A61B6/469

Medical imaging device having a movable patient couch and a touch-sensitive and force-sensitive interface for controlling the movable patient couch, and method for operating a medical imaging device
11627927 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A medical imaging device, such as a computed tomography device and/or a magnetic resonance device, includes at least one movable component. The at least one movable component can include a patient couch, and the medical image device can further include an operating device for controlling the operation of the at least one component. The operating device can include a touch-sensitive and force-sensitive interface (e.g. touchscreen display) having at least one touch sensor and at least one force sensor that measure the strength of a touch.

3D bone density and bone age calculation apparatus using artificial intelligence-based rotation manner
11627928 · 2023-04-18 · ·

Provided is a 3D bone density and bone age calculation apparatus using an artificial intelligence-based rotation manner. The 3D bone density and bone age calculation apparatus includes a main body, and the main body includes a rotary drum including a drum shaft gear, an X-ray generator, an intensifying screen, and an image data capturer, a drum driver including a motor shaft gear connected to the drum shaft gear so as to rotate the rotary drum, a motor, support rollers and one of an origin sensor and an encoder, an outer case and an inner case, a front case and a rear case, a capturing holder, and a controller configured to select an image-captured position of the rotary drum, and configured to input a current age, sex and nutritional status of a patient, etc. The controller includes a display configured to display captured images and a diagram indicating bone age.

FAILED-IMAGE DECISION SUPPORT APPARATUS, FAILED-IMAGE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, FAILED-IMAGE DECISION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
20220328168 · 2022-10-13 · ·

A failed-image decision support apparatus includes a hardware processor and an outputter. The hardware processor performs, among multiple types of failed-image determination processes, at least one failed-image determination process on a medical image, thereby generating a determination result and determination basis information indicating a basis for the determination result. The outputter outputs the determination result and the determination basis information. Another failed-image decision support apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor performs, among multiple types of failed-image determination processes, at least one failed-image determination process on a medical image, thereby generating a determination result and determination basis information indicating a basis for the determination result, and controls output of the determination result and the determination basis information.

Methods and systems for detecting pleural irregularities in medical images

Various methods and systems are provided for a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring a series of medical images of a lung, identifying a pleural line in each medical image of the series, evaluating the pleural line for irregularities in each medical image of the series, and outputting an annotated version of each medical image of the series, the annotated version including visual markers for healthy pleura and irregular pleura. In this way, an operator of the medical imaging system may be alerted to pleural irregularities during a scan.

IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for performing an automated scan preparation for a scan of a target subject. The automated scan preparation may include, for example, identifying a target subject to be scanned, generating a target posture model of the target subject, causing a movable component of a medical imaging device to move to its target position, controlling a light field of the medical imaging device, determining a target subject orientation, determining a dose estimation, selecting at least one target ionization chamber, determining whether the posture of the target subject needs to be adjusted, determining one or more scanning parameters (e.g., a size of a light field), performing a preparation check, or the like, or any combination thereof.

Systems and methods for image acquisition

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for reducing radiation dose in image acquisition. The method may include obtaining first image data of a subject related to a first scan of the subject. The first scan may be of a first type of scan. The method may include reconstructing a first image of the subject based on the first image data and generating a dose plan of a second scan based on the first image. The second scan may be of a second type of scan. The method may also include obtaining second image data of the subject related to the second scan of the subject. The second scan may be performed according to the dose plan.

RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM AND TREATMENT PLAN GENERATION METHOD THEREFOR
20230111230 · 2023-04-13 ·

Disclosed are a radiotherapy system and a treatment plan generation method therefor. The radiotherapy system includes a beam irradiation device, a treatment planning module and a control module. The beam irradiation device generates a beam for treatment and irradiates same to a body to be irradiated to form an irradiated site, the treatment planning module generates a treatment plan on the basis of parameters of the beam for treatment and medical image data of the irradiated site, and the control module retrieves a treatment plan corresponding to said body from the treatment planning module and controls the beam irradiation device to sequentially irradiate said body according to at least two irradiation angles determined according to the treatment plan generation method and the irradiation time corresponding to each irradiation angle.

Method and system for acquiring status of strain and stress of a vessel wall

The present application relates to a method for acquiring maximum principal strain or a maximum principal stress status of a vessel wall. The method includes: acquiring first vessel data of a first time phase corresponding to a vessel; acquiring second vessel data of a second time phase corresponding to the vessel; generating, based on the first vessel data, a first vessel model relating to the first time phase, generating a second vessel model relating to the second time phase based on the second vessel data; determining a region of interest in the first vessel model; determining the corresponding region of interest in the second vessel model; determining a reference point in the region of interest of the first vessel model; determining the corresponding reference point in the region of interest of the second vessel model; determining a displacement of the reference point from the first vessel model to the second vessel model; and determining a maximum principal strain or a maximum principal stress at the reference point based on the displacement of the reference point.

Medical image providing apparatus and medical image processing method of the same

A medical image providing apparatus includes: a display configured to display a first image including an object; and a processor. The processor is configured to: while the first image is displayed, control to output, on the display, a list including second medical images, wherein each of the second medical images is reconstructed by one of a plurality of medical images reconstruction techniques using image data of a first region in the first image; control to output, on the display, a manipulation menu item for manipulating at least one of the second medical images included in the list; based on a selection of the manipulation menu item corresponding to one of the second medical images, receive a manipulation input corresponding to the selected manipulation menu item; and update the second medical image corresponding to the selected manipulation menu item by applying the manipulation input.

X-ray diagnosis apparatus and console

An X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes an X-ray limiter having four diaphragm blades and a console on which four physical operating units that correspond to the four diaphragm blades are placed at four positions. When viewed from the side of the operator of the console, the four operating units are placed on the far side, the near side, the left side, and the right side. The far-side operating unit, the near-side operating unit, the left-side operating unit, and the right-side operating unit correspond to the upper diaphragm blade, the lower diaphragm blade, the left-side diaphragm blade, and the right-side diaphragm blade, respectively, with reference to an X-ray image displayed in a display.