Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh

Thomas Buelow

Rafael Wiemker

Martin Bergtholdt

Kirsten Regina Meetz

Tim Philipp Harder

Cristian Lorenz

Dominik Benjamin Kutra

Stewart Young

Klaus Erhard

Tanja Nordhoff

Thomas Blaffert

Michael Grass

Tobias Klinder

Daniel Bystrov

Steffen Renisch

Axel Saalbach

Hrishikesh Narayanrao Deshpande

Roland Johannes Opfer

Sven Kabus

Joerg Sabczynski

Ingwer-Curt Carlsen

Lina Arbash Meinel

Eberhard Sebastian Hansis

Harald Sepp Heese

Hans Barschdorf

Olga Starobinets

Thomas Koehler

Hanns-Ingo Maack

Irina Waechter-Stehle

Robert Manzke

Gerhard Martens

Heinrich Schulz

Lilla Boroczky

Christian Lorenz

Karsten Sommer

Jörg Sabczynski

Frank Bergner

Torbjoern Vik

Kongkuo Lu

Sebastian Peter Michael Dries

Tom Brosch

Torbjorn Vik

Andre Goossen

Michael Chun-chieh Lee

Johannes Buurman

Ye Xu

Jan-Hendrik Buhk

Ruediger Grewer

Jeremy Drysdale

Bjoern Eiben

David John Hawkes

John Harold Hipwell

Vasileios Vavourakis

Kirsten Meetz

Dominik Berjamin Kutra

Christopher Brian Martel

When performing an imaging scan on a patient, x-ray tube currents are modulated as the scan is performed. The x-ray tube current values and modulations may be recorded and accessed. The accessed values may be processed to generate overlays and displays for identifying patient and diagnostic device issues.

Systems and methods for processing and visualizing tube current modulations in medical imaging devices

An apparatus () for use in conjunction with a medical imaging device () having an imaging device controller () that displays a graphical user interface (GUI) () including a preview image viewport (). The apparatus includes at least one electronic processor () programmed to: receive a video feed () of the GUI displayed on the imaging device controller; extract a preview image () displayed in the preview image viewport from the live video feed of the GUI; perform an image analysis () on the extracted preview image to detect one or more image features () indicative of one or more potential problems associated with a medical imaging examination performed with the medical imaging device; and output an alert () when one or more potential problems associated with the medical imaging examination is detected from the one or more image features.

Instant scout scan checker

An apparatus () for providing image quality feedback during a medical imaging examination includes at least one electronic processor () programmed to: receive a live video feed () of a display () of an imaging device controller () of an imaging device () performing the medical imaging examination; extract a preview image () from the live video feed; perform an image analysis () on the extracted preview image to determine whether the extracted preview image satisfies an alert criterion; and output an alert () when the extracted preview image satisfies the alert criterion as determined by the image analysis.

Systems and methods for immediate image quality feedback

An apparatus () for manually auditing a set () of images having quality ratings () for an image quality metric assigned to the respective images of the set of images by an automatic quality assessment process () includes at least one electronic processor () programmed to: generate quality rating confidence values () indicative of confidence of the quality ratings for the respective images; select a subset () of the set of images for manual review based at least on the quality rating confidence values; and provide a user interface (UI) () via which only the subset of the set of images is presented and via which manual quality ratings () for the image quality metric are received for only the subset of the set of images.

Workload reducer for quality auditors in radiology

An apparatus (), for use in conjunction with a medical imaging device () having an imaging device controller () that displays a graphical user interface (GUI) () including a preview image viewport (), includes at least one electronic processor () programmed to: perform an image analysis () on a preview image displayed in the preview image viewport to generate preview-derived image label information; extract GUI-derived image label information from the GUI excluding the preview image displayed in the preview image viewport; and output an alert () when the preview-derived image label information and the GUI-derived image label information are not consistent.

Real-time digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) label checker

An apparatus including a memory (), a display (), and a processor (). The memory is configured to store a protocol definition module (). The processor is configured to execute the protocol definition module, which causes the processor to display, via the display, an interactive graphical tool () that includes a digital representation of an anatomical model with an interactively generated scan field of view superimposed thereover to create a standard scan protocol for execution by an imaging system, wherein the scan field of view identifies anatomy of the subject to scan for the scan protocol.

Apparatus configured to create a scan protocol with an interactive tool and/or evaluate adherence to the protocol

The invention relates to a system for assessing a pulmonary image which allows for an improved assessment with respect to lung nodules detectability. The pulmonary image is smoothed for providing different pulmonary images (20, 21, 22) with different degrees of smoothing, wherein signal values and noise values, which are indicative of the lung vessel detectability and the noise in these images, are determined and used for determining an image quality being indicative of the usability of the pulmonary image to be assessed for detecting lung nodules. Since a pulmonary image shows lung vessels with many different vessel sizes and with many different image values, which cover the respective ranges of potential lung nodules generally very well, the image quality determination based on the different pulmonary images with different degrees of smoothing allows for a reliable assessment of the pulmonary image's usability for detecting lung nodules. The image quality is used to determine a radiation dose level to be applied for generating a next pulmonary image.

