METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCAN PATTERN FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:WO2023086605A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-19

    申请号:PCT/US2022/049751

    申请日:2022-11-14

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for automatically updating scan patterns used during ultrasound imaging. A handheld ultrasound system may include an ultrasound device with a two-dimensional array of ultrasound transducers, and a smartphone or tablet that configures the ultrasound device to obtain a first ultrasound image frame using a scan pattern defining an acoustic beam. The system then updates the scan pattern to optimize a view of the desired anatomy. When the system is operating in cardiac imaging mode, the scan pattern may be updated by adjusting the azimuthal tilt and/or the elevational tilt of the acoustic beam. When the system is operating in lung imaging mode, the scan pattern may be updated by adjusting the elevational tilt and/or the translation of the aperture of the array of ultrasound transducers. The system then configures the ultrasound device to obtain a second ultrasound image frame using the updated scan pattern.

    IMAGE PROCESSING TO RETAIN SMALL COLOR/GRAY DIFFERENCES
    2.
    发明申请
    IMAGE PROCESSING TO RETAIN SMALL COLOR/GRAY DIFFERENCES 审中-公开
    图像处理保留小颜色/灰度不同

    公开(公告)号:WO2015127206A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-27

    申请号:PCT/US2015/016822

    申请日:2015-02-20

    Inventor: HUNG, Po-Chieh

    CPC classification number: H04N19/186 G06T9/00 H04N1/642

    Abstract: A method for encoding a monochrome or color image. The method includes receiving an image and adjusting the image based on a global uniform macro-type color space. The image is modified spatially based on a local uniform micro-type edge characteristic that includes a just-noticeable difference (JND), and the image is outputted.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于编码单色或彩色图像的方法。 该方法包括接收图像并基于全局均匀宏型颜色空间调整图像。 基于局部均匀的微型边缘特征(包括明显的差异(JND))空间地修改图像,并输出图像。

    UNTWISTED ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019164768A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:PCT/US2019/018276

    申请日:2019-02-15

    Abstract: An actuator and method of manufacturing an actuator that includes a core fiber with polymers aligned along the length of the core fiber, and a wire that is wound around and fixed to the core fiber. The winding of the wire is engineered based on the torsional actuation. Upon heating the core fiber, the wire impedes radial expansion of the core fiber and converts the radial expansion into a torsional actuation.

    MANUFACTURING OF ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATORS

    公开(公告)号:WO2018160555A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-07

    申请号:PCT/US2018/019929

    申请日:2018-02-27

    Abstract: Methods and a device for the continuous manufacturing of artificial muscle actuator device fibers are disclosed. The method includes: threading an untwisted fiber along the axis of a tube and inside the tube that includes a heating means to raise the localized temperature of a cross-section of the tube to a predetermined temperature; providing a tension on the untwisted fiber; and twisting the untwisted fiber while the fiber is within the tube.

    QUANTIFYING GAS LEAK RATES USING FRAME IMAGES ACQUIRED BY A CAMERA
    7.
    发明申请
    QUANTIFYING GAS LEAK RATES USING FRAME IMAGES ACQUIRED BY A CAMERA 审中-公开
    使用摄像机采集的帧图像来量化气体泄漏率

    公开(公告)号:WO2018044378A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-08

    申请号:PCT/US2017/038501

    申请日:2017-06-21

    Inventor: WANG, Leiming

    Abstract: A method of quantifying gas leak rate includes receiving image frames acquired with a camera and including a plume from a gas leak source, determining a real-world size that each pixel represents, identifying pixels corresponding to the plume in a first image frame, calculating gas concentration path lengths of the plume for the pixels in the first image frame, calculating, based on the first image frame and a second image frame, an image velocity field of the plume including displacement vectors for the pixels, identifying, within the first image, a closed boundary enclosing the gas leak source of the plume, and calculating a first gas leak rate in the first image frame by calculating a volume rate of the plume flowing across the closed boundary based on the image velocity field, the gas concentration path lengths, and a time interval between the first and the second image frames.

    Abstract translation: 量化气体泄漏速率的方法包括:接收用照相机获取的图像帧并且包括来自气体泄漏源的羽流;确定每个像素表示的真实世界大小;识别与第一图像帧中的羽流对应的像素;计算气体 基于所述第一图像帧和第二图像帧计算所述羽流的图像速度场,所述羽流图像速度场包括所述像素的位移矢量,在所述第一图像内识别所述羽流的浓度路径长度, 封闭羽流的气体泄漏源的封闭边界,并且通过基于图像速度场计算流过封闭边界的羽流的体积流量,计算第一图像帧中的第一气体泄漏率,气体浓度路径长度, 以及第一和第二图像帧之间的时间间隔。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND RESPONDING TO A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT

    公开(公告)号:WO2021030418A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:PCT/US2020/045895

    申请日:2020-08-12

    Inventor: MAEDA, Hiromi

    Abstract: A system for monitoring and responding to a cerebrovascular accident includes a computer, including a computer processor and a computer transceiver, a storage that stores personal medical information and a risk level, and a portable device attached to a user. When the computer transceiver receives personal medical information of the user, the computer processor calculates the risk level of a cerebrovascular accident based on the personal medical information. When the computer transceiver receives acceleration information, the computer processor determines whether to contact a predetermined contact based on the risk level and the personal medical information. The portable device includes an acceleration sensor, a position receiver, a clock, a portable transceiver, and a portable processor.

    CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF MUSCLE FIBERS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2018156761A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-30

    申请号:PCT/US2018/019225

    申请日:2018-02-22

    Abstract: Methods, system, and apparatus for producing an actuator device are disclosed. The method may include twisting a muscle fiber; coiling the twisted muscle fiber about a mandrel; securing the muscle fiber onto the mandrel using a securing means; heating the muscle fiber to a predetermined temperature using a heating means; and removing the coiled muscle fiber from the mandrel. The twisting, coiling, securing, heating, and removing is a process that is continued until the muscle fiber is a desired length.

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