35results about "Ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnostics" patented technology

The invention provides an ultrasonograph having excellent operability and mobility that are achieved by allowing, during operation and movement of the device at a standing position of the user, an operation panel to be compactly placed on the upper surface of the casing and also allowing, during operation of the device in a sitting position of the user, the operation panel to be disposed forward. The ultrasonograph has a body casing (100) having movement wheels (101), an operation device (200) having an operation switch group (400), and a movable arm (300) for connecting the body casing (100) and the operation device (200). The body casing (100) has a tilt surface (103) tilted rearward from the front surface to the upper surface. The movable arm (300) movably supports the operation device (200) through a lifting function mechanism part (301). The lifting function mechanism part (301) moves the operation device (200) from a first attitude (Q1) up to a second attitude (Q2) through a movement path above the tilt surface (103) with the attitude of the operation device (200) maintained. In the first attitude (Q1), the operation device (200) is located above the tilt surface (103), within a projection area of the body casing (100). In the second attitude (Q2), the operation device (200) is located below the tilt surface (103), allowing at least a part of the operation device (200) to protrude from the body casing (100).

A method of manufacturing an ultrasound transducer for an ultrasound imaging device including a plurality of transducer elements arranged in a two dimensional array on a single carrier of semi-conductor material including the step of providing a buffer layer between the carrier and a layer including piezo electrical material, the buffer layer having a thickness arranged for dicing each of the plurality of transducer elements on the carrier.

A method for locating and visualizing a target (C) in relation to a focal point (F2), in a mammal, particularly a human body, including the steps of forming an ultrasound probe mobile in space, mechanically independent of a treatment system and located by a remote locating system, ensuring the simultaneous recording firstly of an ultrasound image in which the image of the target appears, and secondly of the position of the ultrasound probe, in the recorded ultrasound image, selecting the position of the image of the target to determine the virtual position of the target (C), simultaneously determining firstly the position of the focal point (F2) by means of the remote locating system, and secondly the position of the means displacing the target and/or treatment system, and calculating the displacement values for the displacing means, to cause the virtual position of the target (C) to coincide with the focal point (F2).

Fibrin-binding peptides having high binding affinity and excellent physical characteristics compared to previously known fibrin-binding peptides are provided. These fibrin-binding peptides may be conjugated to a detectable label or a therapeutic agent and used to detect and facilitate treatment of pathological conditions associated with the presence of fibrin such as thrombic, angiogenic and neoplastic conditions. These peptides may be used in imaging processes such as MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine imaging (e.g. PET, scintigraphic imaging., etc.). The peptides may also be used therapeutically. The present invention also provides processes and methods for making and using such peptides and conjugates thereof.

Generally, systems, methods, and apparatus related to the use of a dynamic imaging modality in an image guided intervention are disclosed herein. More specifically, the use of such modalities in sealing a bodily opening, such as those that may be formed during an invasive medical procedure are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes viewing a representation of an instrument within a body of a patient, adjusting a position of the instrument based on the viewing such that a portion of the instrument is at a location within the body of the patient, and delivering a sealant via the instrument to the location within the body of the patient. The sealant is configured to seal an opening in the body part.

Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of clearly depicting areas of noteworthy hardness. In order to clearly depict 3-dimensional elasticity images of the area of noteworthy hardness, frequency is counted for each magnitude of the elasticity value for the elasticity data configuring the volume data, and elasticity values in a prescribed range which is determined on the basis of frequency, are converted to be large and elasticity values outside the prescribed range are converted to be small. By rendering the post-conversion volume data, the large elasticity values of areas of noteworthy hardness are integrated and 3-dimensional elasticity images are generated.

A structure extracting unit extracts a structure from a three-dimensional medical image, and a view point determining unit determines a view point position and a direction of line of sight of a virtual endoscopic image. An image generating unit calculates a distance between the view point position and the extracted structure, changes an opacity defined in a color template depending on the distance, and generates, from the three-dimensional medical image, a virtual endoscopic image containing the structure shown according to the color template with the changed opacity viewed from the view point position in the direction of line of sight. A display control unit displays the thus generated virtual endoscopic image on a WS display.

The invention discloses a data optimization method, a device thereof and an ultrasonic platform, wherein the method, the device and the ultrasonic platform belong to the field of medical diagnosis imaging. The method comprises the steps of acquiring first image data which are generated in performing diagnosis on a body part by handheld ultrasonic equipment; determining an optimization mode which corresponds with the part; acquiring attribute information of display equipment which is connected with the handheld ultrasonic equipment; optimizing the first image data according to the optimizationmode and the attribute information, and obtaining second image data, wherein the display equipment is used for displaying the second image data. According to the data optimization method, influence factors of part and displaying effect to image displaying are comprehensively considered; and a problem of low image displaying effect caused by a fact that the image data are calibrated according to the Gamma curve is settled, thereby improving image displaying effect.

