公开(公告)号：US20120095338A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-19

申请号：US13101990

申请日：2011-05-05

申请人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

发明人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01S7/52026 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S7/5206

摘要： An ultrasound scanner is equipped with one or more fuzzy control units that can perform adaptive system parameter optimization anywhere in the system. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems configured to generate an ultrasound image, the plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems including a transmitter subsystem, a receiver subsystem, and an image processing subsystem; and a fuzzy logic controller communicatively coupled with at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems. The fuzzy logic controller is configured to receive, from at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems, input data including at least one of pixel image data and data for generating pixel image data; to process the input data using a set of inference rules to produce fuzzy output; and to convert the fuzzy output into numerical values or system states for controlling at least one of the transmit subsystem and the receiver subsystem that generate the pixel image data.

摘要翻译： 超声波扫描器配备有一个或多个模糊控制单元，其可以在系统中的任何地方执行自适应系统参数优化。 在一个实施例中，超声系统包括被配置为生成超声图像的多个超声图像生成子系统，所述多个超声图像生成子系统包括发射机子系统，接收机子系统和图像处理子系统; 以及与所述多个超声成像生成子系统中的至少一个通信耦合的模糊逻辑控制器。 模糊逻辑控制器被配置为从多个超声成像生成子系统中的至少一个接收包括像素图像数据和用于生成像素图像数据的数据中的至少一个的输入数据; 使用一组推理规则来处理输入数据以产生模糊输出; 并且将模糊输出转换成数值或系统状态，以便控制生成像素图像数据的发射子系统和接收机子系统中的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US08357094B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-22

申请号：US13101990

申请日：2011-05-05

申请人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

发明人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01S7/52026 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S7/5206

摘要： An ultrasound scanner is equipped with one or more fuzzy control units that can perform adaptive system parameter optimization anywhere in the system. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems configured to generate an ultrasound image, the plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems including a transmitter subsystem, a receiver subsystem, and an image processing subsystem; and a fuzzy logic controller communicatively coupled with at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems. The fuzzy logic controller is configured to receive, from at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems, input data including at least one of pixel image data and data for generating pixel image data; to process the input data using a set of inference rules to produce fuzzy output; and to convert the fuzzy output into numerical values or system states for controlling at least one of the transmit subsystem and the receiver subsystem that generate the pixel image data.

公开(公告)号：US07627386B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-01

申请号：US10961709

申请日：2004-10-07

申请人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

发明人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

IPC分类号： G05B13/02

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01S7/52026 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S7/5206

摘要： An ultrasound scanner is equipped with one or more fuzzy control units that can perform adaptive system parameter optimization anywhere in the system. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems configured to generate an ultrasound image, the plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems including a transmitter subsystem, a receiver subsystem, and an image processing subsystem; and a fuzzy logic controller communicatively coupled with at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems. The fuzzy logic controller is configured to receive, from at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems, input data including at least one of pixel image data and data for generating pixel image data; to process the input data using a set of inference rules to produce fuzzy output; and to convert the fuzzy output into numerical values or system states for controlling at least one of the transmit subsystem and the receiver subsystem that generate the pixel image data.

摘要翻译： 超声波扫描器配备有一个或多个模糊控制单元，其可以在系统中的任何地方执行自适应系统参数优化。 在一个实施例中，超声系统包括被配置为生成超声图像的多个超声图像生成子系统，所述多个超声图像生成子系统包括发射机子系统，接收机子系统和图像处理子系统; 以及与所述多个超声成像生成子系统中的至少一个通信耦合的模糊逻辑控制器。 模糊逻辑控制器被配置为从多个超声成像生成子系统中的至少一个接收包括像素图像数据和用于生成像素图像数据的数据中的至少一个的输入数据; 使用一组推理规则来处理输入数据以产生模糊输出; 并且将模糊输出转换成数值或系统状态，以便控制生成像素图像数据的发射子系统和接收机子系统中的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US20100189329A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-29

