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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160106391 | Three Dimensional (3D) Vector Flow Imaging with BiPlane Phased Array Transducer - An ultrasound imaging system ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160015366 | ULTRASOUND VECTOR FLOW IMAGING (VFI) WITH CURVE TRACING - An ultrasound imaging system ( | 01-21-2016 |
20150331103 | Angle Independent Velocity Spectrum Determination - An ultrasound imaging system ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150294495 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PICTOGRAM - An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array with at least one transducer element. The system further includes an echo processor that processes ultrasound echo signals received by at least one transducer element, producing an image of scanned tissue of interest. The system further includes memory that stores a plurality of 3D pictogram, each representing different anatomical regions of a subject. The system further includes a pictogram processor that identifies a 3D pictogram of the plurality of 3D pictogram corresponding to the scanned tissue of interest. The 3D pictogram includes a 3D pictorial representation of an anatomical region including the scanned tissue of interest. The system further includes a display monitor. The system further includes a rendering engine that displays the image and the 3D pictogram via the display monitor. The 3D pictogram is overlaid over a pictogram region of the displayed image. | 10-15-2015 |
20150245812 | Ultrasound Imaging - An ultrasound imaging system ( | 09-03-2015 |
20150126870 | Ultrasound Imaging - A method includes concurrently exciting neighboring pairs of transducer elements of an array for at least two transmits, wherein the array has a focus in a range of ten to twenty centimeters with a f-number of five or less. The method further includes receiving first echoes with individual transducer elements of a first sub-set of the transducer elements for a first of the at least two transmits, and receiving second echoes with individual transducer elements of a second sub-set of the transducer elements for a second of the at least two transmits. The method further includes extracting second harmonics from the echoes of the at least two transmits. The method further includes beamforming the extracted second harmonics. The method further includes generating an image based on the beamformed extracted second harmonics. | 05-07-2015 |
20140343429 | Ultrasound Imaging Console - An ultrasound imaging system includes a beamformer ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140276072 | DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IMAGING - An ultrasound imaging system includes a vector flow imaging processor that processes ultrasound data representing structure flowing through a tubular object and generates vector flow imaging information for a region of interest of the tubular object that is indicative of the structure flowing through a tubular object based thereon and processing circuitry that determines at least one parameter for Doppler imaging based on the vector flow imaging information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140257103 | Three Dimensional (3D) Transverse Oscillation Vector Velocity Ultrasound Imaging - An ultrasound imaging system ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140204699 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM - An ultrasound imaging system includes a probe with a transducer array with at least one transducer element that transmits ultrasound signal and receives echo signals produced in response thereto. The system further includes a console with a controller that controls the at least one element to transmit the ultrasound signals and receive the echo signals, and an echo processor that processes the received echoes and generates images indicative thereof. The system further includes a user interface with at least one control for interacting with the console. The user interface includes at least one recessed physical feature that facilitates identifying, through sense of touch, an operation activated by the at least one control. | 07-24-2014 |
20140050048 | Harmonic Ultrasound Imaging Using Synthetic Aperture Sequential Beamforming - A method includes generating an ultrasound image based on the harmonic components in the received echoes using multi-stage beamforming and data generated therefrom. An ultrasound imaging system ( | 02-20-2014 |
20130261466 | IMAGING TRANSDUCER PROBE - An ultrasound imaging probe includes a housing ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130261456 | VECTOR FLOW ULTRASOUND IMAGING - An ultrasound imaging console includes receive circuitry that receives a set of echoes produced in response to an ultrasound signal traversing blood flowing in a portion of a vessel in a field of view, a beamformer that beamforms the echoes, a velocity processor that determines flow direction and magnitude of the flowing blood based on the beamformed echoes, and a rendering engine that displays the determined flow direction and magnitude. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258805 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING COMPOUNDED ULTRASOUND IMAGES - Disclosed is a method for producing compounded ultrasound images by beamforming a first and a second low-resolution image using data from a first ultrasound emission, beamforming a third and a fourth low-resolution image using data from a second ultrasound emission, summing said first and said third low-resolution image creating a first high-resolution image and said second and said fourth low-resolution image creating a second high-resolution image, wherein the method further comprises computing a first envelope image for said first high-resolution image and a second envelope image for said second high-resolution image, and processing said first envelope image and said second envelope image creating in a first compounded high-resolution image. | 10-03-2013 |
20130201798 | IMAGING TRANSDUCER ARRAY - An imaging transducer ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130158405 | 3D View of 2D Ultrasound Images - A method includes generating a single three dimensional perspective or axonometric image based on at least two two-dimensional intersecting scanplanes. A rendering engine includes a view processor that generates a single three dimensional perspective image based on at least two two-dimensional intersecting scanplanes. An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array, including at least two one dimensional transducer arrays, each receiving echoes corresponding to different intersecting scanplanes, a scan converter that scan converts the echoes into a format for display on a monitor, and a view processor that combines the intersecting scanplanes to form a single three dimensional perspective image. | 06-20-2013 |
20130128691 | MOTION-COMPENSATED ULTRASOUND IMAGES - An echo processor ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130079637 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING ACOUSTIC INFORMATION PRESENTATION - An ultrasound imaging system includes receive circuitry configured to receive an ultrasound echo from structure in a medium being scanned with the ultrasound imaging system, an acoustic processor configured to process the ultrasound echo and generate an acoustic signal indicative of the ultrasound echo, an acoustic output device configured to acoustically present the acoustic signal, and an acoustic diffuser configured to receive and diffuse the presented acoustic signal. | 03-28-2013 |
20130069871 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device ( | 03-21-2013 |
20120238879 | IMAGING PROBE - An imaging probe includes a first nub protruding from an elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing a procedure of the object or subject to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest of the subject or object to image the region of interest with the probe. The imaging probe further includes at least one other nub located on and protruding from the elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing the procedure to facilitate grasping the first nub by the robot apparatus. | 09-20-2012 |
20120174675 | Ultrasound Probe - An ultrasound probe ( | 07-12-2012 |
20110118562 | PORTABLE ULTRASOUND SCANNER - An apparatus includes a plurality of portable scanners and docks. The scanners include first and second configurations to provide different functionality. The docks include at least one of floor, a wall, and a table dock. The scanners are selectively mateable to the various docks. | 05-19-2011 |
20090274577 | STERILIZATION BY TREATMENT WITH REDUCTANT AND OXIDANT - The present invention relates to the field of sterilization of items that are sensitive to e.g. temperature, pH, positive or negative pressure, radiation or oxidation. More particularly, the invention concerns a method, the use of this method and an apparatus for sterilization or disinfection, comprising the steps of contacting one or more item or part of an item with a water-based fluid comprising at least one reductant, followed by the step of contacting with a gas having oxidative properties in a substantially water-free environment. According to the invention, items can be sterilized that are otherwise impaired by conventional sterilization procedures, such as laboratory items, medical items, dental items, military items, biological items, and food processing-related items. | 11-05-2009 |