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Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Systems with Transformable Task-optimal Geometry
4 Nov 20
A positron emission tomography (PET) imaging device (10) includes a plurality of PET detector modules (18); and a robotic gantry (20) operatively connected to the PET detector modules.
Chuanyong BAI, Andriy ANDREYEV, Yang-Ming ZHU, Bin ZHANG, Chi-Hua TUNG, Douglas MCKNIGHT
Filed: 29 Nov 18
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Automated Path Correction During Multi-modal Fusion Targeted Biopsy
4 Nov 20
The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods configured to delineate sub-regions of bodily tissue within a target region and determine a biopsy path for sampling the tissue.
AMIR MOHAMMAD TAHMASEBI MARAGHOOSH, PURANG ABOLMAESUMI, PARVIN MOUSAVI
Filed: 6 Jan 19
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Light Based Skin Treatment Device
4 Nov 20
A light-based skin treatment device is for treating skin by laser induced optical breakdown of hair or skin tissue.
BABU VARGHESE, RIEKO VERHAGEN
Filed: 8 Jan 19
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Capacitive Micro-machined Ultrasound Transducer (Cmut) Devices
4 Nov 20
An ultrasound system has a set of CMUT ultrasound transducer devices and a drive circuit for operating the ultrasound transducer devices, for delivering an AC drive signal and receiving a reflected signal.
Antonia Cornelia van Rens
Filed: 28 Apr 20
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Methods of Prognosis In High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
4 Nov 20
The present application mainly relates to a method for determining a prognosis for a subject diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
ANJA VAN DE STOLPE, WILHELMUS FRANCISCUS JOHANNES VERHAEGH
Filed: 30 Apr 20
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Single-point Dixon Method for Fat-water Separation In Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging
4 Nov 20
The invention provides for a medical imaging system (100, 300).
JOCHEN KEUPP, HOLGER EGGERS
Filed: 6 Jan 19
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Apparatus, System, Method and Computer Program for Reconstructing a Spectral Image of a Region of Interest of an Object
4 Nov 20
The invention relates to an image reconstruction apparatus comprising a detector value providing unit for providing detector values for each detector element of a plurality of detector elements forming a radiation detector and for each energy bin of a plurality of predefined energy bins, a correlation value providing unit for providing correlation values, wherein a correlation value is indicative of a correlation of a detector value detected by a detector element in an energy bin with at least one of a) a detector value detected by another detector element in the energy bin, b) a detector value detected by another detector element in another energy bin, and c) a detector value detected by the detector element in another energy bin, and a spectral image reconstruction unit for reconstructing a spectral image based on the detector values and the correlation values.
HEINER DAERR, BERNHARD JOHANNES BRENDEL, AXEL THRAN, ARTUR SOSSIN
Filed: 16 Jan 19
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System to Simulate Outcomes of a New Contract with a Financier of Care
4 Nov 20
A method for managing healthcare information includes selecting a type of outcome under a payer contract with a healthcare organization (HCO), generating a set of similar populations based on information including HCO data, calculating outcomes for the similar populations in the set based on terms and conditions of the payer contract, calculating performance measures for the calculated outcomes, and outputting the performance measure with the calculated outcomes to identify a best outcome under the payer contract for one or more parameters.
Ricardo Alfredo QUINTANO NEIRA, Jennifer CAFFAREL, Ioanna SOKORELI
Filed: 30 Apr 20
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Finite Element Modeling of Anatomical Structure
4 Nov 20
A system and method is provided for generating a finite element (FE) model of an anatomical structure based on a fitted model of the anatomical structure and association data.
Julian Charles NOLAN, Matthew John LAWRENSON, Juergen WEESE
Filed: 21 Jul 20
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Fall Detection Using the Triboelectric Effect
4 Nov 20
The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus for leveraging the triboelectric effect to improve fall detection.
Mark Thomas JOHNSON, Neil Francis JOYE, Warner Rudolph Theophile TEN KATE
Filed: 23 Oct 18
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Electronic Device and Method for Reproducing a Human Perceptual Signal
4 Nov 20
The method of reproducing a human perceptual signal comprises the steps of selecting (7) a human perceptual signal in dependency of a pace of a person (3), adapting (8) the human perceptual signal in dependency of a physical state of the person (3), and reproducing (9) the human perceptual signal.
