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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157734 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a transmission and reception unit, a blood flow image generating unit, a Doppler spectrum image generating unit and a scanning sequence setting unit. The transmission and reception unit transmits first and second ultrason... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8016758 | User interface for medical imaging including improved pan-zoom control An ultrasonic image scanning system for scanning an organic object that includes a display system for displaying a scanned image of the organic object in a plurality of display modes wherein the display system further includes a user input device sensor for sensing ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7846098 | Automatic optimization for ultrasound medical imaging Methods and systems are provided for automatic optimization for ultrasound medical imaging. In one approach, velocity values are unwrapped to avoid aliasing artifacts. Multi-dimensional phase unwrapping is applied to the velocity data. The unwrapped velocity informa... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7549961 | System and method supporting imaging and monitoring applications The present invention is directed to a system and method in which a portable medical device supports simultaneous imaging and monitoring applications. This portable device includes an external controller for receiving a PDA/MDA via a communication bus. An ultrasound... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7371218 | Immersive portable ultrasound system and method A portable ultrasound system provides immersive viewing of images. A small, lightweight scope includes a transducer and a display. The display is adapted for viewing ultrasound images close to the eye of the user, such as within five inches or a couple feet of the e... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354400 | Ultrasonographic method and ultrasonographic device An ultrasonographic method includes: a first encoding transmission/reception step for transmitting an ultrasonic beam encoded by an encoding set consisting of a plurality of modulation codes in which at least two are in complementary relationship and demodulating re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7310636 | Shortcut enabled, context aware information management A context aware, shortcut enabled system of presenting information through a user interface, implementing memory prostheses and context-oriented changes in meanings of shortcuts. Embodiments include selecting a context, receiving a shortcut entered through the user ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289596 | Radiation tomography apparatus and scan condition setting device The quality of an image can be improved and radiation can effectively be utilized. In an imaging area of a subject where a main scan is performed, a specific scan area setting unit sets a specific scan area where a scan is performed under a specific scan condition a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280681 | Method and apparatus for generating a combined parameter map In a method and apparatus for generating a combined parameter map from a number of individual, initial parameter maps that contain values of various parameters dependent on the position (x, y), for each of the initial parameter maps and for each position, the signal... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278969 | Ultrasonic observation system An ultrasonic observation system of the invention includes a long ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic sending and receiving portion, which can send and receive ultrasonic, and a holding portion, as a rotation operating portion, which can rotate the ultrasonic prob... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278968 | Ultrasonograph An ultrasonograph is provided wherein the decrease of the density of the stabilized microbubble contrast agent in a desired body target area can be inhibited, radiating ultrasonic energy required for satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio and sufficient frame rate, wher... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263587 | Unified memory controller A unified memory controller (UMC) is disclosed. The UMC may be used in a digital television (DTV) receiver. The UMC allows the DTV receiver to use a unified memory. The UMC accepts memory requests from various clients, and determines which requests should receive pr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258674 | Ultrasonic treatment and imaging of adipose tissue A system for the destruction of adipose tissue utilizing high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) within a patient's body. The system comprises a controller for data storage and the operation and control of a plurality of elements. One elements is a means for mappin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248727 | Method and apparatus for displaying images of an object A region of interest is selected in an input image, such as a digital or analog image form a mammography apparatus. Display parameters for the input image or a part thereof are determined as a function of the region of interest. The image or a part thereof is displa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244230 | Computer aided diagnostic assistance for medical imaging Various attributes for medical CAD analysis used alone or in combination are disclosed, including: (1) using medical sensor data and context information associated with the configuration of the medical system to provide recommendations for further acts to be perform... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245746 | Ultrasound color characteristic mapping An ultrasound machine is disclosed that displays a color representation of moving structure, such as a cardiac wall tissue, within a region of interest on a monitor. The color representation is generated by displaying at least one color characteristic corresponding ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239907 | Diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and operation controlling method thereof By using the input unit, a condition previously regarded necessary, for example, some parameter values of a plurality of frequencies are registered as a group. The registered parameter values are stored in a memory within the apparatus setting condition controlling ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236816 | Biopsy and sampling needle antennas for magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsies Herein is disclosed a magnetic resonance imaging antenna, including an inner conductor, an outer shield slideably displaceable with respect to the inner conductor, and an insulator electrically insulating the inner conductor from the outer shield. Herein is disclose... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233268 | Multi-stage sample rate converter Architectures of multi-stage sample rate converters are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a received signal with a higher sampling rate is converted to a lower sampling rate. To prevent aliasing in the resultant signal, an anti-aliasing fi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233619 | Variable general purpose compression for video images (ZLN) Methods, medium, and machines which compress, enhance, encode, transmit, decompress and display digital video images in real time. Real time compression is achieved by sub-sampling each frame of a video signal, filtering the pixel values, and encoding. Real time tra... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229411 | Imaging, therapy, and temperature monitoring ultrasonic system An ultrasonic system useful for providing imaging, therapy and temperature monitoring generally comprises an acoustic transducer assembly configured to enable the ultrasound system to perform the imaging, therapy and temperature monitoring functions. The acoustic tr... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224139 | Servo driver and encoder signal processing IC A servo driver (3) includes: an input section (11) for input-specifying the type of an encoder (7) at the side of an actuator (2); a control section (13) for generating a control signal (12) according to the type input; and ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223242 | Ultrasound imaging system The present invention is directed to an ultrasound imaging system and method for Doppler processing of data. The ultrasonic imaging system efficiently addresses the data computational and processing needs of Doppler processing. Software executable sequences in accor... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194297 | Impedance-matching apparatus and construction for intravascular device Intravascular device for matching impedances of portions of an intravascular circuit and limiting RF signal-induced heating of intravascular conductors. An intravascular device includes alternating conductive and dielectric layers and an electrically conductive coil... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189208 | Method for measuring heart electrophysiology A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169108 | CW beam former in an ASIC The present invention relates to a continuous wave Doppler beam former application specific integrated circuit (CW-ASIC). The beam former may be a transmit or receive beam former. In one mode the CW-ASIC applies to a continuous wave Doppler beam former application s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7142703 | Methods and software for self-gating a set of images Methods and software for self-gating a set of images. In exemplary embodiments, a fundamental heart frequency of the patient can be measured without the use of an ECG signal. In one method, the fundamental heart frequency can be determined by analyzing the size of t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142905 | Visual imaging system for ultrasonic probe A non-invasive visual imaging system is provided, wherein the imaging system procures an image of a transducer position during diagnostic or therapeutic treatment. In addition, the system suitably provides for the transducer to capture patient information, such as a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131947 | Volumetric ultrasonic image segment acquisition with ECG display A three dimensional ultrasonic imaging system acquires volume segments of a wide field of view volume image in coincidence with an ECG waveform. The ECG waveforms acquired during acquisition of the volume segments are displayed in a comparative display in which a di... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7103205 | Breast cancer screening with ultrasound image overlays An adjunctive ultrasound mammography system and associated methods are described in which an ultrasound image being displayed near an x-ray mammogram image may be superimposed thereon or thereunder by a user for facilitating rapid comprehension of breast structures ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7081092 | Methods and apparatus for monitoring and quantifying the movement of fluid Methods, systems and devices are provided for monitoring and quantifying the movement of fluid in a target region. Generally, an imaging agent is introduced into a target region through fluid flow. The imaging agent in the target region is then disrupted using appro... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074187 | System and method for improving ultrasound image acquisition and replication for repeatable measurements of vascular structures High resolution B-mode ultrasound images of the common carotid artery are obtained with an ultrasound transducer using a standardized methodology. Subjects are supine with the head counter-rotated 45 degrees using a head pillow. The jugular vein and carotid artery a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052459 | Method and apparatus for controlling ultrasound systems A method and system providing control of an ultrasound system with a user interface is provided. The user interface for controlling the ultrasound system includes a plurality of selectable elements for controlling operation of the ultrasound system and a plurality o... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050610 | Method and system for improving the spatial resolution for strain imaging A method and system for quantification of strain imaging is disclosed. The method and system comprises performing a motion analysis on the at least two regions of interest. The method and system further includes providing a strain estimate for each of the at least t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044913 | Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an ultrasound probe, a transmitter (including a transmitting pulse generator and a transmitting beamformer), a receiver (including a preamplifier and a receiving beamformer), a CFM processor (including a moving-element sig... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041058 | Medical diagnostic imaging system and method for efficient access of data The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic imaging system and method for efficient access of data. In one preferred embodiment, a medical diagnostic imaging system is provided comprising a software application, a text file, and a softwar... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022067 | System and method for controlling in vivo camera capture and display rate Systems and methods which vary the frame capture rate of the camera and/or frame display rate of the display unit of in vivo camera systems are discussed. The capture rate is varied based on physical measurements related to the motion of the camera. Alternatively, t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020312 | Method of determining at least one contour of a left and/or right ventricle of a heart The invention relates to a method of determining at least one contour of a left and/or right ventricle of a heart from at least one image of the heart, for example, an image as acquired by means of MR imaging, in which there are determined start parameters which are... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006862 | Graphical user interfaces and methods for retrospectively gating a set of images Graphical user interfaces and methods for displaying ECG, slice images and a reconstruction projection image of the slices. In exemplary embodiments, the graphical user interfaces and methods facilitate the selection of slice images that are taken during a quiet par... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6979295 | Automatic color gain adjustments A system for automatically adjusting color gain of an ultrasound image. Image data passes through a wall filter and is processed into a time-gain compensation curve. Values of the time-gain compensation curve are multiplied with corresponding image data values to co... | 12/27/2005 |
