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Method and System for Combined Dna-rna Sequencing Analysis to Enhance Variant-calling Performance and Characterize Variant Expression Status
15 Dec 22
A method (100) for characterizing variant expression status for variants identified from a genomic sample, comprising: (i) obtaining (110) DNA sequencing data for the genomic sample; (ii) obtaining (110) RNA sequencing data for the genomic sample, wherein the obtained RNA sequencing data further comprises expression data for each variant; (iii) merging (130) the aligned DNA and RNA sequencing data into a merged alignment; (iv) identifying (140) a plurality of variants relative to the reference genome to generate a set of variants; (v) characterizing (150) an RNA-editing and/or expression status for each of at least a plurality of variants, wherein the expression status comprises one of a plurality of allele-specific expression categorizations comprising expression information for an alternative allele of the variant and expression information for a reference allele of the variant if there is one; and (vi) generating (160) a report comprising the characterized expression status for the variants.
Yee Him CHEUNG, Jie WU, Nevenka DIMITROVA
Filed: 5 Nov 20
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an Apparatus and Method for Grinding Coffee
8 Dec 22
An apparatus for grinding coffee is described.
Kasper Roelof Loopstra
Filed: 20 Oct 20
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging System with Intentional Gradient Noise
8 Dec 22
The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system (10), comprising at least one gradient coil (20), and a processing unit (30).
Steffen WEISS, Michael Günter HELLE, Nagaraju BUSSA, Mark Thomas JOHNSON, Rajendra Singh SISODIA
Filed: 16 Oct 20
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Processing Physiological Signals to Determine Health-related Information
8 Dec 22
A system and method for managing the care of a patient includes receiving (410) physiological signals of a patient; extracting (440) respiration information from the physiological signals; determining a vital sign of the patient by: using (450, 460) the respiration information to determine portions of the physiological signals, or of vital sign information extracted from the physiological signals, that correspond to the expiration phase of the respiratory cycle; determining (470) a vital sign of the patient using only the portions of the physiological signals, or of the vital signal information, that correspond to an expiration phase of the respiratory cycle; and displaying an indication of the determined vital sign at an output device.
ROBERT ANTHONY ROMANO
Filed: 14 Oct 20
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Assessment of Measured Tomographic Data
8 Dec 22
Disclosed herein is a medical instrument (100, 300, 400, 500) comprising: a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120) and a tomographic data assessment module (122) and a processor (106) configured for controlling the medical instrument.
Maurice Leonardus Anna Stassen, Thomas NETSCH
Filed: 17 Nov 20
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Method for Assessing a Position of a Patient to an Automatic Exposure Control Chamber
8 Dec 22
Method for assessing a position of a patient with respect to an automatic exposure control chamber, AEC chamber (11, 12), for a medical exam, wherein a patient is positioned between an X-ray source and the AEC chamber (11, 12); comprising the steps:—acquiring (S10) an X-ray image (32) of at least part of the patient, wherein the AEC chamber is configured for detecting a radiation dose of the X-ray source;—determining (S20), by the control unit, a position of the AEC chamber (11, 12) with respect to the patient from the acquired X-ray image (32);—determining (S30), by the control unit, an exam protocol performed on the patient dependent on the medical exam to be performed on the patient and determining, by the control unit, an ideal position of the AEC chamber (11, 12) with respect to the patient dependent on the exam protocol, wherein the ideal position relates to a position of the patient relative to the AEC chamber (11, 12), in which the detected radiation dose is reliable for the medical exam; and—determining (S40), by the control unit, a position deviation of the position of the AEC chamber from the ideal position of the AEC chambers; characterized in that determining, by the control unit, the position deviation comprises the steps:—segmenting at least an anatomical structure (21, 22) of the patient in the X-ray image (32) thereby determining at least one segmented anatomical structure (21, 22); and—determining the position deviation dependent on the at least one segmented anatomical structure (21, 22);—determining an overlap of the at least one segmented anatomical structure (21, 22) with the AEC chamber (11, 12); and—determining the position deviation dependent on the determined overlap.
TIM PHILIPP HARDER, THOMAS BUELOW, STEWART YOUNG, JENS VON BERG, SVEN KROENKE, DANIEL BYSTROV, ANDRÉ GOOSSEN
Filed: 16 Oct 20
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Intraluminal Ultrasound Imaging Device Comprising a Substrate Separated into a Plurality of Spaced-apart Segments, Intraluminal Ultrasound Imaging Device Comprising a Trench, and Method of Manufacturing
8 Dec 22
An intraluminal ultrasound imaging device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient.
Ronald DEKKER, Vincent Adrianus HENNEKEN, Marcus Cornelis LOUWERSE, Aslihan ARSLAN CARISEY
Filed: 15 Aug 22
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Medical Imaging Device to System Connection
8 Dec 22
An ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe comprising an ultrasound transducer array.
