公开(公告)号：US12213834B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US16953072

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Daniela Marisa Fredrick ,  Charles Baumgartner ,  Brian Lee Bircumshaw ,  Joseph Michael Adam

IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract: Described are acoustic absorber materials with high acoustic attenuation and high thermal conductivity comprising an inorganic, porous foam and an absorbing material within at least a portion of the pores of the foam, ultrasound transducers and devices including the same, as well as methods of making the materials.

公开(公告)号：US20250022585A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18351719

申请日：2023-07-13

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Kyle Gavin Sawyer ,  Zahin Hasan Prangon ,  Ertugrul Alemdar

IPC: G16H40/20 ,  G16H10/60 ,  G16H30/20 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: An apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The apparatus including a memory storing logic corresponding to a medical data forwarding engine (MDFE), and one or more processors to execute the logic to perform operations including: accessing encoded medical information compliant with a medical signal handling protocol, the encoded medical information from a medical computing system of a medical facility network, wherein the encoded medical information includes one of a medical data file or a medical file fragment; preprocessing the encoded medical information by making the encoded medical information compliant with a networking communication protocol compatible with a web interface of a network external to the medical facility network (external network); and forwarding, after preprocessing, the encoded medical information to the external network based on the networking communication protocol.

公开(公告)号：US12061257B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17272901

申请日：2019-12-20

Applicant: eXo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Miles Wernick ,  Sandeep Akkaraju ,  Drake Guenther ,  Kutay Ustuner ,  Yusuf Haque

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89

CPC classification number: G01S15/8977 ,  G01S7/52077 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S7/52096 ,  G01S15/8979

Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer-implemented medical ultrasound imaging methods, and systems for performing the methods, that comprise forming a first frame of an ultrasound image sequence with high image quality; forming at least one frame of the ultrasound image sequence with reduced image quality; forming a second frame of the ultrasound image sequence with high image quality; and improving the quality of the at least one frame of the ultrasound image sequence with reduced image quality using the first and/or the second frames of the ultrasound image sequence with high quality. In some cases, the improvement of the quality of the at least one frame of the ultrasound image sequence with reduced image quality is achieved by application of machine learning.

公开(公告)号：US12053330B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17356262

申请日：2021-06-23

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan Strode ,  Rajeev Sivadasan ,  Gordon Sasamori

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B06B1/06 ,  G01S15/89

CPC classification number: A61B8/58 ,  B06B1/0207 ,  B06B1/0292 ,  B06B1/0622 ,  G01S15/8915 ,  B06B2201/40 ,  B06B2201/51 ,  B06B2201/55 ,  B06B2201/76

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for testing transducers and associated integrated circuits. In some cases, a method or system described herein can comprise modulating a bias voltage using a test signal in order to produce a modulated bias voltage signal useful in testing a plurality of transducers of a transducer array in parallel.

公开(公告)号：US20240164755A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18556854

申请日：2023-03-02

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Masood DEHGHAN ,  Xuebin QIN ,  Dornoosh ZONOOBI

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G16H30/40 ,  G16H50/50

CPC classification number: A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/466 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  G16H30/40 ,  G16H50/50

Abstract: A method for cross-referencing of 2D ultrasound scans of a tissue volume comprises generating first and second 2D representations of a target anatomy, respectively, from first and second series of 2D ultrasound images of the tissue volume generated. The method includes generating first and second simulated 2D representations of the target anatomy, respectively, from the second and first series of 2D ultrasound images. The 2D and simulated 2D representations are processed to at least substantially match pixel positions in the 2D and simulated 2D representations associated with the target anatomy. The method includes determining first and second correspondence transformation matrices from the processed 2D and simulated 2D representations, and using the first and second correspondence transformation matrices to determine, for a location in the second series of 2D ultrasound images associated with the target anatomy, a corresponding location in the first series of 2D ultrasound images.

公开(公告)号：US11951512B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17218656

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: eXo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Haesung Kwon ,  Brian Bircumshaw ,  Sandeep Akkaraju

IPC: B06B1/06 ,  G01H11/08 ,  G01N29/24 ,  B06B1/02 ,  H10N30/20

CPC classification number: B06B1/0622 ,  G01H11/08 ,  G01N29/2406 ,  B06B1/0292 ,  H10N30/2047

Abstract: Described are micromachined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) with convex or concave electrodes, which have enhanced pressure amplitude and frequency response behavior when driven at fundamental and harmonic frequencies, as well as methods of making the same.

