The invention provides an ultrasound patch (710) comprising a first array group (720) comprising a primary transducer array (730) having a first orientation and a second array group (740) comprising at least two secondary transducer arrays (750) each having an orientation different from the first orientation. The second array group is arranged such that the at least two secondary transducer arrays are located at either side of the primary transducer array. The first array group or the second array group may be used to capture preliminary ultrasound data for positioning the ultrasound patch. The primary transducer array and the at least two secondary transducer arrays may comprise CMUTs, and the ultrasound patch may comprise a flip chip connection. Also disclosed are a system and a method for positioning the ultrasound patch on a surface of a subject.
A61B 8/00 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores
B06B 1/02 - Procédés ou appareils pour produire des vibrations mécaniques de fréquence infrasonore, sonore ou ultrasonore utilisant l'énergie électrique
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AUTOMATIC OSS BASED FEATURE DETECTION AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION
Various embodiments of the present disclosure encompass an optical shape sensing registration system employing an optical shape sensing guidewire (30) translatable within an over-the-wire device (40), and further employing an optical shape sensing registration controller (20) for controlling an autonomous device registration of an over-the-wire device (40). In operation, the optical shape sensing registration controller (20) automatically detects one or more sensing features of the optical shape sensing guidewire (30) (e.g., shape, curvature, temperature, vibration, strain, etc.) from an optical shape sensing of a translation of the optical shape sensing guidewire (30) within the over-the-wire device (40), and then automatically determines one or more registration characteristics of the over-the-wire device (40) (e.g., a device type, a length, a diameter, a color, a hub type, treatment device(s), anatomical image(s), anatomical model(s), anatomical location(s), procedure type etc.) from an automatic detection of the sensing feature(s) of the optical shape sensing guidewire (30).
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicale; Dispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p.ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p.ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
4.
EQUILIZATION FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) SIGNALS
A magnetic resonance (MR) system includes an MR receive channel (20) including: an MR coil element (22) configured to receive MR signals in an MR frequency band; an electronic signal processing chain (24) configured to process the MR signals received by the MR coil element to produce processed MR signals, wherein the electronic signal processing chain includes an equalization filter (26); and a signal injector (8, 16, 28, 38, 38D) configured to input a reference radio frequency (RF) signal in the MR frequency band to the signal processing chain, wherein the signal processing chain processes the reference RF signal to generate a processed reference RF signal. Equalizer electronics (30) are configured to adjust the equalization filter based at least on the processed reference RF signal such that the MR receive channel has a flat frequency response over the MR frequency band.
G01R 33/58 - Etalonnage des systèmes d'imagerie, p.ex. utilisant des sondes d'essai
G01R 33/36 - Systèmes d'excitation ou de détection, p.ex. utilisant des signaux radiofréquence - Détails électriques, p.ex. adaptations ou couplage de la bobine au récepteur
A mechanism for adjusting a mapping function used to map a measurement by a field-sensitive sensor to a position in a spatial co-ordinate system. A plurality of points in the spatial co-ordinate system (representing locations of one or more field sensitive sensors) are used to simulate image data. The simulated image data is compared to other image data of the same region to produce a similarity measure. The similarity measure is used to adjust the mapping function.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicale; Dispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p.ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
A61B 17/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux, p.ex. tourniquets
A system (100) for generating a three-dimensional image of a coronary tree (449) includes a memory (151) and a processor (152). The processor (152) is configured to to: obtain a sequence of two-dimensional angiogram images (410) corresponding to a moving heart from a single viewpoint of an imaging device; and generate, using a trained machine learning model (430), a three-dimensional representation (211A) of the coronary tree (449) based on the sequence of the two-dimensional angiogram images (410) and cardiac motion of the moving heart.
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for detecting an oral condition of a subject during an oral treatment procedure. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that employ an oral care device configured to induce thermal changes over a target region within a subject's oral cavity during an oral treatment procedure, and then thermally detect one or more oral conditions without stopping the oral treatment procedure. In embodiments, the oral care system includes an oral care device comprising a temperature change element and a temperature sensing element, both disposed at least partially within a head portion of the oral care device that is configured to be received in the subject's oral cavity.
A means for detecting and classifying artefact-causing events associated with a hemodynamic parameter measurement based on analysis of a tissue pressure signal indicative of a pressure between a surface of the user's body part and a cuff of the measurement apparatus; and an actuator operational signal indicative of an operational parameter of a pneumatic actuator associated with the cuff.
A61B 5/022 - Mesure de la pression dans le cœur ou dans les vaisseaux sanguins par application d'une pression pour fermer les vaisseaux sanguins, p.ex. contre la peau; Ophtalmodynamomètres
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
A61B 5/0225 - Mesure de la pression dans le cœur ou dans les vaisseaux sanguins par application d'une pression pour fermer les vaisseaux sanguins, p.ex. contre la peau; Ophtalmodynamomètres la pression étant commandée par des signaux électriques, p.ex. dérivés des bruits de Korotkoff
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AN ORTHODONTIC DEVICE, A SYSTEM FOR TRACKING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PROGRESS AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ORTHODONTIC DEVICE
Van Den Dungen, Wilhelmus, Andreas, Marinus, Arnoldus, Maria
Abrégé
An orthodontic aligner for changing or maintaining the position of a user's teeth comprises a mouthpiece body including a teeth receiving portion, a pressure sensing arrangement and a wireless communication and power transfer arrangement. The pressure sensing arrangement comprises a pressure chamber, containing fluid, coupled to the teeth receiving portion. A pressure sensor is arranged to sense pressure of the pressure chamber. The pressure sensor is configured to generate an output pressure signal indicating the pressure associated with the pressure chamber. The wireless communication and power transfer arrangement comprises an antenna and is configured to supply power to the pressure sensor.
A lead set system is for delivering signals to a bio-potential recording unit. A lead set has a plurality of leads, each defining an input channel to the bio-potential recording unit. Correction information is stored as part of the lead set system (i.e. independent of the bio-potential recording unit) relating to the plurality of leads for use in interpreting the input channels, thereby to improve channel symmetry.
A system comprising a virtual reality, VR, and/or augmented reality, AR, capable headset and a sensor arrangement for imaging the real environment and determining a facing direction in which a user is facing. The headset is configured to display a virtual scene and provide corresponding virtual audio to the user in a virtual mode. The headset is also configured to show the real environment and provide corresponding real audio to the user in a local mode. In response to a real person being detected and in dependence on their position and the facing direction, the headset switches from the virtual mode to the local mode.
A shielding barrier (32) is carried by one or more electrodes (22) of a cleaning and/or treatment unit (12) for an oral care device, and arranged for interposing contact of an exposed conductive portion (25) of the electrodes (22) by other components or external objects. The shielding barrier is arranged such that the exposed conductive portion is still at least partially open to the environment surrounding the electrodes (22).
A security gateway for touch-free infectious disease screening includes a contactless sensor, a memory and a processor. The contactless sensor is configured to obtain health readings of a subject. The memory stores instructions. The processor executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the security gateway to measure vital signs based on the health readings of the subject, and determine whether to allow access to a premise based on the vital signs.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
A61B 5/15 - Dispositifs de prélèvement d'échantillons de sang
G16H 40/67 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement à distance
G16H 50/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour le diagnostic assisté par ordinateur, p.ex. basé sur des systèmes experts médicaux
14.
SHAVING SYSTEM WITH SHAVING UNIT AND CLEANING DEVICE
A shaving system is disclosed comprising a shaving unit (14) and a cleaning device (22), wherein the shaving unit (14) comprises at least one hair-cutting unit having a movable hair-cutting member; the cleaning device (22) comprises a supporting structure for supporting the shaving unit (14), and a receiving space (26) for receiving the shaving unit (14) when the shaving unit (14) is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (24); and the cleaning device (22) comprises a reservoir (32) for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit (38) for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir (32) to the receiving space (26); wherein the shaving unit (14) comprises a driven coupling member (30) which is accessible from an outside of the shaving unit (14) and which is coupled to the movable hair-cutting member such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driven coupling member (30); the cleaning device (22) comprises a driving coupling member (28) which is accessible from an outside of the cleaning device (22), and an electric actuator (34) coupled to the driving coupling member (28) such that the driving coupling member (28) is drivable by the electric actuator (34); and the driving coupling member (28) and the driven coupling member (30) are arranged such that, in the cleaning position of the shaving unit (14), the driven coupling member (30) is coupled to the driving coupling member (28) such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driving coupling member (28) via the driven coupling member (30).
B26B 19/14 - Tondeuses ou rasoirs opérant par plusieurs arêtes coupantes, p.ex. tondeuses à cheveux, rasoirs à sec du type à outil de coupe rotatif; Têtes coupantes à cet effet; Outils de coupe à cet effet
B26B 19/38 - Tondeuses ou rasoirs opérant par plusieurs arêtes coupantes, p.ex. tondeuses à cheveux, rasoirs à sec - Parties constitutives ou accessoires des tondeuses à cheveux ou des rasoirs à sec, p.ex. boîtiers, poignées ou protecteurs
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for evaluating skin of a subject. The apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to receive one or more images of the skin of the subject from an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit is arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject; process the one or more images to determine a skin type and/or a melanin index of the skin of the subject based on one or more characteristics of a structure of a pigment network of the skin; and output a first signal indicating the determined skin type and/or melanin index.