Zan Chishti, Hoi-Cheong Steve Sun
Filed: 22 Oct 20
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Ultrasonic Shearwave Imaging with Patient-adaptive Shearwave Generation
8 Dec 22
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system acquires different kinds of pilot images showing different characteristics of a region of a body where shearwave measurements are performed.
Unmin Bae, Vijay Thakur Shamdasani
Filed: 11 Aug 22
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New Multi-functional Fluidic Device for Clamping Biopsies
8 Dec 22
A fluidic device (1) comprises a flow chamber (2) for accommodating a biological specimen on a carrier portion (3) and at least one flow channel (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) fluidly connected to the flow chamber (2), the fluidic device (1) having a layered structure comprising a bottom plate (5), a cover plate (6) and an insert (7) in between, the insert (7) comprising the carrier portion (3) and a frame portion surrounding the carrier portion (3), and being elastomeric in order to be able to clamp a biological specimen between an incision in the carrier portion (3).
Lucas Johannes Anna Maria Beckers
Filed: 13 Nov 20
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Magnetic Resonance Volume Coil with Multiple Independent Transmit Receive Channels
8 Dec 22
An ultra-high field radio-frequency (RF) transmit/receive apparatus radio-frequency (RF) transmit/receive apparatus for magnetic resonance (MR) systems, may include: a dipole-array based volume coil (2) with a plurality of straight dipole antennas (3); at least three circular conducting rings (4, 5, 6) radial surrounding the dipole-array based volume coil (2), the at least three circular conducting rings (4, 5, 6) being substantially parallel with each other, having a plurality of ports (9, 10) for receiving a set of quadrature drive signals, the RF coil apparatus further comprising at least two independent transmit/receive (T/R) RF channels (11, 12, 13, 14) for driving the dipole-array based volume coil (2) and the at least three circular conducting rings (4, 5, 6).
Zhiyong Zhai, Paul Royston Harvey
Filed: 30 Oct 20
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Dixon-type Water/fat Separation MR Imaging
8 Dec 22
The invention relates to a method of Dixon-type MR imaging of an object (10) placed in an examination volume of a MR device (1).
Holger EGGERS
Filed: 11 Sep 20
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Apparatus and Method for Controlling a System of Resources
8 Dec 22
An approach is proposed for managing human operators (22), the approach comprising managing power delivery to sensor components (24) carried by the human operators based on a need for the human operators for performing a task.
CORNELIS PETRUS HENDRIKS, MURTAZA BULUT, LIEKE GERTRUDA ELISABETH COX, VALENTINA LAVEZZO
Filed: 21 Oct 20
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Device and Method for Secure Communication
8 Dec 22
Some embodiments are directed to secure communication with a server from a device.
Hendrik Jaap BOS, Elias ATHANASOPOULOS, Radhesh Krishnan KONOTH, Kaveh RAZAVI
Filed: 3 Nov 20
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Combining Model Outputs into a Combined Model Output
8 Dec 22
The invention relates to a prediction system (100) for applying multiple trained models to an input instance, for example, for detection or segmentation of objects in a medical image.
IRINA FEDULOVA, FEDOR MUSHENOK, HANS-ALOYS WISCHMANN
Filed: 4 Nov 20
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Constrained Training of Artificial Neural Networks Using Labelled Medical Data of Mixed Quality
8 Dec 22
The invention relates to a method (100) for supervised training of an artificial neural network for medical image analysis.
SVEN KROENKE, JENS VON BERG, DANIEL BYSTROV, BERND LUNDT, NATALY WIEBERNEIT, STEWART YOUNG
Filed: 9 Nov 20
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Image Acquisition Visuals for Augmented Reality
8 Dec 22
Various embodiments of the present disclosure encompass a visual image sequence controller (40) for controlling an augmentation of a visual imaging sequence acquisition of an interventional imaging sequence in a rendered augmented view of an image-guided intervention by an augmented reality device (30).
Markus Johannes Harmen DEN HARTOG, Javier OLIVAN BESCOS
Filed: 11 Nov 20
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Medical Device Digital Twin for Safe Remote Operation
8 Dec 22
A control system (10) for controlling a medical imaging device (12) includes: an electronic controller (18) including controller memory (26) and a controller display (24).
Thomas Erik AMTHOR, Joachim Dieter SCHMIDT
Filed: 11 Nov 20
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Method and System for Recommendation of Disease-related Resources
8 Dec 22
Proposed are concepts for generating recommendations of disease-related resources in different geographical regions.
Mengzhu XU, Junzeng FU, Mengzhe TAO, Yi ZHOU
Filed: 5 May 22
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Computer Implemented Method for Automated Analysis of the Bias In Measurements Performed on Medical Images of an Anatomical Structure
8 Dec 22
The invention is directed to a computer implemented method for automated analysis of the bias in measurements performed on medical images of an anatomical structure.
Marcus Schreckenberg, Alexandra Blitz, Michael Blankenhagen, Georg Schummers, Alexander Rossmanith, Sabrina Zoernack, Hendrik Wiebel, Daniel Stapf
Filed: 30 Sep 20