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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038619 | Motor driver for ultrasound system A motor driver for an ultrasound system is provided. The ultrasound system includes a transmitter and receiver, both communicatively coupled to a transducer array of an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound system further includes a digital motor driver for controlling m... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7985182 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image acquiring method A measurement data processing device measures a size of a diagnostic region from a tomographic image as two-dimensional information. An ROI width determining device determines a size of a region of interest based on the size (lateral width and longitudinal width) of... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7824338 | Apparatus for two-dimensional transducers used in three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging A single chip transducer apparatus that includes on-chip electronic circuitry which, when connected properly to a two-dimensional matrix of ultrasonic transducer elements, provides enough information to an external imaging system to form three-dimensional images of ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7699782 | Extended, ultrasound real time 3D image probe for insertion into the body An ultrasound imaging probe for real time 3D ultrasound imaging from the tip of the probe that can be inserted into the body. The ultrasound beam is electronically scanned within a 2D azimuth plane with a linear array, and scanning in the elevation direction at righ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7393325 | Method and system for ultrasound treatment with a multi-directional transducer A method and system for ultrasound treatment utilizing a multi-directional transducer to facilitate treatment, such as therapy and/or imaging or other tissue parameter monitoring, in two or more directions. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a multi-directi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7356172 | Methods and systems for motion tracking Systems and methods are described for tracking motion in a medical imaging system. The methods use landmark sets including hard landmarks and soft landmarks. The systems can include means for generating a landmark set, means for constructing a landmark set spatial r... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335160 | Ultrasonic transmitting and receiving apparatus An ultrasonic transmitting and receiving apparatus for performing the multibeam transmission capable of suppressing the increase in withstand voltage of the ultrasonic transducers and power consumption with increase of the number of transmission beams. This apparatu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7288069 | Ultrasonic probe and method of manufacturing the same An ultrasonic probe is characterized in that a piezoelectric member 111 formed of solution-based single-crystal containing at least plumbum titanate is sandwiched between resin layers 113 and 115 having smaller acoustic impedance than the piezoe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264592 | Scanning devices for three-dimensional ultrasound mammography A breast tomography scanner including a stationary chamber configured to hold fluid, a movable chamber within the stationary chamber configured to hold fluid, and breast scanning apparatus. Various configurations for housing the ultrasonic transducers are disclosed,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7194914 | Apparatus and method for scanning internal structure of O-rings Some O-rings can include internal flaws that can eventually lead to failure of the O-rings during use. In order to scan an internal structure of an O-ring, the present disclosure includes an apparatus with an apparatus body to which an O-ring support and a transduce... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7162292 | Beam scanning probe system for surgery With the beam scanning probe system for surgery, a pointer indicating the observation point of a beam scanning probe is superimposed upon an image of a lesion to be operated on in the head which is obtained via a TV camera or a surgery microscope, and the superimpos... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7141020 | Portable 3D ultrasound system A portable 3D ultrasound device having an ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound transducer includes a transducer array with a plurality of transducer elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions, the transducer array including an emitter to emit ultrasound energy,... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128711 | Positioning systems and methods for guided ultrasound therapy systems Systems and methods are provided for positioning a therapy device, such as an ultrasound transducer, using a tilt sensor carried by the transducer and a positioner coupled to the transducer. The positioner provides roll and pitch control as well as translating the t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118588 | Scanning treatment laser An therapeutic laser device that incorporates a scanning head to direct low level laser light into a treatment zone that can have any desired shape or energy distribution within a hemisphere forward of the scanning head. The device enables laser light of different p... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7081093 | Array transducer for 3D tilting probes An ultrasonic apparatus is provided for producing three dimensional images using at least one moving curved array transducer for scanning a volume of a region of interest to be imaged. The apparatus includes an acoustic front shell having complex shape and an ultras... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074185 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic probe and navigation method for acquisition of ultrasonic image A pre-acquired reference image, a currently picked-up ultrasonic image, and position information indicating a relation between a position of the ultrasonic probe when the reference image was picked-up and a current position of the ultrasonic probe are displayed on a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7020319 | Method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional, multiply resolved volume images of an examination subject In a method and examination apparatus for generating three-dimensional, multiply resolved volume images of an examination subject on the basis of two-dimensional projection images that can be registered with the apparatus, as radiation images obtained with a radiati... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013732 | Method and apparatus for temperature-controlled ultrasonic inspection A method and apparatus for temperature-controlled ultrasonic inspection of an object. The temperature of a coupling medium between an ultrasonic transducer and an object under inspection is controlled to be at a predetermined temperature for which the attenuation of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6909792 | Historical comparison of breast tissue by image processing An image processing system and method visually documents and displays changes between historical and later mammographic images, preferably in three dimensions. A composite image is created which visually emphasizes temporal differences between the historical and lat... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6780153 | Mechanism and system for 3-dimensional scanning of an ultrasound beam An ultrasound probe capable of scanning an ultrasound beam in a region of 3D space, characterized by that an ultrasound transducer array is mounted to a 1st shaft that can rotate in bearings mounted in a fork that can be moved. The fork can be rotated aro... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6719694 | Ultrasound transducers for imaging and therapy Ultrasound applicators able to both image a treatment site and administer ultrasound therapy include an array of transducer elements that can be focused. In several embodiments, an electronically phased array is used for controlling the focal point of an ultrasound ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6698291 | Ultrasonic inspection apparatus An ultrasonic inspection apparatus obtains information on the interface of a sample as digital waveform data for any "unit measurement range" and is provided with at least two data memories and controlled by a scan state monitoring signal showing the scan... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6685643 | Method and device for recording ultrasonic images The invention relates to a method or a device for recording ultrasonic images of an object (1) in which ultrasonic waves are radiated onto the object (1) by an ultrasonic emitter, and ultrasonic waves reflected by the object (1) are received by an ultraso... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679845 | High frequency synthetic ultrasound array incorporating an actuator The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging with improved spatial sampling. The device includes a plurality of ultrasound imaging elements each having a pitch defined by the center to center spacing of the ultrasound imag... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6645151 | Ultrasonic probe An ultrasonic probe is provided which may be employed in medical applications to radiate an ultrasonic wave for inspecting the interior of a patient's body noninvasively. The ultrasonic probe includes a scan mechanism which consists of a rotating mechanis... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6635018 | Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus sets transmission conditions that are different depending on a scanning direction so that a transmission sound field in a scanning region is uniform in a scanning of ultrasonic beams in one frame; transmits ultrasonic bea... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626834 | Spiral scanner with electronic control A scanning device, typically ultrasonic, can make a volumetric scan of a conical scanning field. A transducer having a permanent magnet at its back end is gimbal mounted in a housing. Behind the permanent magnet is a hemispheric electromagnet coil assembl... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6607489 | Focus correction for ultrasound imaging through mammography compression plate A coherent imaging system includes a transmitter and a receive beamformer which are programmed with transmit and receive time delays, respectively, that take into account time-of-flight errors caused by an intervening mammography compression plate between... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6599247 | System and method for location-merging of real-time tomographic slice images with human vision A device for combining tomographic images with human vision using a half-silvered mirror to merge the visual outer surface of an object (or a robotic mock effector) with a simultaneous reflection of a tomographic image from the interior of the object. The... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592522 | Ultrasound display of displacement An ultrasound machine that generates a color representation of moving structure, such as cardiac wall tissue within a region of interest, and is displayed on a monitor. The color representation is generated by displaying at least one color characteristic ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6551245 | Ultrasonic probe An ultrasonic probe is provided which may be employed in medical applications to radiate an ultrasonic wave for inspecting the interior of a patient's body noninvasively. The ultrasonic probe includes a scan mechanism which consists of a rotating mechanis... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547733 | Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method using Golay codes with orthogonal property Ultrasound images are obtained using a set of Golay codes with orthogonal property as ultrasound receiving and transmitting signals. Ultrasound signals having a plurality of codes are transmitted simultaneously by using the orthogonal property of the Gola... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6544186 | System and method for diagnostic imaging An imaging system and method provides for the automatic leveling of a hologram detector system. A detector system must be precisely oriented in a proper predetermined orientation. The present invention senses the orientation of a plate to which the detect... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6351660 | Enhanced visualization of in-vivo breast biopsy location for medical documentation An image processing system and method visually documents and displays the in-vivo location from which a biopsy specimen was extracted, by processing pre-biopsy and post-biopsy images. A composite image is created which visually emphasizes differences betw... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6319203 | Ultrasonic nonlinear imaging at fundamental frequencies Nonlinear tissue or contrast agent effects are detected by combining echoes from multiple, differently modulated transmit pulses below the second harmonic band. The received echoes may even overlap the fundamental transmit frequency band. The modulation m... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6236876 | Navigable probe and motor control apparatus A motor control apparatus (1) for articulating a probe (3) is constructed with a reversible motor (10) and at least one tension adjusting cable (4) to articulate the probe (3).... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6201900 | Multiple ultrasound image registration system, method and transducer An ultrasonic imaging system includes an ultrasonic transducer having an image data array and a tracking array at each end of the image data array. The tracking arrays are oriented transversely to the image data array. Images from the image data array are... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6048312 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of biopsy needle A method and an apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of a needle-like instrument, such as a biopsy needle, inserted in a human body. The instrument is visualized by transmitting ultrasound beams toward the instrument and then detecting the e... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6047601 | Self-tuning crystal notch filter A self-tuning crystal notch filter suitable for rejecting a carrier signal in a receiver channel of a receiver of an ultrasound imaging system. The crystal notch filter has a resonant frequency which is electronically tuned. Tuning is done under software ... | 04/11/2000 |