The invention discloses an intelligent height measuring instrument which comprises a mobile phone terminal 1, a distance measuring device, and a horizontal reference rod 2 installed on the distance measuring device. The distance measuring device is connected with the mobile phone terminal 1, and is a structure according to which a distance measuring processing chip 4, an ultrasonic transducer 6, a buzzer 7, an LED indicator light 8 and a horizontal angle transducer 9 are fixedly installed in a shell 3. The ultrasonic transducer 6, the buzzer 7, the LED indicator light 8 and the horizontal angle transducer 9 are electrically connected with the distance measuring processing chip 4 respectively. The horizontal reference rod 2 is fixedly installed on the shell. The intelligent height measuring instrument has the advantages of being easy to operate, capable of automatically adjusting balance and recording data and high in practicability.

The invention relates to an opto-acoustic-ultrasonic united imaging device for precisely measuring the thickness of melanoma. The opto-acoustic-ultrasonic united imaging device comprises a computer control and imaging system, a laser emitting system, a time delay module, an FPGA control and signal processing system, a digital-analog converter, an ultrasonic receiving/emitting unit and a handheld dual-mode integrated detector, wherein pulse triggering of the laser emitting system is divided into two paths; one path is directly contacted with the FPGA control and signal processing system to acquire an opto-acoustic signal; the other path is contacted with the FPGA control and signal processing system through the time delay module to acquire an ultrasonic signal; the thickness of melanoma can be precisely measured by using generated opto-acoustic images and ultrasonic images. The invention further relates to an opto-acoustic-ultrasonic united imaging method for precisely measuring thickness of melanoma. By using the imaging device and the imaging method, the thickness of melanoma at different stages can be precisely measured in a non-destructive mode, the imaging device is small in size, possibility of rapid clinical detection is provided, and the imaging device and the imaging method belong to the technical field of opto-acoustic-ultrasonic imaging measurement.

A photoacoustic and ultrasonic endoscope includes an optical fiber, a light diffuser configured to radially diffuse a laser beam transmitted through the optical fiber, and an array transducer having a cylindrical shape and surrounding the light diffuser, the array transducer being configured to transmit the diffused laser beam therethrough and to generate an ultrasonic wave or detect an ultrasonic wave generated by an object to be examined.

Disclosed herein is ultrasonic scanning apparatus and method for diagnosing a bladder. The ultrasonic scanning apparatus includes a transducer, a transducer support, an analog signal processing unit, a display unit, a central control unit, a first stepping motor, a second stepping motor, and a drive control unit. The transducer emits ultrasonic signals for respective scan lines and receives ultrasonic signals reflected from an object. The transducer support configured such that the transducer is fixedly installed therein. The analog signal processing unit converts the ultrasonic signals into digital signals. The display unit outputs specific image signals. The central control unit performs image processing on the digital ultrasonic signals, outputs the results of the processing to the display unit, and controls the overall operation of the apparatus. The first stepping motor rotates in a first direction. The second stepping motor rotates in a second direction. The drive control unit controls the operation of the first and second stepping motors in response to drive control signals provided from the central control unit.

The invention relates to a couplant applicator with a scraper. The couplant applicator with the scraper comprises a body, wherein the body is formed by a head portion and a handhold portion, an inner cavity is formed in the body, a liquid adding hole is formed in the upper surface of the body, an elastic air bag is connected with the lower surface of the handhold portion, the elastic air bag is communicated with the inner cavity of the body, miniature holes are evenly formed in the lower surface of the head portion, and the scraper is connected with the rear side face of the head portion. The couplant applicator with the scraper is simple in structure; due to the facts that the handhold type structure is adopted, the elastic air bag is pressed to quantitatively squeeze couplant out, and the couplant is smeared on the surface of the skin, operation is easy and convenient, and efficiency of medical treatment is improved; due to the fact that the scraper is added, and is used for smearing the couplant to be flat, smearing evenness of the couplant is improved, and finally the detection effect of a probe is improved; due to the fact that a perspective window is arranged, the remain of the couplant can be conveniently marked, and convenience is provided for an operator.

