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7477925 |
Erythema measuring device and method
An erythema meter includes a probe, a light source of one or more specific probing and reference wavelengths, and an acoustic detector which determines the level of erythema present in the dental...
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7473226 |
Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method
In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an...
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7473224 |
Deployable ultrasound medical transducers
An ultrasound medical system includes a tube and resiliently flexible fingers. The tube has a distal end insertable into a patient and has a lumen with a distal opening. The fingers are extendable...
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7472597 |
Ultrasonic imaging device and the information processing method thereof
An ultrasonic imaging device, comprising: a receiver, for receiving ultrasonic signals which carry information about human body; a processor, for analyzing and processing the received ultrasonic...
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7473225 |
Ultrasonic imaging system and method
There are provided an ultrasonic imaging system and method which can correct a phase shift effect to image a real change in acoustic impedance in a living body. An ultrasonic probe transmits an...
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7458935 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting ultrasound pulses and receiving echo signals at a harmonic of the transmission frequency
A method for transmitting ultrasound pulses and receiving echo signals at a harmonic of the transmission frequency includes the steps of generating a signal for exciting a transducer to transmit at...
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7458936 |
System and method for performing probabilistic classification and decision support using multidimensional medical image databases
A system and method for providing decision support to a physician during a medical examination is disclosed. Data is received from a sensor representing a particular medical measurement. The...
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7455640 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
A tomographic image and a tissue characteristic image that are in conformity with each other in terms of time-phase and positional relationships can be displayed superimposedly, thereby providing...
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7457672 |
Method and apparatus for exporting ultrasound data
A method and system for exporting ultrasound data is provided. The method includes accessing ultrasound data stored within an ultrasound system. The ultrasound data is stored in an ultrasound...
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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...
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7455641 |
Ultrasonic treatment apparatus
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus comprises an endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted in a body cavity, and a treatment unit having an ultrasonic vibrator which generates ultrasonic...
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7452338 |
Intracoelomic mobile body, and capsule-type ultrasonic endoscope
An intracoelomic mobile body comprising: a capsule body which has a body to be rotated and can be introduced into the human body; and a rotation drive unit which has a rotation shaft for freely...
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7448997 |
Ultrasonic pulse transmission method and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
For the purpose of preventing noticeable interleave blocks on a display screen, when a number of packets P is defined, P (≧2) ultrasonic pulse transmissions are conducted in one direction to...
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7448998 |
Synthetically focused ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for tissue and flow imaging
A synthetic focus ultrasound system is described which is operated in a hybrid fashion. System operation alternates between synthetic focus acquisition and conventional focused beam acquisition....
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7449003 |
Bellows for coupling a source acoustic waves to a subject to be treated
A bellows for coupling a source of acoustic waves having an acoustic propagation medium, to a patient, has a geometrical modification in that region wherein the bellows can be seated against the...
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7447341 |
Methods and systems for computer aided targeting
A method for acquiring an image on an imaging system includes accessing at least first image data from a first imaging system, processing the first image data in accordance with a CAD algorithm,...
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7445599 |
Ultrasonic cellular tissue screening tool
A system to aid in ultrasound scanning of breast tissue includes a fabric covering, which is adapted to hold the breast tissue in place during scanning, an ultrasonic coupling agent applied to one...
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7442168 |
High efficiency medical transducer with ergonomic shape and method of manufacture
A tranducer assembly for an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a front driver having an elongate shaft in one direction and a stud extending in an opposite direction. An electromechanical...
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7438684 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for controlling the surface temperature of a probe
A technology is disclosed for holding the test subject contact surface temperature below a predetermined value without providing a temperature sensor or setting ultrasonic wave output excessively...
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7440793 |
Apparatus and method for removing abnormal tissue
A computer assisted, minimally invasive method and apparatus for surgically removing abnormal tissue from a patient, for example, from a breast, are disclosed. The method involves imaging of the...
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7429244 |
Blood-vessel-shape measuring apparatus, blood-flow-velocity measuring apparatus, and blood-flow-amount measuring apparatus
A blood-vessel-shape measuring apparatus that can accurately measures a shape of a section of a blood vessel is provided. A blood-vessel-shape calculating means 62 calculates, based on...
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7422561 |
Ultrasonographic system and ultrasonography
An ultrasonic diagnostic system prepares a diagnostic data including image by transmitting ultrasonic pulses to a living tissue, and receiving and analyzing reflected wave of the ultrasonic pulses,...
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7419470 |
Method and device for measuring intraocular tension
An intraocular tension measuring method comprising vibrating an eyeball to be examined by a sound wave, measuring vibration of the eyeball to be examined by a noninvasive means to determine a Q...
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7419469 |
Method and system for diagnostigraphic based interactions in diagnostic medical imaging
An ideographical language framework is disclosed that is designed to enable the description and communication of a series of workflow steps. An ideogram is defined as a character or symbol...
