G06T2207/30048

QUANTITATIVE DYNAMIC MRI (QDMRI) ANALYSIS AND VIRTUAL GROWING CHILD (VGC) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING RESPIRATORY ANOMALIES

A method of analyzing thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS) in a subject by performing quantitative dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (QdMRI) analysis. The QdMRI analysis includes performing four-dimensional (4D) image construction of a TIS subject's thoracic cavity. The 4D image includes a sequence of two dimensional (2D) images of the TIS subject's thoracic cavity over a respiratory cycle of the TIS subject. The QdMRI analysis also includes segmenting a region of interest (ROI) within the 4D image, determining TIS measurements within the ROI, comparing the TIS measurements to normal measurements determined from ROIs in 4D images of the thoracic cavities of normal subjects that are not afflicted by TIS, and outputting quantitative markers indicating deviation of the thoracic cavity of the TIS subject relative to the thoracic cavities of the normal subjects.

Fractal analysis of left atrium to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence

Embodiments discussed herein facilitate determination of risk of recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after ablation based on fractal features. One example embodiment is configured to generate a binary mask of at least a portion of a CT scan of a heart of a patient with AF; compute one or more radiomic fractal-based features from at least one of the binary mask or the portion of the CT scan; provide the one or more radiomic fractal-based features to a trained machine learning (ML) classifier; and receive a prediction from the trained ML classifier of whether or not the AF will recur after AF ablation, wherein the prediction is based at least in part on the one or more radiomic fractal-based features.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID IMAGING

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hybrid imaging. The systems and methods may obtain a first magnetic resonance (MR) image of a target object. The first MR image may be acquired by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device using a first imaging sequence. The systems and methods may also obtain a second MR image of the target object. The second MR image may be acquired by the MRI device using a second imaging sequence. The second MR image may correspond to a target respiratory phase of the target object. The systems and methods may also obtain a target emission computed tomography ECT) image of the target object. The target ECT image may correspond to the target respiratory phase. The systems and methods may further fuse, based on the second MR image, the first MR image and the target ECT image.

TISSUE STATE GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM

A system is provided for augmenting a three-dimensional (3D) model of a heart to indicate the tissue state. The system accesses a 3D model of a heart, accesses two-dimensional (2D) images of tissue state slices of the heart, and accesses source location information of an arrhythmia. The system augments the 3D model with an indication of a source location based on the source location information. For each of a plurality of the tissue state slices of the heart, the system augments a 3D model slice of the 3D model that corresponds to that tissue state slice with an indication of the tissue state of the heart represented by the tissue state information of that tissue state slice. The system then displays a representation of the 3D model that indicates the source location of the arrhythmia and the tissue state of the heart.

Meta-Learning for Cardiac MRI Segmentation

Methods and systems are described for image segmentation. A machine learning model is applied to a set of images to generate results. The results may be obtained as a probability map for each image in the set of images. The model may be trained by accessing a set of labeled images, each image associated with a label indicating a location of a feature within a respective image. An initial set of parameters is accessed. An encoder is initialized with the initial set of parameters. The encoder is applied to the set of labeled images to generate a prediction of a feature location within each image. The initial set of parameters are updated based on the predictions and the label associated with the labeled images. The updated set of parameters and an additional set of parameters generated using a set of unlabeled images are aggregated.

System and method for orientating capture of ultrasound images

A downloadable navigator for a mobile ultrasound unit having an ultrasound probe, implemented on a portable computing device. The navigator includes a trained orientation neural network to receive a non-canonical image of a body part from the mobile ultrasound unit and to generate a transformation associated with the non-canonical image, the transformation transforming from a position and rotation associated with a canonical image to a position and rotation associated with the non-canonical image; and a result converter to convert the transformation into orientation instructions for a user of the probe and to provide and display the orientation instructions to the user to change the position and rotation of the probe.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION
20180005388 · 2018-01-04 ·

There is provided a method for registration of intravital anatomical imaging modality image data and nuclear medicine image data of a patient's heart comprising: obtaining anatomical image data including a heart of a patient outputted by an anatomical intravital imaging modality; obtaining at least one nuclear medicine image data outputted by a nuclear medicine imaging modality, the nuclear medicine image data including the heart of the patient; identifying a segmentation of a network of vessels of the heart in the anatomical image data; identifying a contour of at least part of the heart in the nuclear medicine image data, the contour including at least one muscle wall border of the heart; correlating between the segmentation and the contour; registering the correlated segmentation and the correlated contour to form a registered image of the anatomical image data and the nuclear medicine image data; and providing the registered image for display.

INTELLIGENT MULTI-SCALE MEDICAL IMAGE LANDMARK DETECTION

Intelligent multi-scale image parsing determines the optimal size of each observation by an artificial agent at a given point in time while searching for the anatomical landmark. The artificial agent begins searching image data with a coarse field-of-view and iteratively decreases the field-of-view to locate the anatomical landmark. After searching at a coarse field-of view, the artificial agent increases resolution to a finer field-of-view to analyze context and appearance factors to converge on the anatomical landmark. The artificial agent determines applicable context and appearance factors at each effective scale.

Systems and methods for controlling imaging

A method for controlling a medical device may be provided. The method may include obtaining, via one or more cameras, first data regarding a first motion of a subject in an examination space of the medical device. The method may include obtaining, via one or more radars, second data regarding a second motion of the subject. The method may further include generating, based on the first data and the second data, a control signal for controlling the medical device to scan at least a part of the subject.

Systems and methods for machine learning based physiological motion measurement

A system for physiological motion measurement is provided. The system may acquire a reference image corresponding to a reference motion phase of an ROI and a target image of the ROI corresponding to a target motion phase, wherein the reference motion phase may be different from the target motion phase. The system may identify one or more feature points relating to the ROI from the reference image, and determine a motion field of the feature points from the reference motion phase to the target motion phase using a motion prediction model. An input of the motion prediction model may include at least the reference image and the target image. The system may further determine a physiological condition of the ROI based on the motion field.