SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIRMING TISSUE SPECIMENS REMOVED USING CONTRAST-ENHANCED X-RAY IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20240016461A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18245148

    申请日:2021-08-31

    申请人: HOLOGIC, INC.

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 A61B6/04 G06T7/00

    摘要: For a biopsy guided by contrast-enhanced x-ray imaging, a breast imaging system may image a patient's breast subsequent to injection of contrast agent to locate a site for biopsy and/or position a biopsy device relative to the site. Once a tissue specimen is removed from the site for diagnostic evaluation, a confirmation that the specimen was removed from an intended area of interest for biopsy is performed using the systems and methods described herein. For example, the breast imaging system and/or a separate specimen imaging system may capture high and low energy images of the specimen, subtract the low energy image from the high energy image to generate a subtracted image of the specimen, and determine, based on the subtracted image, that the contrast agent is present within the specimen to confirm the site from which the specimen was removed is the intended site for biopsy.

    PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240016460A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18476787

    申请日:2023-09-28

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 A61B8/12 A61B5/00

    CPC分类号: A61B6/481 A61B8/12 A61B5/0035

    摘要: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program capable of providing an easy-to-interpret image. A computer acquires, according to a computer program, a signal data set by a first inspection wave emitted in a direction inclined at a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis direction of an imaging core used in a catheter. Then, the computer constructs an image obtained by using a direction inclined at a second angle different from the first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis direction of the imaging core as an observation target, based on the acquired signal data set.

    IMPROVED DOSING METHOD FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20230380777A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18320115

    申请日:2023-05-18

    发明人: Robert A. DeKemp

    摘要: The present invention provides an improved method of PET imaging in a subject for diagnosis and/or treatment of cardiovascular related disease. The method comprises exponential function dosing based on subject body habitus. It provides improved and consistent imaging quality in comparison to fixed or linear dosing based on subject's body weight. More particularly, it relates to a method of imaging processing for diagnosing and/or identifying a risk of developing a coronary artery disease comprising administering a dose of Rb-82 to a subject, wherein the dose is calculated based on exponential squared function of body habitus of the subject; and wherein the method of imaging processing in a subject is iterative ordered-subset expectation maximization (OSEM) reconstruction method.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230355197A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18029747

    申请日:2021-09-27

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00

    摘要: The invention provides a processor for use in a system for obtaining a blood flow velocity measurement based on an angiogram obtained from a subject. The angiogram is representative of a vessel including a contrast agent therein, and wherein the contrast agent has been provided to the vessel in bursts at a given average frequency, thereby providing contrast data within the angiogram. The processor generates a velocity curve representing the blood flow velocity within the vessel over the cardiac cycle based on an estimated period of the cardiac cycle, an estimated instantaneous blood flow velocity of each angiogram image frame, a calculated confidence value of each angiogram image frame and the estimated point within the cardiac cycle represented by each angiogram image frame.