Patent classifications
A61B6/50
RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM
The radiographic system includes a camera that images a subject, a processor, and a display, in which the processor recognizes whether or not arrangement of the subject in a camera image captured using the camera matches arrangement of the subject in the imaging menu, and displays a first display mode for indicating presence of a result of the recognition, and displays a second display mode for displaying a content of the recognition result in a case of receiving an explicit display request for the recognition result, on the display.
ASSESSMENT OF ABNORMALITY PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 FROM X-RAY IMAGES
Systems and methods for assessing a disease are provided. An input medical image in a first modality is received. Lungs are segmented from the input medical image using a trained lung segmentation network and abnormality patterns associated with the disease are segmented from the input medical image using a trained abnormality pattern segmentation network. The trained lung segmentation network and the trained abnormality pattern segmentation network are trained based on 1) synthesized images in the first modality generated from training images in a second modality and 2) target segmentation masks for the synthesized images generated from training segmentation masks for the training images. An assessment of the disease is determined based on the segmented lungs and the segmented abnormality patterns.
METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE DETERMINATION IN BODY SCANS
A system for measuring muscle mass of a patient has a dual-energy radiation emission source. A radiation detector is configured to detect radiation emitted from the dual-energy radiation emission source passed through the patient. A processor has a memory with storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform a set of operations. The operations include receiving radiation detection data; generating a scan representation; identifying a primary fat target; determining an amount of fat in the primary fat target; comparing the amount of fat in the primary fat target to a reference; and based on the comparison, correcting an estimated amount of lean tissue to generate a corrected muscle mass value.
Mobile imaging ring system
The present invention provides a mobile imaging system for imaging of patients in medical interventions comprising a ring gantry with a plurality of independently rotating rings whereas a first rotating ring positions an X-ray source with collimator and a second rotating ring positions an image detector such that the region of interest (patient) can be positioned off-centered with respect to the ring center. The system supports planar X-ray imaging and Computed Tomography (CT) and Cone beam CT (CBCT) acquisitions of three dimensional (3D) volumes with variable X-ray field of views (FOVs) adapted to regions of interest (ROIs), which are not required to be of cylindrical shape. The mobile system can be equipped with stereoscopic cameras integrated in the gantry an on moving rings to support optical tracking and navigation of instruments within the same co-ordinate system of X-ray information. The gantry can be equipped with additional sensors and robotic manipulators on further rings operating in said co-ordinate system on mobile platform. The gantry provides a generic mechanical and electrical interface to a supporting structure, which can be attached to a variety of mobility platforms to support robotic positioning of the system in various orientations of scanner in treatment rooms to accommodate a wide range of patient setups, including the possibility for inclined and vertical scans of patients in upright position.
SURGICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
The present invention provides a method, including: obtaining a first image from a first imaging modality; identifying on the first image from the first imaging modality obtaining a second image from a second imaging modality; generating a compatible virtual image from the first image from the first imaging modality; mapping planning data on the compatible virtual image; coarse registering of the second image from the second imaging modality to the first image from the first imaging modality; identifying at least one element of the mapped planning data from the compatible virtual image; identifying at least one corresponding element on the second imaging modality; mapping the at least one corresponding element on the second imaging modality; fine registering of the second image from the second imaging modality to the first image from the first imaging modality; generating a third image.
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER CELLS WITH ALTERNATING POLARITY MAGNETIC FIELDS
Systems and method for destroying or inhibiting cancer cells and other rapidly-dividing cells include applying AP magnetic fields having a defined frequency of 5 Hz-500 kHz and a field strength of 0.1-5000 μT to a target body area that includes the cancer or other rapidly-dividing cells, and modifying the cancer or tumor microenvironment to increase the presence of cancer-suppressive cells or decrease the presence of cancer-promoting cells. In various embodiments, the systems and methods may include adjusting the therapy based on ultrasound imaging of the cancer cells during the application of the AP magnetic fields or during a cessation of applying the AP magnetic fields.
DETERMINATION OF METABOLIC RATE FROM STATIC PET SCAN
A system and method include identification of a blood pool region of the body based on the acquired positron emission tomography data, determination of activity in the blood pool region associated with a first time based on the acquired positron emission tomography data, determination of a scale factor based on the determined activity in the blood pool region and on an input function associated with one or more other human bodies, determination of activity in a tissue region associated with a second time based on the acquired positron emission tomography data, determination of a specific uptake ratio associated with the second time based on the activity in the tissue region, the scale factor and a value of the input function at the second time, determination of an estimate of metabolic rate in the tissue region based on the specific uptake ratio and the input function, and determination of a diagnosis associated with the tissue region based on the estimate of metabolic rate.
Method and system for calibration
A method of calibrating a positioning system in a radiation therapy system which includes a radiation therapy unit having a fixed radiation focus, includes irradiating a calibration tool having at least one reference object, capturing at least one two-dimensional image including cross-sectional representations of reference objects of the calibration tool and determining image coordinates of the representation of each reference object. Based on the reference objects' image coordinates, positions of the reference objects in the stereotactic coordinate system relative to an origin of the calibration tool and the position of the origin of the calibration tool relative to the imaging unit, a position difference between the position of the calibration tool in the stereotactic coordinate system and a position of the calibration tool in an imaging system coordinate system including a translational and rotational position difference is calculated.
REAL-TIME ESTIMATION OF LOCAL CARDIAC TISSUE PROPERTIES AND UNCERTAINTIES BASED ON IMAGING AND ELECTRO-ANATOMICAL MAPS
Systems and methods for automatically detecting a disease in medical images are provided. Input medical images are received. A plurality of metrics for a disease is computed for each of the input medical images. The input medical images are clustered into a plurality of clusters based on one or more of the plurality of metrics to classify the input medical images. The plurality of clusters comprise a cluster of one or more of the input medical images associated with the disease and one or more clusters of one or more of the input medical images not associated with the disease. In one embodiment, the disease is COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019).
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RADIATION PARAMETERS
A method includes positioning a patient at a first orientation relative to a radiation source. The method further includes using a 3D imaging technique to measure one or more positions of the patient's chest. The method further includes, while using the 3D imaging technique to measure the one or more positions of the patient's chest: generating a model of the patient's chest using the one or more positions of the patient's chest; updating the model of the patient's chest as the patient breathes; and exposing the patient to a dose of radiation using the radiation source, wherein the dose is based on the model of the patient's chest.