Patient headphones with integrated sensor system

    公开(公告)号:US10925539B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US15522331

    申请日:2015-11-13

    摘要: Patient headphones (50) for use in a medical scanning modality, comprising a frame member (52), two ear cups (54) that, in an operational state of the patient headphones (50), are arranged to be in contact with one of the patient's ears, and a sensor system (60), the sensor system (60) including optical emitters (64) that are configured for directing electromagnetic radiation to a portion of the patient's skin, and optical sensors (68) that are configured for receiving the electromagnetic radiation being returned from the portion of the patient's skin, and for providing an output signal that corresponds to the received electromagnetic radiation, wherein the output signal is indicative of at least one physiological parameter of the patient and serves as a basis for determining the at least one physiological parameter of the patient; —a patient headphones system (48) for use in a medical scanning modality (10), comprising an embodiment of such patient headphones (50) and a data acquisition and analysis unit (76) that is configured to acquire output signals of the optical sensors (68) and to analyze the acquired output signals by applying pre-determined criteria related to the output signals, and to provide a trigger output signal (80) if one of the pre-determined criteria is fulfilled; —a medical scanning modality (10) that is configured for contact-free acquisition of scanning data of at least a portion of a subject of interest (20), in particular a patient, comprising an embodiment of such patient headphones system (48), wherein the medical imaging modality (10) is in particular formed as a magnetic resonance imaging system.

    Magnetic resonance fingerprinting data collection and analysis system

    公开(公告)号:US10794976B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-06

    申请号:US15527028

    申请日:2015-11-16

    摘要: A method of employing a central computer database (18) for supporting a characterization of tissue by magnetic resonance fingerprinting measurements, includes: exciting nuclei of a subject of interest by applying (50) a radio frequency excitation field B1 generated according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting sequence (38), acquiring (52) magnetic resonance imaging signal data from radiation emitted by excited nuclei of the subject of interest, transferring (54) a magnetic resonance fingerprinting data set (42) to the central computer database (18), retrieving (56) a predefined dictionary from the central computer database (18), matching (60) the acquired magnetic resonance imaging signal data to the retrieved dictionary by applying a pattern recognition algorithm to determine a value (40) or a set of values (40) for at least one physical quantity (T1, T2), adding (62) at least the determined value (40) or the determined set of values (40) as a new entry of an associated medical data set (36) to the central computer database (18), and making (64) the new entry of an associated medical data set (36) accessible to users of the central computer database (18). A magnetic resonance fingerprinting data collection and analysis system (10) includes a central computer database, a data receiving unit (20), a data output unit (22) and a data analysis device (26) configured to carry out the method.

    Automated detection of abnormal subject configuration for medical imaging

    公开(公告)号:US11250590B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US17263985

    申请日:2019-12-12

    IPC分类号: G06T7/73 A61B5/00 A61B5/055

    摘要: The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 400) comprising a medical imaging system (102, 402) configured for acquiring medical imaging data (432) from a subject (108); a subject support (110) configured for supporting the subject during acquisition of the medical imaging data; and an optical imaging system (114, 114′) configured for acquiring optical imaging data (134) of the subject on the subject support. The execution of the machine executable instructions causes a processor (122) controlling the medical instrument to: control (200) the optical imaging system to acquire the optical imaging data; generate (202) the initial vector (136) using the optical imaging data; generate (204) the synthetic image by inputting the initial vector into a generator neural network; calculate (206) a difference (140) between the synthetic image and the optical imaging data; and provide (208) a warning signal (142) if the difference differs by a predetermined threshold. The generator neural network is trained to generate a synthetic image (138) of the subject on the subject support in response to inputting an initial vector.

    Prospective respiratory triggering with retrospective validation for 4D-magnetic resonance imaging

    公开(公告)号:US10976398B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US15501031

    申请日:2015-08-11

    摘要: A magnetic resonance imaging system connectable to a respiration monitor configured to provide an output signal whose level represents a respiration state. A prospective acquisition scheme for acquiring magnetic resonance images at each of a set of selected respiration states is provided, the triggering on the selected respiration states being based on predetermined threshold output signal levels of the respiration monitoring means, Respiration states at which magnetic resonance images were actually acquired, are compared with the selected respiration states according to the prospective acquisition scheme and predetermined ranges of tolerance of the selected respiration states, The prospective acquisition scheme is modified, if one of the actual respiration states lies outside the predetermined range of tolerance of the selected respiration state, and magnetic resonance imaging acquisition is executed pursuant to the modified prospective acquisition scheme.

