ELASTOGRAPHY DEVICE AND METHOD
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4400058A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-17

    申请号:EP23305032.7

    申请日:2023-01-10

    申请人: Echosens

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08

    摘要: The present invention relates to an elastography device to obtain a signal representative of variations of a mechanical property of a region of a body of a subject with time, the elastography device comprising an electronic unit adapted to determine, at a repetition rate of at least 4 measurements per second and for a duration of at least 1 second, measurements of the mechanical property, each measurement of the mechanical property being associated with a respective time, wherein the signal representative of the variations of the mechanical property with time comprises a plurality of the measurements of the mechanical property determined.

    ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:EP3061400B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-26

    申请号:EP15833184.3

    申请日:2015-04-15

    发明人: TSURUTA, Teppei

    摘要: An ultrasound endoscope capable of obtaining a favorable elastography image by a simple configuration without upsizing a distal end portion is provided. For this purpose, an ultrasound endoscope 2 is configured having an ultrasound probe 17 arranged at a distal end rigid portion 10, an auxiliary water feeding channel opening 24 through which fluid is ejected from a vicinity of the ultrasound probe 17 in a projecting direction of the ultrasound probe 17, an auxiliary water feeding channel 47 communicating with the auxiliary water feeding channel opening 24, and an adjustment valve 48 for variably adjusting a flow rate of the fluid flowing through the auxiliary water feeding channel 47 among two or more states.

    PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND SYSTEM
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3278736A4

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-23

    申请号:EP16771674

    申请日:2016-03-15

    申请人: FUJIFILM CORP

    发明人: EBATA TETSUROU

    摘要: In a photoacoustic measurement apparatus and a photoacoustic measurement system, a region of interest useful for the evaluation of blood flow is set. A subject is avascularized while changing the avascularization pressure between the avascularized condition and the non-avascularized condition. A receiving circuit (21) receives a detection signal obtained by detecting a photoacoustic wave generated in the subject by emission of measurement light to the subject. Photoacoustic image generation means (25) generates a photoacoustic image based on the detection signal of the photoacoustic wave. Motion detection means (31) detects the motion of each of a plurality of control points set in each photoacoustic image based on photoacoustic images at a plurality of times. Region of interest setting means (32) sets a region of interest based on the motion detected at each control point. Blood flow information generation means (27) generates blood flow information based on the signal strength of the photoacoustic image in the region of interest.

    ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSESSING A BONE OF A SUBJECT
    5.
    发明授权
    ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSESSING A BONE OF A SUBJECT 有权
    超声设备和评估受试者骨骼的方法

    公开(公告)号:EP3094258B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-21

    申请号:EP15700376.5

    申请日:2015-01-14

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: An embodiment of this invention provides an ultrasound device and a method of assessing a bone of a subject. The ultrasound device assesses a bone of a subject in at least two modes comprising a first mode and a second mode. The ultrasound device comprises: a selecting unit configured to select a mode from the at least two modes; a first ultrasound probe configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to the bone; a second ultrasound probe configured to receive the ultrasound signal from the bone; an assessing unit configured to derive a first parameter indicating one or more characteristics of the bone based on the selected mode and the ultrasound signal received by the second ultrasound probe; and a coupler for coupling the first ultrasound probe and the second ultrasound probe, the coupler being configured to be switched to a first configuration in the first mode and to a second configuration in the second mode. A face of the first ultrasound probe and a face of the second ultrasound probe are oriented in substantially a same direction in the first configuration, and in substantially an opposite direction in the second configuration. An embodiment of this invention improves the flexibility of usage of the ultrasound assessment device.

    A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE
    6.
    发明公开
    A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE 审中-公开
    VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR MESSUNG DER DICKE EINESADIPÖSENGEWEBES

    公开(公告)号:EP2595543A4

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-12

    申请号:EP11811926

    申请日:2011-07-13

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/00

    摘要: Provided are body fat measuring techniques employed to date, usually applying a certain level of force to the tissue causing narrowing of the adipose tissue layer at the time of measuring. This creates a bias in the adipose layer thickness measurement results that is not accounted for when employing these methods. Provided is a current apparatus and method offering a solution for accounting for this bias thus improving the accuracy of body fat measurements.

    摘要翻译: 提供迄今为止所采用的身体脂肪测量技术,通常对组织施加一定水平的力,从而在测量时引起脂肪组织层变窄。 这在脂肪层厚度测量结果中造成了偏差,这在使用这些方法时未被考虑。 提供了一种当前的设备和方法,其提供了用于解决该偏差的解决方案,从而提高了身体脂肪测量的准确性。

    CONTACT DETERMINATION APPARATUS
    7.
    发明公开
    CONTACT DETERMINATION APPARATUS 审中-公开
    KONTAKTBESTIMMUNGSVORRICHTUNG

    公开(公告)号:EP3137159A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-08

    申请号:EP15718951.5

    申请日:2015-05-02

    摘要: The invention relates to a contact determination apparatus for determining a degree of contact between a device (2) and a moving object (3), wherein the contact determination apparatus comprises a motion distribution providing unit for providing a motion distribution being indicative of motion in the surrounding of the device and a contact determination unit (14) for determining a degree of contact between the device and the object based on the provided motion distribution. Since the degree of contact between the device and the object is determined based on the provided motion distribution and not simply based on, for instance, a peak of an A-mode signal, the determination of the degree of contact can be less disturbed by artifacts like ring-down artifacts or by blood scattering, if the object is, for instance, tissue. This can lead to a more accurate determination of the degree of contact.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于确定装置(2)和移动物体(3)之间的接触程度的接触确定装置,其中接触确定装置包括:运动分布提供单元,用于提供运动分布, 围绕设备,以及接触确定单元(14),用于基于所提供的运动分布来确定设备和对象之间的接触程度。 由于设备和物体之间的接触程度是基于所提供的运动分布来确定的,而不是简单地基于例如A模式信号的峰值,所以接触程度的确定可以较少受到伪影的干扰 如对象是例如组织,如环形伪影或血液散射。 这可以导致更准确地确定接触程度。