System and method for assessing a pulmonary image

A system and a method are provided for simulating a breast deformation of a subject using sensor data obtained from an orientation sensor of a mobile device, with the orientation sensor being configured for sensing an orientation of the mobile device with respect to a direction of gravity. In accordance with the system and method, model data is accessed which defines a biomechanical model of a breast. A simulation subsystem is provided for obtaining the sensor data from the orientation sensor of the mobile device and for determining a gravitational breast deformation by applying a gravitational force to the biomechanical model in a direction which is defined based on the orientation of the mobile device. A deformed model may be displayed on a display of the mobile device. The system and the method provide an intuitive way of simulating the breast deformation.

Simulating breast deformation

An image processing system, comprising an input interface (IN) for receiving a plurality of input images acquired of test objects. The system further comprises a material type analyzer (MTA) configured to produce material type readings at corresponding locations across said input images (IM(CH)). A statistical module (SM) of the system is configured to determine based on said readings an estimate for a probability distribution of material type for said corresponding locations.

Generation and personalization of a statistical breast model

The present invention relates to a device and method for quality assessment of medical image datasets. To enable an automatic quality assessment of medical image datasets to identify potential errors or deviations that may be avoided in future imaging operations, the device comprises an image input () for obtaining medical image datasets together with respective acquisition information, each medical image dataset being acquired by scanning a field of view, FOV, of an examination object and the respective acquisition information representing information related to the acquisition of the respective medical image dataset; an image analysis unit () for comparing the FOV of an obtained medical image dataset with a reference FOV and for determining difference information indicating deviations of the FOV from the reference FOV; a correlation unit () for determining correlation information indicating correlations between the difference information determined for a plurality of obtained medical image datasets and the respective acquisition information; and an output unit () for issuing the determined correlation information.

Device and method for quality assessment of medical image datasets

The present invention relates to a method of calculating a surgical intervention plan. Based on surface data of the patient, a surface representation of a part of the patient's body is created. From a database, a plurality of surgical methods may be selected and the geometrical parameters of a surgical plan can be adapted based on each individual surgical method. Therefore, the surgeon may easily select, which of the surgical method is appropriate for the planned surgical intervention. Furthermore, the surgical intervention plan which has been adapted according to the finally selected surgical method may then be projected onto the skin of the patient such that a drawing of the incision lines is facilitated. Furthermore, the use of a remotely activatable pen based on the current position of the pen and based on the finally selected surgical plan is presented.

System and method for accurately determining and marking skin incision lines for surgical intervention

The present invention relates to device, system and method for verifying image-related information of a medical image. In order to assure the correctness of the image-related information of the medical image the device comprises an image input () for obtaining a medical image and associated image-related information, a translator () for translating one or more pieces of image-related information into expected anatomical feature information, a detector () for searching the expected anatomical feature information in the obtained medical image or for detecting one or more given anatomical features in the obtained medical image and comparing them with the expected anatomical feature information, an evaluator () for evaluating the result of the detector to generate a consistency measure indicating the consistency of the image-related information with the associated medical image, and an output interface () for outputting an inconsistency indication if the generated consistency measure is lower than a predetermined consistency threshold.

Device, system and method for verifying image-related information of a medical image

The present invention relates to an apparatus for tomosynthesis image reconstruction. It is described to provide () a first projection image data set and a second projection image data set acquired after acquisition of the first projection image data set, wherein, the first projection image data set comprises first projection data, and the second projection image data set comprises second projection data, and wherein the first projection image data set is useable for the reconstruction of a tomosynthesis image of at least a region of interest of a body part and wherein the second projection image data set is useable for the reconstruction of a tomosynthesis image of at least the region of interest of the body part. A subset of the first projection data is selected (). An enhanced image of at least the region of interest of the body part is reconstructed () on the basis of the subset of the first projection data and second projection reconstruction data comprising at least a first subset of the second projection data. Information is output () relating to the enhanced image of at least the region of interest of the body part.

Apparatus for tomosynthesis image reconstruction

An image processing system (IPS) includes an input port (IN) for receiving a surface image of an outer layer (OL) of a current biomechanical assembly (TOR). The surface image is acquired by a surface imaging apparatus (DSC) along at least one imaging direction. The assembly includes relative to the imaging direction behind the outer layer, an inner wall (RC) element coupled from behind to the outer layer. The image processing system further includes a wall estimator (WE) configured to provide an estimate for geometrical data of the inner wall element (RC), the estimate being based on image information as per the surface image.

Chest wall estimation from optical scans

A system and related method for retrieving, for a first image structure (S) in an initial image (IG), a corresponding image structure (S) in a second image (IG). The system accepts as input a location of the first structure (S) in the initial image (IG) along with an additional structure property such as spectral information to so reduce ambiguity.

Retrieval of corresponding structures in pairs of medical images

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