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A blood pressure monitoring system, comprising: an exciter configured to produce an acoustic signal, the exciter being provided on a first substrate portion; a detector spaced apart from the exciter, the detector being configured to detect the acoustic signal and to produce an electrical output signal, the detector being provided on a second substrate portion that is mechanically or acoustically decoupled from the first substrate portion, wherein the detector comprises at least four detectors; and a processor configured to determine a blood pressure measurement from the electrical output signal.

A computer-implemented method of processing patient image data comprises: receiving a patient-specific vascular model of an individual, wherein the patient-specific vascular model is based at least in part on medical images acquired of the individual; receiving a patient-specific tissue model of a tissue of the individual; observing an actual perfusion value of the tissue; determining at least one vessel pathology that causes the actual perfusion value; and selecting a candidate updated vascular model of the plurality of candidate updated vascular models that results in a minimum difference between the hypothetical perfusion value and the actual perfusion value; updating the patient-specific vascular model to include the at least one vessel pathology of the selected candidate updated vascular model; and outputting an estimate of a location of the at least one vessel pathology or an estimate of a severity of the at least one vessel pathology.

A method for determining the speed of sound in a fluid in the region of an implanted, vascular support system includes sending an ultrasonic signal using an ultrasonic sensor, reflecting the ultrasonic signal on at least one sound reflector, receiving the reflected ultrasonic signal, and determining the speed of sound in the fluid using the ultrasonic signal. The at least one sound reflector may be visible in the field of vision of the ultrasonic sensor and arranged at a defined distance at least to the ultrasonic sensor or to a further sound reflector.

Systems and methods are provided for improving soft tissue contrast, characterizing tissue, classifying phenotypes, stratifying risk, and performing multi-scale modeling aided by multi-energy or multi-contrast excitation and evaluation, including using single and multi-phase acquisitions, as well as broad and localized spectral imaging to assess atherosclerotic plaque tissue, for example, in vessel walls and perivascular spaces.

The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and / or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and / or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and / or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and / or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and / or quantified parameters.

The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and / or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and / or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and / or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and / or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and / or quantified parameters.

The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and / or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and / or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and / or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, perform computational fluid dynamics analysis, facilitate assessment of risk of heart disease and coronary artery disease, enhance drug development, determine a CAD risk factor goal, provide atherosclerosis and vascular morphology characterization, and determine indication of myocardial risk, and / or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and / or quantified parameters.

The invention relates to a method for determining at least a flow velocity or a fluid volume flow (5) of a fluid flowing through an implanted vascular support system (1), comprising the following steps: a) carrying out a pulsed Doppler measurement by means of an ultrasonic sensor (2) of the support system (1), b) evaluating a measurement result from step a), which has a possible ambiguity, c) providing at least one operating parameter of a flow machine (3) of the support system (1), d) determining at least the flow velocity or the fluid volume flow (5) using the measurement result evaluated in step b), wherein the possible ambiguity of the measurement result is corrected using the operating parameter.

The present invention provides an ultrasonic probe motion mechanism and an ultrasonic probe assembly, which belongs to the field of medical device technology, and can at least partially solve the problems of large size, complex structure and difficult installation of existing ultrasonic probe motion mechanisms. An ultrasonic probe motion mechanism of the present invention includes: a first telescopic assembly, including a first hollow cylindrical structure, the outer wall of the first hollow cylindrical structure has a first thread structure; a second telescopic assembly, including a second hollow cylindrical structure, the outer wall of the second hollow cylindrical structure has a second thread, the inner wall has a third thread, and the second thread is compatible with the first thread; a third telescopic assembly, including a third hollow cylindrical structure, the outer wall of the third hollow cylindrical structure has a fourth thread, and the fourth thread is compatible with the third thread; when the second hollow cylindrical structure rotates, the first hollow cylindrical structure and the third hollow cylindrical structure can be moved in opposite directions to achieve the telescopic movement of the ultrasonic probe.