申请号：US12628169

申请日：2009-11-30

申请人： Larry Y.L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

发明人： Larry Y.L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Kathy S. Jedrzejewicz ,  Thomas Jedrzejewicz ,  Kurt Sandstrom ,  Feng Yin ,  Scott Franklin Smith ,  Wenkang Qi ,  Robert Stanson

IPC分类号： A61B8/14 ,  G06T7/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01S7/52026 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S7/5206

摘要： An ultrasound scanner is equipped with one or more fuzzy control units that can perform adaptive system parameter optimization anywhere in the system. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems configured to generate an ultrasound image, the plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems including a transmitter subsystem, a receiver subsystem, and an image processing subsystem; and a fuzzy logic controller communicatively coupled with at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems. The fuzzy logic controller is configured to receive, from at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems, input data including at least one of pixel image data and data for generating pixel image data; to process the input data using a set of inference rules to produce fuzzy output; and to convert the fuzzy output into numerical values or system states for controlling at least one of the transmit subsystem and the receiver subsystem that generate the pixel image data.

摘要翻译： 超声波扫描器配备有一个或多个模糊控制单元，其可以在系统中的任何地方执行自适应系统参数优化。 在一个实施例中，超声系统包括被配置为生成超声图像的多个超声图像产生子系统，所述多个超声图像生成子系统包括发射机子系统，接收机子系统和图像处理子系统; 以及与所述多个超声成像生成子系统中的至少一个通信耦合的模糊逻辑控制器。 模糊逻辑控制器被配置为从多个超声成像生成子系统中的至少一个接收包括像素图像数据和用于生成像素图像数据的数据中的至少一个的输入数据; 使用一组推理规则来处理输入数据以产生模糊输出; 并且将模糊输出转换成数值或系统状态，以便控制生成像素图像数据的发射子系统和接收机子系统中的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US08672846B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US13196748

申请日：2011-08-02

申请人： David J. Napolitano ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Robert W. Steins

发明人： David J. Napolitano ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Robert W. Steins

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4461 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  G01S7/52019 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/8915 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8993 ,  G10K11/341

摘要： 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 spatially distinct transmit beams which differ in one or more of origin and angle; determining a transmit beam spacing substantially based upon a combination of actual and desired transmit beam characteristics, thereby achieving a faster echo acquisition rate compared to a transmit beam spacing based upon round-trip transmit-receive beam sampling requirements; storing coherent receive echo data, from two or more transmit beams of the spatially distinct transmit beams; combining coherent receive echo data from at least two or more transmit beams to achieve a substantially spatially invariant synthesized transmit focus at each echo location; and combining coherent receive echo data from each transmit firing to achieve dynamic receive focusing at each echo location.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，超声成像方法包括：提供包括用于发射和接收超声波的一个或多个换能器元件的探针; 产生在原点和角度中的一个或多个中不同的空间上不同的发射光束序列; 基于实际和期望的发射波束特性的组合来确定发射波束间隔，从而相对于基于往返发射 - 接收波束采样要求的发射波束间隔而获得更快的回波采集速率; 存储来自空间不同发射波束的两个或更多个发射波束的相干接收回波数据; 组合来自至少两个或更多个发射波束的相干接收回波数据，以在每个回波位置处实现基本上空间不变的合成发射焦点; 并组合来自每个发射发射的相干接收回波数据，以在每个回波位置实现动态接收聚焦。

公开(公告)号：US09060669B1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-23

申请号：US12340578

申请日：2008-12-19

申请人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Albert Gee ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Robert W. Steins

发明人： Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Albert Gee ,  David J. Napolitano ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Robert W. Steins

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/565 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/0891 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/488 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/5223 ,  A61B8/54 ,  G01S7/52034 ,  G01S7/52049 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8979

