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公开(公告)号:US20180168549A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15894663
申请日:2018-02-12
申请人: Biim Ultrasound AS
发明人: Trygve Burchardt
CPC分类号: A61B8/4461 , A61B8/00 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4281 , A61B8/4411 , A61B8/4427 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/54 , A61B8/56 , G01N29/221 , G01N29/262 , G10K11/20 , G10K11/28 , G10K11/357
摘要: An illustrative device for creating images based on ultrasonic pulses comprises an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic pulses; and a mirror comprising at least two facets configured to reflect the ultrasonic pulses, wherein the mirror is configured to rotate. The ultrasonic transducer and the mirror are positioned in a probe head. A first facet of the mirror reflects the ultrasonic pulses from the ultrasonic transducer during a first range of rotation of the mirror and a second facet of the mirror reflects the ultrasonic pulses from the ultrasonic transducer during a second range of rotation of the mirror.
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公开(公告)号:US20180168543A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15380477
申请日:2016-12-15
发明人: Stefan Denk , Harald Deischinger
CPC分类号: A61B8/145 , A61B8/4444 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/469 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/54 , G01S7/52084 , G01S7/52085 , G01S15/8913 , G01S15/8915 , G01S15/8927
摘要: Systems and methods are provided for fast volume contrast imaging in C-plane (VCI-C) and Omniview acquisition.
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公开(公告)号:US20180161007A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-14
申请号:US15833270
申请日:2017-12-06
发明人: Kyung-moo CHOI , Young-il KIM
CPC分类号: A61B8/4494 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4444 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/54 , A61B8/56 , B06B1/0207 , B06B1/0629 , G01S7/52079 , G01S15/8925
摘要: Provided is a probe for an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, including a transducer module for transmitting or receiving ultrasound waves. The probe includes: a plurality of ultrasonic elements arranged in a two-dimensional (2D) array; a plurality of first electrical circuit boards located below the plurality of ultrasonic elements, spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance along columns in one direction of the 2D array, and electrically connected to the plurality of ultrasonic elements; and a support frame including a plurality of slots into which the plurality of electrical circuit boards are inserted for support.
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公开(公告)号:US20180153509A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15370961
申请日:2016-12-06
CPC分类号: A61B8/4466 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/469 , A61B8/54 , G01S7/52085 , G01S15/8915 , G01S15/894
摘要: Methods and systems are provided for an ultrasound probe including a small-angle adjustment element. In one embodiment, the small-angle adjustment element includes a piezoelectric actuator configured to rotate a transducer array of the ultrasound probe in response to electrical signals transmitted to the piezoelectric actuator. In this way, an amount of angle spanned by the transducer array during a scan of a region of interest may be reduced, thereby increasing a precision of the ultrasound probe.
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公开(公告)号:US20180146952A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-31
申请号:US15793850
申请日:2017-10-25
CPC分类号: A61B8/463 , A61B8/06 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/469 , A61B8/488 , A61B8/5223 , A61B8/5246
摘要: An ultrasonic blood flow imaging display method and an ultrasonic imaging system. The system comprises: a probe (1); a transmitting circuit (2), configured to excite the probe (1) to transmit an ultrasonic beam to a scanning target; a receiving circuit (4) and a beam forming module (5), configured to receive an echo of the ultrasonic beam to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal; a data processing module (9), configured to obtain, according to the ultrasonic echo signal, blood flow velocity vector information and Doppler blood flow velocity information about a target point in the scanning target and at least part of ultrasonic images of the scanning target, and superposing the ultrasonic images and the Doppler blood flow velocity information to form a Doppler color blood flow graph; and a display (8), configured to contrastively display the blood flow velocity vector information and the Doppler color blood flow graph. By means of a mode of contrastively displaying a common blood flow display image and a vector blood flow, a better viewing angle is provided for a user.
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公开(公告)号:US09936936B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US14274122
申请日:2014-05-09
发明人: Menachem Halmann , Shinichi Amemiya
CPC分类号: A61B8/462 , A61B8/14 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4411 , A61B8/4427 , A61B8/4472 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/463 , A61B8/465 , A61B8/469 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/56 , G01S7/5208 , G01S7/52082 , G01S7/52085 , G01S15/8909
摘要: A method and system are disclosed for a compact, inexpensive ultrasound system using an off-the-shelf personal digital assistant (PDA) device interfacing to a hand-held probe assembly through a standard digital interface. The hand-held probe assembly comprises a detachable transducer head attached to a beamforming module that performs digital beamforming. The PDA runs Windows applications and displays menus and images to a user. The PDA also runs ultrasound data processing software to support a plurality of imaging modes. An internal battery is provided in the PDA to power the system. The transducer head is detachable from the beamforming module.