An intraluminal device is provided. In on embodiment, an intraluminal device includes a flexible elongate member including a proximal portion and a distal portion; an imaging component coupled to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; and a plurality of radiopaque markers positioned at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, wherein the plurality of radiopaque markers are separated from each other, wherein the plurality of radiopaque markers are arranged on the flexible elongate member at two different orientations with respect to the imaging component, and wherein at least a first radiopaque marker of the plurality of radiopaque markers includes an arc-shaped portion and an extended portion extending from the arc-shaped portion.

A system, apparatus and method directed to placing a medical instrument in a patient body, where the system includes the medical instrument having a first optical fiber, a console and an interconnect having a second optical fiber to receive incident light from the console and propagate the incident light to the medical instrument. The interconnect includes a predetermined bend along its length, such that logic of the console may determine a positioning and an orientation of the medical instrument relative to the predetermined bend. Additionally, the logic may generate a display of the medical instrument based on the reflected light signals and the determination of the positioning and the orientation of the medical instrument relative to the predetermined bend, where the display may be rendered as an overlay on an ultrasound image.

A histotripsy therapy system configured for the treatment of tissue is provided, which may include any number of features. Provided herein are systems and methods that provide efficacious non-invasive and minimally invasive therapeutic, diagnostic and research procedures. In particular, provided herein are optimized systems and methods that provide targeted, efficacious histotripsy in a variety of different regions and under a variety of different conditions without causing undesired tissue damage to intervening / non-target tissues or structures.

The approach presented here relates to a determination appliance (100) for determining a viscosity of a fluid. The determination appliance (100) has at least one determination device (110) and a provisioning device (115). The determination device (110) is designed to determine the viscosity of the fluid and / or a rotational speed (ω) of a blade wheel (205) for conveying the fluid by using at least one detected volume flow of the fluid and a detected pressure difference of the fluid. The provisioning device (115) is designed to provide or send a viscosity signal (130) representing the viscosity determined by the determination device (110).

The invention is a delivery catheter, e.g., a guide catheter, having an imaging element in proximity to the distal end of the catheter. Catheters of the invention are able to placement of the catheter in proximity to an ostium, thereby increasing the efficiency of contrast delivery while reducing the risk of ischemia due to blocked blood supply. The invention additionally assists in maintaining catheter position during delivery of a fluid from the catheter, resulting in better performance with less fluid. For example, a catheter of the invention can be used to produce improved fluoroscopic images with less overall contrast. This improvement reduces the risk of an allergic reaction to the contrast while decreasing the length of time for a procedure, i.e., because of a need to re-contrast.

MRI interference with a co-existing ultrasound system may be reduced or avoided by carrying out RF-sensitive operations of the treatment system only when gradient field activity of the MRI system is suppressed.

Disclosed is a system for detecting whether the breast cancer is benign or malignant based on multiple modalities, which comprises: an ultrasonomics model configured to extract breast tumor position information and breast tumor morphological features on the basis of an acquired grayscale breast ultrasound image, perform global interactive fusion on the breast tumor position information and breast tumor morphological feature information, and convert a Transformer encoder-based feature output into an output vector of the corresponding classification dimensions by means of a fully connected layer; a metabonomics model configured to obtain a metabolic fingerprint spectrogram and analyze the metabolic fingerprint spectrogram on the basis of a metabolic database and a predetermined significantly differential metabolite to obtain abnormal metabolic pathways, signal transduction pathways, and related biochemical reactions associated with breast cancer malignancy; and a detection module configured to perform joint modeling, based on the breast tumor position information, the breast tumor morphological features, and a peak value of the significantly differential metabolite of the breast cancer malignancy, to output a prediction result about whether the breast cancer is benign or malignant.