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7418480 |
Medical imaging data streaming
A system and method for streaming unprocessed medical image data from a medical imaging system to a remote terminal is provided. A medical imaging system acquires medical image data, generates...
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7413552 |
Method for subaqueous ultrasonic catastrophic irradiation of living tissue
A fish killing and fish tissue sanitizing apparatus includes a tank, a water feed pipe extending to the tank, and an electromechanical transducer in pressure-wave transmitting relationship to the...
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7410464 |
Wave generating device
A wave generating device including a wave transducer adapted to generate an energy wave, and a beam shaping device defined by revolution of a curve about an axis of revolution, the curve being...
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7404797 |
Ultrasonic imaging system and ultrasonic signal processing method
The present invention provides an ultrasonic imaging system capable of extracting structure-emphasized image data in which the structure of a tissue in a living body is emphasized and...
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7404326 |
Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic system
With a view to provide a probe able to suppress bending of a cable with a mechanical scan, the probe comprises a transducer for interconversion between an ultrasonic wave and an electrical signal,...
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7404798 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus control method
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided with an ultrasonic probe driving section 2 , a receiving section 5 for amplifying an ultrasonic reflected wave, a phase detecting section 6 for...
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7399278 |
Method and system for measuring amniotic fluid volume and/or assessing fetal weight
A system is described for measuring amniotic fluid volume and/or assessing fetal weight. The system includes an ultrasound apparatus to scan a pregnant uterus and to generate data representative of...
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7393324 |
Ultrasonic transmitting and receiving apparatus
An ultrasonic transmitting and receiving apparatus in which scanning time is shortened by simultaneously transmitting plural ultrasonic beams in plural directions and separation among the plural...
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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...
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7381186 |
Method and apparatus to assess compartment syndrome
A method and apparatus for measuring pressure buildup in a body compartment that encases muscular tissue. The method includes assessing the body compartment configuration and identifying the effect...
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7377905 |
Method and device for subaqueous ultrasonic irradiation of living tissue
Applicable to humans, animals and fish, a method for injecting thoroughly diffused ambient air or disinfectant into water prior to its delivery into a therapy tank plus an underwater PZT probe...
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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...
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7367948 |
Acoustic monitoring method and system in laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB)
An acoustic monitoring method and system in laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB) provides information which characterize material which is broken down, microbubbles in the material, and/or the...
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7361144 |
Ultrasound imaging system with a high lateral resolution
The invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system for forming an echographic image of a medium, which system includes a set [REC] of transducer elements [EL] which are operative in a...
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7361145 |
Block-switching in ultrasound imaging
Systems of generating and manipulating an ultrasound beam are disclosed. The system uses selective sets of ultrasound elements to generate an ultrasound beam, scanning the beam over a series of...
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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...
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7351204 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
For the purpose of reducing the size and power consumption of a power source in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, charge pump circuits are connected to a transmitter power source. A regulator in...
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7347820 |
Phased array acoustic system for 3D imaging of moving parts
The invention relates to an ultrasound phased array imaging system comprising: probe ( 10 ) with a 2-D array of transducer elements ( 12 ) for acquiring 3-D ultrasound data of a volume of a body,...
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7346381 |
Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning
An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning includes a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data, a data acquisition system for acquiring the...
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7343195 |
Method and apparatus for real time quantitative three-dimensional image reconstruction of a moving organ and intra-body navigation
Medical imaging and navigation system including a processor, a medical positioning system (MPS), a two-dimensional imaging system and an inspected organ monitor interface, the MPS including an...
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7338446 |
Method and apparatus for controlling power in an ultrasound system
Methods and systems for controlling an ultrasound system are provided. The method includes receiving scanning information from an ultrasound system, with the scanning information including at least...
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7338450 |
Method and apparatus for performing CW doppler ultrasound utilizing a 2D matrix array
An ultrasound system is provided comprising an ultrasound probe having a 2D matrix of transducer elements transmitting a continuous wave (CW) Doppler transmit signal into an object of interest. The...
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7335169 |
Systems and methods for delivering ultrasound energy at an output power level that remains essentially constant despite variations in transducer impedance
Systems and methods deliver ultrasound energy to an ultrasound transducer having an impedance subject to variations. The systems and methods electrically couple an ultrasound generator to the...
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7335180 |
Steerable ultrasound catheter
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods provide enhanced disruption of blood vessel obstructions. Ultrasound catheter devices generally include an elongate flexible catheter body with one or more...
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7331234 |
Ultrasonic imaging method and ultrasonic imaging apparatus
An ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus capable of obtaining image information at a high volume rate and improving resolution. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus has an ultrasonic transducer array...
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7331925 |
System for remote evaluation of ultrasound information obtained by a programmed application-specific data collection device
A system which includes at least one ultrasound data collection device which is programmable to carry out a specific ultrasound procedure on a selected part of a human body of a patient. The...
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