36 results about "Brain scanning" patented technology

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for analyzing neurological images. A set of brain scans for a patient is compared to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify regions of interest in the set of patient scans. A region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality. A set of electronic medical literature sources is searched for medical literature relevant to the regions of interest in the set of patient scans. The relevant medical literature is correlated to the medical literature describing the regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the regions of interest in the set of patient scans. A result is generated. The result comprises the regions of interest and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature are outputted.

A method to automatically align magnetic resonance (MR) brain scans for diagnostic scan planning, including: acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) localizer image of a patient; selecting a two-dimensional (2D) coronal view and a 2D transverse view from the localizer image; identifying a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) line in each of the coronal and transverse views and calculating a 3D MSP based on the MSP lines; reconstructing the localizer image based on an equation for the 3D MSP to obtain an image of the MSP of the patient's brain; identifying crista galli (CG) and tip of the occipital bone (TOB) in the image of the MSP of the patient's brain; calculating a transformation matrix based on the MSP, CG and TOB in the image and using the transformation matrix to obtain a scan plan for the patient; and outputting the scan plan for the patient.

An brain scanning apparatus having a scanner device and a host computer. The scanner radiation detectors detect radiation emitted from a desired portion, or slice, of a brain source. The scanner device contains microprocessors and code which control the movement of the radiation detectors and performs the data acquisition over a number of slices and transmits this data to the host computer. The host computer initiates a scan by sending desired setup parameters to the scanner device and instructing the scanner to begin collecting data. During the scan, acquired data is sent to the host computer and spooled to a hard disk. The computer can be instructed to perform a slice by slice reconstruction of the source brain while the scan is taking place in order to produce a 2-dimensional reconstruction of the mapped brain. A complete 3-dimensional reconstruction of all the compiled slices is performed and visually displayed after acquisition of all the required slices.

Described is a mobile in vivo brain scan and analysis system. The system includes a data collection subsystem and a data analysis subsystem. The data collection subsystem is formed to collect brain data that is reflective of firing neurons in a mobile subject and transmit the brain data to the data analysis subsystem. The data analysis subsystem is configured to generate and display a three-dimensional image that depicts a location the firing neurons. The data analysis subsystem is also configured to compare the brain data against a library of brain data to detect an anomaly in the brain data, and notify a user of any detected anomaly in the brain data.

Patients are provided between brain scans with a single diagnostic dose of a chemical agent that can bind specifically through the molecule or provide a well-characterized molecular effect on mammalian hosts, including humans. The method generally includes at least one pre-dose scan of the subject, followed by a waiting period of time before a second post-dose diagnostic scan. Diagnostic scans can be routine in themselves or can be of multimodal variety. The comparison (in difference or ratio form) between the data or the extracted features before and after the diagnostic dose represents the level of the subject's brain by molecular specificity. The resulting data can be used to evaluate cases of medical fraud and to make return-to-work decisions for brain and soft tissue injuries, for which decisions have traditionally been somewhat subjective in nature.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for evaluating a brain scan using reference data. Specifically, the systems and methods include a computed tomography (CT) scanner for the purpose of diagnosing concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI). The system includes a multi-energy x-ray source (i.e., spectral CT), a photon counting x-ray detector, and a content-aware computer aided diagnostic (CAD) algorithm designed to detect imperceptible changes indicative of structural and physiological damage caused by a concussive event by comparing raw volumetric datasets of baseline (healthy) reference scan data to patient scan data taken after a concussive event.

The invention provides a treatment device for severe brain patients, comprising a main body, one end of the main body is fixedly connected with a brain detection analyzer, and both sides of the main body are fixedly connected with an ultrasonic treatment device, and the ultrasonic treatment device is arranged close to the brain detection and analysis device; the upper part of the main body is close to the One end of the brain detection analyzer is provided with a head positioning device, the head positioning device includes a neck adjustment structure detachably connected with the main body, and the head end of the neck adjustment structure is detachably connected with an acupoint positioning structure; the neck adjustment structure includes The neck follow-on support is detachably connected to the main body, the head end of the neck follow-on support is detachably connected to the acupoint positioning structure, the tail end of the neck follow-on support is fixedly connected with a shoulder bracket, and the neck follow-on support An adjustment unit is arranged on the top; the adjustment unit and the acupoint positioning structure are respectively electrically connected to a controller. The invention can precisely adjust the angle of the patient's brain, and can obtain accurate scanning data or treatment angle during brain scanning or treatment.

The invention discloses a method and system for automatically extracting the extracting magnetic resonance image corpus callosum. The method comprises the steps of according to a midsagittal plane T1 weighted nuclear magnetism brain image, determining a brain outline threshold value and a corpus callosum threshold value; performing threshold segmentation on the image according to the brain outline threshold value and the corpus callosum threshold value to respectively obtain a brain outline binary image and a corpus callosum binary image; respectively performing margin tracing on the brain outline binary image and the corpus callosum binary image to acquire a brain outline position and a corpus callosum margin cluster; establishing a decision tree, and screening marginal information to determine a corpus callosum region; determining an angle of inclination and a central position of a brain scanning line set according to the corpus callosum region. By means of the method and system, the corpus callosum in the midsagittal plane T1 weighted nuclear magnetism brain image can be extracted automatically, automatic regulation of the scanning line set during brain scanning can be completed according to information on the corpus callosum and the like, scanning efficiency is increased, no manual regulation is needed, time and labor are saved, an strong practicability is achieved.

The invention discloses a brain scanning instrument applied to detection of Alzheimer's diseases. The brain scanning instrument comprises a scanning frame, a scanning cavity formed in the scanning frame, a scanning bed, a deformation structure and a movable frame; the scanning bed comprises a base, a bed board which is arranged on the base and can move forwards and backwards and a driving part fordriving the bed board to move forwards and backwards, and the bed board can penetrate through the scanning cavity when moving forwards; the deformation structure is used for controlling the bed boardto deform from a straight bed board state to a seat state; the bed board is provided with an accommodating cavity, and the movable frame capable of moving leftwards and rightwards is placed in the accommodating cavity and can be used for directly moving a patient from a hospital bed to the bed board. According to the brain scanning instrument, the bed board can be deformed into the seat state, the patient can be conveniently kept on the bed board with a sitting posture, and the workload and work intensity of medical staff are reduced; through the arrangement of the movable frame, on one hand,the workload and work difficulty of the medical staff are reduced; on the other hand, the patient always lies on a mattress during movement, and the comfort is high.