DETECTION OF THE HEARTBEAT IN CRANIAL ACCELEROMETER DATA USING INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20180296107A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15569535

    申请日:2015-04-29

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented medical data processing method for determining a heartbeat signal describing the heartbeat of a patient in the time domain, the method comprising executing, on a processor of a computer, steps of: a) acquiring, at the processor, acceleration measurement data describing an acceleration in the time domain of an anatomical body part measured on an external surface of the anatomical body part; b) determining, by the processor, component analysis data describing a result of an independent component analysis in the time domain of the acceleration measurement data; c) acquiring, at the processor, heartbeat template data describing template shapes of heartbeat in the time domain; d) determining, by the processor and based on the component analysis data and the heartbeat template data, recurrent shape data describing a recurrence of certain signal shapes in the component analysis data; e) determining, based on the recurrent shape data, heartbeat signal data describing a time series of the heartbeat.

    RADIATION BEAM POSITIONING
    75.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180200535A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15322576

    申请日:2014-07-03

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: A data processing method and device for correlating the position of a radiation beam with the position of a target to be irradiated and contained in a structure underlying a repetitive motion comprising a plurality of successive motion cycles, the method/device comprising/performing the following steps which are constituted to be executed by a computer: a) acquiring first external position data, second external position data and third external position data describing the position of at least one external feature of said structure, for one or more sections of at least one first motion cycle occurring during a first period of time, for one or more sections of at least one second motion cycle occurring during a second period of time, and for one or more sections of at least one third motion cycle occurring during said second period of time, respectively; b) acquiring first target position data and second target position data describing the position of said target for at least one of said sections of said at least one first motion cycle, and for said sections of said at least one second motion cycle, respectively; c) determining, based on said first external position data and said first target position data, correlation model data describing a positional correlation of said external position and said target position; d) determining, based on said correlation model data and said second external position data, second predicted target position data describing a predicted position of said target for one or more sections of said at least one second motion cycle; e) determining, based on said second target position data and said second predicted target position data, primary verification data describing whether the position of said target for said sections of said at least one second motion cycles is different from said predicted position; f) acquiring, in case said primary verification data indicates that the position of said target is not different from the predicted position of said target, auxiliary second target position data and auxiliary third target position data describing the position of said target for one or more sections of said at least one second motion cycle, and of said at least one third motion cycle, respectively; g) determining, based on said first and/or said second external position data, said auxiliary second target position data and said third external position data, third predicted target position data describing a predicted position of said target for said sections of said at least one third motion cycle; h) determining, based on said auxiliary third target position data and said third predicted target position data, secondary verification data describing whether the position of said target for said sections of said at least one third motion cycle is different from said predicted position.

    Method and device for improved radiation therapy treatment of a set of targets

    公开(公告)号:US10022559B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15024294

    申请日:2014-09-08

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier

    Abstract: A medical data processing method for determining a target set comprising at least one irradiation target in a patient's body for radiation therapy treatment by means of a treatment device constituted to treat the at least one target by means of one or more sub-beams during a treatment time, the one or more sub-beams constituting at least one treatment beam which is to pass through the at least one target in accordance with a treatment plan during the treatment time, the method comprising the following steps and being constituted to be executed by a computer: a) acquiring (S 1.1) critical area; b) acquiring (S 1.2) target data; c) acquiring (S 1.3) treatment beam constraint data; d) acquiring treatment beam criteria data (S 1.4); and e) determining (S4), based on the critical area data, the target data, the treatment beam constraint data and the treatment beam criteria data, target set data describing spatial information on at least one irradiation region.

    Single-marker navigation
    78.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09987093B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US14902051

    申请日:2013-07-08

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: A medical data processing method for determining the spatial relationship of a first medical device relative to a second medical device, the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: d) acquiring first medical device position data comprising first medical device position information describing the position of the first medical device, wherein the first medical device position data is acquired based on reading, from a marker device having for example a fixed spatial relationship relative to the first medical device, the first medical device position information or information which allows access to the first medical device position information; e) acquiring second medical device position data comprising second medical position information describing the position of the second medical device; f) determining, based on the first medical device position data and the second medical device position data, relative position data comprising relative position information describing the spatial relationship of the second medical device relative to the first medical device.

    Adjustable Trajectory Guide
    80.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180116753A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15573746

    申请日:2016-10-11

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Inventor: Stefan Hofberger

    CPC classification number: A61B90/11 A61B34/10 A61B90/50 A61B2017/3405

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable trajectory guide having a guide portion adapted to hold or provide a guiding for a medical instrument along a defined trajectory, and at least one adjustment section comprising: at least one elongated flexible beam member connected at its first end to the guide portion, and having at its second end a first engagement interface adapted to provide a connection to a support structure holding the trajectory guide; at least one second engagement interface which is movable relative to the at least one beam member and which is adapted to provide a connection to an actuator, at least one coupling member coupling the first end of the beam member to the second engagement interface, wherein the coupling member is capable of transmitting force and/or torque from the second engagement interface to the first end of the beam member. The present Invention further relates to a trajectory guide adjustment system comprising such trajectory guide, and corresponding method for aligning an elongated medical instrument utilizing such trajectory guide adjustment system.

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