A controller (122) includes a memory (12220) that stores instructions and a processor (12210) that executes the instructions. When executed, the instructions cause the controller (122) to implement a process that includes obtaining (S405) pre-operative imagery of the tissue in a first modality, registering (S425) the pre-operative imagery of the tissue in the first modality with a set of sensors (195-199) adhered to the tissue, and receiving (S435), from the set of sensors (195-199), sets of electronic signals for positions of the set of sensors (195-199). The process also includes computing (S440) geometry of the positions of the set of sensors (195-199) for each set of the sets of electronic signals and computing (S450) movement of the set of sensors (195-199) based on changes in the geometry of the positions of the set of sensors (195-199) between sets of electronic signals from the set of sensors (195-199). The pre-operative imagery is updated to reflect changes in the tissue based on movement of the set of sensors (195-199).
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
A61B 34/00 - Chirurgie assistée par ordinateur; Manipulateurs ou robots spécialement adaptés à l’utilisation en chirurgie
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicale; Dispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p.ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
G06T 1/00 - Traitement de données d'image, d'application générale
Proposed concepts thus aim to provide schemes, solutions, concept, designs, methods and systems pertaining to video-processing for equipment maintenance. In particular, embodiments aim to provide a computer-implemented video-processing method for equipment maintenance. In other words, it is proposed that a video feed may be obtained and analyzed in order to identify a textual region within the video feed, and once identified, extracted in order to provide a modified video feed, wherein at least a portion of video data outside the identified textual region is removed or modified. In other words, this modified video feed may essentially be a cropped video, in both time and space, including only the identified textual region. This modified video feed may then be processed with a character recognition algorithm to convert the textual information within the textual region into a machine-readable format. This machine-readable textual information may then be utilized in a variety of ways.
G06V 30/19 - Reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
G06V 20/40 - RECONNAISSANCE OU COMPRÉHENSION D’IMAGES OU DE VIDÉOS Éléments spécifiques à la scène dans le contenu vidéo
G06V 20/70 - RECONNAISSANCE OU COMPRÉHENSION D’IMAGES OU DE VIDÉOS Éléments spécifiques à la scène Étiquetage du contenu de scène, p.ex. en tirant des représentations syntaxiques ou sémantiques
G06V 10/82 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant les réseaux neuronaux
Some embodiments are directed to a communication device (200) that have a sensor system (210) configured for obtaining sensor data (211) from a user of the communication device. One or more indicators for sleepiness of the user may be determined from the sensor data. The indicators may then be used to select a notification item (241) that is displayed to the user.
G16H 50/30 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour l’évaluation des risques pour la santé d’une personne
G16H 40/63 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement local
G08B 21/06 - Alarmes pour assurer la sécurité des personnes indiquant un état de sommeil, p.ex. alarmes contre l'assoupissement
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PREDICTION OF AN OUTCOME OF NEOADJUVANT ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY IN A PROSTATE CANCER SUBJECT
The invention relates to a method of predicting a response of a prostate cancer subject to neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy. The method is based on predicting an outcome based on the expression levels of genes identified herein. The invention provides a method to establish whether neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy is useful for a subject and thus should be administered or not. Further provided are the use of a kit for determining expression levels for predicting a response of a prostate cancer subject to neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy.
C12Q 1/6886 - Produits d’acides nucléiques utilisés dans l’analyse d’acides nucléiques, p.ex. amorces ou sondes pour les maladies provoquées par des altérations du matériel génétique pour le cancer
A method for real-time localization of at least a portion of a personal care device relative to an anatomy of the user, based on use of an artificial intelligence prediction model. The prediction model is configured to receive as an input a starting position of the at least portion of the personal care device.
A46B 15/00 - Autres brosses; Brosses avec aménagements additionnels
A61C 17/22 - Dispositifs à entraînement mécanique pour nettoyer ou pour polir avec des brosses, des éponges, des cupules ou analogues
A46B 9/04 - Position ou disposition des soies par rapport à la surface de la monture, p.ex. inclinées, en rangées, en groupes pour les brosses à dents
B26B 21/40 - Rasoirs du type ouvert ou du type couteau; Rasoirs de sûreté ou autres ustensiles de rasage du type rabotage; Dispositifs de taille des cheveux impliquant une lame de rasoir; Equipement à cet effet - Parties constitutives ou accessoires
21.
DE-IDENTIFYING SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN 3D A SETTING
A method is provided for de-identifying sensitive information. The method comprises obtaining a three dimensional, 3D, model of a scene, identifying a region of interest, ROI, in the 3D model corresponding to sensitive information and modifying the 3D model of the scene to de-identify the sensitive information contained in the ROI.
An interactive system for medical training that includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain actual values of parameters associated with a medical scenario; generate a plurality of customized synthetic angiogram images based on the actual values of the parameters; display, to a user, the sequence of synthetic angiogram images; interactively request the user to estimate values for the parameters based on the displayed sequence of customized synthetic angiogram images; compare the estimated values for the parameters to target values for the parameters to determine a measure of difference between the estimated values and the target values, where the target values are defined based on the actual values of the parameters; and provide to the user feedback with respect to the measure of difference.
Amthor, Thomas Erik, C/o Philips International B.V.
Wang, Xinyu, C/o Philips International B.V.
Anten, Thomas, C/o Philips International B.V.
Chaduvula, Siva Chaitanya, C/o Philips International B.V.
Nordhoff, Tanja
Schmidt, Joachim Dieter, C/o Philips International B.V.
Tellis, Ranjith Naveen, C/o Philips International B.V.
Vosbergen, Sandra, C/o Philips International B.V
Abrégé
A radiology workflow assistance method includes retrieving information about an upcoming radiology examination of a patient, including information identifying an imaging modality of the upcoming radiology examination, information about the patient, and information obtained from a radiology examination order. Based on the retrieved information, role-specific examination complexity metrics are determined for respective personnel roles of a workflow for performing the upcoming radiology examination. Advice and/or assistance are provided to personnel assigned to fill the personnel roles of the workflow based on the determined role-specific examination complexity metrics. Assistance may also include producing a draft communication request by filling in a communication request form based on an inquiry and radiology examination context, enabling the requestor to edit and approve the draft communication request, and sending the approved communication request to a recipient identified therein.
G16H 30/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement d’images médicales pour le maniement d’images médicales, p.ex. DICOM, HL7 ou PACS
G16H 30/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement d’images médicales pour le traitement d’images médicales, p.ex. l’édition
G16H 40/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour la gestion ou l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de soins de santé, p.ex. pour la gestion du personnel hospitalier ou de salles d’opération
A method for predicting simulated patient admissions, comprising: receiving healthcare records for a plurality of patients; adapting the received healthcare records to a common data format; parameterizing the adapted healthcare records to generate a plurality of patient parameters comprising for each patient a day of the week admission parameter, a time of day admission parameter, and a patient type parameter; generating a length of stay parameter for each of the plurality of different patient types; generating a transition probability for each of the plurality of different patient types; predicting, for a time period in the healthcare environment, patient admissions; predicting a care pathway for some or all of the predicted patient admissions during the time period; and reporting, via a user interface, the predicted patient admissions and predicted care pathways.
G16H 40/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour la gestion ou l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de soins de santé, p.ex. pour la gestion du personnel hospitalier ou de salles d’opération
G16H 10/60 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement des données médicales ou de soins de santé relatives aux patients pour des données spécifiques de patients, p.ex. pour des dossiers électroniques de patients
A cradle style cushion includes a central sealing body portion including a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. The top wall includes a central sealing surface, a first stabilizing surface and a second stabilizing surface, the first and second stabilizing surfaces each extending upwardly and outwardly with respect to the central sealing surface and a top edge of the front wall and being structured to wrap around and engage an outside of the nostrils when the patient interface device is donned by the patient, wherein the first stabilizing surface includes a first front side edge portion and the second stabilizing surface includes a second front side edge portion, and wherein the top edge of the front wall, the first front side edge portion and the second front side edge portion together define a front opening of the central sealing body portion.
A diaphragm for a breast pump comprises a cavity having an open end for receiving a nipple of a user and a closed end. A valve closure element is provided for forming part of a valve, the valve closure element extending from a bottom edge of the open end controlling a flow path to a milk container through a first part of a container opening. The diaphragm also defines a lid for sealing a second part of the container opening. In this way, the container can have a large lid opening, and the diaphragm seals one part of the opening as well as defining a fluid path through a valve to another part of the opening.
