PREDICTION OF MECHANICAL FAILURE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240307009A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18184958

    申请日:2023-03-16

    发明人: Martin Judenhofer

    IPC分类号: A61B6/03 A61B6/00

    CPC分类号: A61B6/035 A61B6/482

    摘要: A framework for predicting mechanical failure. The framework may acquire vibration data from the at least one vibration sensor in a medical device. The vibration data may be pre-processed to generated pre-processed data. An onset of failure of the medical device may then be predicted based on the pre-processed data.

    MULTI-MODAL COMPTON AND SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240293095A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18645561

    申请日:2024-04-25

    摘要: A multi-modality imaging system allows for selectable photoelectric effect and/or Compton effect detection. The camera or detector is a module with a catcher detector. Depending on the use or design, a scatter detector and/or a coded physical aperture are positioned in front of the catcher detector relative to the patient space. For low energies, emissions passing through the scatter detector continue through the coded aperture to be detected by the catcher detector using the photoelectric effect. Alternatively, the scatter detector is not provided. For higher energies, some emissions scatter at the scatter detector, and resulting emissions from the scattering pass by or through the coded aperture to be detected at the catcher detector for detection using the Compton effect. Alternatively, the coded aperture is not provided. The same module may be used to detect using both the photoelectric and Compton effects where both the scatter detector and coded aperture are provided with the catcher detector. Multiple modules may be positioned together to form a larger camera, or a module is used alone. By using modules, any number of modules may be used to fit with a multi-modality imaging system. One or more such modules may be added to another imaging system (e.g., CT or MR) for a multi-modality imaging system.

    Cooling channel with non-metallic heat sink for a diagnostic medical imaging apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12029588B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US18001747

    申请日:2020-08-26

    发明人: James L. Corbeil

    摘要: A cooling channel in a gantry of a medical imaging apparatus transfers heat away from the radiation detector and detector electronics, while limiting influence on magnetic fields generated within the gantry, when incorporated in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The cooling channel includes a non-electrically conducting, non-metallic housing in conductive thermal communication with the detector electronics and the radiation detector. A cooling conduit in the housing circulates coolant fluid. A unitary, non-electrically conductive, non-metallic heat sink in the housing is in direct conductive, thermal communication with the housing and the cooling conduit. A solid, thermally conductive layer is interposed between and affixed to opposing, spaced exterior surfaces of the conduit and the heat sink.

    CONNECTION FOR A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX TRANSDUCER

    公开(公告)号:US20240215951A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18149683

    申请日:2023-01-04

    发明人: Baik Woo Lee

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    CPC分类号: A61B8/4483 A61B8/4494

    摘要: For transducers with a chip-on-array arrangement, the dematching layer extends beyond a footprint of the array, allowing for connection of the grounding plane without sidewall metalization. The flexible circuit material is tiled, reducing thermal deformation, reducing cost, and increasing process yield. The dematching layer extension and the tiled flexible circuit may be used together or individually in a given transducer.

    Multi-modal Compton and single photon emission computed tomography medical imaging system

    公开(公告)号:US11998374B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17810862

    申请日:2022-07-06

    摘要: A multi-modality imaging system allows for selectable photoelectric effect and/or Compton effect detection. The camera or detector is a module with a catcher detector. Depending on the use or design, a scatter detector and/or a coded physical aperture are positioned in front of the catcher detector relative to the patient space. For low energies, emissions passing through the scatter detector continue through the coded aperture to be detected by the catcher detector using the photoelectric effect. Alternatively, the scatter detector is not provided. For higher energies, some emissions scatter at the scatter detector, and resulting emissions from the scattering pass by or through the coded aperture to be detected at the catcher detector for detection using the Compton effect. Alternatively, the coded aperture is not provided. The same module may be used to detect using both the photoelectric and Compton effects where both the scatter detector and coded aperture are provided with the catcher detector. Multiple modules may be positioned together to form a larger camera, or a module is used alone. By using modules, any number of modules may be used to fit with a multi-modality imaging system. One or more such modules may be added to another imaging system (e.g., CT or MR) for a multi-modality imaging system.