摘要： An ultrasonic imaging method includes activating a transmit aperture within a multi-element transducer array, transmitting one or more ultrasonic beams along scan direction(s) that span the region of interest, for each transmit event, receiving ultrasound echoes from each element of a receive aperture, grouping the receive channel echo data into two or more sets corresponding to different receive sub-apertures, combining each sub-aperture data set to generate partially focused echo-location data for one or more reconstruction lines, and storing all the sub-aperture echo data sets during a storage period in a format that can be retrieved for later analysis. A method includes, during a post-storage period, retrieving stored sub-aperture data, combining the sub-aperture data to form one or more selected reconstruction lines, processing echo data to extract motion information from one or more sample positions along the selected reconstruction lines, and displaying an image representative of the processed motion information.

摘要翻译： 超声波成像方法包括激活多元素换能器阵列内的发射孔径，对于每个发射事件，沿着扫描方向（沿着扫描方向）跨越所述感兴趣区域传输一个或多个超声波束，从接收器的每个元件接收超声回波 孔径，将接收信道回波数据分组成对应于不同接收子孔径的两个或多个集合，组合每个子孔径数据集以产生用于一个或多个重建线的部分聚焦的回波位置数据，以及存储所有子孔径 在一个存储期间的回波数据集可以被检索以供以后分析。 一种方法包括在后期保存期间检索所存储的子孔径数据，组合子孔径数据以形成一个或多个所选择的重建线，处理回波数据以从所选重建的一个或多个采样位置提取运动信息 并且显示代表所处理的运动信息的图像。

公开(公告)号：US08002705B1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-23

申请号：US11492471

申请日：2006-07-24

申请人： David J. Napolitano ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Robert W. Steins

发明人： David J. Napolitano ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Robert W. Steins

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4461 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  G01S7/52019 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/8915 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8993 ,  G10K11/341

摘要： 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 spatially distinct transmit beams which differ in one or more of origin and angle; determining a transmit beam spacing substantially based upon a combination of actual and desired transmit beam characteristics, thereby achieving a faster echo acquisition rate compared to a transmit beam spacing based upon round-trip transmit-receive beam sampling requirements; storing coherent receive echo data, from two or more transmit beams of the spatially distinct transmit beams; combining coherent receive echo data from at least two or more transmit beams to achieve a substantially spatially invariant synthesized transmit focus at each echo location; and combining coherent receive echo data from each transmit firing to achieve dynamic receive focusing at each echo location.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，超声成像方法包括：提供包括用于发射和接收超声波的一个或多个换能器元件的探针; 产生在原点和角度中的一个或多个中不同的空间上不同的发射光束序列; 基于实际和期望的发射波束特性的组合来确定发射波束间隔，从而相对于基于往返发射 - 接收波束采样要求的发射波束间隔而获得更快的回波采集速率; 存储来自空间不同发射波束的两个或更多个发射波束的相干接收回波数据; 组合来自至少两个或更多个发射波束的相干接收回波数据，以在每个回波位置处实现基本上空间不变的合成发射焦点; 并组合来自每个发射发射的相干接收回波数据，以在每个回波位置实现动态接收聚焦。

公开(公告)号：US08784318B1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-22

申请号：US11492557

申请日：2006-07-24

申请人： David J. Napolitano ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Robert W. Steins

发明人： David J. Napolitano ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y. L. Mo ,  Robert W. Steins

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  G01S7/52 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G01N29/44 ,  G06T5/50

CPC分类号： A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/467 ,  A61B8/469 ,  A61B8/488 ,  A61B8/5269 ,  A61B8/58 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01N29/4463 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52049 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/97 ,  G06T11/005 ,  G06T2207/10132 ,  G06T2207/20172 ,  G06T2207/30004

