PRONING EFFICACY ASSESSMENT USING IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20240412873A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18588281

    申请日:2024-02-27

    Abstract: A proning assessment method includes determining, from received respiratory and/or body position data, a flipping time (tflipping) when a patient is placed in a partial or full prone position; determining a target imaging time (timg,target) for acquiring imaging data to assess an impact of proning on mechanical ventilation therapy as the flipping time (tflipping) plus a predetermined time interval (Δt); receiving at least one lung image of at least one lung of the patient, the at least one lung image being timestamped with an image acquisition time (timg,actual); and at least one of: (i) displaying the at least one lung image; and/or (ii) analyzing the at least one lung image to generate a proning recommendation for the patient, and displaying, on a display device, a representation of the proning recommendation.

    Apparatus for processing data acquired by a dark-field and/or phase contrast X-ray imaging system

    公开(公告)号:US11796484B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17633223

    申请日:2021-05-26

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for processing of data acquired by a dark-field and/or phase contrast X-ray imaging system, the apparatus comprising an input unit (20), and a processing unit (30). The input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with blank scan fringe data acquired by a dark-field and/or phase contrast X-ray imaging system comprising an interferometry arrangement and detector. The input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with sample scan fringe data acquired by the dark-field and/or phase contrast X-ray imaging system, with an object to be imaged is positioned within the dark-field and/or phase contrast X-ray imaging system. The processing unit is configured to pre-process the blank scan fringe data to determine pre- processed blank scan fringe data comprising utilization of an effective point spread function “PSF”. The processing unit is configured to pre-process the sample scan fringe data to determine pre- processed sample scan fringe data, comprising utilization of the effective point spread function “PSF”. The effective PSF has been determined for the dark-field and/ or phase contrast X-ray imaging system.

    Apparatus for presentation of dark field X-ray image information

    公开(公告)号:US11350897B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16769483

    申请日:2018-11-22

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for presentation of dark field information. It is described to provide (210) an X-ray attenuation image of a region of interest of an object. A dark field X-ray image of the region of interest of the object is also provided (220). A plurality of sub-regions of the region of interest are defined (230) based on the X-ray attenuation image of the region of interest or based on the dark field X-ray image of the region of interest. At least one quantitative value is derived (240) for each of the plurality of sub-regions, wherein the at least one quantitative value for a sub-region comprises data derived from the X-ray attenuation image of the sub-region and data derived from the dark field X-ray image of the sub-region. A plurality of figures of merit are assigned (250) to the plurality of sub-regions, wherein a figure of merit for a sub-region is based on the at least one quantitative value for the sub-region. Data representative of the region of interest is output (260) with figures of merit for the respective sub-regions.

    X-ray detector for grating-based phase-contrast imaging

    公开(公告)号:US11000249B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16347992

    申请日:2017-11-09

    Abstract: An X-ray detector (10) for a phase contrast imaging system (100) and a phase contrast imaging system (100) with such detector (10) are provided. The X-ray detector (10) comprises a scintillation device (12) and a photodetector (14) with a plurality of photosensitive pixels (15) optically coupled to the scintillation device (12), wherein the X-ray detector (10) comprises a primary axis (16) parallel to a surface normal vector of the scintillation device (12), and wherein the scintillation device (12) comprises a wafer substrate (18) having a plurality of grooves (20), which are spaced apart from each other. Each of the grooves (20) extends to a depth (22) along a first direction (21) from a first side (13) of the scintillation device (12) into the wafer substrate (18), wherein each of the grooves (20) is at least partially filled with a scintillation material. Therein, the first direction (21) of at least a part of the plurality of grooves (20) is different from the primary axis (16), such that at least a part of the plurality grooves (20) is tilted with respect to the primary axis (16). An angle between the first direction (21) of a groove (20) arranged in a center region (24) of the scintillation device (12) and the primary axis (16) is smaller than an angle between the first direction (21) of a groove (20) arranged in an outer region (26) of the scintillation device (12) and the primary axis (16).

    Determining calcium content from spectral CT data

    公开(公告)号:US10929974B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16301477

    申请日:2017-06-14

    Abstract: Present invention relates to devices and methods for determining a calcium content by analyzing cardiac spectral CT data. CT projection data (9), obtainable by scanning a cardiac region of a subject using a spectral CT scanning unit, is modelled (12) by applying a material decomposition algorithm to the projection data to provide a calcium-specific component. Tomographic reconstructions (13) of the projection data, to provide a first 3D image (8), and of the calcium-specific component, to provide a second 3D image (6), are performed. The first 3D image (8) is segmented (14) to provide an image mask (5) corresponding to a cardiovascular structure of interest, a part of the second 3D image (6) is selected (15) based on the image mask (5), and a calcium content is calculated (16) in the cardiovascular structure of interest based on the selected part of the second 3D image (6).

    Grating structure for x-ray imaging

    公开(公告)号:US10923243B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16469310

    申请日:2017-12-12

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grating in X-ray imaging. In order to provide a grating with a facilitated stabilization, a grating (10) for X-ray imaging is provided that comprises a grating structure (12) with a first plurality of bar members (14) and a second plurality of gaps (16). A fixation structure (18) is arranged between the bar members to stabilize the grating bar members. The bar members are extending in a length direction (20) and in a height direction (22). The bar members are also spaced from each other by one of the gaps in a direction transverse to the height direction. The gaps are arranged in a gap direction parallel to the length direction. The fixation structure comprises a plurality of bridging web members (24) that are provided between adjacent bar members. Further, the web members are longitudinal web members that are extending in the gap direction and that are provided in an inclined manner in relation to the height direction. The inclination is provided in the gap direction.

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