SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF FOAM COMPRESSIVE ELEMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240180509A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18556153

    申请日:2022-04-26

    申请人: Hologic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B6/50 A61B6/00 A61B6/04

    摘要: A method of imaging a breast of a patient with a breast imaging system includes supporting the breast on a breast support platform. A compressive force is applied to the breast with a breast immobilization element including a rigid substrate, a foam compressive element secured below the rigid substrate, and a force sensor. The foam compressive element is in contact with the breast during application of the compressive force. A force signal is detected at the force sensor based on the applied compressive force. A compressed thickness of the breast proximate the force sensor is determined based at least in part on the detected force signal at the force sensor. An automatic exposure control is set based at least in part on the determined thickness of the breast proximate the force sensor.

    System, method and computer program for acquiring phase imaging data of an object

    公开(公告)号:US11980494B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17431559

    申请日:2020-02-10

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 A61B6/42 G01N23/041

    摘要: The invention relates to a control module for controlling an x-ray system (140) during the acquisition of step images for phase imaging. The control module comprises a step image quantity providing unit (111) for providing a step image quantity, a detector dose providing unit (112) for providing a target detector dose, an applied detector dose determination unit (113) for determining an applied detector dose absorbed by a part of the detector (144) during the acquisition of a step image, and a step image acquisition control unit (114) for controlling the x-ray imaging system (140) during the acquisition of each step image based on the applied detector dose, the target detector dose and the step image quantity. The control module allows to control the x-ray imaging system such that the target detector dose is not exceeded while at the same time ensuring a sufficient quality of the step images.

    Automating a medical environment
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11937967B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US18149111

    申请日:2023-01-01

    摘要: Systems, methods and instrumentalities are described herein for automating a medical environment. The automation may be realized using one or more sensing devices and at least one processing device. The sensing devices may be configured to capture images of the medical environment and provide the images to the processing device. The processing device may determine characteristics of the medical environment based on the images and automate one or more aspects of the operations in the medical environment. These characteristics may include, e.g., people and/or objects present in the images and respective locations of the people and/or objects in the medical environment. The operations that may be automated may include, e.g., maneuvering and/or positioning a medical device based on the location of a patient, determining and/or adjusting the parameters of a medical device, managing a workflow, providing instructions and/or alerts to a patient or a physician, etc.

    Systems and methods for clock synchronization

    公开(公告)号:US11931197B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17456557

    申请日:2021-11-24

    发明人: Jun Li

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for clock synchronization. The system may include a reset signal generator connected with a plurality of detectors. The reset signal generator may be configured to generate a set of preliminary reset signals to be detected and transmit the set of preliminary reset signals to the plurality of detectors. Each of the set of preliminary reset signals may have a different phase. Each of the plurality of detectors may be configured to generate first feedback data for each of the set of preliminary reset signals and transmit the first feedback data to the reset signal generator. The reset signal generator may be further configured to generate, for each of the plurality of detectors, a reset signal based on the first feedback data and transmit the reset signal to each of the plurality of detectors. Each of the plurality detectors may be further configured to execute a clock synchronization in itself based on the reset signal.