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公开(公告)号:US09924923B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-27
申请号:US14407380
申请日:2013-06-13
CPC分类号: A61B8/4461 , A61B8/0875 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4209 , A61B8/4218 , A61B8/4281 , A61B8/4466 , A61B8/4477 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/483 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/523 , A61B8/5253
摘要: Ultrasound apparatus or techniques can include obtaining reflected ultrasound echo information, which can be used to construct a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of an at least approximately specular reflected target, such as bone. In an example, echo information can be obtained from spatially-overlapping tissue regions, such as using one or more of an array of ultrasonic transducers, or mechanically-scanning one or more ultrasonic transducers. In an example, one or more of a deformable housing or a deformable coupling pad can be used, such as to couple ultrasonic energy between one or more transducers and a tissue region.
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公开(公告)号:US09826960B2
公开(公告)日:2017-11-28
申请号:US13959599
申请日:2013-08-05
申请人: C. R. Bard, Inc.
CPC分类号: A61B8/145 , A61B8/4472 , A61B8/4483 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/56 , G01S7/003 , G01S7/52017 , G01S7/5208 , G01S7/52082 , G01S7/52085 , G01S7/52096 , G01S15/8909
摘要: A low power ultrasound system for use in sonography applications, including vascular imaging, is disclosed. The low power ultrasound system includes a base unit having an image processor and a display. An ultrasound probe is operably connected to the base unit. The probe includes a head portion including an array of crystal transducers. A plurality of pulser/receiver modules that cause the transducers to emit ultrasonic transmit pulses are also included in the probe. The pulser/receiver modules are further configured to receive analog signals relating to ultrasonic echo receive pulses detected by the transducers. The probe includes a singular low noise amplifier that amplifies the analog signals, and an analog-to-digital converter that converts the analog signals to a digital signal. A wireless interface is included for enabling the digital signal to be wirelessly transmitted from the probe to the image processor of the base unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20170252012A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15444804
申请日:2017-02-28
发明人: Taketoshi NAGAI , Yasuhiro Takahashi , Yuki Tamano
CPC分类号: A61B8/54 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/5207 , G01S7/5202 , G01S7/52096 , G01S15/8915
摘要: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a plurality of transmission-wave generation circuits configured to supply a plurality of transducers of an ultrasonic probe with a plurality of transmission waves for driving the plurality of transducers via a plurality of channels; and a transmission control circuit configured to independently and dynamically control each of the plurality of transmission-wave generation circuits at a timing different for each channel.
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公开(公告)号:US09730675B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-15
申请号:US15113510
申请日:2015-01-21
发明人: Yinhui Deng , Xiaomin Li , Xiaolin Gu , Vijay Thakur Shamdasani , Ying Wu
CPC分类号: A61B8/523 , A61B8/14 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/465 , A61B8/466 , A61B8/469 , A61B8/483 , A61B8/54
摘要: The present invention provides an ultrasound imaging system and an ultrasound imaging method for improving the imaging quality of the desired imaging plane in the volume of interest of a subject. According to the present invention, it is possible to directly scan the desired imaging plane by exploiting the capability of a 2D matrix ultrasound transducer and/or the flexibility of the position/orientation of the ultrasound probe. In some cases, the setting parameters of the transducer elements can be adjusted so that the ultrasound signal transmitted from the transducer elements is able to derive ultrasound echo data of the desired imaging plane without moving the probe. In other cases where the desired imaging plane cannot be directly scanned without changing the position/orientation of the ultrasound probe, the position/orientation of the ultrasound probe can be adjusted by means of user interaction, namely by outputting the instruction for guiding the user to move the probe so as to enable direct scanning of the desired imaging plane. In this way, the image of the desired imaging plane is not reconstructed by interpolation of the ultrasound echo data of the plurality of scanning planes (which are determined by the setting parameters of the transducer elements), but instead it is reconstructed from the ultrasound echo data of the desired imaging plane itself. In other words, the desired imaging plane is directly scanned. Thus, the image quality of the desired imaging plane is improved and may help doctors conduct a more accurate diagnosis.
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