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8172754 Ultrasonograph  
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section for driving an ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a measuring region of a...
8175350 Method for tissue culture extraction  
An image guidance system is provided for improving tissue culture extraction where the tissue is extracted under the guidance of first and second knowledge-based systems. The first knowledge-based...
8167804 Measurement of tissue elastic modulus  
An optimized elastic modulus reconstruction procedure can estimate the nonlinear elastic properties of vascular wall from intramural strain and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements. A noninvasive...
8162834 Hemoglobin contrast in ultrasound and optical coherence tomography for diagnosing diseased tissue, cancers, and the like  
A novel contrast mechanism for diagnosing diseased tissue using Ultrasound, Doppler Ultrasonography, Optical Coherence Tomography, or optical Doppler tomography coupled with an externally applied...
8162839 Protected passive resonating sensors  
A protected resonating sensor may include at least one resonating sensor unit. Each sensor unit has one or more vibratable members. The protected sensor includes a compliant member that forms part...
8152726 Non-invasive tracking of bones for surgery  
There is described a device for use with a position sensing system to register position and orientation in a reference-coordinate system, the device comprising a set of at least three base units...
8152725 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and image display method thereof  
A generation unit generates data of a plurality of images whose scan time is different on the basis of an output of the probe. A calculation unit calculates a plurality of index values related to...
8147410 Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging and elasticity measurement  
A method for performing ultrasound imaging and elasticity measurement, the method includes scanning an object to obtain a B-mode ultrasound image, selecting an A-mode signal from the B-mode...
8142358 Measurement method of time varying events in a target body and a method for displaying measurement data of different parameters of a target in which time dependent events occur  
A measurement method of time varying events in a target body, including the steps of (a) providing time dependent measurements signals of parameters of the time varying events in the target body,...
8137275 Tissue complex modulus and/or viscosity ultrasound imaging  
Complex response of tissue is calculated as function of a convolution relationship associated with measured strain with applied stress. In the Fourier or frequency domain, the convolution is a...
8135450 Noninvasive glucose sensing methods and systems  
New methods and systems for noninvasive glucose monitoring and sensing with electromagnetic waves or ultrasound are disclosed. The methods are based on absolute or relative measurement of tissue...
8133179 Method of displaying an elastic image  
A method of displaying an elastic image, comprising: a) performing transmission/reception of an ultrasound signal along a plurality of scan lines set on a target object to obtain first ultrasound...
8133191 Method and apparatus for treatment of adipose tissue  
The invention provides methods and apparatuses for the treatment of adipose tissue. The methods comprise application of ultrasound energy to a region of adipose tissue, and the apparatuses comprise...
8128564 Apparatus and method for imaging shear modulus within a body  
An apparatus and method for imaging a shear modulus within a body is disclosed. A method for imaging a shear modulus in accordance with the present invention includes generating an elastic wave...
8109877 Method for determining a position of an object utilizing and ultrasonic imaging device  
A system is disclosed for determining a position and a change in the position of an anatomical structure. The system utilizes a surgical navigation system and a substrate that is capable of being...
8109876 Noninvasive technique for identification of structural integrity of Bjork Shiley convexo-concave mechanical heart valves  
The present invention is a non-invasive method and apparatus to determine the structural integrity of an implanted BSCC by insonifying the implanted heart valve with a megahertz frequency to cause...
8100831 Direct strain estimator for measuring elastic properties of tissue  
Ultrasound data of a biological tissue is acquired in a relaxed state and a tensed state. A strain is estimated directly from the relaxed state ultrasound data and the tensed state ultrasound data...
8096948 Method and apparatus for detecting movements of an object using volume change  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for visualizing movements of an object, preferably the movements of blood vessels during the cardiac cycle. The method includes scanning the...
8098921 Elastic image display method and elastic image display device  
According to a 2-dimensional map having longitudinal and horizontal axes indicating different elastic information, hue or luminance of each pixel is mapped correspondingly to their elastic...
8088069 Ultrasonic doppler diagnosis device  
An ultrasonic Doppler diagnosis device having a velocity data interpolating section for generating interpolated velocity data for interpolating velocity data between two sound lines and two...
8088084 Method and apparatus for repair of intervertebral discs  
A method of repairing an intervertebral disc of a patient's body includes identifying a target area of the intervertebral disc. An ultrasound generator is placed proximate the target area and...
8079957 Synchronized three or four-dimensional medical ultrasound imaging and measurements  
Ultrasound imaging is synchronized with measurements. Generating three-dimensional representations is synchronized with measuring one or more parameters. For example, measurements are preformed...
8070682 Method and apparatus for medical imaging using combined near-infrared optical tomography, fluorescent tomography and ultrasound  
Methods and apparatus for medical imaging using diffusive optical tomography and fluorescent diffusive optical tomography and ultrasound are disclosed. In one embodiment, the probe comprises...
8057390 High-resolution mapping of bio-electric fields  
A current source density mapping system includes an ultrasound transducer emitting an ultrasound wave traveling along an ultrasound beam directed at a mapping field in a region of living tissue and...
8057407 Surgical sensor  
An integrated surgical anchor/localization sensor is disclosed. The anchor is adapted to be secured to an anatomical structure and contains a sensor housing. A receiver is located within the sensor...