公开(公告)号：US20240094386A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18520636

申请日：2023-11-28

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Sandeep AKKARAJU

IPC: G01S15/58 ,  G01S7/52

CPC classification number: G01S15/586 ,  G01S7/52053 ,  G01S7/52079 ,  A61B8/4254

Abstract: Disclosed herein are portable ultrasound imaging systems for thumb-dominant operations comprising: a portable ultrasound probe, wherein the portable ultrasound probe is configured to be operable using a first hand of the user; a mobile device comprising a mobile application installed thereon, the mobile application comprising a user interface, the mobile application configured to be operable using a second hand of the user and; and direct electronic communication between the portable ultrasound probe and the mobile device, the direct electronic communication configured to allow a user to control an operation of the portable ultrasound probe for imaging via user interaction with the user interface

公开(公告)号：US20240000429A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18369832

申请日：2023-09-18

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Yusuf HAQUE ,  Sandeep AKKARAJU ,  Janusz BRYZEK ,  Brian BIRCUMSHAW

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  B06B1/06 ,  G01S7/52 ,  H10N30/88 ,  H10N30/00 ,  H10N30/20 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/14 ,  B06B1/02 ,  G01S7/521 ,  G01S15/89

CPC classification number: A61B8/4494 ,  B06B1/0692 ,  G01S7/52079 ,  H10N30/88 ,  H10N30/1051 ,  H10N30/2047 ,  H10N30/2048 ,  A61B8/0883 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  B06B1/0238 ,  B06B1/0629 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  A61B8/546 ,  B06B1/0662 ,  G01S7/521 ,  G01S15/8925 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/488 ,  B06B1/0215 ,  A61B8/4427 ,  A61B8/4472 ,  B06B2201/76

Abstract: An imaging device includes a two dimensional array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric layer; a bottom electrode disposed on a bottom side of the piezoelectric layer and configured to receive a transmit signal during a transmit mode and develop an electrical charge during a receive mode; and a first top electrode disposed on a top side of the piezoelectric layer; and a first conductor, wherein the first top electrodes of a portion of the piezoelectric elements in a first column of the two dimensional array are electrically coupled to the first conductor.

公开(公告)号：US20230355210A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18222364

申请日：2023-07-14

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Yusuf Haque ,  Sandeep Akkaraju ,  Janusz Bryzek ,  Brian Bircumshaw

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/08 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B06B1/06 ,  G01S7/521 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89 ,  H10N30/00 ,  H10N30/20 ,  H10N30/88

CPC classification number: A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/488 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/546 ,  B06B1/0215 ,  B06B1/0238 ,  B06B1/0629 ,  B06B1/0662 ,  B06B1/0692 ,  G01S7/521 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52079 ,  G01S15/8925 ,  H10N30/1051 ,  H10N30/2047 ,  H10N30/2048 ,  H10N30/88 ,  A61B8/0883 ,  B06B2201/76 ,  A61B8/4427 ,  A61B8/4472

Abstract: An imaging device includes a two dimensional array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric layer; a bottom electrode disposed on a bottom side of the piezoelectric layer and configured to receive a transmit signal during a transmit mode and develop an electrical charge during a receive mode; and a first top electrode disposed on a top side of the piezoelectric layer; and a first conductor, wherein the first top electrodes of a portion of the piezoelectric elements in a first column of the two dimensional array are electrically coupled to the first conductor.

公开(公告)号：US11779309B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17294689

申请日：2019-11-19

Applicant: Exo Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Koosha Pourtahmasi Roshandeh ,  Dornoosh Zonoobi ,  Abhilash Rakkunedeth ,  Masood Dehghan ,  Jacob Jaremko

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G06N3/02

CPC classification number: A61B8/483 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  G01S15/8915 ,  G01S15/8993 ,  G06N3/02

Abstract: A method may include generating a series of two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound images of the tissue volume associated with a plurality of positions along a scanning direction of the tissue volume; estimating, for each pair of consecutive 2D ultrasound images of the series of 2D ultrasound images, a distance between the positions associated with the pair of consecutive 2D ultrasound images based on a classification of a difference image generated from the pair of consecutive 2D ultrasound images using a deep neural network to produce a plurality of estimated distances associated with the plurality of pairs of consecutive 2D ultrasound images, respectively; modifying the number of 2D ultrasound images in the series of 2D ultrasound images based on the plurality of estimated distances to produce a modified series of 2D ultrasound images; and rendering the 3D ultrasound image of the tissue volume based on the modified series of 2D ultrasound images.