IMAGING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明申请
    IMAGING APPARATUS 审中-公开
    成像设备

    公开(公告)号:US20120287750A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-15

    申请号:US13522789

    申请日:2011-01-12

    IPC分类号: G01S15/89 A61B8/12

    摘要: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus (1) for imaging an interior of an object (2). The imaging apparatus (1) comprises a first ultrasound sensor and a second ultrasound sensor for sensing the interior of the object at different frequencies, wherein the ultrasound sensing signals from the first ultrasound sensor are used for generating a first ultrasound image and a the ultrasound sensing signals from the second ultrasound sensor are used for generating a second ultrasound image. A larger frequency generally provides a smaller depth of penetrating the interior of the object and a larger spatial resolution than a smaller frequency. The imaging apparatus (1) can therefore provide the capability of simultaneously imaging the interior of the object with different spatial resolutions and at different penetration depths. This allows the imaging apparatus to improve the quality of imaging the interior of the object.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于对物体(2)的内部进行成像的成像装置(1)。 成像装置(1)包括第一超声波传感器和用于感测不同频率的物体内部的第二超声波传感器,其中来自第一超声波传感器的超声波感测信号用于产生第一超声波图像和超声波感测 来自第二超声波传感器的信号用于产生第二超声波图像。 较大的频率通常提供穿透物体内部的较小深度和比较小频率更大的空间分辨率。 因此,成像装置(1)能够提供以不同的空间分辨率和不同穿透深度同时对物体内部成像的能力。 这允许成像装置提高对象内部的成像质量。

    SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY ESTIMATION USING CENTER OF MASS
    5.
    发明申请
    SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY ESTIMATION USING CENTER OF MASS 审中-公开
    使用质量中心的剪切波速度估计

    公开(公告)号:US20130317362A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-28

    申请号:US13995522

    申请日:2011-12-19

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/00

    摘要: The weighted-average-based position (244) in the temporal domain is computed based on the sampling of shear wave displacement (226) along the propagation path. The weighting is, for example, by displacement observed at times (230) corresponding to sampling and represents the time of arrival of the shear wave at the shear-wave propagation path location being sampled. In some embodiments, the computed shear-wave times of arrival at respective locations are functionally related to known inter-location distances (250) to derive shear-wave group velocity. The derived velocity can serve as input into known algorithms for estimating shear elasticity of the medium, such as body tissue, for purposes of clinical diagnosis and therapy assessment.

    摘要翻译: 基于沿着传播路径的剪切波位移(226)的采样来计算时域中的基于加权平均的位置(244)。 加权是例如通过对应于采样的时间(230)观察到的位移,并且表示剪切波在被采样的剪切波传播路径位置处的到达时间。 在一些实施例中,到达相应位置的计算的剪切波时间在功能上与已知位置间距(250)有关,以导出剪切波群速度。 为了临床诊断和治疗评估的目的,导出的速度可以用作用于估计介质(例如身体组织)的剪切弹性的已知算法的输入。

    ADJUSTABLE LENS SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS
    7.
    发明申请
    ADJUSTABLE LENS SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS 失效
    可调镜头系统实时应用

