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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187191 | System and method for equalizing received intravascular ultrasound echo signals A system and method are disclosed for providing an equalized ultrasound echo signal for the rendering intravascular images. The system includes an ultrasound catheter including an ultrasound transducer probe. An intravascular ultrasound console receives an ultrasoun... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187189 | Imaging via blood vessels A method and system are described for generating a signal indicative of an intravascular image received at least partly via a light transducer and invoking circuitry for passing the generated signal out of a subject's body. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187190 | Method and system for configuration of a pacemaker and for placement of pacemaker electrodes Ultrasound imaging methods and systems for assisting a clinician in configuring the operation of a pacemaker and for determining an optimal site for the pacemaker electrode are presented. The methods and systems provide a toolbox for analyzing and optimizing the eff... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172753 | Systems and methods for visualization of an ultrasound probe relative to an object Systems and methods for visualization of an ultrasound probe relative to an object are provided. The system includes an ultrasound probe configured to acquire ultrasound data. The system further includes a display configured to display an ultrasound image based on t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172754 | Ultrasonograph An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section for driving an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a measuring region of a subject, including an arterial vascular wall; a receiving section for... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167806 | Ultrasonograph An ultrasonograph capable of generating a transmission beam having a uniform width over a wide range in an ultrasonic wave propagation direction is provided. A weighted mean value of a plurality of transmission delay time values corresponding to focal lengths of tra... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162836 | System and method for characterizing tissue based upon split spectrum analysis of backscattered ultrasound A system and method are disclosed that facilitate characterizing vascular plaque tissue based upon spectral analysis of intravascular ultrasound echo signal segments. In particular, split spectrum analysis of an integrated backscatter parameter introduces a spectral... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162835 | Ultrasonic image generating method An ultrasonic image generating method for generating an ultrasonic image based on ultrasonic echo data obtained by transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves to/from an inspection object, according to the present invention, includes reference position setting steps for... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157737 | Method and apparatus for real time spatial compound imaging The present invention provides a method and device for spatial compound imaging. The method comprises steps of receiving a component image C(i, j), where i denotes a steering scan cycle, and j a steering angle of the component image; computing a differential image b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157736 | System and method for feature detection in ultrasound images A system and method for feature detection in ultrasound images is disclosed. The method estimates speckle distributions in windows on opposing sides of a pixel of an ultrasound image. The divergence is calculated for the pixel between the estimated speckle distribut... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157738 | Ultrasound signal compression A method and an apparatus for an ultrasound system provide compression of ultrasound signal samples after analog to digital conversion and before beamforming. The analog ultrasound signals received from an array of ultrasound transducer elements are digitally sample... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152724 | Ultrasound guided probe device and method of using same The present invention is directed to devices and methods for use in ultrasound guiding of percutaneous probes during medical procedures. The ultrasound devices of the present invention include an ultrasound transducer. The devices can also include means and methods ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152725 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and image display method thereof A generation unit generates data of a plurality of images whose scan time is different on the basis of an output of the probe. A calculation unit calculates a plurality of index values related to pressure of the probe against the tested body on the basis of a physic... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137278 | System and method for spatial compounding using phased arrays The present invention is directed to a system and method which makes a phased array look like a curved array for purposes of performing spatial compounding calculations. In one embodiment, the phased array is treated as though it were a curved array by creating both... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133181 | Device, system and method to measure abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter Systems, methods, and ultrasound transceivers equipped and configured to execute analysis and extract ultrasound information related to an abdominal aortic aneurysm of a subject are described. The methods utilize algorithms to establish improved targeting of the abd... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123692 | Apparatus, system, and method for adaptively controlling a frame interval between ultrasound scanning frames for an ultrasound elasticity imaging scan An apparatus, system and method for adaptively controlling a frame interval between ultrasound scanning frames of an ultrasound elasticity imaging scan. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting ultrasound beams to a subject during an ultrasound elasticity ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118746 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for recognition helpful to diagnosis by giving and displaying a score serving as an index of diagnosis. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a displacement measuring section (109) for measuring the displacemen... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109878 | Use of coded excitation schemes in the detection and location of a target in a human body such as breast calcifications A method for detecting a target or targets in a medium. The method incorporates generating beams of ultrasonic wave energy each having a modulation envelope and causing each beam of wave energy to impact a target region having a multiplicity of targets and demodulat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8096949 | User interface for ultrasound mammographic imaging Methods and related apparatuses are described for acquiring and displaying ultrasound mammographic image information. The system includes an ultrasound image acquisition device having at least one ultrasonic transducer positionable by a user on breast tissue of a pa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096948 | Method and apparatus for detecting movements of an object using volume change The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for visualizing movements of an object, preferably the movements of blood vessels during the cardiac cycle. The method includes scanning the object by at least a two dimensional ultrasonic image scanning appara... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096950 | Image processing apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a random processing device which adds independent random components to a pixel value of a pixel point on each actual frame corresponding to a given time and a pixel value of a pixel point on each actual frame corresponding to a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092387 | Ultrasonic imaging technique for differentiating the distribution of scatterers within a tissue An ultrasonic imaging technique for differentiating the distribution of scatterers within a tissue comprises a correcting and an imaging procedure. The correcting procedure includes steps of obtaining ultrasonic backscattered signals from a standard phantom, compens... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083678 | System, method and medium for acquiring and generating standardized operator independent ultrasound images of fetal, neonatal and adult organs A system, method and medium for standardizing a manner of acquisition and display of ultrasound images. In one embodiment of the invention, a volumetric image of an organ is acquired in a standardized manner. Relationships such as formulas are utilized to automatica... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083680 | Ultrasound system and method for forming an ultrasound image The present invention is directed to an ultrasound system and a method for reformatting a planar image. The ultrasound system includes a volume data acquiring unit and an image processing unit. The volume data acquiring unit may acquire volume data by transmitting/r... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083679 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus An ultrasonic image capturing apparatus is disclosed for transmitting ultrasonic pulses from an ultrasonic probe in which elements are arranged two-dimensionally to a subject, receiving the ultrasonic pulses reflected by the subject, and displaying a slice image of ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079958 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, data measurement method, and data measurement program An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus by which IMT examination can be efficiently performed by simple processing in a health check. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a signal processing unit for performing at least envelope detection processing on reception... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075486 | Enhanced ultrasound image display Using specialized cardiac catheters for image acquisition, features of the heart are readily identifiable on an ultrasound image, based on a previously generated electrical activation map of the heart. The electrical activation map is automatically registered with t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070683 | Scan conversion for ultrasonic imaging and apparatus using the same A scan conversion method for ultrasonic imaging is disclosed. The method comprises a storage step for storing sample data derived from ultrasonic echo signals into a memory; a conversion step for performing conversion between target coordinate points in a display co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8057392 | Efficient architecture for 3D and planar ultrasonic imaging—synthetic axial acquisition and method thereof An improved device and method for collecting data used for ultrasonic imaging. The data is gathered over numerous transmit and echo receive cycles, or iterations and combined into a synthetic acquisition representing a complete echo characteristic acquisition. At ea... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057393 | Method and device for transmission of a wide-beam in an ultrasonic diagnostic system A method and device for transmission of wide beam in ultrasonic diagnostic systems is disclosed. The method comprises: dividing an aperture of an ultrasonic probe into N sub-apertures; laterally dividing a focus into N sub-focuses, wherein the N sub-apertures corres... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052606 | Balance body ultrasound system The present invention relates to a hand held ultrasound system having a balance body, a transducer assembly connected to said balance body via a communication means and a plurality of control elements arranged in an ergonomic fashion on said balance body, such that ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047992 | Brightness adjustment method and system for 3D ultrasound An ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe, an image-processing part, a received signal intensity-adjusting part, and a display part. The ultrasonic probe three-dimensionally transmits/receives ultrasonic waves. The image-processing part generates... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047991 | Automatic identification of orientation in medical diagnostic ultrasound Orientation is automatically identified in medical diagnostic ultrasound image. An area or volume based process, such as region shrinking or using locations associated with flow or tissue structure, determines a direction or orientation. Real-time imaging in B-mode ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038618 | Ultrasound-imaging systems and methods for a user-guided three-dimensional volume-scan sequence An ultrasound-imaging system and method is provided that permits an operator to acquire an image of a volume-of-interest in a time critical fashion, that is capable of referencing the volume rendering to a standard two-dimensional imaging mode, and permits the opera... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029445 | Method and apparatus for processing ultrasound image signals A method and apparatus for processing ultrasonic image signals is disclosed. The method involves receiving a plurality of input sample values representing reflected sound waves in a ultrasonic system, exponentiating each input sample to produce a plurality of respec... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016759 | Ultrasound system and signal processing unit configured for time gain and lateral gain compensation The present invention provides an ultrasound system, which comprises: a signal acquiring unit to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and acquire an echo signal reflected from the object; a signal processing unit to control TGC (Time Gain Compensation) and LGC... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016760 | Systems and methods for determining organ wall mass by three-dimensional ultrasound An ultrasound system and method to measure an organ wall weight and mass. When the organ is a bladder, a bladder weight (UEBW) is determined using three-dimensional ultrasound imaging that is acquired using a hand-held or machine controlled ultrasound transceiver. T... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7988632 | Method and apparatus for fast 3D ultrasound imaging The present invention provides a method and apparatus for fast 3D ultrasound imaging. The method comprises data acquisition, desired data selection, data smoothing, table construction, ray casting, table look-up, ray synthesis and final result output. The apparatus ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981038 | Sensor guided catheter navigation system A method and a system for producing images of a subject, such as the heart of a human being. The method may comprise acquiring ultrasound images of the subject with a catheter comprising a position sensor. The method may also comprise capturing a plurality of 4D sur... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981037 | Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus which performs ultrasonic diagnosis with respect of a fetal heart. An area change measurement section calculates an area of a specific heart chamber (left ventricle) in the fetal heart in frame units. Further, the area change measur... | 07/19/2011 |