STEFFEN CLARENCE PAUWS, FABIO VIGNOLI, GERTJAN LEENDERT WIJNALDA
Filed: 21 Jul 20
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Attenuation Correction of Pet Data of Moving Object
28 Oct 20
The invention relates to a system and a method for assisting in attenuation correction of gated PET data of a moving object (2).
Sven KABUS, Andre Frank SALOMON
Filed: 6 Nov 18
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Hair Removal Apparatus
28 Oct 20
A hair-removal apparatus is provided that comprises a hair-removal device with a movable hair-removal component, which comprises at least a first hair-contacting member and a second hair-contacting member, which are movable relative to each other and which are configured and arranged to mutually co-operate for removing hairs by mutually exerting a contact force, a pressing component configured and arranged to generate said contact force by exerting a pressing force on the movable hair-removal component during operation, a skin proximity sensing component, and a force adjusting component.
Sebastian Alexander KINDERMANN
Filed: 12 Jul 20
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Actuator Device and Method
28 Oct 20
An actuator device has a temperature sensing means and a controller adapted to apply a high frequency AC signal to stimulate internal self-heating to thereby maintain a temperature of an actuator member of the device at a certain fixed temperature, this temperature being elevated with respect to an initial temperature of the actuator member.
Achim Hilgers, Daan Anton Van Den Ende, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Ronald Antonie Hovenkamp, Mark Thomas Johnson, Eduard Gerard Marie Pelssers, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens
Filed: 27 Aug 18
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Surgical Port Localization
28 Oct 20
A method, device, and system are provided for placing a port for a surgical tool relative to real-time anatomical data.
ALEKSANDRA POPOVIC, HAYTHAM ELHAWARY, RAYMOND CHAN, ROBERT MANZKE
Filed: 12 Jul 20
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Physiological Signal Processing Apparatus and Method
28 Oct 20
A method and system for analyzing two related physiological signals to determine a time difference between them.
Giulio VALENTI, Warner Rudolph Theophile TEN KATE
Filed: 22 Oct 18
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Method and System of Monitoring Cardiac Activity of a User
28 Oct 20
A method of monitoring cardiac activity of a user is provided.
Alberto Giovanni BONOMI
Filed: 22 Nov 17
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Device, System, and Method for Assessing Intravascular Pressure
28 Oct 20
An apparatus for assessing the severity of stenosis in a blood vessel includes an elongate body including a distal portion and a centering assembly.
Jeremy STIGALL, Joseph LAUINGER
Filed: 12 Jul 20
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a System and Method for Detecting Motion Sickness
28 Oct 20
In order to help reduce the effects of motion sickness, there is provided a method for reducing motion sickness in a subject which comprises acquiring a sequence of video images, extracting measurements of a heart-rate of the subject over a first period of time from the sequence of video images using photoplethysmography (PPG), calculating at least one trend in the measurements, determining a presence of motion sickness when the at least one trend is positive over a first time window, the first time window being included in the first period of time, and generating an event arranged to generate a corrective action.
Murtaza Bulut, Michel Jozef Agnes Asselman, Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Gerrit Maria Kersten
Filed: 21 Nov 18
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Device and Method for Determining Image Parameters for Generating an X-ray Pulse
28 Oct 20
The present invention relates to a device for determining a focal spot size, and/or a pulse duration, and/or an X-ray intensity for an X-ray pulse for a sequential X-ray imaging apparatus, the device (1) comprising: a receiving unit (2); a mode determining unit (3); and a transmitting unit (4); wherein the receiving unit (2) is configured to receive a status signal (24) indicating a motion status of an object of interest (7); wherein the mode determining unit (3) is configured to determine an acquisition mode based on the indicated motion status of the object of interest (7); wherein the acquisition mode defines a focal spot size, and/or a pulse duration, and/or an X-ray intensity for an X-ray pulse for a sequential X-ray imaging apparatus (10); wherein the focal spot size, and/or the pulse duration, and/or X-ray intensity for an X-ray pulse are adapted to the motion status of the object of interest (7); and wherein the transmitting unit (4) is configured to provide a mode signal indicating the determined acquisition mode.
KLAUS JUERGEN ENGEL, FRANCOIS CORNELIUS JOHANNES VAN DAAL, BASTIAAN FEDDES, BERND MENSER, GERHARDUS JOHANNES WISSINK
Filed: 2 Nov 18