    公开(公告)号:US20100259832A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-14

    申请号:US12742658

    申请日:2008-12-10

    IPC分类号: G02B3/14

    CPC分类号: G02B3/14

    摘要: An adjustable fluid type lens system is provided that allows e.g. ultrasound imaging through the lens during adjustment of the lens. The lens includes a container enclosing two immiscible fluids, e.g. water and oil, being in contact with each other at an interface. Incoming waves are then refracted at this interface. The shape of the interface, and thereby the refraction property, is adjustable by adjusting a voltage applied to the lens. The two fluids are selected such that they together exhibit a mechanical damping which is critical or near critical. A control circuit generates the electric voltage for adjusting the refraction from one value to another, the control circuit being arranged to change the electric voltage such that a rate of voltage change is limited to avoid oscillation of the interface, thereby adjusting refraction of incoming waves at the interface in a continuous manner. This makes it possible to use the lens while it is during adjustment from one refraction value to another, since the interface shape will at all time during the adjustment have a controlled shape. The voltage can be either a continuous voltage or a discrete stepwise (digital) voltage which is just controlled with respect to step size and temporal extension of the steps. The lens system has a number of applications e.g. within the medical field, e.g. for ‘on the fly’ high speed ultrasound imaging, or for ultrasound ablation applications where ablation can be performed during adjustment of the lens to follow a pre-defined trajectory.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种可调节流体型透镜系统, 超声波成像通过透镜在调整镜片期间。 透镜包括容纳两个不混溶流体的容器,例如 水和油在界面处彼此接触。 然后在这个界面折射出来的波。 通过调节施加到透镜上的电压来调节界面的形状以及由此的折射特性。 选择两种流体使得它们一起显示出关键或近临界的机械阻尼。 控制电路产生用于将折射率从一个值调整到另一个值的电压,控制电路被布置成改变电压,使得电压变化率被限制以避免界面的振荡,由此调节入射波的折射 界面以连续的方式。 这使得可以在从一个折射值到另一个折射值的调整期间使用透镜,因为在调节期间的所有时间的界面形状都具有受控的形状。 电压可以是连续电压或离散的逐步(数字)电压,其仅仅相对于步长的步长和时间延长而被控制。 透镜系统具有许多应用,例如, 在医疗领域内。 用于“飞行”高速超声成像,或用于超声消融应用,其中可以在镜片调节期间遵循预定义的轨迹进行消融。

    Method, apparatus and system for the automatic provisioning of a network element
    9.
    发明授权
    Method, apparatus and system for the automatic provisioning of a network element 失效
    用于自动配置网元的方法,装置和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07263285B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-28

    申请号:US10447015

    申请日:2003-05-28

    IPC分类号: H04B10/08

    CPC分类号: H04B10/079

    摘要: A method for the automatic provisioning of a network element (NE) includes receiving a client signal at a tunable optical translator (OT) in the NE, determining the set of channels supported by the OT that are able to correspond to the client signal, eliminating the channels that have connections, that may be present on a line side of the NE in a laser off scan process, or that have not been equipped or otherwise provisioned for transmission, tuning the OT to each of the remaining channels and determining the optical power level of each channel on a line side of the NE in a laser on scan process. Subsequently, the channel with the highest power level is selected to transmit the client signal and associations for a point to point connection for that channel are added for that OT to a database of associations for the NE.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于自动提供网元(NE)的方法包括:在NE中的可调光转换器(OT)处接收客户端信号,确定由OT支持的能够对应于客户信号的信道集,消除 具有连接的通道,其可以存在于激光关闭扫描处理中的NE的线路侧,或者尚未配备或以其他方式设置用于传输,将OT调谐到每个剩余通道并确定光功率 在激光扫描过程中NE的线路侧的每个通道的电平。 随后,选择具有最高功率电平的信道来发送客户端信号,并且将该频道的点对点连接的关联被添加到该OT到与NE的关联的数据库。

    Shear wave velocity estimation using center of mass

    公开(公告)号:US10390797B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US13995522

    申请日:2011-12-19

    摘要: A device and a method for computing a weighted-average-based position of a shear wave in a temporal domain based on a sampling of shear wave displacements along a propagation path of the shear wave. The weighted-average-based position is, for example, by displacement observed at a plurality of times that correspond to sampling, and represents a time of arrival of the shear wave at a location being sampled along the propagation path. Further, times of arrival of the shear wave at respective locations along the propagation path are functionally related to known inter-location distances to derive shear-wave group velocity. The derived shear-wave group velocity serves as an input into algorithms for estimating a shear elasticity of a medium, such as a body tissue, for purposes of a clinical diagnosis and therapy assessment.