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6569102 |
Miniaturized ultrasound apparatus and method
Ultrasound apparatus for examining tissue in a region of interest in a body comprising a housing having a viewing aperture. An ultrasonic transducer is provided comprised of an array of ultrasonic...
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6571018 |
Encoding and/or decoding system for three-dimensional color ultrasonic image
A three-dimensional color ultrasonic encoding and/or decoding system is provided in which a three-dimensional color ultrasonic image is classified into zero pixel data, gray pixel data and indexed...
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6569098 |
Non-invasive diagnostic method and apparatus for musculoskeletal systems
A system for determining displacement of an osseous target underlaying soft tissue assists in the diagnosis of disorders of the musculoskeletal system. The system includes an ultrasonic...
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6567688 |
Methods and apparatus for scanning electromagnetically-induced thermoacoustic tomography
A microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography system and method is provided to image biological tissue. Short microwave pulses irradiate tissue to generate acoustic waves by thermoelastic...
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6565511 |
Systems for recording use of structures deployed in association with heart tissue
A system records use of a structure deployed in operative association with heart tissue in a patient. An image controller generates an image of the structure while in use in the patient. An input...
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6565510 |
Method and apparatus for servicing remote ultrasound beamformer from central service facility
A remotely located ultrasound beamformer is serviced from a central service facility via a network in a manner that compensates for defective beamformer channels in an ultrasound imaging system at...
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6561982 |
Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging in the presence of contrast agents, Particularly in the field of cardiology
A method for ultrasound imaging in the presence of contrast agents, particularly in the field of cardiology, including detecting physiological, especially electrocardiographic signals; transforming...
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6561979 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method
A portable medical diagnostic ultrasound system is provided which includes shielding for electromagnetic interference by forming shielded enclosed compartments around the individual components of...
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6558329 |
Medical ultrasound receive architecture
An ultrasound system that performs image processing in the digital domain, including CW Doppler. The ultrasound system is provided with a transducer having a plurality of elements and an ultrasound...
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6558323 |
Ultrasound transducer array
By bonding a conductive first matching layer 14 to the acoustic radiation surface side, which is the bottom side, of a belt-shape piezoelectric element on both faces with electrodes provided, and...
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6558324 |
System and method for strain image display
A region of interest (ROI) of a patient's body is repeatedly scanned using an ultrasound transducer array. Data sets representing an image property, such as intensity, from portions of the ROI are...
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6558333 |
System and method of recording and displaying in context of an image a location of at least one point-of-interest in a body during an intra-body medical procedure
The present invention provides a method of recording and displaying in context of an image a location of at least one point-of-interest in a body during an intra-body medical procedure. The method...
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6558332 |
Array type ultrasonic probe and a method of manufacturing the same
An array type ultrasonic probe in which a plurality of rectangular piezoelectric elements is arranged on a backing material is provided. Each piezoelectric element has lower and upper face...
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6554769 |
Method and apparatus for determining the relative location of tomograph slices
A method and apparatus are provided for ultrasound imaging wherein ultrasound imaging data is acquired at points in a plurality of imaging slices and the ultrasound imaging data is used to...
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6552841 |
Ultrasonic imager
An imaging system is disclosed which can provide images of received acoustic energy. In one embodiment, a transducer emits an acoustic beam which is reflected off of an acoustic beam splitter onto...
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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...
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6547732 |
Adaptive image processing for spatial compounding
Spatially compounded images are produced by combining signals from different look directions as a function of the received echo signals. In one embodiment the combinational processing of the echo...
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6547730 |
Ultrasound information processing system
An architecture and protocol are provided for allowing flexible, low cost, and upgradable ultrasound information processing systems. Ultrasound information processing functions are performed by a...
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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...
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6547738 |
Methods and apparatus for using ultrasound with contrast agent
Methods and apparatus for producing zones with different contrast agent concentrations in a contrast agent infused target. An aspect of the method is subjecting the target to an ultrasound flash...
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6544184 |
Imaging with reduced artifacts for medical diagnostic ultrasound
Line synthesis avoids artifacts from differences in collateral destruction of contrast agent. Data representing a plurality of scan lines is received in response to each transmit event....
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6544183 |
Method for imaging skin surface intercellular and intracellular structure using a compound to enhance contrast
The present invention relates to methods to image the skin surface in order to view intercellular and intracellular structure. In particular, the invention relates to use of a compound (e.g.,...
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6546279 |
Computer controlled guidance of a biopsy needle
A computer controlled system for guiding the needle device, such as a biopsy needle, by reference to a single mode medical imaging system employing any one of computed tomography imaging (CTI)...
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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...
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6544175 |
Ultrasound apparatus and methods for display of a volume using interlaced data
An ultrasound imaging system that produces a seemingly real-time display by obtaining ultrasound data in an interleaved manner. The system includes a transducer that outputs and receives ultrasonic...
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6540676 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and operating sequence determining method of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for arranging functions, each of which configures a desired activity based on at least one of time information and operational information, and creating a...
