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Ultrasound System with Automated Dynamic Setting of Imaging Parameters Based on Organ Detection
18 Nov 21
The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods for ultrasonically inspecting biological tissue.
RAGHAVENDRA SRINIVASA NAIDU, CLAUDIA ERRICO, HUA XIE, HAIBO WANG, SCOTT WILLIAM DIANIS
Filed: 19 Jul 19
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On-body Communication System and Method of Commissioning the Same
18 Nov 21
An on/in-body communication system (10) is described that may include a peripheral, (such as, for example portable, unit (12)) and body-mountable unit (20).
Ashoka Sathanur VISWESWARA, Mohammed MEFTAH, Mark Thomas JOHNSON
Filed: 11 Oct 19
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Multi-range HDR Video Coding
18 Nov 21
At least some applications in the total HDR video chain desire some more sophisticated approach, such as a high dynamic range video encoder (900), arranged to receive via an image input (920) an input high dynamic range image (MsterHDR) which has a first maximum pixel luminance (PB_C_H50), the encoder being arranged to receive via a metadata input (921) a master luma mapping function (FL_50t1), which luma mapping function defines the relationship between normalized lumas of the input high dynamic range image and normalized lumas of a corresponding standard dynamic range image (Im_LDR) having a maximum pixel luminance of preferably 100 nit, characterized in that the encoder further comprises a metadata input (923) to receive a second maximum pixel luminance (PB_CH), and the encoder further being characterized in that it comprises: —a HDR function generation unit (901) arranged to apply a standardized algorithm to transform the master luma mapping function (FL_50t1) into a adapted luma mapping function (F_H2hCI), which relates normalized lumas of the input high dynamic range image to normalized luminances of an intermediate dynamic range image (IDR) which is characterized by having a maximum possible luminance being equal to the second maximum pixel luminance (PB_CH); an IDR image calculation unit (902) arranged to apply the adapted luma mapping function (F_H2hCI) to lumas of pixels of the input high dynamic range image (MsterHDR) to obtain lumas of pixels of the intermediate dynamic range image (IDR); and an IDR mapping function generator (903) arranged to derive on the basis of the master luma mapping function (FL_50t1) and the adapted luma mapping function (F_H2hCI) a channel luma mapping function (F_I2sCI), which defines as output the respective normalized lumas of the standard dynamic range image (Im_LDR) when given as input the respective normalized lumas of the intermediate dynamic range image (IDR); the encoder being further characterized to have as output: the intermediate dynamic range image (IDR), as first metadata the second maximum pixel luminance (PB_CH), as second metadata the channel luma mapping function (F_I2sCI); and as third metadata the first maximum pixel luminance (PB_C_H50).
RENATUS JOSEPHUS VAN DER VLEUTEN, RUTGER NIJLAND, JOHANNES YZEBRAND TICHELAAR
Filed: 22 Aug 19
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System and Method for Imaging and Tracking Interventional Devices
18 Nov 21
The present invention generally improves image guidance during interventional procedures by imaging and tracking an interventional device using two or more imaging elements with different field of views.
KUNAL VAIDYA, SHYAM BHARAT, MAN NGUYEN
Filed: 15 Jan 18
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Mock-up Antenna and Coil System
18 Nov 21
It is an object of the invention to address the above mentioned issues related to image quality and patient positioning.
