TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION DETERMINING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明申请
    TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION DETERMINING APPARATUS 有权
    温度分布测定装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150282786A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-08

    申请号:US14437518

    申请日:2013-11-11

    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature distribution determining apparatus (21) for determining a temperature distribution within an object, to which energy is applied, by using an energy application element (2). A first temperature distribution is measured in a first region within a first temperature range and a model describing a model temperature distribution in the first region and in a second region depending on modifiable model parameters is provided. A second temperature distribution is estimated in the second region within a second temperature range, while the energy is applied to the object, by modifying the model parameters such that a deviation of the model temperature distribution from the first temperature distribution in the first region is minimized. This allows considering the temperature dependence of the model parameters within the second temperature range, while estimating the second temperature distribution, thereby improving the accuracy of the estimation of the second temperature distribution.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于通过使用能量施加元件(2)来确定施加能量的物体内的温度分布的温度分布确定装置(21)。 在第一温度范围内的第一区域中测量第一温度分布,并且提供描述第一区域和第二区域中的模型温度分布的模型,这取决于可修改的模型参数。 在第二温度范围内的第二区域中估计第二温度分布,同时通过修改模型参数将能量施加到物体上,使得模型温度分布与第一区域中的第一温度分布的偏差最小化 。 这允许在估计第二温度分布的同时考虑模型参数在第二温度范围内的温度依赖性,从而提高第二温度分布的估计精度。

    Temperature distribution determining apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10359323B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US14895514

    申请日:2014-06-20

    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature distribution measuring apparatus for measuring a temperature distribution within an object caused by heating the object. A temperature distribution measuring unit (13, 71) measures the temperature distribution in a measurement region within the object, while the object is heated, and a temperature measurement control unit (22) controls the temperature distribution measuring unit such that the measurement region is modified depending on the measured temperature distribution, in order to measure different temperature distributions in different measurement regions. This allows, for example, modifying the measurement region depending on an actually measured temperature distribution such that in the modified new measurement region the measurement of the temperature of the object can be continued, if the temperature actually measured in the current measurement region is too high for being accurately measured, thereby extending the time period in which a temperature distribution of the object can be measured.

    Heat sink parameter determination apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10849679B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-01

    申请号:US15116965

    申请日:2015-02-03

    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat sink parameter determination apparatus for determining a parameter of a heat sink like a blood vessel within an object such as a person (3) by minimizing a deviation between a measured temperature distribution, which has preferentially been measured by ultrasound thermometry, and a modeled temperature distribution, wherein the modeled temperature distribution is modeled based on a provided heat source parameter like the location of an ablation needle (2) and the heat sink parameter to be determined by using a given thermal model. This determination of heat sink parameters, which may be geometric and/or flow parameters, considers the real temperature distribution and is thus based on real heat sink influences on the temperature distribution. This can lead to an improved determination of heat sink parameters and hence to a more accurate temperature distribution which may be determined based on the determined heat sink parameters.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEEDLE NAVITATION USING PA EFFECT IN US IMAGING
    6.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEEDLE NAVITATION USING PA EFFECT IN US IMAGING 审中-公开
    在美国成像中使用PA效应的针入度的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140378796A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-25

    申请号:US14369664

    申请日:2012-12-27

    Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring system, which comprises a novel needle, and an optical signal generating device, wherein at least one optical signal output of the optical signal generating device is coupled to the optical core of the needle, and it further comprises an ultrasound (US) transducer,and a processor adapted to direct the US transducer to transmit an US signal into a region of a subject in which the needle is moving and receive an US signal reflected in the region in response to the transmitted US signal in a US measurement sub-cycle of a measurement cycle, and to direct the optical signal providing device to transmit an optical signal having a unique wavelength from the dome of the needle into an area of the region and direct the US transducer to receive a photo-acoustic (PA) signal induced in the area in response to the optical signal in each of at least one PA measurement sub-cycle of the measurement cycle, and reconstruct an US image from the US signal received in the US measurement sub-cycle.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种监视系统,其包括新颖的针和光信号产生装置,其中光信号发生装置的至少一个光信号输出耦合到针的光芯,并且还包括超声波 (US)传感器,以及适于引导US转换器将美国信号发送到针正在移动的被摄体的区域中的处理器,并响应于美国的美国信号接收在该区域中反映的美国信号 测量周期的测量子周期,并且引导光信号提供设备将具有独特波长的光信号从针的圆顶传输到该区域的区域中,并引导US传感器接收光声( PA)信号,响应于测量周期的至少一个PA测量子周期中的每一个中的光信号而在该区域中感应,并且从US信号接收 在美国测量子周期。

    Apparatus for determining a motion relation

    公开(公告)号:US11116582B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US15751929

    申请日:2016-08-12

    Inventor: Yinan Chen Junbo Li

    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for determining a relation between a surface motion of a body (BD) and an object motion of an object (OB) within the body (BD). The apparatus comprises a first sensing unit configured to acquire a first position signal indicative of a position of a first element placed at the location on the surface of the body with the surface motion; a second sensing unit configured to acquire a second position signal indicative of a position of a second element attached to an interventional device and placed on or in the object, wherein the first position signal and the second position signal are acquired during a given duration synchronously; and a third unit for calculating the relation between the surface motion and the object motion based on the first position signal and the second position signal. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for determining the motion relation.

    Method and apparatus for needle visualization enhancement in ultrasound images

    公开(公告)号:US10130340B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US14369697

    申请日:2012-12-14

    Abstract: A method and an apparatus or needle visualization enhancement in ultrasound (US) imaging includes a Radon transform (RT) unit configured to perform RT on a sequence of frames to detect line features in the frames, where a frame includes US radio-frequency (RF) data obtained during monitoring the insertion of a needle into a subject or an US image reconstructed from the RF data. Further, a false needle feature removing unit is configured to remove line features which remain substantially stationary among the frames as false needles while locating a line feature which extends among the frames as the needle; and an overlaying unit is configured to overlay the location of the line feature as the needle on an US image of a frame to produce an enhanced image to be displayed.

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