A system and method are provided for reducing radiation exposure in a procedure room using a radiation shield. The method determines first position data indicating a position of a clinician in the procedure room and determines second position data indicating a position of an imaging source of an imaging system in the procedure room. The method further applies a radiation model to estimate a radiation pattern of radiation emitted by the imaging source based on the first position data and the second position data. The method further applies a shield positioning model to predict an optimal position of the radiation shield that minimizes exposure of the at least one clinician to the emitted radiation based on the estimated radiation pattern, the first position data, and the second position data.
A computer-implemented method of providing guidance for a treatment procedure on an occluded vessel, is provided. The method includes: analyzing CT data to determine one or more properties of an occlusion in the vessel; determining, based on the one or more properties, a recommended intravascular treatment device for treating the occluded vessel; and outputting an indication of the recommended intravascular treatment device.
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
A61B 17/22 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux, p.ex. tourniquets pour l'élimination non prévue ailleurs des obstructions dans les vaisseaux sanguins
A catheter (200) includes a jacket (110), a chamber (120) and an adjustable material (230). The jacket (110) has a first stiffness and includes an outer surface (112) and an inner surface (114). The chamber (120) is enclosed within the inner surface (114). The adjustable material (230), when adjusted, provides the catheter (200) with a second stiffness which is stiffer than the first stiffness.
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and system for secure communication wherein an end device is adapted to: receive a first system information message from or through a first primary station, decode the first system information message and obtaining a "protection field", use the "protection field" to determine the location of "security information", and use "security information" to verify the received message and/or first primary station and/or send a subsequent secure message to the first primary station or a third primary station.
H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégées; Protocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
33.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING BASELINE CREATININE VALUES
A method (100) for determining a baseline creatinine value for a subject, comprising: obtaining (130) a set of features about the subject; analyzing (140), using a trained baseline creatinine determination model, the obtained set of features to generate a baseline creatinine value for the subject; reporting (150), via a user interface, the generated baseline creatinine value for the subject.
G16H 50/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour le diagnostic assisté par ordinateur, p.ex. basé sur des systèmes experts médicaux
An X-ray detector (100) includes a pixelated array (110) of X-ray detector elements (130i,j) configured to determine detection times of received X-ray quanta from detection events representing the received X-ray quanta; and a processor (120) estimates an amount of scattered X-ray quanta received by the X-ray detector elements (130i,j) based on a count of pairs of detection events detected within a predetermined time interval of each other by adjacent X-ray detector elements (130i,j, 130i,j(a . . . h)) in the pixelated array (110).
The present invention relates to a method (1), resp. a device, system and computer-program product, for material decomposition of spectral imaging projection data. The method comprises receiving (2) projection data acquired by a spectral imaging system and reducing (3) noise in the projection data by combining corresponding spectral values for different projection rays to obtain noise-reduced projection data. The method comprises applying (6) a first projection-domain material decomposition algorithm to the noise-reduced projection data to obtain a first set of material path length estimates, and applying (7) a second projection-domain material decomposition algorithm to the projection data to obtain a second set of material path length estimates. The second projection-domain material decomposition algorithm comprises an optimization that penalizes a deviation between the second set of material path length estimates being optimized and the first set of material path length estimates.
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for confidence mapping of shear wave measurements are disclosed. Confidence maps of shear wave image measurements may be generated from one or more confidence factors. Masking of graphical overlays of tissue stiffness values, based at least in part on the confidence map is disclosed. The confidence map and/or masked graphical overlays of tissue stiffness values may be superimposed on ultrasound images and provided on a display.
Devices (110,120) and methods are described to establish secure communication between a first and a second device over a physical channel according to a security protocol. The protocol establishes first integrity data in the first device and second integrity data in the second device. The protocol has at least two security levels. The applied security level is selectable based on grading information transferred via the physical channel. Advantageously, a grading indicator indicative of a minimum security level as minimally required in at least one of the first device (110) and second device (120) is transferred via the physical channel, while integrity protection of the grading indicator is provided based on the integrity data. Thereby, a man-in-the-middle attack by a further device (130) to downgrade the security level may be prevented.
Systems and apparatuses for lead extraction using a lead locking device are provided. The apparatus includes a lead extraction assistance device for use with a lead locking device (LLD) in a lead extraction procedure, the apparatus includes a lead locking device (LLD); a lead locking assist device coupled to the LLD wherein the lead locking assist device includes an assembly configured with a center shaft that has an inlet that for entry of the lead (10) and configured with an outlet for exiting the LLD wherein the assembly clamps both an entered lead and an exited LLD; and a module disposed in the assembly and coupled to both the entered lead and the exited LLD, the module configured to apply, a first action by a rotational motor (60) to twist the entering lead and a second action by a hammering device (87) for hammering the entered lead to assist in pulling out the lead.
A system and method for achieving more accurate results when applying an image processing task to a series of medical images of a patient, without significantly increasing processing resource. The proposed system and method is based on receiving a plurality of image sequences of a particular anatomical region, each capturing cyclical movement of an anatomical object. Each image sequence is supplied to a classifier module which employs use of one or more machine learning algorithms to derive at least one score for each image sequence indicative of predicted success or quality of a result of the image processing task if applied to the given image series. This permits an assessment to be made in advance of which of the plurality of image series is most likely to result in the best (e.g. highest quality, or greatest amount of information) results from the image processing task. This allows maximization of the quality of image processing results, without the need to actually process each of the image series with the image processing task, which would consume a large amount of processing resource and consume time.
G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p.ex. des objets vidéo
The invention relates to a method for operating a communication system including a primary station linked to a Core Network, said primary station serving a cell, a relay station served by the primary station and a secondary station served by the primary station, the method comprising the steps of the relay station establishing a connection with the primary station, including receiving in at least one first secure message from the primary station a first set of configuration parameters, the secondary station establishing a connection with the primary station, including receiving from the primary station in at least one second secure message a second set of configuration parameters linked to an upcoming data session, the relay station transmitting at least one transmitted service code from the first set, the secondary station establishing a direct communication with the relay station upon determination that the transmitted configuration parameters is included in the second set.
H04W 12/0471 - Gestion des clés, p.ex. par architecture d’amorçage générique [GBA] sans l’utilisation d’un nœud de réseau fiable comme ancre de confiance Échange de clés
H04W 76/10 - Gestion de la connexion Établissement de la connexion
Proposed concepts aim to provide schemes, solutions, concepts, designs, methods and systems pertaining to the transmitting, receiving and/or communicating medical imaging data for remote real-time examination. In particular, a medical image is encoded (120) with an identifier based on at least part of metadata associated with the medical image. As the medical image and the metadata may have different transmission requirements (i.e. bandwidth, latency, loss, etc.), they are communicated through different communication channels (130, 140). In this way, the medical image and the metadata may be communicated appropriately, while the identifier enables the medical image and the metadata to be matched at a receiver.
A computer-implemented method of providing biomechanical plaque data (110) for an interventional device simulation system (100) includes: extracting plaque data from spectral CT data, the plaque data representing a spatial distribution of plaque (140) within a vascular region (130); converting the plaque data into biomechanical plaque data (110), the biomechanical plaque data representing a spatial distribution of a mechanical constraint to apply to an interventional device (150) of the interventional device simulation system (100) in response to a contact between the interventional device (150) and the plaque (140); and outputting the biomechanical plaque data (110).
The present invention relates to a medical image acquisition unit assistance apparatus (10), the apparatus comprising: - at least one sensor (20); and - a processing unit (30); wherein one or more sensors of the at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data of a person observing a patient undergoing a medical scan by a medical image acquisition unit; wherein the one or more sensors is configured to provide the acquired sensor data of the person observing the patient undergoing the medical scan to the processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a state of the person observing the patient undergoing the medical scan comprising utilization of the acquired sensor data of the person observing the patient undergoing the medical scan; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine an overall state of the patient comprising utilization of the determined state of the person.
A method for retrieving relevant images from an image database based on converting linguistic search criteria into image-based search criteria. User inputs are used to construct a base image from a combination of pre-formed graphical or visual image elements, and an image database is then queried with the base image using image-based searching. The resulting retrieved images may be exported to a user training system for use in training a user using the images.
A system (10) for positioning a sensor patch on a user is provided, the system comprising a band (20) for creating a pressing force to the sensor patch when the band is stretched, the band comprising a stretchable part (22), and a first marker (25) located on the stretchable part, and a non- stretchable element (30), having a second marker (35), wherein the non-stretchable element (30) is a ribbon, mounted on the band (20) with a connector (55) or an elastic joint (51b) at one end and an elastic joint (51, 51a) at the other end, the ribbon even when taut, permitting the stretching of the band, and wherein a relative position of the first and second marker indicates an amount of stretch of the stretchable part. The user guided by the relative position of the first (25) and second (35) markers may take actions for the stretchable part (22) of the band to reach a desired stretch, which corresponds to a desired pressing force to the sensor patch. A corresponding method (100) for positioning a sensor patch on a user is also provided.