MATTI OSKARI TILLANDER
Filed: 7 Aug 17
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Shaving System with Shaving Device and Cleaning Device
18 Nov 21
A shaving system comprising a shaving device and a cleaning device (14) is disclosed, wherein the shaving device comprises a main housing and a shaving unit coupled to the main housing, wherein the main housing accommodates an electric actuator and a first drive unit drivable by the electric actuator, the shaving unit comprising at least one hair-cutting unit and a second drive unit coupled to the first drive unit and to the hair-cutting unit such that the hair-cutting unit is drivable by the electric actuator via the first and second drive units; wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a supporting structure (15) for supporting the shaving device, and a receiving space (28) for receiving the shaving unit when the shaving device is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (15); and wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a reservoir (32) for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit (48) for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir (32) to the receiving space (28); wherein the shaving device comprises a driving coupling member which is accessible from an outside of the shaving device and drivable by the shaving device; wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a driven coupling member (30) which is accessible from an outside of the cleaning device (14), and a third drive unit (50) coupled to the driven coupling member (30) and to the fluid pumping unit (48) such that the fluid pumping unit (48) is drivable by the driven coupling member (30); and wherein the driving coupling member and the driven coupling member (30) are arranged such that, in the cleaning position of the shaving device, the driven coupling member (30) is coupled to the driving coupling member such that the fluid pumping unit is drivable by the driving coupling member.
Reinder Niels LAP, Ernst HUPKES
Filed: 10 Dec 19
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Pre-surgical Risk Stratification Based on PDE4D7 and DHX9 Expression
18 Nov 21
The invention relates to a method of pre-surgical risk stratification of a prostate cancer subject, comprising determining a gene expression profile for phosphodiesterase 4D variant 7 (PDE4D7) in a biological sample obtained from the subject, determining a gene expression profile for DExH-box helicase 9 (DHX9) in the same or another biological sample obtained from the subject, and determining a pre-surgical prognostic risk score for the subject based on the gene expression profile for PDE4D7 and the gene expression profile for DHX9.
George Baillie, Ralf Dieter Hoffmann
Filed: 11 Oct 19
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Optical Fiber Sensor, Optical System and Method of Optically Interrogating an Optical Fiber Sensor
18 Nov 21
The present invention relates to an optical fiber sensor, comprising an optical fiber having embedded therein at least one fiber core (14, 16, 18, 20) extending along a length of the optical fiber, the at least one fiber core having a plurality of single fiber Bragg gratings (40, 42, 44) arranged in series along the at least one fiber core (14, 16, 18, 20), wherein each fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) has a single reflection spectrum around a single reflection peak wavelength when interrogated with light in an untrained state of the at least one fiber core (14, 16, 18, 20), wherein the reflection peak wavelengths of the single reflection spectra are different from fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) to fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) along the at least one fiber core.
Gert Wim 'T HOOFT, Eibert Gerjan VAN PUTTEN, Jeroen Jan Lambertus HORIKX, Anna Hendrika VAN DUSSCHOTEN
Filed: 30 Aug 19
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Alignment of Breath Sample Data for Database Comparisons
18 Nov 21
A method (RT_A) for synchronizing data for a plurality of gas samples, e.g. breath samples, with volatile organic compounds.
JOHANNES WEDA, TEUNIS JOHANNES VINK, HUGO HUBERTUS KNOBEL, TAMARA MATHEA ELISABETH NIJSEN
Filed: 17 Jan 18
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Motion-compensated Image Reconstruction
18 Nov 21
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object (10).
TIM NIELSEN, JAN HENDRIK WUELBERN
Filed: 14 Oct 19
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Multi-piece Mono-layer Radiation Detector
18 Nov 21
The present invention relates to a radiation detector (100) comprising: i) a substrate (110); ii) a sensor, which is coupled to the substrate, the sensor comprising a first array (120) of sensor pixels, a second array (130) of signal read-out elements, and an electronic circuitry which is configured to provide image data based on signals received from the signal read-out elements; iii) a transducer, which is coupled to the substrate and to the sensor, the transducer comprising a third array (140) of subpixels, wherein at least two subpixels are assigned to one sensor pixel; wherein the second array of signal read-out elements and the third array of subpixels correspond to each other; wherein each of the subpixels comprises a radiation conversion material.
JOHANNES WILHELMUS MARIA JACOBS, ROLF KARL OTTO BEHLING, ROGER STEADMAN BOOKER, GEREON VOGTMEIER, ONNO JAN WIMMERS
Filed: 10 Sep 19
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Haptic Input Text Generation
18 Nov 21
Methods and systems for generating text from a haptic-based input.