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6540678 |
Real-time three dimensional acoustoelectronic imaging and characterization of objects
An acoustoelectronic method and apparatus for generating real-time three-dimensional images of an object and characterizing such object are provided. The object is insonified with an incident...
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6540677 |
Ultrasound transceiver system for remote operation through a minimal number of connecting wires
An advantageous combination of preamplifier electronics and circuits for acoustic beam forming with ultrasound transducer arrays permits integration of the electronics and transducer(s) at close...
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6537224 |
Multi-purpose ultrasonic slotted array transducer
An ultrasonic probe is provided for medical applications which can be used both in high resolution imaging and therapy or other high intensity applications. The probe includes a primary ultrasonic...
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6535615 |
Method and system for facilitating interaction between image and non-image sections displayed on an image review station such as an ultrasound image review station
A method and system are provided for facilitating interaction between image and non-image sections displayed on an image review station. With the preferred embodiments, a user can interact with...
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6530885 |
Spatially compounded three dimensional ultrasonic images
An ultrasonic probe is moved to scan a volumetric region of the body. As it is moved, targets within the region are interrogated from multiple look directions. The echo data from the multiple look...
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6530886 |
Method and apparatus for measuring subcutaneous fat using ultrasonic wave
Disclosed is a method for measuring subcutaneous fat using an ultrasonic wave, comprising a step of measuring a portion of an abdomen on a median line of a person under test. The present invention...
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6527723 |
Variable multi-dimensional apodization control for ultrasonic transducers
Variable multi-dimensional apodization control for an ultrasonic transducer array is disclosed. The variable multi-dimensional apodization control is applicable to both piezoelectric based...
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6527719 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system with reduced power consumption and heat generation
An ultrasound system is described which exhibits reduced power consumption and improved reliability. When the ultrasound system is idle for a period of time it automatically invokes a sequence of...
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6524247 |
Method and system for ultrasound imaging of a biopsy needle
A method, system, computer program product, and user interface for real-time ultrasonic visualization enhancement of a biopsy needle are disclosed in which a wide range of needle positions with...
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6524244 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method in which a non-real-time operating system is used to transfer image data. In one...
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6524245 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method for network management
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method for network management. In one preferred embodiment, a medical diagnostic ultrasound...
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6526163 |
Ultrasound system with parallel processing architecture
An ultrasound system operating on a personal computer architecture comprising multiple processors controlled to operate in parallel to share ultrasound operations of the system. The multiple...
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6524248 |
Aberration correction by measurement and suppression of distortion waves
The present invention solves a problem that has been a barrier to development of high resolution ultrasonic imaging. It is based on an analysis that formulates the 5 problem of wave propagation in...
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6520911 |
Ultrasound-hall effect imaging system and method
A system and method of imaging based on the interaction of ultrasonic pulses with a magnetic field. A static magnetic field is applied to an object having conductive properties. An ultrasound pulse...
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6521211 |
Methods of imaging and treatment with targeted compositions
Novel ultrasound methods comprising administering to a patient a targeted vesicle composition which comprises vesicles comprising a lipid, protein or polymer, encapsulating a gas, in combination...
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6520912 |
Method and system for displaying medical data such as a diagnostic medical ultrasound image at an automatically-selected display resolution
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for displaying medical data at an automatically-selected display resolution. In one preferred embodiment, medical data is...
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6517484 |
Ultrasonic imaging system and associated method
An ultrasonic medical imaging system comprises a calibration system, a transducer position determination system and an image formation system. The calibration system adjusts the remaining two...
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6519632 |
Method and apparatus for configuring imaging system to communicate with multiple remote devices
A computerized imager is programmed with software that allows properly formatted image frames (objects) to be sent to one or more remotely located devices selected from a list of configured remote...
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6514220 |
Non focussed method of exciting and controlling acoustic fields in animal body parts
The effect of ultrasound irradiation of a human or other animal body portion is enhanced by operating the body portion as a trapped mode resonator. The intensity and location of resonances within...
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6511429 |
Ultrasonic methods and systems for reducing fetal stimulation
The operation of an ultrasonic imaging system may be altered to reduce the generation of audible sound that can stimulate a fetus. A number of altered modes of operation are possible including the...
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6511430 |
Use of high frequency ultrasound imaging to detect and monitor the process of apoptosis in living tissues, ex-vivo tissues and cell-culture
A non-invasive method of monitoring apoptosis in cell culture, ex-vivo tissues and in-vivo tissues using high frequency ultrasound imaging is provided. The method includes the steps of: 1) imaging...
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6512854 |
Adaptive control and signal enhancement of an ultrasound display
The invention implements a method for adaptively using raw image data (before compression) to produce pixel display values in an ultrasound system in accord with variations in signal-to-noise...
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6508764 |
Aberration correction apparatus and methods
An ultrasound system and method for aberration correction processing in conjunction with finely pitched transducer elements and/or aberration correction processing in conjunction with a...
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6506154 |
Systems and methods for controlling a phased array focused ultrasound system
Systems and methods for controlling the phase and amplitude of individual drive sinus waves of a phased-array focused ultrasound transducer employ digitally controlled components to scale the...
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