A61B 5/256 - Moyens pour maintenir le contact de l’électrode avec le corps Électrodes portables, p.ex. avec des sangles ou des bandes
G01L 5/04 - Appareils ou procédés pour la mesure des forces, du travail, de la puissance mécanique ou du couple, spécialement adaptés à des fins spécifiques pour la mesure de la tension dans les éléments flexibles, p.ex. dans les cordages, les câbles, les fils métalliques, les filaments, les courroies ou les bandes
G01L 5/06 - Appareils ou procédés pour la mesure des forces, du travail, de la puissance mécanique ou du couple, spécialement adaptés à des fins spécifiques pour la mesure de la tension dans les éléments flexibles, p.ex. dans les cordages, les câbles, les fils métalliques, les filaments, les courroies ou les bandes en utilisant des moyens mécaniques
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
46.
MAGNETO-MECHANICAL RESONATORS WITH REDUCED MUTUAL ATTRACTION
A system for monitoring and/or diagnosing the transit through the gastro-intestinal tract of a mammal, such as a human is described. The system comprises a micromechanical resonator (MMR) device and a tracking system. The sensing device comprises a casing and a first magnetic object with a permanent magnetic moment, wherein the first magnetic object is coupled to the casing in such a way, that it is configured for oscillating around an equilibrium position when excited by a magnetic or an electromagnetic excitation field and wherein the tracking system comprises at least one coil for generating the magnetic or electromagnetic excitation field configured for detecting the magnetic response field generated by the sensing device.
A system (200) for providing guidance information for an implantable device extraction procedure, is provided. The system includes one or more processors (210) configured to: receive (S 110) attenuation data (110) representing an implantable device (120) in an anatomical region, the attenuation data defining X-ray attenuation within the anatomical region; analyze (S120) the attenuation data (110) to determine an amount of adhesion (130) between the implantable device (120) and a tissue (140) contacting the implantable device; and output (S130) guidance information for the implantable device extraction procedure based on the amount of adhesion (130).
A61B 6/12 - Dispositifs pour détecter ou localiser des corps étrangers
A61B 6/00 - Appareils pour diagnostic par radiations, p.ex. combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations
A61N 1/05 - Electrodes à implanter ou à introduire dans le corps, p.ex. électrode cardiaque
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p.ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
An apparatus estimates vital signs of a person from video images with color channels representing a digitization of optical sensor signals. A first detector (203) detects a first image area being a skin area of the person and a second detector (205) detect a second image area corresponding to a different area of the person than the first image area. A determiner (207) determines color channel distributions for pixels of the first image area. A processor (209) provides a skin tone indication and a reference processor (211) provides a reference color channel distribution property for the skin tone. A gain processor (213) determines gains for the optical sensor signals in dependence on a luminance property of the second image area and on a comparison of the reference distribution property and a property of the color channel distributions. A gain controller (215) accordingly controls gain values applied to the optical sensor signals and a vital sign determiner (217) estimates a vital sign property for the person from the images.
An input data preprocessor (IDP) and related methods for facilitating image segmentation. The preprocessor may comprise an input port (IN) for receiving an input image to be segmented by an interactive machine learning based segmentor (SEG). A subset specifier (SS) determines, based on the input image, a size specification (b) for an in-image subset. An output interface (OUT) passes the size specification to a user interface (UI) for interaction with the segmentor (SEG). The proposed input data preprocessor (IDP) may preferably be used in interactive segmentation, to reduce the number of iteration cycles.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
10 - Appareils et instruments médicaux
35 - Publicité; Affaires commerciales
41 - Éducation, divertissements, activités sportives et culturelles
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
44 - Services médicaux, services vétérinaires, soins d'hygiène et de beauté; services d'agriculture, d'horticulture et de sylviculture.
Produits et services
Apparatus and instruments for accumulating and storing electricity; batteries; battery packs; batteries for use in defibrillators; battery packs for external defibrillators; defibrillator batteries and chargers therefor; electronic devices in the nature of adaptors, connector cables, electric cables and USB cables used with defibrillators; electrodes; software; software application for medical apparatus; downloadable mobile software applications in relation with defibrillators; mobile phone software applications, downloadable; measuring, signaling, checking, safety, instructional and life saving equipment and apparatus. Medical apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for resuscitation; defibrillators; wearable defibrillators; automated external defibrillators; electrodes for use with defibrillators; defibrillator electrode cartridges; defibrillator electrode pads; defibrillator monitors; medical cardiac defibrillator; cardiac electrodes; cardiac defibrillation electrodes. Retail services, wholesale services and marketing services, including the importing, wholesaling, retailing, selling and marketing of defibrillators and components, parts and accessories for defibrillators; the wholesaling, retailing and marketing of services related to CPR and life support and to training related to CPR and life support. Training services including teaching and instructional services, all being related to or connected with life support, life saving (including without limitation defibrillation and resuscitation), safety and therapy. Scientific research and advice, industrial research and advice, health research and advice; health equipment and service information services, therapy information services, medical and paramedical information services, quality assurance information services. Provision of information all being related to or connected with life support, life saving (including without limitation defibrillation and resuscitation), safety and therapy; guidance and advice all being related to or connected with life support, life saving (including without limitation defibrillation and resuscitation), safety and therapy.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
10 - Appareils et instruments médicaux
35 - Publicité; Affaires commerciales
41 - Éducation, divertissements, activités sportives et culturelles
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
44 - Services médicaux, services vétérinaires, soins d'hygiène et de beauté; services d'agriculture, d'horticulture et de sylviculture.
Produits et services
Apparatus and instruments for accumulating and storing electricity; batteries; battery packs; batteries for use in defibrillators; battery packs for external defibrillators; defibrillator batteries and chargers therefor; electronic devices in the nature of adaptors, connector cables, electric cables and USB cables used with defibrillators; electrodes; software; software application for medical apparatus; downloadable mobile software applications in relation with defibrillators; mobile phone software applications, downloadable; measuring, signalling, checking, safety, instructional and life saving equipment and apparatus. Medical apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for resuscitation; defibrillators; wearable defibrillators; automated external defibrillators; electrodes for use with defibrillators; defibrillator electrode cartridges; defibrillator electrode pads; defibrillator monitors; medical cardiac defibrillator; cardiac electrodes; cardiac defibrillation electrodes. Retail services, wholesale services and marketing services, including wholesaling, retailing and marketing of defibrillators and components, parts and accessories for defibrillators and Import services of defibrillators and components, parts and accessories for defibrillators; business intermediary services in the field of rendering services related to CPR and life support and to training related to CPR and life support. Training services including teaching and instructional services, all being related to or connected with life support, life saving (including without limitation defibrillation and resuscitation), safety and therapy. Scientific research and advice, industrial research and advice; health equipment and service information services, therapy information services, medical and paramedical information services, quality assurance information services. medical services; medical assistance; health care services; providing medical information; therapy services; medical equipment rental; medical information regarding health equipment.
Disclosed in some embodiments are microdevices, medical devices and a registration apparatuses that allow for tracking of medical device(s) in an ultrasound image while maintaining the quality of the ultrasound image. The microdevice comprises a casing and a magneto mechanical resonator. The magneto mechanical resonator comprises at least two magnetic objects providing a permanent magnetic moment. The magneto mechanical resonator is adapted to transduce an external excitation field into a mechanical movement of the at least two magnetic objects relative to each other such that a changing magnetic response field is generated. A pressure sensor is arranged such that an external ultrasound signal induces an additional movement of the magnetic objects such that the changing magnetic response field is changed in dependency of the external ultrasound signal.
A method (100) for generating an instantly-formed artificial saliva gel or an ultrasound gel, comprising: (i) providing (110) a first composition comprising a pH-sensitive polymer, wherein the first composition is maintained at an acidic pH; (ii) providing (110) a second composition comprising a pH agent configured to maintain the second composition at an alkaline pH; and (iii) combining (120) the first composition and the second composition to generate a single instantly-formed gel, wherein the pH of the single instantly-formed gel is at a level required to increase viscosity of the pH-sensitive polymer to a level suitable for an artificial saliva gel or an ultrasound gel; wherein either the first composition or second composition comprises a solvent, and wherein the acidic pH of the first composition and the alkaline pH of the second composition are configured such that the pH of the single instantly-formed gel is between approximately 6.5 and 7.5.
A mechanism for synthesizing additional points for generating an anatomical model of an anatomical cavity. The additional points are positioned to lie partway between points directly derived from respective electrical responses of an interventional device positioned within the anatomical cavity.
G16H 50/50 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour la simulation ou la modélisation des troubles médicaux
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
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METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ANALYSING A PULSE WAVE SIGNAL TO DETERMINE AND INDICATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND/OR BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGE
According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for analysing a pulse wave signal, PWS, obtained from a subject to determine an indication of the blood pressure or a change in blood pressure of the subject. The PWS comprises pulse wave measurements for a plurality of cardiac cycles of the subject during a first time period. The method comprises (i) analysing (111) the PWS to determine a first average cardiac cycle waveform for a first time point in the first time period and a second average cardiac cycle waveform for a second time point in the first time period; (ii) determining (113) a difference signal representing a change in morphology from the first average cardiac cycle waveform to the second average cardiac cycle waveform; (iii) determining (115) an absolute value of the change in morphology from the difference signal; (iv) determining (117) a direction of the change in morphology; and (v) determining (119) a relative blood pressure change by combining the absolute value and the direction of the change in morphology.
