DISTINGUISHING LUNG SLIDING FROM EXTERNAL MOTION
    1.
    发明申请
    DISTINGUISHING LUNG SLIDING FROM EXTERNAL MOTION 审中-公开
    从外部运动中辨别肺部滑动

    公开(公告)号:WO2017046692A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-23

    申请号:PCT/IB2016/055430

    申请日:2016-09-13

    CPC classification number: A61B8/085 A61B8/4254 A61B8/5276 A61B8/54

    Abstract: Extracorporeal motion (130) relative to a medical subject being imaged is detected, through the imaging or from motion detectors on the imaging probe, and either backed out of the medical images so that it can be determined whether lung sliding exists or measured to determine whether lung sliding detection is to be suspended due to excessive extracorporeal motion. Image sub-regions (164, 168) corresponding to respective ones of the images are selected for image-to-image comparison such that the selected sub-regions contain only body tissue that is, with respect to imaging depth in the acquiring of the images, shallower than an anatomical landmark within the images. Based on a result of the comparing, lung sliding detection that entails examining image data deeper than the landmark may be initialized. A motion sensor may detect the extracorporeal motion and, based on its output: pair-wise co-register (170) images to an extent of backing out the effect of the extracorporeal motion and/or determine whether to suspend deciding as to whether lung sliding is, during the respiration, occurring in the subject.

    Abstract translation: 通过成像或成像探针上的运动检测器检测相对于被成像的医疗物体的体外运动(130),并且从医学图像中退出,以便可以确定是否存在或测量肺滑动以确定是否 由于过度的体外运动,肺滑动检测将被暂停。 选择对应于相应图像的图像子区域(164,168)用于图像到图像比较,使得所选择的子区域仅包含相对于获取图像的成像深度的身体组织 ,比图像内的解剖标志浅。 基于比较的结果,可以初始化需要检查比地标更深的图像数据的肺滑动检测。 运动传感器可以检测体外运动,并且基于其输出:成对共同注册(170)图像到退出体外运动的效果的程度和/或确定是否暂停决定是否滑动 在呼吸过程中发生在受试者身上。

    ULTRASOUND-BASED CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF PATIENT THERAPY

    公开(公告)号:WO2020144075A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:PCT/EP2019/087127

    申请日:2019-12-30

    Abstract: A system includes a transducer array configured to obtain ultrasound data of a subject; a processor in communication with the transducer array and a therapeutic device configured to deliver a therapy to the subject, wherein the processor is configured to: receive the ultrasound data; identify an anatomical feature of the subject using the ultrasound data; compute a measure associated with the anatomical feature; determine if the measure satisfies a threshold; determine a change in an operating status of the therapeutic device based on if the measure satisfies the threshold; and output, to the therapeutic device, a control signal representative of the change in the operating status. Associated methods, devices, and systems are also provided.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A GAS POCKET USING ULTRASOUND
    4.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A GAS POCKET USING ULTRASOUND 审中-公开
    使用超声波检测气囊的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:WO2015113806A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-06

    申请号:PCT/EP2015/050438

    申请日:2015-01-13

    Abstract: Existing gas pocket detection approaches are based on visual observations of B-mode ultrasound images showing comparisons between normal soft tissue and gas pockets, which are time-consuming and dependent on operator experience. The present invention proposes an ultrasound system and a method of detecting a gas pocket. The ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound probe (110) for transmitting an ultrasound signal toward the ROI and acquiring an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the ROI along a plurality of scanning lines; an obtaining unit (130) for obtaining a second harmonic component of the ultrasound echo signal for each depth of a plurality of depths along each scanning line of the plurality of scanning lines; and a deriving unit (140) for deriving a change in a center frequency of the second harmonic component along with the depth.

    Abstract translation: 现有的气体口袋检测方法基于B模式超声图像的视觉观察,显示了正常软组织和气囊之间的比较,这是耗时的并且取决于操作者的经验。 本发明提出了一种超声系统和检测气囊的方法。 所述超声波系统包括:超声波探头(110),用于向所述ROI发送超声信号,并获取沿着多条扫描线从所述ROI反射的超声波回波信号; 获取单元,用于根据所述多条扫描线中的每条扫描线的多个深度的每个深度获得所述超声回波信号的二次谐波分量; 以及用于导出与所述深度一起的所述二次谐波分量的中心频率的变化的导出单元(140)。

    ENHANCED ACUTE CARE MANAGEMENT COMBINING IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING
    5.
    发明申请
    ENHANCED ACUTE CARE MANAGEMENT COMBINING IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING 审中-公开
    加强急性护理管理组合成像和生理监测

