Patent classifications
A61B8/565
PREDICTIVE USE OF QUANTITATIVE IMAGING
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for predicting a disease state of a subject using ultrasound imaging. The method includes identifying at least one quantitative measurement of a subject using ultrasound imaging, the at least one quantitative measurement included as part of quantitative information of the subject gathered based on the ultrasound imaging, comparing the at least one quantitative measurement to a first predetermined standard to determine a first initial value, the first predetermined standard falling within a first range of quantities, identifying at least one qualitative measurement of the subject using the ultrasound imaging, the at least one qualitative measurement included as part of qualitative information of the subject gathered based on the ultrasound imaging, comparing the at least one qualitative measurement to a second predetermined standard to determine a second initial value, the second predetermined standard falling within a second range of quantities; and correlating at least the quantitative information and the qualitative information using the first initial value and the second initial value to determine a final value that is used in predicting a disease state of the subject.
ULTRASONIC COMMUNICATION IN MEDICAL DEVICES
The present disclosure provides implants, sensor modules, networks, and methods configured to establish transcutaneous power and transcutaneous bidirectional data communication using ultrasound signals between two or more medical devices located on and within a body of a patient.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF TISSUE THROUGH BONE
A transducer transmits into the bone a first plurality of excitation pulses at a plurality of frequencies and measures a plurality of echoes corresponding to the plurality of excitation pulses. An ultrasound machine calculates a plurality of energies each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of echoes and identifies a lowest echo corresponding to a lowest of the plurality of energies. The ultrasound machine matches the lowest echo to a corresponding one of the first plurality of excitation pulses, the corresponding one of the first plurality of excitation pulses having a chosen frequency. The ultrasound machine generates an acoustic impulse response by deconvolving the corresponding one of the first plurality of excitation pulses with the lowest echo, and generates an updated sensing matrix by convolving the initial sensing matrix with the acoustic impulse response. Subsequent ultrasounds use the updated sensing matrix.
ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
An ultrasound diagnostic system (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2), a handheld type diagnostic apparatus main body (3), and a server (4), the ultrasound probe (2) includes a position sensor (14) that detects a measurement position of the ultrasound probe (2), the diagnostic apparatus main body (3) includes an image generation unit (22) that generates an ultrasound image and a monitor (24), the server (4) detects an organ of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image and calculates a score of the measurement position with respect to an optimum position in a case of measuring the detected organ by the ultrasound probe (2), and the score is transmitted from the server (4) to the diagnostic apparatus main body (3) and displayed on the monitor (24).
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RETRIEVE MEDICAL X-RAYS
A system to retrieve medical X-rays includes a trained convolutional neural network (CNN), a balancing feature generator, a balancing type selector, and a K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) classifier. The trained CNN encodes a plurality of diagnosed X-ray images into a plurality of candidate embeddings, and encodes a partially diagnosed X-ray image into a query embedding. The balancing feature generator produces a plurality of virtual candidate embeddings from the query embedding and the plurality of candidate embeddings. The balancing type selector selects a subset of the plurality of virtual candidate embeddings. The KNN classifier performs a KNN search between the query embedding and a plurality of the candidate embeddings and the subset of the plurality of virtual candidate embeddings.
Systems and methods of establishing a communication session for live review of ultrasound scanning
An application running in a mobile device displays an ultrasound image obtained by a connected ultrasound scanner. A button is displayed on the device, which, when activated, automatically connects the device to a remote reviewer in a virtual videoconferencing room, without the operator of the scanner needing to input user credentials. Upon activating the button, or otherwise triggering the request for a review, pre-stored login credentials are automatically retrieved and used for connecting the operator to the room. The remote reviewer may be connected to the room upon accepting the request for review, without having to input user credentials, which are pre-stored and automatically retrieved.
Wireless transducer charging for handheld ultrasound systems
A wireless handheld ultrasound system an ultrasound front end to transmit ultrasonic waves into a subject and convert received ultrasonic echoes into digital data; an image processor coupled to the ultrasound front end to convert the digital data into an image; and a power section coupled to the ultrasound front end and the image processor. The power section may include a battery; a charging circuit to charge the battery; and a wireless power transducer coupled to the charging circuit to convert wireless power received from an external source into electrical energy for the charging circuit.
Medical imaging distribution system and device
Improved systems and devices for medical imaging distribution are provided. A medical imaging order may be received from a medical facility that includes medical imaging. A configuration may be selected and applied based on a body site and an urgency field associated with the order that defines queueing rules for the medical imaging order. Utilization factors for queues associated with radiologists may also be determined. The configuration and the utilization factors may be used to determine a subset of queues associated with a subset of radiologists. The subset of queues may be prioritized based on certain requirements, such as how many medical imaging reports a particular radiologist is required to review, how many medical imaging reports are required to be allocated to a particular radiologist, and the like. The highest prioritized queue may be selected and the medical imaging order may be transmitted to the radiologist associated with that queue.
Modular ultrasonic transducers and frame
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are provided for modular ultrasonic transducers and frame. An ultrasonic transducer array may include a modular ultrasonic transducer array frame. The modular ultrasonic transducer array frame may include mechanisms for the attachment of ultrasonic transducer modules to the ultrasonic transducer array frame. The ultrasonic transducer array may include ultrasonic transducer modules which may include arrays of ultrasonic transducer elements within the ultrasonic transducer modules. Two of the ultrasonic transducer modules may include arrays of ultrasonic transducer elements where the ultrasonic transducer elements are different between the two ultrasonic transducer modules.
Method And Assembly For Predicting The Occurrence Of Heart Disease Within An Individual
An assembly 10 and a method for predicting the occurrence of heart disease within an individual 12 by the combined use of echocardiogram data and bodily metric data, such as that which may be obtained from a wearable device 18.