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7052463 |
Method and apparatus for cooling a contacting surface of an ultrasound probe
A cooling system for an ultrasonic imaging system is provided, the ultrasonic imaging system having a probe for transmitting and receiving acoustic signals through a tip of the probe to and from...
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7044913 |
Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an ultrasound probe, a transmitter (including a transmitting pulse generator and a transmitting beamformer), a receiver (including a preamplifier and a...
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7047058 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods for extravasation detection
An apparatus for the detection of extravasation in an imaging procedure includes at least a first source of energy to supply imaging energy to tissue in the vicinity of a site and at least a first...
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7044912 |
Diagnostic medical ultrasound system having method and apparatus for storing and retrieving 3D and 4D data sets
A method and system is disclosed which permits a user to save user defined viewing configuration, also referred to as a bookmark as a separately manipulatable or transferable entity without...
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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...
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7041059 |
3D ultrasound-based instrument for non-invasive measurement of amniotic fluid volume
A hand-held 3D ultrasound instrument is disclosed which is used to non-invasively and automatically measure amniotic fluid volume in the uterus requiring a minimum of operator intervention. Using a...
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7037267 |
Medical diagnostic methods, systems, and related equipment
A medical diagnostic method, system and related equipment particularly adapted to diagnose disorders of the blood circulation serving the head and neck, and especially the brain. A preferred use of...
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7037268 |
Low profile acoustic sensor arry and sensors with pleated transmission lines and related methods
A low profile acoustic array ( 10 ) is configured to selectively respond to shear waves while rejecting compression wave energy in the frequency range of interest. One sensor array is configured as...
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7025724 |
Wavelet depulsing of ultrasound echo sequences
Methods and associated apparatuses for imaging a target. An echo sequence image of the target is acquired and a log spectrum of at least a portion of the echo sequence image is computed. A point...
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7022073 |
Border detection for medical imaging
Methods and systems for detecting a border in a medical image are provided. A boundary is chosen as a connected curve whose tangent is substantially perpendicular to the gradient of the image...
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7022074 |
Method and apparatus for generating a multi-level ultrasound pulse
A method and apparatus for generating ultrasound pulses comprises producing a multi-level pulse sequence including a series of pulses. The series of pulses includes at least three pulses having...
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7022080 |
Electrical and mechanical enhancements for a modular transducer system
The preferred embodiments described herein provide electrical and mechanical enhancements for a modular transducer system. In one preferred embodiment, a multiplexer is provided to reduce the...
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7014610 |
Echogenic devices and methods of making and using such devices
Echogenic devices, and methods of making and using such devices, are disclosed. In one aspect, the devices include a porous polymeric material that is preparable by extracting a phase separated...
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7011632 |
Methods and apparatus for ultrasonic compound imaging
Methods and apparatus for achieving a compound ultrasound imaging mode are disclosed. The methods include a step of firing a plurality of ultrasound beams at a single location, receiving first and...
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7013172 |
Hyperspectral imaging calibration device
Hyperspectral imaging calibration devices and methods for their use are described that generate images of three dimensional samples. A calibration device may assume the shape of a desired imaging...
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7006955 |
System and method for statistical design of ultrasound probe and imaging system
A system and method for statistical design of an ultrasound probe and imager system, and an associated graphical user interface for selecting input parameters to be used in an ultrasound...
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7004940 |
Devices for performing thermal ablation having movable ultrasound transducers
A device for thermal ablation therapy having a handle sized and shaped to be held by a user, one or more transducer assembly which, when activated, emits ultrasound energy capable of heating tissue...
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7001336 |
Method for treating ischemia
A method and apparatus for improving blood flow to an ischemic region (e.g., myocardial ischemia) a patient is provided. An ultrasonic transducer is positioned proximate to the ischemic region....
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7001335 |
Ultrasonic wave generating/transmitting apparatus
Disclosed is an ultrasonic generating and transmitting apparatus equipped with a transmission section for transmitting ultrasonic vibration from a vibration section. A plurality of linear members...
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7003345 |
System and method for enhancing microscope images of tissue using citric acid and agents of the like
A system and method for enhancing images of ex-vivo or in-vivo tissue produced by confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography, two-photon microscopy, or ultrasound, is provided by applying to...
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6988990 |
Automatic annotation filler system and method for use in ultrasound imaging
The present invention provides a method and system for using the computer keyboard and/or speech recognition technology to automatically fill an image annotation during an ultrasound scan. More...
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6979292 |
Method and apparatus for forming an image that shows information about a subject
An apparatus includes an optical transmission unit which irradiates a subject to be examined with light containing a specific wavelength component, an electroacoustic conversion unit which receives...
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6978166 |
System for use in displaying images of a body part
A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a body. The system generates a display representing the position of two or more body elements during the procedure based on a reference...
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6976960 |
Automatic velocity anti-aliased ultrasound methods and systems
Velocity data is automatically anti-aliased. Since a tissue velocity varies a small amount over small distances, more accurate velocity or strain rate estimates are calculated automatically with an...
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6974415 |
Electromagnetic-acoustic imaging
Ultrasound induced by RF irradiation within FDA exposure limits is produced with sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to allow acquisition of sub-millimeter resolution images within practical time frames.