The invention belongs to the field of auxiliary tools for medical devices. When a patient lies to have an abdominal B ultrasonic examination, power is supplied to a voltage regulator by using the power supply of a B ultrasonic machine, and the regulator controls the voltage transported to heating pipes, so that the heating pipes produce required heat, and heat the abdomen of the patient through an anti-scalding partition plate to realize local heating and prevent a cold or diarrhea. The B ultrasonic examination local heater comprises the B ultrasonic machine, an examination bed, the voltage regulator, an S-shaped supporting pipe, an thermal insulation protective cover, a knob, the anti-scalding partition plate, a heating pipe base, the heating pipes and a heating pipe bracket.

The invention provides a color value obtaining method and device and a spatial compound imaging method and device. A color value calculating method comprises that a neighbor pixel point satisfying a preset neighborhood condition is determined for a to-be-solved pixel point in a to-be-solved image; according to the distance from the neighbor pixel point to the to-be-solved pixel point, a weight value of the neighbor pixel point relative to the to-be-solved pixel point is determined; and according to the weight value as well as a color value of the neighbor pixel point, a color value of the to-be-solved pixel point is calculated. According to embodiments of the invention, high-frequency information of original collection signals can be reserved as possible while it is ensured that the to-be-solved image is smooth and continuous, and the contrast resolution of the to-be-solved image is improved. Computational complexity in calculating the color value of the image can be reduced.

A medical image output system includes: a medical image transferring apparatus and plural medical image forming apparatus. Each medical image forming apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image formable region information. The transferring apparatus includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining the stored image formable region information; a determination unit for determining an image formation size based on the obtained image formable region information; a unit for expanding or contracting the received medical image data according to the determined image formation size; and a transfer unit for transferring the expanded or contracted image data to the medical image forming apparatus.

The invention relates to an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and an image-information management apparatus. According to one embodiment, the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an image memory, an output-information creating unit, and a control unit. The image memory associates and stores an ultrasound image and a first image that is set in accordance with a schematic image representing a portion imaged onto the ultrasound image and a positional image indicating a scanning position with ultrasound when creating the ultrasound image. The output-information creating unit creates a second image based on a shape of the first image stored by the image memory. The output-information creating unit then creates an image that image information extracted from the ultrasound image associated with the first image is superimposed onto the created second image, as output information. The control unit performs control of outputting the output information created by the output-information creating unit to an external device.

The invention discloses an ultrasonic three-dimensional image display method and a display device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a touch operation of a user on a screen; in accordance with pressure of the touch operation, determining an image erasing depth, and conducting erasing treatment on a three-dimensional image in accordance with the erasing depth; and displaying the three-dimensional image which is subjected to the erasing treatment. With the implementation of the display method and the display device, the user can regulate erasing parameters in real time by virtue of the touch operation and can intuitively regulate the erasing parameters in accordance with the displayed image which is subjected to the erasing treatment, so that the image with an appropriate depth can be displayed without setting the erasing parameters for several times.

The invention discloses an elastic imaging method and device for measuring anisotropic elastic properties of nerves. The method includes the following steps: allowing a subject to adopt a certain fixed body position, and keeping the body position stable; respectively placing an ultrasonic probe along a nerve fiber direction and a direction perpendicular to the nerve fiber direction; in the above two cases, emitting simulation to the nerves in a certain way; performing imaging on nerve fiber/nerve cross sections by using the ultrasonic probe at a certain pulse repetition frequency, and obtaining a particle velocity field by a signal processing process; and further obtaining nerve wave propagation in two cross sections, and analyzing the wave propagation signals to obtain results for characterizing anisotropy of the nerves to be tested. The method can characterize the anisotropic elastic properties of the superficial peripheral nerves with larger diameters in a non-destructive, non-invasive and quick manner, the measured parameters can quantitatively describe the anisotropy of the nerves, and early diagnosis of nerve-related diseases can be performed.

The invention discloses a wound detecting and medicine-applying nursing device. The wound detecting and medicine-applying nursing device comprises a bottom plate, wherein a mounting plate is connectedto the surface of the bottom plate through electric telescopic rods, an ultrasonic detector is arranged on the bottom end of the mounting plate, light-supplementing lamps are arranged on two sides ofthe ultrasonic detector, a liquid storage box is arranged inside the bottom plate, the liquid storage box is connected with a water pump through a pipeline, the water pump is connected with an external spray pipe through a pipeline, a liquid storage tank is arranged on the surface of the bottom plate, and partition plates are arranged on the liquid storage tank. For the wound detecting and medicine-applying nursing device, the light-supplementing lamps are turned on, meanwhile, the water pump is enabled to work, so that a spray head washes the wound of a patient, medical staff can conveniently observe the wound condition of the patient, the ultrasonic detector is used for examining the inside of the wound of the patient, then a display on a PLC displays corresponding images, thus the observation of the medical staff is convenient, the operation is simple, and the use of the medical staff is convenient.