Oladimeji Feyisetan FARRI, Junyi LIU, Sheikh Sadid AL HASAN, Vivek Varma DATLA
Filed: 11 Jun 19
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Generation of Pseudo Radiographic Images from Optical Images
18 Nov 21
The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 300) comprising a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120) and an image transformation neural network (122) trained for transforming an optical image (124) of a subject (318) into an output image (126).
ERKKI TAPANI VAHALA
Filed: 25 Sep 19
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Imaging System and Imaging Method
18 Nov 21
According to an aspect, there is provided an imaging system (1) for imaging of subjects.
Erik Gosuinus Petrus SCHUIJERS, Rieko VERHAGEN, Jonathan PALERO
Filed: 6 Dec 19
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Determining 3-D Facial Information of a Patient from a 2-D Frontal Image of the Patient
18 Nov 21
A method of identifying a particular mask for a patient for use in delivering a flow of breathing gas to the patient is carried out by first receiving a 2-D frontal image of the patient.
Praveen Kumar Pandian Shanmuganathan, Richard Andrew Sofranko, Anthony Vincent Startare
Filed: 28 Apr 21
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Method and System for Cancer Stage Annotation Within a Medical Text
18 Nov 21
A method (100) for generating a standardized cancer stage from a text-based source using an annotation system (400), comprising: (i) extracting (130), by a stage annotator, information from the text-based source relative to a stage of the patients cancer to generate cancer annotations; (ii) identifying (140), by a disease annotator, information from the text-based source indicative of a type of cancer; (iii) extracting (150), by a stage synonym annotator, information from the text-based source synonymous with a cancer to generate cancer annotations; (iv) converting (160), by a stage canonicalizer, the cancer annotations from the stage annotator and the stage synonym annotator to a standardized cancer stage; and (v) reporting (170) the standardized cancer stage, the report comprising the standardized cancer stage, the cancer annotations extracted sources from the text-based source, and/or the location of each of the cancer annotations within the text-based source.
Qingxin Wu, Woei-Jye Yee, Robbert Christiaan van Ommering, Samuel Frank Pilato
Filed: 27 Aug 19
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Device, System and Method for Monitoring a Subject
18 Nov 21
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for monitoring a subject.
THOMAS MARIA FALCK, TEUN VAN DEN HEUVEL, ANGELA GRASSI
Filed: 18 Oct 19
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On-body Sensor System
18 Nov 21
An on-body sensor system (30) comprises at least two skin interface units (32, 34) for coupling signals into and out of the body, with one of the units being for placement at a known location.
Ashoka Sathanur VISWESWARA, Mark Thomas JOHNSON, Mohammed MEFTAH
Filed: 15 Oct 19
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System and Method for Detecting Adverse Medication Interactions Via a Wearable Device
18 Nov 21
The present patent application relates detecting adverse medication interactions using a wearable device.
Vikram DEVDAS
Filed: 31 Oct 19
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System and Methods for an Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Based Approach for Predictive Medication Adherence Index (Mai)
18 Nov 21
A method for training an adherence model, the method including: extracting data for a group of individuals (510), wherein the extracted data includes demographic data (205) and clinical data (210); training a linear regression model (520) using a set of hyperparameter pairs (L1, Alpha) (515), wherein the linear regression model produces an adherence index based upon the extracted data, further including: for each hyperparameter pair (L1, Alpha) in the set of hyperparameter pairs, training the linear regression model using a training data set to produce a linear regression model for each hyperparameter pair (L1, Alpha) and calculating a performance metric R2 for the resulting model based upon a validation data set (525), wherein the training data set is a subset of the extracted data and the validation data set is a subset of the extracted data that is different from the training data set; and identifying the linear regression model with the largest performance metric R2 (530).
Rithesh Sreenivasan, Rose Ramasamy, Shiva Moorthy Pookala Vittal Bhat
Filed: 14 Nov 19