A focused ultrasound device and a method for setting a focused ultrasound treatment sequence thereof are disclosed. When using ultrasonic therapy using mechanical energy, the focused ultrasound device according to an embodiment determines the next focal point position by considering at least one previous focal point position of the focused ultrasound, thereby minimizing thermal rise in the affected area and maximizing the use of mechanical energy.

An apparatus for treating or preventing a valvular disease, said apparatus comprising : - a ultrasound probe (2) located externally to a heart (H) of patient ( P), able to produce ultrasound waves focused inside said heart and suitable to generate, at a focal spot, a pressure sufficient to result in cavitation, - an imaging device (4) for mapping in real time a treatment region (C) of a cardiac valve of the patient, said treatment region comprising at least one leaflet of the cardiac valve, - a controller (5, 7, 8 ) configured for driving the ultrasound probe to emit a sequence of focused ultrasound waves, the controller being further configured for steering the focused ultrasound waves so as to scan the entire treatment region to soften the tissues of the treatment region. A method for treating or preventing valvular disease, carried out using said apparatus.

The invention relates to the technical field of computer vision, and discloses a thyroid ultrasonic robot automatic scanning method, device and equipment based on RGB images and depth information and a medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining image information and depth information, coding the depth information, fusing and recognizing a target scanning area, determining an initial scanning point and an initial scanning direction, controlling the scanning probe to scan and collect a real-time scanning image, analyzing the real-time scanning image to recognize a preset target and an artifact area, adjusting a scanning posture and a scanning path based on a recognition result, monitoring a continuous existence state of the preset target, and stopping scanning when the preset target is not recognized continuously. The target area is identified by fusing the multi-modal image information, the scanning posture and path are dynamically adjusted in combination with real-time image analysis, scanning termination is intelligently controlled according to the target detection result, the positioning accuracy, image quality and standardization level of ultrasonic scanning are improved, and the method is suitable for automatic ultrasonic imaging of thyroid and superficial organs.

The invention discloses an automatic vein and artery puncture control method, which is used for realizing high-precision puncture through precise control, and comprises the following steps of: after determining to start automatic vein and artery puncture control, collecting a blood vessel ultrasonic image; aiming at the target blood vessel ultrasonic image data, establishing a static artery blood vessel detection model based on a lightweight deep network and a target detection algorithm; the blood vessel detection model is used for detecting and positioning blood vessels; collecting a blood vessel image to be detected and positioned in real time, and obtaining the position and category of the blood vessel based on the trained blood vessel detection model; determining a target blood vessel position based on blood vessel positioning and classification, wherein the target blood vessel position is a puncture target position; planning a puncture path based on the target blood vessel position, including vein puncture path planning and artery puncture path planning; and converting the path and the control parameters based on puncture path planning. The invention further discloses a device and a system, which have low requirements on working environment, can adapt to dynamic environment, are convenient to popularize, reduce puncture difficulty and labor intensity and are portable.

Ultrasound devices and systems are disclosed in which cooling of an active acoustic element of an ultrasound transducer is achieved via an electrically conductive member that extends beyond a proximal side of the active acoustic element to contact a heat exchanger. The electrically conductive member delivers electrical driving signals to the active acoustic element while conducting heat to the heat exchanger. A region of the proximal surface of the active acoustic element that is free from contact with the electrically conductive member may also absent from contact with a liquid or a solid, thereby facilitating reflection of ultrasound energy. The heat exchanger may include an electrically insulating fluid that contacts the electrically conductive member to remove the heat conducted through the electrically conductive member. The active acoustic element may be a multilayer lateral mode element, and the electrically conductive member may form an electrode of the lateral mode element.

An intraluminal ultrasound device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into a lumen of a patient, the flexible elongate member comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, an ultrasound imaging assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the ultrasound imaging assembly configured to obtain imaging data while positioned within the lumen of the patient; and a radiating member disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member and in communication with an ultrasound transducer positioned outside of the patient, wherein the radiating member configured to transmit ultrasound energy from the ultrasound transducer within the lumen of the patient to apply an ultrasound therapy. Associated devices, systems and methods are also provided.

An ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe configured to acquire ultrasound images, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon logic that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving ultrasound imaging data from the ultrasound images, identifying a blood vessel from the ultrasound imaging data, tracking a position of a needle tip with respect to the blood vessel, and generating an alert if the blood vessel is an artery and the needle tip is within a perimeter threshold of the artery.

The invention relates to a method for determining a flow rate of a fluid flowing through an implanted vascular assist system, said method comprising the following steps: a) carrying out a first pulsed Doppler measurement at a first pulse repetition rate by means of an ultrasonic sensor of the assist system; b) carrying out a second pulsed Doppler measurement at a second pulse repetition rate by means of the ultrasonic sensor of the assist system, wherein the second pulse repetition rate differs from the first pulse repetition rate; c) determining the flow rate using measurement results of the first pulsed Doppler measurement and the second pulsed Doppler measurement.

Intraluminal ultrasound imaging devices, methods, and systems are provided. Some embodiments of the present disclosure include intraluminal devices configured to navigate and maneuver tortuous vasculature of a patient. For example, an intravascular imaging device can include a flexible support member at a distal portion of the imaging device. The flexible support member may support a plurality of ultrasound transducers and a plurality of control circuits. The flexible support member includes a flexible joint portion between a transducer portion and a controller portion. Introducing a flexible joint portion between the transducer portion and the controller portion can provide for greater flexibility of the imaging device and enable the device to navigate tortuous regions of a patients anatomy.

The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and / or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and / or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and / or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and / or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and / or quantified parameters.

A co-registration system includes a processor circuit that corrects the location of an indicator identifying a radiopaque portion of an intravascular catheter shown in an x-ray image and corrects the shape of a pathway defined by the movement of the radiopaque portion. The processor circuit receives, from the x-ray imaging device, x-ray images of a blood vessel while the intravascular catheter / guidewire moves through the blood vessel. The processor circuit receives, from the catheter, intravascular data representative of the blood vessel while the catheter moves through the blood vessel. The processor circuit co-registers the intravascular data to an x-ray image received from the x-ray imaging device. The processor circuit also displays the location indicator identifying the location of the radiopaque portion of the catheter in each x-ray image. In response to a user input, the processor circuit moves the location indicator to a corrected location. The processor circuit also modifies the shape of the pathway of the catheter in response to a user input. The processor circuit then completes the co-registration process again after either of these changes are made.

The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and / or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and / or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and / or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and / or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and / or quantified parameters.

The present invention discloses an image processing method, including: obtaining a first image and a second image generated when an ultrasound probe is located at different positions, wherein the generation time interval of the first image and the second image is less than a preset time threshold; determining an initial superposition area of ​​the first image and the second image according to a preset mark of the first image and a preset mark of the second image; determining a target image according to a non-artifact area of ​​the first image, a non-artifact area of ​​the second image, and the initial superposition area. By comprehensively utilizing the clear parts of the two images, i.e., the non-artifact areas, a target image without artifacts is obtained through superposition processing, and high-quality monitoring images can be obtained safely and efficiently without raising and lowering the ultrasound probe over a long distance, and without tightly pressing the skin, and it helps to improve the treatment effect. The present invention also discloses an image processing device, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium.

A method and system for determining a regional weakening (RW) value in a blood vessel using ultrasonic imaging. A set of images of a portion of a given patient's body collected over time is received. A set of measurements representing the movement of the tissue of the blood vessel is received, and the set of measurements is determined based on the set of images. The movement of the wall and lumen at least partially indicates strain. A blood flow velocity value in the blood vessel is determined based on a Doppler image, and an RW parameter indicating the state of weakening in a region of the blood vessel is determined based on at least the set of measurements, thrombus burden, and blood flow velocity value. A map showing the circumference of the blood vessel including the regional weakening value and the strain value may be displayed.