A system for coupling electrical signals between an interventional device (110) and a control unit (120) through an electrically insulating barrier (130), is disclosed. The system includes a connector (140). A device connector portion (140′) of the connector (140) includes at least one transmitter (160) that transmits electrical signals representing i) transducer signals and 5 ii) synchronisation signals for the transducer signals. The transducer signals are generated at a distal portion (110″) of the interventional device (110), and the synchronisation signals are generated at a distal portion (110″) of the interventional device or in the device connector portion (140′). A control unit connector portion (140″) of the connector (140), or the control unit (120), receives the electrical signals, extracts the transducer signals and the 10 synchronisation signals from the electrical signals, and performs a timing correction on the transducer signals using the synchronisation signals.
A61B 8/12 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores dans des cavités ou des conduits du corps, p.ex. en utilisant des cathéters
A61B 8/00 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores
A system is provided for determining the position of an interventional device inside a lumen. The interventional device comprises a distal portion inside the lumen and a proximal portion outside the lumen and the system comprises a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first estimated position of the distal portion of the interventional device inside the lumen from a first system and receive an estimated displacement of the distal portion of the interventional device inside a lumen from a second system, wherein the estimated displacement is representative of the movement of the distal portion of the interventional device inside the lumen. The processor is further configured to determine a second estimated position of the distal portion of the interventional device inside the lumen based on the first estimated position and the estimated displacement.
A61B 8/08 - Détection de mouvements ou de changements organiques, p.ex. tumeurs, kystes, gonflements
A61B 8/00 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores
A61B 8/12 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores dans des cavités ou des conduits du corps, p.ex. en utilisant des cathéters
58.
EXPRESSION ASSEMBLY FOR A BREAST PUMP AND A BREAST PUMP HAVING THE EXPRESSION ASSEMBLY
An expression assembly for breast pump comprises a diaphragm, a cover over the diaphragm to define a sealed space between them, and a breast shield to which the cover and diaphragm are coupled. The diaphragm defines a cavity having an open end for receiving a nipple of a user and a closed end. The open end is angled back at the top to cover more of the top of the breast. This enables the diaphragm to provide better stimulation of the breast as well reducing leakage.
A first responder network is a network that is used by first responders for communicating between devices typically used by first responding officers. An MCI describes an incident in which emergency medical services are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties. A wireless communication system for first responder networks is proposed that can securely register (onboard) a variety of wireless devices to ensure a quicker response time in the MCI area. Existing wireless devices belonging to both triage officers and casualties in the MCI area can automatically be registered to a first responder network to enhance coverage in the MCI area. Expansion of a wireless infrastructure of the first responder network can be enabled by securely registering alien central nodes (e.g., base stations) on an on-demand basis.
H04W 4/021 - Services concernant des domaines particuliers, p.ex. services de points d’intérêt, services sur place ou géorepères
H04W 60/04 - Rattachement à un réseau, p.ex. enregistrement; Suppression du rattachement à un réseau, p.ex. annulation de l'enregistrement utilisant des événements déclenchés
60.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING VOICE AUDIO TO SEGREGATE PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION
A system for processing voice audio includes a local device and a remote personal health data ecosystem. The local device includes (1) a local speech-to-text transcriber configured to generate voice text based on voice audio spoken by a user; (2) a local NLP configured to extract spoken phrases from the voice text; and (3) an ML classifier configured to classify the voice audio as either personal health or non-personal health voice audio. The remote personal health data ecosystem includes (1) a remote speech-to-text transcriber configured to generate personal health voice text based on the personal health voice audio; (2) a remote NLP configured to extract personal health spoken phrases from the personal health voice text; (3) a text response generator configured to generate a text response based on the personal health spoken phrases; (4) a text-to-speech translator configured to generate a voice response based on the text response.
G16H 40/63 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement local
G10L 13/02 - Procédés d'élaboration de parole synthétique; Synthétiseurs de parole
G10L 15/18 - Classement ou recherche de la parole utilisant une modélisation du langage naturel
G10L 15/22 - Procédures utilisées pendant le processus de reconnaissance de la parole, p.ex. dialogue homme-machine
G10L 15/30 - Reconnaissance distribuée, p.ex. dans les systèmes client-serveur, pour les applications en téléphonie mobile ou réseaux
61.
SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IDENTIFYING INHOMOGENEOUS LIVER FAT
An ultrasound imaging system may acquire an image of a liver. The liver may be segmented from the image. Parameters, such as image homogeneity map, intensity probability chart, and/or speckle size diagram, may be extracted from the liver portion of the image. The parameters may be used to determine whether fatty liver deposits are diffuse or inhomogeneous. In some examples, inhomogeneous regions may be excluded from the calculation of liver fat quantification measurements. In some examples, the inhomogeneous regions may be displayed so that a user may select a region of interest that excludes the inhomogeneous regions to calculate the liver fat quantification measurements.
G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p.ex. des objets vidéo
A61B 8/08 - Détection de mouvements ou de changements organiques, p.ex. tumeurs, kystes, gonflements
G06V 10/22 - Prétraitement de l’image par la sélection d’une région spécifique contenant ou référençant une forme; Localisation ou traitement de régions spécifiques visant à guider la détection ou la reconnaissance
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation de formes dans le champ d’image; Découpage ou fusion d’éléments d’image visant à établir la région de motif, p.ex. techniques de regroupement; Détection d’occlusion
G06V 10/50 - Extraction de caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéos en utilisant l’addition des valeurs d’intensité d’image; Analyse de projection
G06V 10/82 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant les réseaux neuronaux
G16H 50/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour le diagnostic assisté par ordinateur, p.ex. basé sur des systèmes experts médicaux
62.
INTRALUMINAL BALLOON DILATOR AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
An apparatus includes an intraluminal dilator with a flexible elongate member and a balloon. The flexible elongate member can be positioned within a body lumen. The flexible elongate member includes a first diameter. The balloon includes an unexpanded state and an expanded state. In the expanded state, the balloon includes a second diameter larger than the first diameter and a leading edge including a length between a first portion coupled to the flexible elongate member and a second portion with the second diameter. The leading edge extends at an angle between the first diameter and the second diameter. The balloon can engage an anatomical wall along the leading edge as the intraluminal dilator moves through an opening in the anatomical wall to enlarge the opening such that the second portion of the balloon engages the anatomical wall only after the first portion of the balloon has engaged the anatomical wall.
System and related method for medical image processing, comprising an input interface (IN) through which is receivable input data. The input data included spectral input imagery of a part of a vascular system (VS) of a patient (PAT). The spectral input imagery is based on data reconstructable from projection data acquired by a spectral imaging apparatus of the tomographic type, with presence of contrast agent in the part of the vascular system. A predictor module (PM) of the system is configured to predict, based on the input imagery, an increase or decrease in flow caused by presence of contrast agent. An output interface (u-OUT) provides output data indicative of the predicted flow increase or decrease.
An intraluminal device includes a flexible elongate member configured to extend within a body lumen of a patient, and a sensor disposed at a distal region of the flexible elongate member, and is configured obtain intraluminal data associated with the body lumen. A housing at least partially surrounds the sensor. A spacer is located between a portion of the sensor housing and a proximal face of the sensor, and includes: a base; a through-hole extending through the base; a recess disposed distal of the base and surrounded at least partially by a side wall; a plurality of support ledges projecting from the side wall and configured to contact the proximal surface of the sensor; and at least one retention feature extending distally from at least one support ledge of the plurality of support ledges and configured to contact a side surface of the sensor.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
A61B 1/05 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p.ex. endoscopes; Dispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments combinés avec des dispositifs photographiques ou de télévision caractérisés par le fait que le capteur d'images, p.ex. l'appareil photographique, est placé dans la partie de l'extrémité distale
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PATIENT MONITOR COMPRISING ONE OR MORE UNIVERSAL PORTS
The present invention relates to a patient monitor (10) comprising one or more universal ports (12) each configured to connect a cable having a universal connector (36) fitting into a universal port (12) for providing a measurement signal from a subject (30) to the patient monitor (10), wherein the patient monitor (10) comprises a selection unit (14), a distribution network (16), an analog front end unit (18) and one or more processing units (20).
An intravascular lesion crossing device (10) includes a guidewire support catheter (12) having a guidewire lumen (14) configured to receive an associated guidewire (16) for delivery of a distal end (18) of the guidewire support catheter to an occlusion in a blood vessel; and a helical profile (20) provided at an outer surface of the distal portion of the guidewire support catheter.
A61B 17/22 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux, p.ex. tourniquets pour l'élimination non prévue ailleurs des obstructions dans les vaisseaux sanguins
Proposed concepts thus aim to provide schemes, solutions, concept, designs, methods and systems pertaining to updating a magnetic field (B0) map of a subject during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination or during image reconstruction. In particular, when a subject moves, the magnetic field inside the magnetic bore changes. As a result, any B0 map obtained prior to the movement of the subject may be inaccurate. Accordingly, an initial B0 map is updated to reflect changes in the B0 map caused by the movement of the subject. This can be achieved by determining a B0 map of the subject based on a B0 prediction model, instead of spending additional scanning time to acquire another B0 map.
