METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING VISUOSPATIAL INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210338342A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17378311

    申请日:2021-07-16

    IPC分类号: A61B34/20 A61B34/00

    摘要: Methods and systems for providing feedback during a medical procedure. The 3D position and orientation of a tracked tool are determined, relative to a site of the medical procedure, based on tracking information received from a tracking system. The 3D position and orientation are mapped to a common coordinate space, to determine the 3D position and orientation relative to a field-of-view (FOV) of an optical camera that is capturing an optical image of the site. Navigational information associated with the 3D position and orientation is determined. A virtual representation of the navigational information overlaid on the FOV and displayed. The displayed virtual representation is updated when the 3D position and orientation of the tracked tool changes or when the FOV changes, in accordance with the change.

    DYNAMIC B0 SHIMMING FOR IMPROVED FAT SATURATION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)

    公开(公告)号:US20210333342A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17369924

    申请日:2021-07-07

    IPC分类号: G01R33/3875 G01R33/48

    摘要: A fat saturation method for a magnetic resonance imaging system having a main magnet providing a magnetic field B0 The method includes: driving a shim coil assembly with a first set of shimming currents to sufficiently alter a B0 field inhomogeneity of the magnetic field B0 within a region that includes a first imaging volume of interest such that water saturation inside the region is reduced from before the first set of shimming currents are applied; applying a fat saturation pulse to the region; identifying the first imaging volume of interest from the region; driving the shim coil assembly with a second set of shimming currents to alter the B0 field inhomogeneity of the magnetic field B0 within the first imaging volume of interest such that the B0 field inhomogeneity within the first imaging volume of interest is reduced; and obtaining magnetic resonance signals from the first imaging volume of interest.

    Methods and devices for tracking objects by surgical navigation systems

    公开(公告)号:US11103314B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US15821985

    申请日:2017-11-24

    摘要: A method and device for tracking objects by surgical navigation systems. The method includes: capturing an image of the tracked object; determining whether a unique identifiable feature associated with at least one totem pattern is discernible in the image; when the unique identifiable feature is discernible: determining a position or an orientation of the tracked object based on the at least one totem pattern; and registering the at least one totem pattern in the surgical coordinate space; and when the unique identifiable feature is indiscernible: determining a position of each totem pattern relative to other totem patterns such that a combination of totem patterns within the captured image is a marker group detectable as a composite totem pattern; determining a position or an orientation of the tracked object based on the composite totem pattern associated with the tracked object; and registering the composite totem pattern in the surgical coordinate space.

    MULTISPECTRAL SYNCHRONIZED IMAGING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210235991A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17301997

    申请日:2021-04-21

    摘要: A multispectral synchronized imaging system is provided. A multispectral light source of the system comprises: blue, green and red LEDs, and one or more non-visible light sources, each being independently addressable and configured to emit, in a sequence: at least visible white light, and non-visible light in one or more given non-visible frequency ranges. The system further comprises a camera and an optical filter arranged to filter light received at the camera, by: transmitting visible light from the LEDs; filter out non-visible light from the non-visible light sources; and otherwise transmit excited light emitted by a tissue sample excited by non-visible light. Images acquired by the camera are output to a display device. A control unit synchronizes acquisition of respective images at the camera for each of blue light, green light, visible white light, and excited light received at the camera, as reflected by the tissue sample.

    MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210116524A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-22

    申请号:US17114661

    申请日:2020-12-08

    摘要: A method is provided for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging near metal, including acquiring an image at a first magnetic field from a subject that includes a metal object, acquiring an image at a second magnetic field, and combining the images to provide a corrected image with reduced metal distortion. An MR imaging system for measuring near metal is also provided including a superconducting magnet to provide a magnetic field, a power supply for a current to ramp the magnetic field, a cryocooler in contact with the superconducting magnet, a magnetic field controller programmed to ramp the main magnetic field by adjusting the current generated by the power supply, a radio frequency system for transmitting and receiving signals, and a data acquisition and processing system to receive the MR signals, generate image data sets and combine the image data sets to provide a corrected image having a reduced metal distortion.

    LIQUID AND AGAR FLUOROPHORE PHANTOM

    公开(公告)号:US20230071061A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17940080

    申请日:2022-09-08

    IPC分类号: C08B37/00 G09B23/30

    摘要: A phantom is disclosed containing fluorescence properties similar to anatomy that is needed to be visualized during surgical procedures. The phantom is created using substances including fluorophores that respond to UV light excitation to give visual cues of the phantom. The phantom can vary in phase and fluorescent properties depending on what it needs to simulate in the medical field with the purpose to help train users for surgical and diagnostic procedures, and develop, enhance, and calibrate imaging technology.