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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187192 | Method and apparatus for scan conversion and interpolation of ultrasonic linear array steering imaging A method and apparatus for scan conversion and interpolation of linear array steering imaging in an ultrasonic system are disclosed. The method computes the points that are most related to the point to be interpolated in the principal direction of the point spread f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182427 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and ultrasonic imaging method An ultrasonic imaging apparatus captures a plurality of B-mode images of a same cross section respectively by a plurality of linear scans with different directional ultrasonic beams and creates and displays a compound image from the plurality of B-mode images. The u... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177718 | Linear array ultrasound transducer with variable patch boundaries An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system has a two dimensional array arranged in multiple patches of multiple transducer elements. Each patch of transducer elements is coupled to a group of microbeamformer delay lines having outputs which can be coupled to a selected... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172755 | Fractional delay filter-based beamformer apparatus using post filtering A beamforming apparatus is provided for improving beamforming accuracy by employing fractional delay filters in an interpolation process and reducing hardware complexity by using post-filtering technique. The beamforming apparatus of the present invention includes a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157739 | Ultrasound imaging with synthetic receive aperture and wide aperture, focused transmit beam A method and an instrument for ultrasound imaging using an array of transducer elements which is connected to the instrument with a limited number of wires, where focusing of the transmit beam improves image signal to noise ratio above state of the art methods. This... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8096951 | Transmit beamforming in 3-dimensional ultrasound An ultrasound system comprises a probe including a two-dimensional (2D) array of transducer elements that form an aperture having a plurality of receive elements that are configured to receive ultrasound signals. The transducer elements form at least one transmit su... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8066642 | Systems and methods for ultrasound beam forming data control Disclosed are systems and methods which efficiently control storage of and/or access to data which includes repetitive data or data which is used by different modes, processes, etcetera. Embodiments provide control for storage of and/or access to large amounts of da... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8038620 | Fresnel zone imaging system and method A method for Fresnel zone imaging is provided. The method comprises identifying a plurality of constructive regions and a plurality of destructive regions in an energy transmitting device and converting the destructive regions to the constructive regions by using an... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8002708 | Ultrasound beamformer with scalable receiver boards A beamformer for an ultrasound system and a method for developing a beamformer are provided. The beamformer includes an RF interface configured to be connected to receiver boards that are connected to a probe. The method includes providing receiver boards, wherein e... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7981039 | Receive circuit for minimizing channels in ultrasound imaging Receive circuits and associated methods are provided for ultrasound imaging. Both subarray mixing and time division multiplexing are provided with a same circuit. Components of the receive circuit respond to either phasing or time slot information to implement subar... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972270 | Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method having two dimensional focus An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam to an object and receive a reflective ultrasonic signal, a controller configured to control the ultrasonic probe such that the ultrasonic beam is focused on focus ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963919 | Ultrasound imaging transducer array for synthetic aperture Synthetic transmit aperture is provided for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. A transducer may have separate transmit and receive elements. Broad beams are transmitted, allowing fewer transmit elements and/or more rapid scanning. A multidimensional receive array... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955264 | System and method for providing communication between ultrasound scanners System and method for ganged ultrasound scanners is described. The described system includes a plurality of ultrasound scanners configured as a network and at least one connector for connecting a single ultrasound probe to the plurality of ultrasound scanners. The c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7927280 | Curved 2-D array ultrasound transducer and method for volumetric imaging An ultrasound imaging system includes an imaging probe having an array of transducer elements that is flat and relatively elongated in the azimuth direction and is curved outwardly in the elevation direction. As a result, when the transducer elements are scanned in ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918797 | Ultrasound diagnostic system and method for forming multiple receiving scan lines Embodiments of the present invention may provide an ultrasound imaging system and method for forming multiple receiving scan lines from one original receiving scan line. Ultrasound signals reflected from one original receiving scan line are converted into analog sig... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914456 | Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic elasticity imaging device An ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound wave transmit/receive surface coming into contact with a contact surface of a subject, an ultrasound wave transmit/receive section which transmits an ultrasound wave to the subject via the ultrasound wave transmit/receive s... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7901358 | High frequency array ultrasound system A system for acquiring an ultrasound signal comprises a signal processing unit adapted for acquiring a received ultrasound signal from an ultrasound transducer having a plurality of elements. The system is adapted to receive ultrasound signals having a frequency of ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7850611 | System and methods for improved ultrasound imaging Systems and methods are disclosed for improving the resolution and quality of an image formed by signals from an array of receivers. Multiple receivers introduce variations in arrival times that can be less than the period of an operating signal, and also less than ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7846099 | Apparatus, system, and method for providing a continuous scanning sequence for ultrasound imaging A method of performing a scanning sequence for an ultrasound scan includes establishing a number of ultrasound beams to be transmitted during an ultrasound scan, establishing a pulse repetition interval to be used for performing the ultrasound scan, and establishing... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7803114 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and data processing method therefor A data processing method for the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, according to the present invention includes: acquiring data corresponding to the same predetermined depth, out of a plurality of pieces of ultrasonic data acquired by performing the plurality of times... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803115 | Method and apparatus for multiple transmit contrast imaging A method for measuring a non-linear response from a target using an imaging apparatus includes transmitting a signal towards a region of interest from a transducer at a first amplitude and measuring a first response thereto, and transmitting, from the transducer tow... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798967 | Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus In an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, a plurality of sub arrays are defined on a 2D array transducer. A plurality of groups are defined for each sub array. Each group is basically composed of a plurality of transducer elements which are connected in parallel with ea... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7785260 | Ultrasonograph An ultrasonograph capable of generating a transmission beam comprising a main beam having a uniform width over a wide range in an ultrasonic wave propagation direction by one-time transmission of an ultrasonic pulse. A weighted mean value of a plurality of transmiss... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780601 | Adaptive clinical marker preservation in spatial compound ultrasound imaging Clinical markers are adaptively identified in steered spatial compounding ultrasound imaging. Motion is detected. The use or determination of the clinical marker information adapts to the amount of motion. If sufficient motion is detected, the contribution of clinic... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775981 | Contrast imaging beam sequences for medical diagnostic ultrasound A transmit sequence for contrast agent imaging that improves sensitivity and minimizes image artifacts. The number of pulses and the interleaving of spatially distinct pulses between spatially co-linear pulses are selected such that a substantially similar pulse seq... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7758509 | Multiple scan-plane ultrasound imaging of objects A method of real time ultrasound imaging of an object in at least three two-dimensional scan planes that are rotated around a common axis, is given, together with designs of ultrasound transducer arrays that allows for such imaging. The method is also introduced int... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758508 | 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... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7722541 | Multiple receive beams for rapid acquisition Multiple receive beams are formed for each transmission for rapid acquisition. The receive aperture is shifted as a function of the position of each receive beam. Multiple receive beams with differently positioned apertures are formed in response to a single transmi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717851 | Ultrasonic observation apparatus having multi-beam scan function An ultrasonic observation apparatus in which the frame rate can be made higher than that in a mechanical or conventional electronic scan method. The ultrasonic observation apparatus includes: an ultrasonic endoscope including ultrasonic transducers; a transmission a... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7695438 | Acoustic disruption minimizing systems and methods Unipolar, bipolar or sinusoidal transmitters may leave the transmitter in any of various states at the end of one pulse. Undesired acoustic energy may be generated to change states prior to beginning another transmit sequence or pulse. For example, phase inversion f... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7691063 | Receive circuit for minimizing channels in ultrasound imaging Receive circuits and associated methods are provided for ultrasound imaging. Both subarray mixing and time division multiplexing are provided with a same circuit. Components of the receive circuit respond to either phasing or time slot information to implement subar... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7654959 | Motion artifact reduction in coherent image formation The same analytic data is combined in response to different relative phases. The resulting combinations are detected. The combination associated with the maximum magnitude is then selected for further processing. As a result, the complex data is processed across a v... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7645237 | Colorflow biplane ultrasonic imaging system and method An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described in which two planes of a volumetric region which are in different elevation planes are scanned in real time. In one embodiment the two planes are scanned with less than the maximum number of scanlines which the tr... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7635334 | Dynamic sub-array mapping systems and methods for ultrasound imaging Elements within each of a plurality of sub-arrays are dynamically grouped as a function of the steering direction. The dynamic grouping allows for partial beamforming with more similar delays within each grouping of elements within the sub-array. A plurality of part... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7625341 | Elevation beamwidth control for contrast imaging The present disclosure relates to contrast imaging. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for contrast imaging in which the elevation beamwidth is controlled to reduce image artifacts, which result from contrast agent being carri... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7578791 | Automated myocardial contrast echocardiography A myocardial contrast echo exam is performed by the use of a two dimensional array transducer probe. The probe is held against a selected acoustic window of the body and first and second image planes through the heart are imaged and the plane orientations stored. Se... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7537567 | Ultrasonic spatial compounding with multiple simultaneous beam transmission An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are described in which spatially compounded images are produced by transmitting ultrasound beams in different directions during a common transmit-receive interval. Echoes are received from the different beam directi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7527591 | Ultrasound probe distributed beamformer An ultrasound beamforming probe includes an array of transducer elements and a processing board that carries a signal processor. Receive signal connections, for a receive aperture formed from multiple transducer elements, are coupled to the first signal processor. A... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527592 | Ultrasound probe sub-aperture processing A sub-aperture transceiver system for an ultrasound probe includes a signal processor, receive signal connections connecting the signal processor to a receive aperture comprising acoustic transceiver elements, and transmit signal connections coupled to a transmit ap... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7455642 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus Disclosed is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can dynamically change a focus position of a phasing circuit installed in a sub-array. A transducer element is two-dimensionally arrayed and constitutes a sub-array. The sub-array is two-dimensionally arrayed and ... | 11/25/2008 |