The present disclosure provides a medical system (100) comprising at least one data processing unit (111, 121, 130), a mechanical ventilator (110), configured to be operated to cause a ventilation status at a to-be-ventilated subject, and a medical imaging device (120), configured as a mobile device. The at least one data processing unit (111, 121, 130) is configured to obtain, from the mechanical ventilator (110), ventilation status information associated with the ventilation status of the to-be-ventilated subject. Further, the at least one data processing unit (111, 121, 130) is further configured to trigger acquisition of a first image if the ventilation status meets a first image acquisition criterion. Furthermore, the at least data processing unit (111, 121, 130) is further configured to trigger acquisition of at least one subsequent, further image if the ventilation status meets a second image acquisition criterion.
G16H 20/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p.ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des thérapies mécaniques, la radiothérapie ou des thérapies invasives, p.ex. la chirurgie, la thérapie laser, la dialyse ou l’acuponcture
G16H 30/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement d’images médicales pour le maniement d’images médicales, p.ex. DICOM, HL7 ou PACS
G16H 40/63 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement local
A method for localizing structural connectivity biomarkers in neurological diseases, includes dividing a diffusion magnetic resonance imaging brain volume into a set of connected brain regions; extracting three-dimensional voxels along fiber connections which structurally connect the connected brain regions, wherein the brain regions comprise bundles of neurons; applying a deep neural network to diffusion magnetic resonance imaging features extracted from the three-dimensional voxels for each set of fiber connections which structurally connect brain regions; outputting a disease classification based on applying the deep neural network; and applying multi-instance learning to predict whether each fiber connection is indicative of a healthy brain or a diseased brain.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
G01R 33/563 - Amélioration ou correction de l'image, p.ex. par des techniques de soustraction ou d'établissement de moyenne de matériaux en mouvement, p.ex. angiographie à écoulement contrasté
G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
G16H 50/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour le diagnostic assisté par ordinateur, p.ex. basé sur des systèmes experts médicaux
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PARAMETRIC STEREO UPMIX APPARATUS, A PARAMETRIC STEREO DECODER, A PARAMETRIC STEREO DOWNMIX APPARATUS, A PARAMETRIC STEREO ENCODER
A parametric stereo upmix method for generating a left signal and a right signal from a mono downmix signal based on spatial parameters includes predicting a difference signal comprising a difference between the left signal and the right signal based on the mono downmix signal scaled with a prediction coefficient. The prediction coefficient is derived from the spatial parameters. The method further includes deriving the left signal and the right signal based on a sum and a difference of the mono downmix signal and said difference signal.
H04S 5/00 - Systèmes pseudo-stéréophoniques, p.ex. dans lesquels les signaux d'un canal supplémentaire sont dérivés du signal monophonique par déphasage, retardement ou réverbération
G10L 19/008 - Codage ou décodage du signal audio multi-canal utilisant la corrélation inter-canaux pour réduire la redondance, p.ex. stéréo combinée, codage d’intensité ou matriçage
H04S 3/02 - Systèmes utilisant plus de deux canaux, p.ex. systèmes quadriphoniques du type matriciel, c. à d. dans lesquels les signaux d'entrée sont combinés algébriquement, p.ex. après avoir été déphasés les uns par rapport aux autres
71.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
A method and system are provided for planning a medical intervention, such as a coronary intervention. At least one image is retrieved, where the image includes at least a portion of a coronary artery. Based on the at least one image, a position and composition of plaque in the coronary artery are determined. A mechanical model of the portion of the coronary artery and the plaque in the coronary artery is generated, and a plurality of potential interventions is simulated in the context of the mechanical model. Following such simulations, an intervention for implementation is selected from the plurality of potential interventions.
Image processing system (SYS) and related method for image-based sliding interface detection. The system comprises an input port (IN) for receiving two medical input images (I1, I2), previously acquired at different times of a patient (PAT) during sliding motion of one anatomical features (AF1, AF2) of the patient against one other of the two anatomical features (AF1, AF2). The sliding motion defines a sliding interface (SI). A sliding motion evaluator (SME) applies a registration algorithm to compute a series of metric maps that are configured to respond to the sliding motion by varying the values of a parameter of the algorithm. A sensitivity analyzer (SA) computes a sensitivity map that represents the variation in the series of metric maps as a function of the values of the said parameter. A sliding interface detector (SD) detects, based on the sensitivity map, an image-based location of a representation of the sliding interface.
G06V 10/46 - Descripteurs pour la forme, descripteurs liés au contour ou aux points, p.ex. transformation de caractéristiques visuelles invariante à l’échelle [SIFT] ou sacs de mots [BoW]; Caractéristiques régionales saillantes
G06T 3/00 - Transformation géométrique de l'image dans le plan de l'image
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A MEDICAL MICRODEVICE AND REGISTRATION APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND A LOCALIZATION SYSTEM OF THE MICRODEVICE
Disclosed are a medical microdevice, a medical device and a registration apparatus that allow for tracking a medical device in an ultrasound image while maintaining the quality of the ultrasound image. The microdevice comprises a casing and a magneto mechanical resonator. The magneto mechanical resonator comprises at least two magnetic objects providing a permanent magnetic moment. The magneto mechanical resonator is adapted to transduce an external excitation field into a mechanical movement of the at least two magnetic objects relative to each other such that a periodically changing magnetic response field is generated. A pressure sensitive element is arranged such that an external ultrasound signal induces an additional movement of the magnetic objects such that the periodically changing magnetic response field is changed in dependency of the external ultrasound signal.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicale; Dispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p.ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p.ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61B 17/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux, p.ex. tourniquets
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ACCELERATED SESSION RESUMPTION ON LOAD-BALANCED NETWORK SERVICES
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for increasing likelihood of a device being able to resume a previously established session (e.g., a transport layer security session) with a load-balanced network service (e.g., a cloud service) which may only support load balancing at node level. This can be achieved by maintaining one or more network addresses and valid session tickets (or identifiers) of individual nodes (e.g., servers) of the network service, that were used for previous communication sessions and by selecting a particular node for a subsequent communication session from a list of potential nodes returned by an address lookup (e.g., a domain name system (DNS) lookup), based on its match with one of the one or more network addresses and session tickets or identifiers.
H04L 67/141 - Configuration des sessions d'application
H04L 67/145 - Interruption ou inactivation de sessions, p.ex. fin de session contrôlée par un événement en évitant la fin de session, p.ex. maintien en vie, battements de cœur, message de reprise ou réveil pour une session inactive ou interrompue
H04L 67/146 - Marqueurs pour l'identification sans ambiguïté d'une session particulière, p.ex. mouchard de session ou encodage d'URL
H04L 67/1027 - Maintien des sessions pendant la répartition de la charge
A mechanism for generating a position space anatomical model of an anatomical cavity. Electrical responses, of an electrode positioned within the anatomical cavity, are obtained. A response space anatomical model is constructed based on the electrical responses. The response space anatomical model is then converted into a position space anatomical model using a mapping function.
G16H 50/50 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour la simulation ou la modélisation des troubles médicaux
A61B 5/367 - Modalités électriques se rapportant au cœur, p.ex. électrocardiographie [ECG] Études électrophysiologiques [EEP], p.ex. cartographie de l’activation électrique ou cartographie électroanatomique
G06T 17/20 - Description filaire, p.ex. polygonalisation ou tessellation
G06T 19/20 - Transformation de modèles ou d'images tridimensionnels [3D] pour infographie Édition d'images tridimensionnelles [3D], p.ex. modification de formes ou de couleurs, alignement d'objets ou positionnements de parties
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT AND SHARE LEARNING CONTENT BASED ON SIMILAR ACTIVITIES
At least one database stores reference content. In an annotation method, an annotation to an item of the reference content is received via a user interface, an annotation context of the annotation is determined at least based on analysis of content of the annotation, and the item of the reference content is updated in the database with the annotation tagged with the annotation context. In a reference content presentation method, an item of the reference content is presented via the user interface, a presentation context of the presenting is determined, and it is determined whether a comparison of the annotation context and the presentation context satisfies a sharing filter. In response to the sharing filter being satisfied, the annotation is presented via the user interface. The annotation is not presented if the sharing filter is not satisfied.