8052608 Transducer apparatus and method for intravascular blood flow measurement  
Transducers to measure fluid flow using Doppler ultrasound that are suitable for integrating into or connecting to intravascular devices are disclosed. These transducers meet the requirement for...
8050472 Method of acquiring phalange edge image and system therefor  
A method and system for acquiring a phalange edge image using an X-ray image of a hand are provided. The method includes: selecting a region of interest from an X-ray image of the hand; acquiring a...
8048000 Patient weight and ankle displacement correlation device  
A device for correlating trend data with respect to a patient's weight ankle displacement can identify conditions indicative of congestive heart failure. A weight scale or similar device coupled...
8047990 Collagen density and structural change measurement and mapping in tissue  
A method and system for two and three dimensional mapping of tissue density and/or structural changes from image data and/or spatial reflected or transmitted signal maps, and correlating the maps...
8043216 Method of displaying elastic image and diagnostic ultrasound system  
To carry out objective or definitive diagnosis on the basis of an elastic image regardless of experience and proficiency, a method of displaying an elastic image includes the steps of measuring...
8043233 Method for monitoring orientation of a maternal pelvis  
A method wherein a location or position sensor cooperates with a controller or other operating system such that a predefined motion pattern (circular motion, double click, translatory motion,...
8043217 Method and apparatus to quantify specific material properties of objects using real-time ultrasound burst spectrography technique  
Real-time Ultrasound Burst Spectrography (RUBS) is a technique in which a target is stimulated using a specialized ultrasound burst signal delivered by an imaging or non-imaging ultrasound...
8036437 Perfusion assessment method and system based on animated perfusion imaging  
An embodiment of a medical imaging system is proposed. The system includes means for providing a sequence of recorded input images each one offering a digital representation at a corresponding...
8029444 Method for estimating tissue velocity vectors and tissue deformation from ultrasonic diagnostic imaging data  
A method is disclosed for estimating tissue velocity vectors and oriented strain from ultrasonic diagnostic imaging data. Reference points are defined from evaluation of image data derived from...
8021303 System for extracting morphological information through a perfusion assessment process  
A perfusion assessment system is proposed. The system includes means for providing an echo-power signal indicative of a reperfusion of a contrast agent in a body-part of a living subject following...
8016757 Non-invasive temperature estimation technique for HIFU therapy monitoring using backscattered ultrasound  
Ultrasound data are collected from a thermal source and a mass of tissue before initiating therapy to measure two parameters of the bio-heat transfer equation (BHTE). The parameters are the thermal...
8012091 Method and system for fetal weight estimation  
A method for fetal weight estimation wherein fetal biometric parameters are ultrasonically measured and further physiological and phenomenological pregnancy parameters are determined for a...
8002705 Continuous transmit focusing method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging system  
In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging method comprises: providing a probe that includes one or more transducer elements for transmitting and receiving ultrasound waves; generating a sequence of...
8002707 Apparatus which displays medical trend graph and related information  
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including an ultrasound probe, an image processor, a measurement processor, a graph processor, and a display. The ultrasound probe includes a plurality of...
7998075 Apparatus and method of non-invasive cerebrovascular autoregulation monitoring  
A non-invasive method for monitoring of cerebrovascular blood flow autoregulation state includes sensing intracranial blood volume waves, filtering a slow wave, respiratory wave, and pulse wave...
7946987 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus  
The present invention aims at providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of displaying a stable spatial distribution of elastic characteristics for each heart beat without depending on...
7942819 Ultrasonic bone evaluation apparatus  
An ultrasonic bone evaluation apparatus includes stationary and movable standoffs fitted with respective ultrasonic transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasound, a moving mechanism for...
7938780 Ultrasonic method and apparatus for measuring intracranial contents volume change  
An ultrasonic method for indicating a characteristic of intracranial components' volume changes includes the transmission of broadband ultrasound from a transmitting transducer positioned on one...
7938778 Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus  
A surface point tracked by an echo tracking processor unit for each ultrasonic beam is a tracking point. A strain measurement unit measures an amount of strain of a bone based on the surface...
7927011 Method of estimating surface temperature of a diagnostic ultrasound probe  
The present application discloses a method of estimating a surface temperature of an ultrasound probe having a plurality of transducer elements and a surface, involving: a) establishing a...
7927277 Methods for non-invasively monitoring health  
The time between heartbeats is measured over a series of such heartbeats. The time interval between two successive events is calculated and stored as a first array. The time difference between...
7918794 Method and system for determining total body fat, and method and system for determining body composition  
A method of determining the total body fat of a person comprising measuring a subcutaneous fat thickness at four points on the person's body, located in the right anterior part of the left...
7905835 Method for assessing mechanical properties of an elastic material  
A method for assessing mechanical properties of an elastic material includes obtaining volumetric ultrasound data sets of the elastic material in two different states of compression. First...
7901355 Skin analysis apparatus including an ultrasound probe  
The present invention relates to an analysis apparatus for analyzing the skin, the which includes an ultrasound probe arranged to analyze the skin along an axis and a vibrator arranged to emit at...
7901356 Ultrasonic bone assessment apparatus and method  
An invention is disclosed for locating a region of interest in the calcaneus. A pair of ultrasound transducers are positioned on the medial and lateral sides of the heel, respectively. The...
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