Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Shrutin Ulman

Anil Shivram Raiker

Vishnu Vardhan Makkapati

Sindhu Priyadarshini Nellur Prakash

Sanjay Jayavanth

Michael Spaeth

Girish Krishnamurthy

Navaneetha Krishnan Santhana Naidu

Ratheesh Narayanan

Pritam Bhosale

Shashidharan Arputha

The invention relates to a method of identifying, from a number of ultrasound images () acquired during an ultrasound examination of a subject (), the ultrasound image best suited to analyze a pre-determined anatomical structure of the subject. The method comprises the steps of (a) Providing a number of ultrasound images () acquired during an ultrasound examination of the subject; (b) Deriving at least one biometric parameter () related to the anatomical structure from a physical examination of the subject, (c) Retrieving a reference image () showing a target view of the anatomical structure (); (d) For each of the number of ultrasound images (), calculating an image similarity index between the ultrasound image and the reference image, (e) For at least the ultrasound image(s) having the best image similarity index, determining () a biometric parameter from the ultrasound image, and calculating a biometric similarity index, i.e. a measure of the agreement between the biometric parameter, as determined from the ultrasound image, and the corresponding biometric parameter as derived from the physical examination; and (f) selecting the optimal ultrasound image based on the biometric similarity index, and optionally on the image similarity index.

Identifying an optimal image from a number of ultrasound images

Peripheral oedema causes a swelling of the legs of a patient due to an abnormal accumulation of fluids in the interstitium of the patient. Oedema is directly related to heart diseases, kidney and liver problems and pathological conditions. As such, is a useful indicator of a person's overall health. Oedema is typically assessed by a subjective manual test administered by a medical professional. As such, an objective assessment of oedema is often difficult to make. The present disclosure concerns a device for tissue condition measurement. The device enables an objective assessment of oedema to be made, by providing to a medical professional, or a medical ancillary worker, with information useful to judge the presence of oedema. This is achieved by performing a photoacoustic analysis of biological components present in the tissue, and then by performing a physical test by advancing a blunt instrument onto the area suspected of oedema, withdraw blunt instrument, and then assessing the depth and/or rebound characteristics of the pit.

Device for tissue condition measurement

Systems and methods for providing phototherapy to infants use a LED-based phototherapy panel designed to fit in an X-ray cassette tray of an incubator.

LED-based phototherapy panel capable of fitting in an X-ray cassette tray of an incubator

A medical system () and method measures hemoglobin level of a subject (). A hemoglobin color scale (HbCS) () is projected into afield of view (FOV) () of an imaging system (). The HbCS () includes a plurality of blood color regions (-), each blood color region (-) corresponding to a hemoglobin level and colored to represent the color of blood at the corresponding hemoglobin level. An image of blood of the subject (), and the projected HbCS, is acquired using the imaging system ().

Medical device or system for measuring hemoglobin levels during accidents using a camera-projector system

A system and method to selectively illuminate (part of) an infant during phototherapy uses an array of collimators and a set of light sources to control impingement of electromagnetic radiation on the infant.

System and method to selectively illuminate an infant during phototherapy

Systems and methods for providing phototherapy to an infant use the determined position and/or posture of an infant to provide effective phototherapy through a set of light sources, to avoid electromagnetic radiation from the light sources directly impinging on the eyes of the infant, and to reduce or limit the level of electromagnetic radiation leaked into the environment.

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Bengaluru, India

Shrutin Ulman