G16H 40/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour la gestion d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux, p.ex. pour planifier la maintenance ou les mises à jour
G06F 21/62 - Protection de l’accès à des données via une plate-forme, p.ex. par clés ou règles de contrôle de l’accès
G06F 40/117 - Mise en forme, c. à d. modification de l’apparence des documents Étiquetage; Annotation ; Désignation de bloc; Choix des attributs
G06F 40/169 - Annotation, p.ex. données de commentaires ou notes de bas de page
G06Q 10/20 - Administration de la réparation ou de la maintenance des produits
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ASSESSING A SUBJECT'S ADHERENE TO A TREATMENT FOR A CONDITION
According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method (100) for assessing a subject's adherence to a treatment for a condition, the method comprising receiving (102) adherence data indicative of the subject's past adherence to the treatment; receiving (104) medical data indicative of physiological details and a medical history of the subject; determining (106), based on the received adherence data, a non-adherence risk score indicative of a likelihood that the subject will not adhere to the treatment within a defined time period in the future; determining (108), based on the medical data, an adverse event risk score indicative of a likelihood that the subject will experience an adverse medical event; determining (110), based on the non-adherence risk score and the adverse event risk score, a priority classification to be assigned to the subject; and generating (122), based on the priority classification, an instruction signal to be delivered to a recipient
G16H 50/30 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour l’évaluation des risques pour la santé d’une personne
G16H 10/60 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement des données médicales ou de soins de santé relatives aux patients pour des données spécifiques de patients, p.ex. pour des dossiers électroniques de patients
G16H 20/30 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p.ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des thérapies ou des activités physiques, p.ex. la physiothérapie, l’acupression ou les exercices
G16H 40/67 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement à distance
A mobile device being a member of a communication group and configured to communicate with one or more other members of the communication group and to exchange control information with the one or more other members, wherein the mobile device is configured to create an identification information and to transmit the identification information on a physical layer of the control information, wherein the identification information assigns the communication group.
A capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer, CMUT, device in which integrated probe circuitry includes both the ultrasound transmission and reception circuitry and a DC-DC converter for generating a bias voltage for the CMUT cell. The high voltage pulses of a pulser circuit and a high voltage DC bias voltage are both generated by a single probe circuit, which is local to the CMUT cell.
B06B 1/02 - Procédés ou appareils pour produire des vibrations mécaniques de fréquence infrasonore, sonore ou ultrasonore utilisant l'énergie électrique
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CONTROLLING POWER IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM
The power transmitter (101) providing power to a power receiver (105) comprises a communicator (309) communicating with the power receiver (105) and a negotiator (305) negotiating a guaranteed power level with the power receiver (105) prior to a power transfer phase. The guaranteed power level is a minimum power level guaranteed by the power transmitter (101) throughout the power transfer phase. During the power transfer phase, a determiner (307) dynamically determines an available power level based on the prevailing operating parameters. The available power level is one that can currently be provided but is not guaranteed. The power controller (309) is arranged to, during the power transfer phase, increase the power level above the guaranteed minimum level in response to power control messages, and to reduce the power level regardless of the power control messages in response to a detection that the power level exceeds the available power level.
H02J 50/80 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique mettant en œuvre l’échange de données, concernant l’alimentation ou la distribution d’énergie électrique, entre les dispositifs de transmission et les dispositifs de réception
H02J 50/10 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique utilisant un couplage inductif
The present invention relates to a medical device movement control apparatus (10), comprising: - an input unit (20); - at least one distance sensor (30); and - a controller (40); wherein the input unit is configured to receive a required location of the medical device; wherein the input unit is configured to provide the required location of the medical device to the controller; wherein the at least one distance sensor is configured to be mounted to a medical device (50) or is configured to be integrated with the medical device; wherein the at least one distance sensor is configured to acquire distance data from the medical device for a plurality of angular directions about the medical device; wherein the at least one distance sensor is configured to provide the distance data for the plurality of angular directions about the medical device to the controller; and wherein the controller is configured to control a movement system (60) of the medical device to move the medical device from an initial location of the medical device to the required location along a route between the initial location and the required location that maintains a distance of at least a guard range distance between the medical device and one or more of objects comprising utilization of distance data for a subset of the plurality of angular directions acquired at a plurality of locations along the route.
The present invention relates to an imaging X-ray source assembly (200) with multiple filaments (FL, FS). The X-ray source assembly comprises a plurality of filaments (FL, FS, FX) configured to emit electrons when a respective current passes through the filament (FL, FS, FX); a filament transformer (T1) configured to transfer electrical energy to the plurality of filaments (FL, FS, FX); a filament driver (FD1) configured to supply electrical energy to the plurality of filaments (FL, FS, FX) via the filament transformer (T1); a plurality of switches (S1, S2, SX) each connected to a respective one of the filaments (FL, FS, FX) and configured to regulate the respective current through the respective filament (FL, FS, FX); and a control unit (CTRL) connected to the plurality of switches (S1, S2, SX) and the filament driver (FD1). The connection between the filament driver (FD1) and the control unit (CTRL) is galvanically isolated. The filament driver (FD1) is configured to provide a filament driver output signal to the control unit (CTRL), and the control unit (CTRL) is configured to control the plurality of switches (S1, S2, SX) by respective switch control signals based on the filament driver output signal.
A method (10) for improving receive sensitivity of a cMUT transducer element (32) by dynamically adjusting the bias volage (20, 26) between the transmit (12) and receive (16) phases of the drive cycle while keeping the cMUT in collapsed operation mode at all times.
B06B 1/02 - Procédés ou appareils pour produire des vibrations mécaniques de fréquence infrasonore, sonore ou ultrasonore utilisant l'énergie électrique
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LASER CATHETER PROXIMAL COUPLER WITH CAPILLARY TUBE ASSEMBLY
A laser catheter assembly (10) includes a laser catheter (12) including a bundle of optical fibers (14); and a coupler (16) attached to a proximal end of the laser catheter. The coupler includes a connector (18) configured to mate with an associated light source; and a holding member (22) secured within the connector and having a through hole (24) positioned at an end of the channel, an end of the proximal portion of the bundle of optical fibers being disposed in the through hole, the through hole having a light input end (26) arranged to receive light from the associated light source when the connector is mated with the associated light source and a flared end (28) opposite the light input end.
A61B 18/24 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci par application de radiations électromagnétiques, p.ex. de micro-ondes en utilisant des lasers le faisceau étant dirigé le long, ou à l'intérieur d'un conduit flexible, p.ex. d'une fibre optique; Pièces à main à cet effet avec un cathéter
A61B 17/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux, p.ex. tourniquets
A61B 18/22 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci par application de radiations électromagnétiques, p.ex. de micro-ondes en utilisant des lasers le faisceau étant dirigé le long, ou à l'intérieur d'un conduit flexible, p.ex. d'une fibre optique; Pièces à main à cet effet
A personal care system comprises a personal care device and a cleaning device. The personal care device has a motion sensor, and the cleaning device has a supporting structure for supporting the personal care device in a cleaning position for cleaning the personal care unit, and it used a cleaning device motor. The cleaning device implements a cleaning device cleaning program in response to a user action, and the personal care device implements a corresponding personal care device cleaning program in response to detection of the cleaning device cleaning program from the motion sensor signals.
B26B 19/38 - Tondeuses ou rasoirs opérant par plusieurs arêtes coupantes, p.ex. tondeuses à cheveux, rasoirs à sec - Parties constitutives ou accessoires des tondeuses à cheveux ou des rasoirs à sec, p.ex. boîtiers, poignées ou protecteurs
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IDENTIFIABLE ANTI-SCATTER GRID FOR A RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE
The present invention provides methods and devices for making an anti-scatter grid for a radiographic imaging device identifiable. A method for providing an anti-scatter grid (100) for a radiographic imaging device comprises forming, by an additive manufacturing process, a grid pattern (110) in accordance with a product specification of the anti-scatter grid (100) to be provided; and forming, by an additive manufacturing process, a number of structural modifications (121) in or at the grid pattern in a manner making the number of structural modifications (121) image-based recognizable when the anti-scatter grid (100) is viewed according to its intended use in a viewing direction from a radiation source of the radiographic imaging device, and in a unique identification pattern (120) creating a unique identifier to make the anti-scatter grid to be provided identifiable among one or more others.
A method (100) for managing an organization's compliance, comprising: (i) receiving (120) information about the organization's assets; (ii) receiving (130) a compliance requirement for a business facet of the organization; (iii) generating (140), from the compliance requirement, one or more of a rule and a workflow; (iv) parsing (150) each of the assets into a parsed asset; (v) analyzing (160) the business facet; (vi) identifying (170) one or more lack of compliance issues based on the analysis, wherein a lack of compliance issue comprises a determination that the business asset fails to utilize the asset according to the rule and/or workflow; (vii) prioritizing (180), when multiple lack of compliance issues are identified, the multiple lack of compliance issues into a prioritized list based on one or more prioritization rules; and (viii) reporting (190) the one or more lack of compliance issues for the business facet to a user via a user interface.