    Automatic grouping of magnetic resonance images

    公开(公告)号:US10509090B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15548213

    申请日:2016-02-05

    摘要: The invention provides for a method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging system. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring (200) first magnetic resonance data (142) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with pulse sequence instructions (140), reconstructing (202) one or more first image (144) from the first magnetic resonance data, and assigning (204) the one or more first image to a first memory group of a set of memory groups (300). The method further comprises repeatedly performing the following steps: acquiring (206) sequential magnetic resonance data (148) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence instructions, reconstructing (208) one or more sequential image (150) from the sequential magnetic resonance data, computing (210) a distance measure (152) between the one or more sequential image and each of the set of memory groups, assigning (214) the one or more sequential images to a chosen memory group if the distance measure between the chosen group and the one or more sequential images is within a predetermined range, creating (216) a subsequent memory group (304) in the memory if the one or more sequential images is not assigned to the chosen memory group, and assigning (218) the one or more sequential image to the subsequent memory group if the subsequent memory group is created.

    Magnetic resonance guidance of a shaft to a target zone

    公开(公告)号:US10251579B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15875063

    申请日:2018-01-19

    摘要: A medical apparatus (1100) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system and an interventional device (300) comprising a shaft (302, 1014, 1120). The medical apparatus further comprises a toroidal magnetic resonance fiducial marker (306, 600, 800, 900, 1000, 1122) attached to the shaft. The shaft passes through a center point (610, 810, 908, 1006) of the fiducial marker. The medical apparatus further comprises machine executable instructions (1150, 1152, 1154, 1156, 1158) for execution by a processor. The instructions cause the processor to acquire (100, 200) magnetic resonance data, to reconstruct (102, 202) a magnetic resonance image (1142), and to receive (104, 204) the selection of a target volume (1118, 1144, 1168). The instructions further cause the processor to repeatedly: acquire (106, 206) magnetic resonance location data (1146) from the fiducial marker and render (108, 212) a view (1148, 1162) indicating the position of the shaft relative to the target zone.

    Magnetic resonance imaging guided brachytherapy with displaying the catheter placement position

    公开(公告)号:US10245447B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-02

    申请号:US14349333

    申请日:2012-09-25

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: The invention provides for a medical apparatus (200, 300, 400) comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging system (202), a display (270), a processor (228), and a memory (234) for storing instructions for the processor. The instructions causes the processor to receive a brachytherapy treatment plan (240), acquire (100) planning magnetic resonance data (244), calculate (102) a catheter placement positions (246, 900, 902) and a catheter control commands (248) the brachytherapy catheters. The instructions cause the processor, for each catheter placement position, to repeatedly: acquire (106) guidance magnetic resonance data (250), reconstruct (108) an image (252, 500), display (110) the image and the catheter placement position on the display, receive (114) a catheter inserted signal from a user interface, segment (116) the image to determine the catheter placement position after receiving the catheter inserted signal, recalculate (116) the catheter placement positions for each remaining catheter placement position after receiving the catheter inserted signal, and recalculate (116) the catheter control command for all of the multiple catheters after receiving the catheter inserted signal.

    MR fingerprinting for determining performance degradation of the MR system

    公开(公告)号:US11344218B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US15546310

    申请日:2016-01-14

    摘要: A contact-free method of determining biometric parameters and physiological parameters of a subject of interest (20) to be examined by a medical imaging modality (10), comprising steps of taking (72) a picture by a first digital camera (52) including a total view of an examination table (44); applying (74) a computer vision algorithm or an image processing algorithm to the picture for determining a biometric parameter of the subject of interest (20) in relation to the examination table (44); taking (78) at least one picture with a second digital camera (58), whose field of view (60) includes a region of the subject of interest (20) that is related to the at least one determined biometric parameter; using data indicative of the determined biometric parameter to identify (82) a subset of pixels of the at least one picture taken by the second digital camera (58) that define a region of interest (64) from which at least one physiological parameter of the subject of interest (20) is to be determined, taking (84) a plurality of pictures of the region of the subject of interest (20) with the second digital camera (58), and applying (86) a computer vision algorithm or an image processing algorithm to pictures of the plurality of pictures taken by the second digital camera (58) for calculating the region of interest (64) in the pictures of the plurality of pictures for determining the physiological parameter of the subject of interest (20) during examination; a camera system (50) for determining, in a contact-free way, biometric parameters and physiological parameters of a subject of interest (20) to be examined by use of a medical imaging modality (10) and using such method; and—a medical imaging modality (10) configured for acquisition of scanning data of at least a portion of a subject of interest (20), the medical imaging modality (10) comprising such camera system.