A61B6/465

IMAGE PROCESSING FOR INTRAOPERATIVE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS

This disclosure relates to an intraoperative guidance system. The guidance system comprises: an X-ray imaging device to create a two-dimensional digital image of a joint and an implant component; and a computer system configured to: store an initial three-dimensional model of the joint and the implant component; receive two or more two-dimensional digital images of the joint and the implant component; create a digital three-dimensional model of the joint and the implant component based on the two or more two-dimensional digital images; perform registration between the digital three-dimensional model and the initial three-dimensional model to determine a placement of the implant component; determine an intraoperative simulated performance metric by simulating movement of the digital three-dimensional model based on the placement; and provide an indication to a surgeon of the intraoperative simulated performance metric as an assessment of a current placement of the implant component.

INTERACTIVE MODEL INTERFACE FOR IMAGE SELECTION IN MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS
20230107616 · 2023-04-06 · ·

Systems and methods for determining an image type are disclosed. A user interface includes a visual representation of a breast and a visual representation of a medical imaging system. The visual representation of the medical imaging system includes a visual representation of a detector and either a source or a compression paddle. The visual representation of the medical imaging system may be rotatable and positionable relative to the visual representation of the breast. Based on the relative position and orientation of the visual representation of the medical imaging system relative to the visual representation of the breast, an image type is determined. The image type may be displayed at the user interface.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING, CORRECTING AND PROCESSING IMAGES ON A RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR
20230105441 · 2023-04-06 ·

A radiographic imaging system includes a radiographic detector programmed to display the patient identifying information in human readable form and to access information about the patient stored in locations accessible through a network. Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus for a radiographic imaging system can include a radiographic detector including an image receptor to receive incident radiation and generate uncorrected electronic image data; network accessible storage and/or processor to generate calibration-corrected image data from the uncorrected electronic image data provided from the detector. The calibration-corrected image data can be further processed by the network accessible processor before transmitting a corrected image (e.g., DICOM image) back to the radiographic imaging system.

RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20220313199 · 2022-10-06 ·

A radiographic system that includes a radiation generation apparatus configured to emit radiation, a radiographic apparatus configured to generate a radiographic image based on the radiation, a control apparatus configured to communicate with the radiographic apparatus to receive the radiographic image and control operation, the radiographic system includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of dose index values using the radiation image generated based on the radiation.

Imaging systems and methods

Versatile, multimode radiographic systems and methods utilize portable energy emitters and radiation-tracking detectors. The x-ray emitter may include a digital camera and, optionally, a thermal imaging camera to provide for fluoroscopic, digital, and infrared thermal imagery of a patient for the purpose of aiding diagnostic, surgical, and non-surgical interventions. The emitter may cooperative with an inventive x-ray capture stage that automatically pivots, orients and aligns itself with the emitter to maximize exposure quality and safety. The combined system uses less power, corrects for any skew or perspective in the emission, allows the subject to remain in place, and allows the surgeon's workflow to continue uninterrupted.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VISUALIZING A MEDICAL DEVICE RELATIVE TO A TARGET

Systems and methods of visualizing a current view of a tool relative to a lesion by processing current fluoroscopic images from a current fluoroscopic sweep occurring after an initial fluoroscopic sweep. The processing includes determining the locations and/or orientations of a tool and a lesion in a current 3D reconstruction of the current fluoroscopic images or in a subset of the current fluoroscopic images, generating a 3D rendering based on the locations and/or orientations of the tool and the lesion, and displaying the 3D rendering. The locations and/or orientations of the tool and the lesion may be obtained from a user interface enabling a user to mark the current locations and/or orientations in the current 3D reconstruction or in a subset of the current fluoroscopic images, or by segmenting the current 3D reconstruction or a subset of the current fluoroscopic images.

MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM
20170367674 · 2017-12-28 ·

Provided are a mammography apparatus, a control device, a mammography apparatus control method, and a mammography apparatus control program that can effectively reduce the subject's pain caused by the compression of the breast by a compression plate.

A mammography apparatus includes a compression plate that compresses a breast, a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed, a radiation source that emits radiation, and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction and is moved to a second position in the decompression direction and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast in a state in which the compression plate is located at the second position.

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

There is provided a radiographic imaging apparatus capable of facilitating a comparative radiological interpretation of symmetric portions or a temporal comparative radiological interpretation of a same imaging target. The radiographic imaging apparatus includes an image control unit configured to cause a display unit configured to display a plurality of divided screens to display a first radiographic image of a first imaging target on a first divided screen of the plurality of divided screens. The image control unit causes a radiographic image of the first imaging target that is captured at a different time from the first radiographic image or a radiographic image of a second imaging target that is a symmetric imaging target of the first imaging target to be displayed on a second divided screen of the plurality of divided screens as a second radiographic image.

MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND SCANNING-RANGE SETTING METHOD
20230200759 · 2023-06-29 · ·

A medical image diagnosis apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a first border line and a second border line that define a scanning range of a scan of a subject to obtain a medical image of the subject, by analyzing a subject image obtained by capturing the subject; obtains fixed scanning-range information for imaging the subject; sets the scanning range based on the fixed scanning-range information and either of the first border line and the second border line; and outputs the set scanning range for display on a monitor.

Image handling and display in X-ray mammography and tomosynthesis

A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images