    公开(公告)号:WO2017060871A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-13

    申请号:PCT/IB2016/056025

    申请日:2016-10-07

    Abstract: A patient monitoring device includes at least one physiological sensor (32) configured to acquire at least one measured value for a patient of at least one monitored physiological variable. A cardiovascular (CV), pulmonary, or cardiopulmonary (CP) modeling component (42) includes a microprocessor programmed to: receive the measured values of the at least one monitored physiological variable; receive a value for at least one patient-specific medical image parameter generated from at least one medical image of the patient; compute values for the patient of unmonitored physiological variables based on the measured values for the patient of the monitored physiological variables and the patient-specific medical image parameter; and at least one of (1) display the computed values and (2) control a therapy device delivering therapy to the patient based on the computed values.

    Abstract translation: 患者监测装置包括至少一个生理传感器(32),其被配置为获取患者至少一个被监测的生理变量的至少一个测量值。 心血管(CV),肺或心肺(CP)建模部件(42)包括微处理器,其被编程为:接收所述至少一个被监测的生理变量的测量值; 接收从患者的至少一个医学图像生成的至少一个患者特定医学图像参数的值; 基于所监测的生理变量和患者特定医学图像参数的患者的测量值来计算非监测生理变量患者的值; 并且(1)中的至少一个显示所计算的值,和(2)基于所计算的值控制向患者递送治疗的治疗装置。

    SCANNING TO IDENTIFY AND DELIMIT STATIONARY FLUID POOLS
    7.
    发明申请
    SCANNING TO IDENTIFY AND DELIMIT STATIONARY FLUID POOLS 审中-公开
    扫描识别和定位静态流体池

    公开(公告)号:WO2014136018A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-12

    申请号:PCT/IB2014/059249

    申请日:2014-02-26

    Abstract: Dynamically identifying a stationary body of fluid (102) within a test volume by scanning within the volume can entail using a first part of a pulse sequence to acoustically interrogate a region within the volume to detect pre-existing movement (124) and, via a separate acoustic interrogation constituting the second part of the pulse sequence, acoustically interrogating the region to distinguish solid from fluid. The scanning is with both interrogations as a unit, so as to span the volume with the interrogations. The body is identified, dynamically based on an outcome of the interrogations. The scanning may span, for the identifying, a current field of view (116), including normal tissue, within an imaging subject. The procedure, from scanning to identifying, may be performed automatically and without need for user intervention, although the user can optionally change the field of view to further search for stationary fluid.

    Abstract translation: 通过在体积内扫描来动态地识别测试体积内的静止体(102)可能需要使用脉冲序列的第一部分来声学地询问体积内的区域以检测预先存在的运动(124),并且经由 单独的声学询问构成脉冲序列的第二部分,以声学方式询问该区域以区分固体和流体。 扫描以两个询问为单位,以便在询问时跨越卷。 基于询问的结果动态地识别身体。 用于识别成像对象内的包括正常组织的当前视野(116)的扫描可以跨越。 尽管用户可以可选地改变视场以进一步搜索静止的流体,但是可以自动执行从扫描到识别的过程,而不需要用户干预。

    ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2021151804A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/051540

    申请日:2021-01-25

    Abstract: A method and system is for assisting a user in positioning an ultrasound probe relative to a subject's body. In use, the user moves the probe through a series of positions, and ultrasound image data is captured for each position, the data at each position corresponding to a particular imaging view of the anatomical region being imaged. An assessment procedure (16) is operable to process ultrasound data for different imaging views, and to determine for the data for each view a rating, representative of the suitability of the data for that view for observing one or more anatomical features or deriving one or more clinical parameters from the data. Guidance feedback is generated (18) for the user for assisting the user in positioning the probe, wherein the guidance feedback is based on a history (26) of image view quality over time over the course of the imaging procedure. For example, a trend in image view quality over time may be determined and output to a user, from which the user can quickly tell whether they are moving toward (in the case of increasing quality) or away from (decreasing quality) an optimum imaging position.

    REMOTE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS WITH CONTROLLED IMAGE DISPLAY QUALITY

    公开(公告)号:WO2018091337A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:PCT/EP2017/078678

    申请日:2017-11-09

    Abstract: An ultrasound system and method enable ultrasonic imaging by inexperienced personnel under the guidance of a remotely located diagnostic imaging expert. Improper use of the scanning device is prevented by controlling the device to present only low quality images to the person conducting the scan, while images of high quality are sent to the remote expert for diagnosis. Thus, an effective diagnosis by the expert is facilitated while providing at the scanning site only images which, while sufficient to provide visual guidance of the scanning procedure, cannot be used improperly by persons at the site of the patient being scanned.

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