Systems and devices for an integrated imaging system with real-time feedback loops and methods therefor

• US 9,277,879 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2015
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wenzel Spine, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ortho Kinematics, Inc.
• Inventors: Deitz, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): BHATNAGAR, ANAND P
• Application Number:
  US14/828,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20150351667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 204 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/374 NMR or MRI
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/376 using X-rays, e.g. fluoroscopy
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/17 Comprising radiolucent components
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2576/00 Medical imaging apparatus involving image processing or analysis A61B1/00009, A61B6/52 and A61B8/52 take precedence; image processing per se G06T; details of algorithms for analysing medical images G06T7/0012
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1128 using image analysis A61B5/1127 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4528 Joints A61B5/4533, A61B5/4538 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4561 Evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back curvature A61B5/1116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/702 Posture restraints
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/704 Tables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/04 Positioning of patients; Tiltable beds or the like operating tables A61G13/00; operating chairs A61G15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/0487 Motor-assisted positioning
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/469 for selecting a region of interest [ROI]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/505 for diagnosis of bone
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/547 involving tracking of position of the device or parts of the device
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51

Abstract

An integrated imaging system is invented for creating an optimal imaging session by importing information in real time from several sources and using that information to automatically and continuously adjust the parameters of the imaging session so as to create the optimal session for the prescribed testing session.

Claims

1. A system measuring skeletal joint motion in a subject comprising:

a) a motion device adapted and configured to continuously move a joint of the subject, the motion device comprising;

a platform base, and

a motion platform further comprising a static platform connected to an upper surface of the platform base, a movable platform connected to at least one of the static platform or an upper surface of the platform base, wherein the static platform is adjacent the movable platform wherein movement of the movable platform is achieved in operation by a motor in communication with the moveable platform;

b) an imaging device in communication with the motion device adapted and configured to obtain imaging data; and

c) a computing system adapted and configured to analyze the obtained imaging data to generate an instruction and then communicate the instruction to at least one of the motion device and the imaging device wherein the computing system is configurable to

receive information from at least one of the motion device and the imaging device during an imaging session;

analyze the received information during the imaging session;

determine whether a target anatomy is within a field of view during the imaging session;

evaluate a position of the imaging device, a position of the motion device, a radiographic imaging technique, and a geometric configuration of a collimator;

determine whether a change to one or more of a position of the imaging device, a position of the motion device, a radiographic imaging technique, and a geometric configuration of a collimator will bring the target anatomy within the field of view; and

instruct at least one of the motion device and imaging device to change an imaging environment automatically and continuously during the imaging session to maintain the target anatomy within a field of view by one or more of changing the position of the imaging device, changing the position of the motion device, changing the radiographic imaging technique, and changing the geometric configuration of the collimator.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the imaging device is an X-ray tube and image intensifier with dosage control.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the imaging device is a magnetic resonance scanner.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the platform is a laterally moveable platform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the movable platform is situated on a support which lies on the upper surface of the platform base.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the imaging device is an X-ray tube and image intensifier with dosage control.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the imaging device is a magnetic resonance scanner.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a control arm for driving movement of the moveable platform.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising a processing system.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the motion device is adapted to communicate motion information to the imaging device during use.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein continuous adjustments are made to an imaging environment.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the instruction changes an aspect of an imaging field.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the instruction changes a movement of a motion device.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein a range of motion of the motion device is based on a selected target motion for a patient.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein a range of motion of the device is based on a gross motion of a patient.