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide an ultrasound scanner equipped with an image data processing unit that can perform adaptive parameter optimization during image formation and processing. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a channel data memory to store channel data obtained by digitizing ultrasound image data produced by an image scan; an image data processor configured to process the stored channel data in the memory to reconstruct an ultrasound image for each of a plurality of trial values of at least one parameter to be optimized; and a parameter optimization unit configured to evaluate an image quality of the reconstructed ultrasound image for each trial value of the at least one parameter, and to determine the optimized value of the at least one parameter based on the evaluated image quality.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了配备有图像数据处理单元的超声波扫描器，其可以在图像形成和处理期间执行自适应参数优化。 在一个实施例中，超声系统包括通道数据存储器，用于存储通过数字化由图像扫描产生的超声图像数据而获得的通道数据; 图像数据处理器，被配置为处理所述存储器中存储的通道数据以针对待优化的至少一个参数的多个试验值中的每一个来重建超声图像; 以及参数优化单元，被配置为针对所述至少一个参数的每个试验值评估所述重建的超声图像的图像质量，并且基于所评估的图像质量来确定所述至少一个参数的优化值。

公开(公告)号：US20120083695A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-05

申请号：US13196748

申请日：2011-08-02

申请人： David J. Napolitano ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y.L. Mo ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Robert W. Steins

发明人： David J. Napolitano ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere ,  Glen W. McLaughlin ,  Larry Y.L. Mo ,  Ching-Hua Chou ,  Ting-Lan Ji ,  Robert W. Steins

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4461 ,  A61B8/4483 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/4494 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  G01S7/52019 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52095 ,  G01S15/8915 ,  G01S15/8927 ,  G01S15/8993 ,  G10K11/341

摘要： 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 spatially distinct transmit beams which differ in one or more of origin and angle; determining a transmit beam spacing substantially based upon a combination of actual and desired transmit beam characteristics, thereby achieving a faster echo acquisition rate compared to a transmit beam spacing based upon round-trip transmit-receive beam sampling requirements; storing coherent receive echo data, from two or more transmit beams of the spatially distinct transmit beams; combining coherent receive echo data from at least two or more transmit beams to achieve a substantially spatially invariant synthesized transmit focus at each echo location; and combining coherent receive echo data from each transmit firing to achieve dynamic receive focusing at each echo location.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，超声成像方法包括：提供包括用于发射和接收超声波的一个或多个换能器元件的探针; 产生在原点和角度中的一个或多个中不同的空间上不同的发射光束序列; 基于实际和期望的发射波束特性的组合来确定发射波束间隔，从而相对于基于往返发射 - 接收波束采样要求的发射波束间隔而获得更快的回波采集速率; 存储来自空间不同发射波束的两个或更多个发射波束的相干接收回波数据; 组合来自至少两个或更多个发射波束的相干接收回波数据，以在每个回波位置处实现基本上空间不变的合成发射焦点; 并组合来自每个发射发射的相干接收回波数据，以在每个回波位置实现动态接收聚焦。

公开(公告)号：US09138172B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-22

申请号：US13371226

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： David A. Borkholder ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere

发明人： David A. Borkholder ,  Brian Derek DeBusschere

IPC分类号： A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/4064 ,  A61B5/7275 ,  A61B5/7282 ,  A61B2560/0209 ,  A61B2560/0242 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06Q50/22

摘要： A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that includes obtaining, by a dosimetry computing device, sensor readings from at least one sensor. An event is identified, by the dosimetry computing device, based on at least one of one or more of the obtained sensor readings or one or more determinations based on the obtained sensor readings meeting one or more selection. At least one of the one or more determinations or the sensor readings which meet one or more of the selection criteria when the event is identified is stored by the dosimetry computing device.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，非暂时计算机可读介质和装置，其包括通过剂量测量计算装置获得来自至少一个传感器的传感器读数。 所述剂量计算装置基于所获得的传感器读数中的一个或多个中的至少一个或基于获得的满足一个或多个选择的传感器读数的一个或多个确定来识别事件。 当所述事件被识别时满足一个或多个所述选择标准的所述一个或多个确定或所述传感器读数中的至少一个由所述剂量计算装置存储。