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6971991 |
Apparatus for multimodal plane wave ultrasound imaging
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus combined with an x-ray imaging apparatus and/or an additional ultrasonic imaging apparatus performs ultrasonic sonography and/or x-ray imaging or multiple ultrasonic...
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6969354 |
Adaptable intraoperative or endocavity ultrasound probe
An intraoperative or endocavity ultrasound probe for insertion into a patient is provided. An adaptable or adjustable section is provided between the handle and the transducer for rotating the...
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6970732 |
Method for guiding a medical instrument through a body
Guidance systems for guiding a catheter through tissue within a body are described. In one form, the system is implemented in connection with a catheter which includes a catheter body having a...
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6969352 |
Ultrasound probe with integrated electronics
A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The...
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6967975 |
System and method for time-domain multiplexed communication in ultrasound applications
A time-domain communication system in an ultrasonic imaging system includes an ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic array with ultrasonic array outputs and a time-domain multiplexer with an input...
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6968224 |
Method of detecting organ matter shift in a patient
A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that...
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6962566 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound instrument with ECG module, authorization mechanism and methods of use
A handheld ultrasound instrument is disclosed having enhanced diagnostic modes including pulse/continuous wave Doppler, time-motion analysis, spectral analysis and tissue harmonic imaging. An...
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6951540 |
Ultrasound imaging system and method using non-linear post-beamforming filter
Systems and/or methods provide for ultrasound imaging through the use of a dynamic non-linear post-beamforming filter (e.g., based on a pth-order Volterra model) capable of separating the linear...
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6951541 |
Medical imaging device with digital audio capture capability
A medical imaging system including a sound recording sub-system that records, digitizes and time-stamps at least one channel of sound related to time domain images produced by the medical imaging...
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6949074 |
Method and apparatus for fetal audio stimulation
The present invention is a method and apparatus for applying a focused, directed audio beam at a fetus to stimulate the fetus in utero. An ultrasound signal is amplitude modulated with an audio...
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6947788 |
Navigable catheter
A catheter, including: a housing having a transverse inner dimension of at most about two millimeters; and a coil arrangement including five coils and five solid cores. Each of the coils is wound...
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6945937 |
Ultrasound apparatus and method for augmented clot lysis
An apparatus and method for using ultrasound augmented with microbubbles, thrombolytic drugs or other agents for clot lysis wherein at least one ultrasound transducer generates a plurality of...
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6942618 |
Change detection for optimized medical imaging
Medical image processing is adaptively optimized in response to selective types of changes or motion. Adaptive optimization is applied in response to limited types of motion or at a controlled...
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6942617 |
Automatic stone-tracking system
A tracking system for stone treatment by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy includes a data processing unit, a motion controller, a servo-moving platform, a stone image-processing module, a...
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6939301 |
Automatic volume measurements: an application for 3D ultrasound
A method for determining the volume of an irregularly shaped body part or body such as a fetus using a 3D ultrasonic image composed of light and dark pixels. A caliper is placed on a portion whose...
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6939300 |
Multiple level transmitter and method of transmitting
Transmitters for generating multilevel transmit waveforms for medical diagnostic ultrasound are provided. Voltages from a plurality of sources are superposed or summed. Switches control the...
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6937883 |
System and method for generating gating signals for a magnetic resonance imaging system
A magnetic resonance imaging system is disclosed to perform an imaging pulse sequence that acquires data to generate an image of at least a portion of the patient. The magnetic resonance imaging...
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6936008 |
Ultrasound system with cableless coupling assembly
An ultrasound imaging device having a cableless coupling for coupling a two-dimensional array of ultrasound transducers to a signal generating and receiving unit such as a motherboard. The coupling...
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6933934 |
Time-gain controlling method and apparatus, recording medium and ultrasonic imaging apparatus
In order to perform precise time-gain control using a small manual setting device, one of two-dimensional coordinates of a position on a surface of a tablet pointer 215 which an external object...
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6932769 |
Ultrasonic occupant detection and classification system
An ultrasonic occupant detection and classification system transmits an ultrasonic signal and receives a composite signal containing interference created between the transmitted ultrasonic signal...
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6932767 |
Diagnostic medical ultrasound system having a pipes and filters architecture
A diagnostic medical ultrasound system is disclosed. The system obtains data representative of an ultrasonic echo, processes that data in a sequential architecture, and transmits the result to an...
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6929608 |
Apparatus for deposition of ultrasound energy in body tissue
An apparatus for providing ultrasonic energy for deposition in body tissue including an array of elements having at least two different sizes and at least one element being aperiodically spaced...
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6926669 |
Heart wall ablation/mapping catheter and method
Steerable electrophysiology catheters for use in mapping and/or ablation of accessory pathways in myocardial tissue of the heart wall and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The catheter...
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6928316 |
Method and system for handling complex inter-dependencies between imaging mode parameters in a medical imaging system
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for handling complex inter-dependencies between imaging mode parameters in a medical imaging system. In one preferred...
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6926671 |
Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method combines dynamically focused reception and coded transmission/reception technologies by inexpensive circuitry. A receive aperture is divided into smaller...
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