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7604600 |
Ultrasonic imaging device
An ultrasonic imaging device for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic pulses to/from a living body in which microbubbles for contrast are introduced and forming a contrast image of the inside of the...
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7549960 |
Implantable and insertable passive tags
Apparatus for determining the position of an object within a body of a subject includes at least one acoustic wave generator, adapted to direct a first acoustic wave toward the body at a first...
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7488289 |
Imaging catheter and methods of use for ultrasound-guided ablation
The present invention provides ultrasound imaging catheters, systems and methods for their use which will be particularly useful to monitor the positioning of ablation catheters. In one embodiment,...
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7431698 |
Apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound probe
An apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound probe are provided. The ultrasound probe having the apparatus includes a scan head configured for moveable operation within a housing and a...
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7431697 |
Ultrasonic probe
The ultrasonic probe of the present invention includes an ultrasonic element unit for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, an oscillation mechanism for causing oscillation to the ultrasonic...
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7421099 |
Use of papilla mapping to determine a friction-ridge surface
A method of creating a friction-ridge image is disclosed. An energy transducer is aimed at a body part having skin. The transducer is used to obtain information about the papillae beneath an outer...
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7299806 |
Compliant probe interface assembly
A probe interface assembly for an automated medical imaging system is provided. The assembly comprises a platform including and inner frame for supporting an ultrasound probe in spaced apart...
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7162292 |
Beam scanning probe system for surgery
With the beam scanning probe system for surgery, a pointer indicating the observation point of a beam scanning probe is superimposed upon an image of a lesion to be operated on in the head which is...
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7150716 |
Measuring transducer movement methods and systems for multi-dimensional ultrasound imaging
Methods and systems for measuring transducer movement are provided. For example, free-hand scanning for three-dimensional imaging is provided. An optical sensor within the transducer measures...
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7128711 |
Positioning systems and methods for guided ultrasound therapy systems
Systems and methods are provided for positioning a therapy device, such as an ultrasound transducer, using a tilt sensor carried by the transducer and a positioner coupled to the transducer. The...
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7052462 |
Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic equipment
A flexible shaft is inserted through a sheath constituting an insertion portion of an ultrasonic probe connected to an ultrasonic observation apparatus, an ultrasonic transducer driven to rotate,...
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6949071 |
Method for exploring and displaying tissue of human or animal origin from a high frequency ultrasound probe
A method for displaying scanned ultrasound images of tissue employs an apparatus including an ultrasound probe mounted to a mechanical head. A three-dimensional positioning system mounts the head...
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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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6923767 |
Scanning system along an arciform trajectory with a variable bending radius
The scanning system of the invention includes a structure driven in rotation around a first axis, a structuremounted rotating on the structure around an axis parallel to the first axis, a structure...
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6887203 |
Ophthalmological ultrasonography scanning apparatus
An apparatus for ultrasound scanning of the eye is provided comprising a virtual center translocation mechanism that facilitates precise arcuate motion of an ultrasonic transducer to maintain focal...
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6858007 |
Method and system for automatic classification and quantitative evaluation of adnexal masses based on a cross-sectional or projectional images of the adnex
A method of characterizing an adnexal mass is disclosed, the method is effected by (a) obtaining a cross-sectional or projectional image of an examined adnex including the adnexal mass; (b)...
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6820031 |
Method and device for distance detection
A distance detection apparatus cancels signal delay times of transmission and reception circuits ( 13, 15, 22, 25 ), which are causes of the errors of distance detection, by receiving a...
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6709394 |
Biplane ultrasonic imaging
An ultrasonic apparatus and method are described in which a volumetric region of the body is imaged by biplane images. One biplane image has a fixed planar orientation to the transducer, and the...
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6685643 |
Method and device for recording ultrasonic images
The invention relates to a method or a device for recording ultrasonic images of an object ( 1 ) in which ultrasonic waves are radiated onto the object ( 1 ) by an ultrasonic emitter, and...
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6641535 |
Ultrasonic probe, in particular for manual inspections
The invention relates to an ultrasonic probe comprising: —a housing ( 20 ), which accommodates an ultrasonic transducer and has a contact surface for making contact with the surface ( 28 ) of a...
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6582372 |
Ultrasound system for the production of 3-D images
An ultrasound system that utilizes a probe in conjunction with little or no specialized 3-D software/hardware to produce images having depth cues. A control unit uses the probe to produce multiple...
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6569100 |
Ultrasonic probe and method of producing same
Herein disclosed is an ultrasonic probe comprising a housing, a driven shaft rotatably supported by the housing, a transducer supported by the driven shaft to be swingable on one side of the driven...
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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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6443896 |
Method for creating multiplanar ultrasonic images of a three dimensional object
A method for creating multiple planar images of a volumetric region of an object without acquiring data from the entire volumetric region. The method includes sweeping a transducer across the...
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6409669 |
Ultrasound transducer assembly incorporating acoustic mirror
An ultrasound transducer assembly includes an acoustic mirror, an ultrasound transducer positioned to direct a scanned ultrasound beam at the acoustic mirror, wherein the scanned ultrasound beam is...
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6371915 |
One-twelfth wavelength impedence matching transformer
An ultrasound transducer including a one-twelfth wavelength impedance matching transformer and methods of manufacturing and using the same. The transducer comprises a transducer element for...
