.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for generating a context awareness graph for a medical scan image. In one example, the context awareness graph includes relative size and relative position annotations with regard to one or more internal anatomical features in the scan image to enable a user to determine a current scan plane and further, to guide the user to a target scan plane.