A method of administering sleep consolidation therapy to a patient to treat a sleep disorder of the patient. The method includes monitoring, via a first number of sensors, a number of characteristics and/or activities of the patient during a number of wake periods of the patient. The method further includes determining, at least in-part from the monitoring of the number of wake periods, a recommended bedtime for the patient for starting a particular sleep period and providing the recommended bedtime for starting the particular sleep period to the patient.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
A61B 5/11 - Mesure du mouvement du corps entier ou de parties de celui-ci, p.ex. tremblement de la tête ou des mains ou mobilité d'un membre
G16H 20/70 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p.ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des thérapies mentales, p.ex. la thérapie psychologique ou le training autogène
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ASSESSING OPERATOR BEHAVIOR DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE
A computer-implemented method of assessing operator behavior during a medical procedure involving medical equipment, is provided. The method includes: receiving operator interaction data representing operator interactions with the medical equipment during the medical procedure; inputting the operator interaction data into a machine-learning model; and outputting a characteristic of the operator behavior based on a position of a latent space encoding of the operator interaction data generated by the machine-learning model, with respect to a distribution of latent space encodings of training data representing operator interactions with the medical equipment having known characteristics of the operator behavior.
G16H 40/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour la gestion ou l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de soins de santé, p.ex. pour la gestion du personnel hospitalier ou de salles d’opération
Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising an array of acoustic elements configured to transmit ultrasound energy into an anatomy in accordance with a first preset acquisition setting, and to receive ultrasound echoes associated with the anatomy; and a processor circuit in communication with the array of acoustic elements and configured to receive, from the array, ultrasound channel data corresponding to the received ultrasound echoes; generate a first set of beamformed data by applying a predictive network to the ultrasound channel data, wherein the first set of beamformed data is associated with a second preset acquisition setting different than the first preset acquisition setting; generate an image of the anatomy from the first set of beamformed data; and output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, the image of the anatomy.
G01S 15/89 - Systèmes sonar, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques pour la cartographie ou la représentation
G01S 7/52 - DÉTERMINATION DE LA DIRECTION PAR RADIO; RADIO-NAVIGATION; DÉTERMINATION DE LA DISTANCE OU DE LA VITESSE EN UTILISANT DES ONDES RADIO; LOCALISATION OU DÉTECTION DE LA PRÉSENCE EN UTILISANT LA RÉFLEXION OU LA RERADIATION D'ONDES RADIO; DISPOSITIONS ANALOGUES UTILISANT D'AUTRES ONDES - Détails des systèmes correspondant aux groupes , , de systèmes selon le groupe
An image registration system 111 for registering a live stream of ultrasound images 112 of a beamforming ultrasound probe 113 with an X-ray image 114 is described. The image registration 111 system identifies, from the X-ray image 114, the position of a medical device 116 represented in the X-ray image 114; and determines, based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the beamforming ultrasound probe 113 and an ultrasound transducer 115 disposed on the medical device 116, a location of the ultrasound transducer 115 respective the beamforming ultrasound probe 113. Each ultrasound image from the live stream 112 is registered with the X-ray 114 image based on the identified position of the medical device 116. The registration includes determining an offset from said identified position that is based on i) a predetermined spatial relationship of the ultrasound transducer 115 respective the medical device 116 and ii) the determined location of the ultrasound transducer 115 respective the beamforming ultrasound probe 113.
A61B 8/08 - Détection de mouvements ou de changements organiques, p.ex. tumeurs, kystes, gonflements
A61B 6/00 - Appareils pour diagnostic par radiations, p.ex. combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations
A61B 8/00 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores
A61B 8/12 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores dans des cavités ou des conduits du corps, p.ex. en utilisant des cathéters
A method for tracking patient recovery status following a treatment or consultation. The method is based on capturing sensor data during personal care sessions of a user, and using this to infer user pain information. For example, pain can be inferred from a biological sensor or from patterns in force/motion sensors integrated in the personal care device. The pain data can be converted into a value of a metric for each personal care session, and by trending this metric over time, patient recovery progress can be inferred. A report can be generated based on the trended metric and exported for example to a clinical practitioner.
The present disclosure is related generally to fluid flow systems, and more specifically to systems for accelerating pressure and flow capability in fluid pump systems. The fluid flow systems of the present disclosure are configured to deliver a fluid output that achieves a target pressure within an associated inflatable device within a target duration. In various embodiments, these fluid flow systems comprise a flow pathway including one or more fluid inputs and a fluid output that is connectable to the inflatable device, a first pump, and a second pump connected in series with the first pump. Also provided herein are methods of accelerating pressure and flow capability in fluid pump systems. The systems and methods described herein may find particular application in environments subjected to high magnetic field environments.
A system and method are provided for performing stiffness measurements of an anatomical structure in a patient using ultrasound shear wave elastography. The method includes acquiring multiple elastography frames from ultrasound images of the anatomical structure, where the multiple elastography frames are provided by a cine loop performed by an ultrasound imaging system; automatically identifying a preferred elastography frame of the multiple elastography frames for making stiffness measurements of the anatomical structure; automatically identifying a preferred area of the preferred elastography frame based on confidence; automatically selecting at least one region of interest (ROI) based on stiffness measurements within the preferred area of the preferred elastography frame; and measuring stiffness of the anatomical structure in the at least one ROI.
A61B 8/08 - Détection de mouvements ou de changements organiques, p.ex. tumeurs, kystes, gonflements
A61B 8/00 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores
G01S 7/52 - DÉTERMINATION DE LA DIRECTION PAR RADIO; RADIO-NAVIGATION; DÉTERMINATION DE LA DISTANCE OU DE LA VITESSE EN UTILISANT DES ONDES RADIO; LOCALISATION OU DÉTECTION DE LA PRÉSENCE EN UTILISANT LA RÉFLEXION OU LA RERADIATION D'ONDES RADIO; DISPOSITIONS ANALOGUES UTILISANT D'AUTRES ONDES - Détails des systèmes correspondant aux groupes , , de systèmes selon le groupe
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EVALUATION OF ARTIFACT REMOVAL FROM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES USING NEURAL NETWORKS
Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300). The execution of the machine executable instructions (120) causes a computational system (104) to: receive (200) a measured magnetic resonance image (124); calculate (202) a gradient-based saliency map (126) for a first output of an image-to-image neural network (122) with the measured magnetic resonance image as input to the image-to-image neural network, wherein the gradient-based saliency map is calculated using a patch based algorithm with a predetermined patch size; determine (204) an evaluation mapping (130) using at least the gradient-based saliency map; produce (206) a warning signal (134) if the evaluation mapping meets a predetermined criterion; and receive (208) an output image (128) as a second output of the measured image-to-image neural network in response to inputting the measured magnetic resonance image into the image-to-image neural network.
A computed tomography, CT, imaging system (100) includes a rotatable gantry (110), and a component (120). The component (120) is mechanically coupled to the gantry (110), and the gantry is configured to rotate the component around an axis of rotation (130). The component includes a reservoir (140) for containing a fluid, and a chamber (150). The chamber (150) is fluidically coupled to the reservoir (140), and the chamber is configured to receive bubbles (160) or particles (170) in the fluid which are forced radially (180) with respect to the axis of rotation (130) of the gantry (110) as a result of centrifugal forces acting on the fluid during the rotation of the component around the axis of rotation.
A mechanism for detecting the presence/absence of an occlusion of an anatomical cavity by an interventional device, and therefore the presence/absence of a leak around the interventional device within the anatomical cavity. A plurality of electrical measurements between different electrode pairs are obtained, each electrode pair containing a device electrode carried by the interventional device and an external electrode positioned on the subject. The electrical measurements are processed to derive an occlusion indicator.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic ; Identification des individus
A61B 18/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING INFANT FEEDING EQUIPMENT
Provided is an infant feeding equipment-sterilizing apparatus (100). The apparatus comprises a chamber (102, 104) for receiving infant feeding equipment to be steam sterilized. A vent (108) is provided for venting air and/or steam from the chamber, e.g. to atmosphere. A valve assembly (110) restricts venting via the vent during steam sterilizing and allows venting from the chamber via the vent following the steam sterilizing. The venting being allowed following the steam sterilizing may assist to dry the infant feeding equipment following the steam sterilizing. However, by the valve assembly restricting, e.g. blocking, venting from the chamber via the vent during steam sterilizing, more of the steam supplied into the chamber can be retained therein during the steam sterilizing, thereby assisting to make the steam sterilization more energy efficient. Further provided is a chamber wall portion, e.g. lid, for an infant feeding equipment-sterilizing apparatus, and a method for sterilizing infant feeding equipment using such an apparatus.
A61L 2/07 - Procédés ou appareils de désinfection ou de stérilisation de matériaux ou d'objets autres que les denrées alimentaires ou les lentilles de contact; Accessoires à cet effet utilisant des phénomènes physiques de la chaleur des gaz chauds de la vapeur
The invention relates to an electrically conducting wire, the wire (4) being formed as a flexible helix with constant or changing slope, with constant or changing diameter and with straight or curved extension, wherein the wire comprises a superconductor. In this way, a wire is provided that comprises a superconductor and that allows small bending radii, especially lower than 15 cm.
H01F 6/06 - Bobines, p.ex. dispositions pour l'enroulement, l'isolation, les enveloppes ou les bornes des bobines
H01F 27/30 - Fixation ou serrage de bobines, d'enroulements ou de parties de ceux-ci entre eux; Fixation ou montage des bobines ou enroulements sur le noyau, dans l'enveloppe ou sur un autre support
