IMPLANT AND ATTACHMENT MEMBER
    192.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3409211A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-05

    申请号:EP17744035.1

    申请日:2017-01-18

    发明人: IRISAWA, Kaku

    IPC分类号: A61B8/13 G02B6/26

    摘要: With respect to an insert and an attachment member, after an insertion length of an optical fiber into a hollow tube is adjusted, it is possible to suppress the change of the insertion length of the optical fiber.
    An optical fiber (61) is inserted into an inside portion of a hollow tube of an insert and guides light emitted from a light source. A base end section (52) includes an optical fiber insertion part (53) used for inserting the optical fiber (61). An optical fiber fixing member (77) fixes the optical fiber (61) at a position spaced from a distal end of the optical fiber (61). The optical fiber insertion part (53) has a first portion (71) into which the optical fiber fixing member (77) is inserted. The first portion (71) has at least three protrusions protruding toward the center at positions spaced from each other in a circumferential direction. A size of the optical fiber fixing member (77) in a direction perpendicular to an insertion direction into the first portion (71) is larger than that of an inside portion of the first portion (71), and the optical fiber fixing member (77) is harder than the first portion (71).

    VISCOSITY AND STABILITY MODIFIED ULTRASOUND GEL

    公开(公告)号:EP3400026A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-14

    申请号:EP16882820.0

    申请日:2016-12-09

    申请人: Smilesonica Inc.

    摘要: An ultrasound gel is provided for use with internal ultrasound imaging and/or therapy. The gel can have acoustic properties that can closely match a soft tissue to be imaged/treated and can be of a high viscosity that is maintained at body temperature. In some embodiments, the gel can act as a lubricant and, although water based, can be hydrophobic and not dissolve in bodily fluids. In some embodiments, the gel can be sterile, safe for ingestion, safe for application over mucous membranes, and include a preservative. In order to achieve sterility while maintaining a desired viscosity range, the gel can include a viscosity stabilising agent such as a viscosity protection agent for protection from radiation induced breakdown. In some embodiments, methods of altering or maintaining the viscosity of a gel is provided.

    AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD
    196.
    发明授权
    AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD 有权
    超声成像系统和超声成像方法

    公开(公告)号:EP3099243B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-25

    申请号:EP15701728.6

    申请日:2015-01-21

    摘要: The present invention provides an ultrasound imaging system and an ultrasound imaging method for improving the imaging quality of the desired imaging plane in the volume of interest of a subject. According to the present invention, it is possible to directly scan the desired imaging plane by exploiting the capability of a 2D matrix ultrasound transducer and/or the flexibility of the position/orientation of the ultrasound probe. In some cases, the setting parameters of the transducer elements can be adjusted so that the ultrasound signal transmitted from the transducer elements is able to derive ultrasound echo data of the desired imaging plane without moving the probe. In other cases where the desired imaging plane cannot be directly scanned without changing the position/orientation of the ultrasound probe, the position/orientation of the ultrasound probe can be adjusted by means of user interaction, namely by outputting the instruction for guiding the user to move the probe so as to enable direct scanning of the desired imaging plane. In this way, the image of the desired imaging plane is not reconstructed by interpolation of the ultrasound echo data of the plurality of scanning planes (which are determined by the setting parameters of the transducer elements), but instead it is reconstructed from the ultrasound echo data of the desired imaging plane itself. In other words, the desired imaging plane is directly scanned. Thus, the image quality of the desired imaging plane is improved and may help doctors conduct a more accurate diagnosis.

    MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:EP3134004A4

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-07

    申请号:EP15782735

    申请日:2015-04-20

    申请人: EXACT IMAGING INC

    发明人: WODLINGER BRIAN C

    IPC分类号: A61B8/13 A61B8/14 G06T5/00

    摘要: The present invention provides improved medical imaging apparatuses, systems and methods, especially those using ultrasonography. For example, an imaging system can include a transducer, a scanner, a signal processing unit, and a display unit. The scanner, coupled to the transducer, can convert analog signals to a plurality of digital signals. The signal processing unit, coupled to the scanner, can be configured to: receive the plurality of digital signals; multiply a first magnitude estimate of the plurality of digital signals by a probability that an actual magnitude of the plurality of digital signals is greater than zero to determine a second magnitude; and form an image based on the second magnitude estimate. The display unit displays the image. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING MEDICAL IMAGE
    199.
    发明公开
    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING MEDICAL IMAGE 审中-公开
    用于重建医学图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:EP3272290A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-24

    申请号:EP15885652.6

    申请日:2015-07-24

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61B8/13 A61B8/08

    摘要: The present invention provides a device and a method for reconstructing a medical image and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for executing the method. According to the present invention, without additionally capturing a two-dimensional medical image but by using pre-captured three-dimensional medical image information, a corresponding image is properly positioned in a three-dimensional space, errors, generated due to inaccurate posture of a patient when images are being captured, are corrected and then a two-dimensional medical image is generated by means of an automatic reconstruction method. To this end, the present invention comprises: a geometry correction unit for correcting the geometry of a three-dimensional medical image information such that a three-dimensional medical image is properly positioned in a three-dimensional space; a setting unit for setting an image information utilization section for the three-dimensional medical image information; and a reconstructing unit for reconstructing a two-dimensional medical image by means of summation in the two-dimensional viewing direction the three-dimensional medical image information of the image information utilization section.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于重建医学图像的装置和方法以及一种用于记录用于执行该方法的程序的计算机可读记录介质。 根据本发明,在不另外捕获二维医学图像而是通过使用预先捕获的三维医学图像信息的情况下,相应的图像被适当地定位在三维空间中,由于不准确的姿势 患者在拍摄图像时被校正,然后通过自动重建方法生成二维医学图像。 为此,本发明包括:几何校正单元,用于校正三维医学图像信息的几何形状,使得三维医学图像适当地位于三维空间中; 设定部,其设定三维医用图像信息的图像信息利用部; 以及重建单元,用于通过在二维观看方向上对图像信息使用部分的三维医学图像信息进行求和来重建二维医学图像。

    PROBE FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT, PROBE UNIT COMPRISING SAME, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING DEVICE
    200.
    发明公开
    PROBE FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT, PROBE UNIT COMPRISING SAME, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING DEVICE 审中-公开
    光声测量探针,包括探针单元和光声测量装置

    公开(公告)号:EP3243443A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-15

    申请号:EP15876976.0

    申请日:2015-12-04

    IPC分类号: A61B8/13 G01N29/24

    摘要: A photoacoustic measurement probe and a probe unit capable of preventing generation of artifacts in a photoacoustic measurement apparatus are obtained. In a photoacoustic measurement probe 11 having a light emitting unit 40 that emits measurement light L toward a subject, an acoustic wave detection element 20 that detects an acoustic wave emitted from a portion of the subject that has received the measurement light L, and a housing 50 which has a surface 50a facing the subject at the time of use and in which the light emitting unit 40 and the acoustic wave detection element 20 are housed, at least one slit 45 that is opened to the housing surface 50a and that extends from the housing surface 50a toward the inside of the housing is provided between the light emitting unit 40 and the acoustic wave detection element 20.

    摘要翻译: 获得能够防止在光声测量装置中产生伪影的光声测量探头和探头单元。 在具有朝向被摄体发射测量光L的发光单元40的光声测量探头11中,检测从接收到测量光L的被摄体的一部分发射的声波的声波检测元件20以及壳体 50,其具有在使用时面向对象的表面50a,并且其中容纳发光单元40和声波检测元件20;至少一个狭缝45,其向壳体表面50a开口并且从壳体表面50a 在发光部40与弹性波检测元件20之间设置朝向壳体内部的壳体面50a。