REAL TIME DOSIMETRY OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE

    公开(公告)号:US20190151682A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16099748

    申请日:2017-06-19

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10 A61B8/00

    摘要: An ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound probe housing (36) and one or more ultrasound transducers (32) disposed in the ultrasound probe housing. A dosimeter (40) or ionizing radiation detector is disposed in or attached to the ultrasound probe housing. An alarm device (24, 52, 54, 56) receives radiation dose or radiation exposure data acquired by the dosimeter or ionizing radiation detector. The alarm device includes an electronic processor (24, 56) programmed to detect excessive radiation dose or radiation exposure received by the ultrasound probe based on the radiation dose or radiation exposure data acquired by the dosimeter or ionizing radiation detector, and output an alarm warning of the detection of excessive radiation dose or radiation exposure received by the ultrasound probe. In some embodiments, the dosimeter is a one-time use dosimeter that is not resettable.

    HANDHELD CATHETER DRIVER WITH ENDOSCOPE MOUNT UTILIZING FRICTION-DRIVEN WHEEL MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20170303773A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15518254

    申请日:2015-10-10

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00 A61B34/30

    摘要: An instrument driving mechanism includes an instrument drive assembly (140) including a first set of wheels (136) coupled to a first end portion and a second set (138) of wheels coupled to a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The first set of wheels is configured to engage an elongated instrument (104) therein such that a rotation plane of the first set of wheels is coplanar with a longitudinal axis of the instrument. The second set of wheels is configured to engage the elongated instrument therein such that a rotation plane of the second set of wheels is obliquely oriented with the longitudinal axis of the instrument wherein motion of the instrument is controlled by controlling rotations of the wheels. The instrument drive assembly mounts to a mounting position (149) of a medical device that permits the instrument to pass therethrough and is configured to fix a position of the instrument drive assembly to enable positioning of the instrument.

    IMAGING APPARATUS FOR BRACHYTHERAPY OR BIOPSY
    4.
    发明申请
    IMAGING APPARATUS FOR BRACHYTHERAPY OR BIOPSY 审中-公开
    成像装置用于BRACHYTHERAPY或BIOPSY

    公开(公告)号:US20160030130A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-04

    申请号:US14782333

    申请日:2014-04-04

    IPC分类号: A61B19/00

    摘要: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus (24) for imaging an introduction element (17) like a needle or a catheter for performing a brachytherapy or a biopsy. A tracking unit (3, 4) tracks the location of the introduction element within a living being (2), an imaging unit (6) like an ultrasound imaging unit generates an image showing an inner part of the living being, which includes the tracked location of the introduction element, based on the tracked location, and a display (7) displays the image. During the brachytherapy or biopsy the display can always show the introduction element, without requiring a manual control. For instance, it is not necessary that a physician manually controls the position and image plane of the imaging unit. This allows for an accurate and fast insertion of the introduction element into the living being such that a target region is reliably reached.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于对诸如针或导管进行近距离放射治疗或活检的引入元件(17)成像的成像设备(24)。 跟踪单元(3,4)跟踪引入元件在活体内的位置(2),诸如超声成像单元的成像单元(6)产生显示生物体的内部的图像,其包括被跟踪的 引导元件的位置,基于跟踪位置,显示器(7)显示图像。 在近距离放射治疗或活检期间,显示器可以始终显示引入元件,而不需要手动控制。 例如,医生不需要手动地控制成像单元的位置和图像平面。 这允许将导入元件准确且快速地插入到生物体中,从而可靠地到达目标区域。

    ELASTOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    7.
    发明申请
    ELASTOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD 审中-公开
    ELASTOGRAPHY测量系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160143621A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-26

    申请号:US14900199

    申请日:2014-06-25

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61B8/08

    摘要: The present invention relates to an ultrasound elastography system (10) for providing an elastography measurement result of an anatomical site (32) a corresponding method. The system (10) is configured to visualize a suitability for shear wave elastography of the region of interest (33) to the user within the ultrasound image (52) and/or to recommend an elastography acquisition plane (48, 50) for conducting shear wave elastography to the user. By this, proper selection of a location for an elastography measurement may be supported.

    摘要翻译: 超声弹性成像系统本发明涉及用于提供解剖部位(32)的弹性成像测量结果的超声弹性成像系统(10)。 系统(10)被配置为使超声图像(52)内的用户对感兴趣区域(33)的剪切波弹性成像的适用性可视化和/或推荐用于进行剪切的弹性成像采集平面(48,50) 波形弹性成像给用户。 由此可以支持对弹性成像测量的位置的适当选择。

    METHOD OF ADJUSTING FOCAL ZONE IN ULTRASOUND-GUIDED MEDICAL PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE METHOD
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF ADJUSTING FOCAL ZONE IN ULTRASOUND-GUIDED MEDICAL PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE METHOD 有权
    在超声引导医疗程序中调整手术区域的方法和使用该方法的系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150342572A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-03

    申请号:US14761201

    申请日:2014-01-15

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61B8/08 A61B5/06

    摘要: A method and system track a location of an object while the object is disposed within a region of interest within biological tissue, the location of the object being determined with respect to a tracking coordinate frame; generate acoustic images of the region of interest, the acoustic images being generated with respect to an acoustic image coordinate frame which is different from the tracking coordinate frame; transform the location of the object from the tracking coordinate frame to the acoustic image coordinate frame; and automatically adjust at least one image resolution parameter of the acoustic images in response to the location of the object with respect to the acoustic image coordinate frame.

    摘要翻译: 当物体被放置在生物组织内的感兴趣区域内时,方法和系统跟踪物体的位置,物体的位置相对于跟踪坐标系确定; 产生感兴趣区域的声像,相对于不同于跟踪坐标系的声像坐标系生成声像; 将对象的位置从跟踪坐标系变换为声像坐标系; 并且响应于对象相对于声学图像坐标系的位置而自动调整声学图像的至少一个图像分辨率参数。