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6296610 |
Ultrasonic biometric imaging and identity verification system
An ultrasonic imaging system and method for imaging human or animal tissue having a surface and including a probe comprising a platen for defining the surface in a manner supporting the human or...
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6292681 |
Combined motor drive and automated longitudinal position translator for ultrasonic imaging system
A vascular imaging system with an automated longitudinal position translator includes a drive unit with a single motor to provide for rotational and longitudinal translation of a drive-cable and...
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6236876 |
Navigable probe and motor control apparatus
A motor control apparatus (1) for articulating a probe (3) is constructed with a reversible motor (10) and at least one tension adjusting cable (4) to articulate the probe (3).
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6213948 |
Apparatus for three dimensional ultrasound imaging
A method and apparatus for medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging that utilizes a one, one and one-half or two dimensional scanhead for performing three dimensional imaging. The method and apparatus...
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6157697 |
Apparatus using X-rays and measurement of electrical potentials for examining living tissue
In an apparatus for examining living tissue by means of X-rays and by electric impedance measurement, a control device optionally activates an X-ray source and a radiation receiver, and/or for...
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6155979 |
Ultrasonic measurement apparatus, system and use of the same
An ultrasonic measurement apparatus for an image producing ultrasonic system has a carrier body (2) which is rotatable or pivotal about an axis of rotation (A) and a plurality of transducer...
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6056692 |
Apparatus and method for locating and marking blood vessels
A device for non-invasively locating and marking blood carrying vessels in a live human body includes a housing having a control panel for user selection of functions, a central processing unit...
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5952577 |
Ultrasonic imaging system
An ultrasonic imaging system for imaging an object. The system includes a mechanism for designating an ultrasonic probe swiveling angle threshold beyond which the ultrasonic probe does not...
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5940123 |
High resolution ultrasonic imaging through interpolation of received scanline data
A method and apparatus are provided for interpolating image lines from ultrasonically obtained scanlines of an image region. The interpolated lines are preferably formed one-quarter and...
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5902244 |
Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus including simple digital scan converter
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises a probe having a plurality of transducers for performing transmission/reception of ultrasonic waves; a selection circuit for sequentially selecting the...
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5699806 |
Ultrasound system with nonuniform rotation corrector
An ultrasound apparatus for imaging tissues from interior of a cavity in the body of a patient is disclosed. The apparatus includes a probe for entering the body to the cavity. The probe has a...
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5664573 |
Method and apparatus for performing sonomammography and enhanced X-ray imaging
Apparatus is provided that combines mammography equipment with an ultrasonic transducer to generate ultrasonic images of the internal structure of breast tissue that are in geometric registration...
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5623930 |
Ultrasound system for flow measurement
An ultrasonic transducer is rotated until the displayed vessel has the smallest area. The transducer is then tilted to various angles with respect to a normal to a surface to obtain area and...
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5619999 |
Body surface position locator for ultrasound transducer
An ultrasound imaging system comprises a position location array adapted to be affixed to a surface layer of an imaging subject. The position location array comprises a plurality of electrodes...
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5611343 |
High resolution three-dimensional ultrasound imaging
An ultrasound imaging system for generating high resolution, three-dimensional images of the body for medical imaging. The system includes a housing with a rotatable disk at one end having an...
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5562095 |
Three dimensional ultrasound imaging system
A 3-D ultrasound imaging system for the eye, prostate and other organs, comprising an assembly onto which an ultrasound probe may be mounted, a motor and drive for either rotating or scanning the...
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5552645 |
Automatic probe activation
Ultrasound imaging system providing automatic activation of a probe, which ultrasound system includes: (a) a motion sensor for detecting motion of the probe and for generating a signal in response...
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5551432 |
Scanning control system for ultrasound biomicroscopy
An ultrasonic probe which performs a two-dimensional scan is supported by a mount having a thread which is driven back and forth by a screw along a third axis. When a two-dimensional scan is...
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5538003 |
Quick method and apparatus for identifying a region of interest in an ultrasound display
An ultrasound display system enables a user to rapidly identify a region of interest (ROI) in a displayed ultrasound image without having to trace the outline of the ROI. The system includes a...
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5497776 |
Ultrasonic image diagnosing apparatus for displaying three-dimensional image
An apparatus for displaying an ultrasonic three-dimensional image of a living body including an ultrasonic vibrating element arranged at a distal end of an ultrasonic probe rotatably and linearly...
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5487388 |
Three dimensional ultrasonic scanning devices and techniques
A method and device for three dimensional ultrasonic scanning of a patient is described by which an ultrasonic probe scans image planes oriented in a wedge or fan shaped volume. The probe is moved...
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5475613 |
Ultrasonic defect testing method and apparatus
A three dimensional object under test is measured to obtain shape data representing a shape of the three dimensional object. The object under test is measured using, for example, an ultrasonic...
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5467779 |
Multiplanar probe for ultrasonic imaging
A multiplanar ultrasonic probe incorporates a mechanically rotatable linear phased transducer array. The transducer array can be remotely maneuvered to change the scan plane. A ring gear affixed to...
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5456256 |
High resolution ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method
An ultrasonic imaging system and method for imaging human or animal tissue having a surface and including a probe including a platen for supporting the human or animal tissue for imaging the same,...
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