ULTRASOUND SCANNING AND ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED BIOPSY
    1.
    发明申请
    ULTRASOUND SCANNING AND ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED BIOPSY 审中-公开
    超声波扫描和超声波辅助生物

    公开(公告)号:US20100174185A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-08

    申请号:US12299275

    申请日:2007-05-02

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61B10/02

    摘要: An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample are described, the apparatus comprising an ultrasound transducer and a membranous sheet, the membranous sheet compressing the tissue sample, the ultrasound transducer contacting the membranous sheet and ultrasonically scanning the tissue sample therethrough, wherein the membranous sheet has a generally arcuate shape and the ultrasound transducer is movable in a generally arcuate trajectory therealong during the ultrasonic scan. Also described is an apparatus for facilitating a medical procedure, comprising a membranous sheet compressing a tissue sample, an ultrasound transducer contacting the membranous sheet to ultrasonically scan the tissue sample therethrough, and a biopsy guide operably coupled to the ultrasound transducer for maintaining a biopsy instrument in a scan plane of the ultrasound transducer to facilitate a percutaneous biopsy of a lesion located in the scan plane.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于超声波扫描组织样品的装置和相关方法,所述装置包括超声换能器和膜片,所述膜片压缩所述组织样本,所述超声波换能器接触所述膜片并且超声扫描所述组织样本,其中, 膜片具有大致弓形的形状,并且超声波换能器在超声波扫描期间沿着大致弧形的轨迹移动。 还描述了一种用于促进医疗过程的装置,包括压缩组织样本的膜片,接触膜片的超声波换能器以超声扫描组织样本,以及可操作地耦合到超声换能器的活检导管,用于维持活检器械 在超声换能器的扫描平面中,以便于位于扫描平面中的病变的经皮活检。

    Handheld volumetric ultrasound scanning device
    2.
    发明授权
    Handheld volumetric ultrasound scanning device 有权
    手持式体积超声波扫描装置

    公开(公告)号:US08128568B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-06

    申请号:US12238091

    申请日:2008-09-25

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue volume are described, the apparatus being particularly advantageous in the context of freehand ultrasound assisted biopsy of the breast although readily applied to non-biopsy contexts and other body parts. The apparatus comprises a casing configured and dimensioned for single-handed manipulation relative to a surface of the tissue, and a texturably couplant-porous material sheet extending across an opening of the casing. The texturably couplant-porous material sheet has an outer side and an inner side relative to the casing, the outer side for compressively contacting the tissue surface. The apparatus further comprises an ultrasound transducer positioned against the inner side of the texturably couplant-porous material sheet and being mechanically translatable thereacross for volumetrically scanning the tissue volume therethrough.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于超声扫描组织体积的装置和相关方法,该装置在乳房的手写超声辅助活检的上下文中特别有利,尽管容易地应用于非活检上下文和其他身体部位。 该装置包括一个外壳,其被配置和尺寸设计成相对于该组织的表面进行单手操作,以及一个横跨该外壳的开口延伸的可变形的耦合剂 - 多孔材料片。 可变形的联合多孔材料片具有相对于外壳的外侧和内侧,用于压缩地接触组织表面的外侧。 该装置还包括一个超声波换能器,该超声波换能器抵靠着可柔软的耦合剂 - 多孔材料片的内侧,并可在其上机械平移,用于体积扫描组织体积。

    Versatile Breast Ultrasound Scanning
    3.
    发明申请
    Versatile Breast Ultrasound Scanning 审中-公开
    多功能乳房超声扫描

    公开(公告)号:US20080269613A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-30

    申请号:US11587078

    申请日:2005-04-26

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: Versatile ultrasound scanning of a breast is described using an apparatus (1202) including a hand-manipulable compression/scanning assembly (1208). The compression/scanning assembly (1208) comprises an ultrasound transducer (1304) and a compressive member comprising an at least partially conformable membrane (1218) in a substantially taut state, the membrane (1218) having a first surface compressing the breast in a generally chestward direction and a second surface opposite the first surface. The compression/scanning assembly (1208) further comprises a transducer translation mechanism coupled to the ultrasound transducer (1304) and configured to sweep the ultrasound transducer across the second surface of the membrane to scan the breast while compressed in the generally chestward direction. Systemized and/or standardized ultrasonic scanning of a breast based on hand-manipulable scanners (1208, 1508) having substantially planar scanning surfaces is also described.

    摘要翻译: 使用包括可手动操纵的压缩/扫描组件(1208)的装置(1202)来描述乳房的多功能超声扫描。 压缩/扫描组件(1208)包括超声换能器(1304)和包括基本拉紧状态的至少部分适形膜(1218)的压缩构件,所述膜(1218)具有第一表面,以一般地压缩乳房 胸前方向和与第一表面相对的第二表面。 压缩/扫描组件(1208)还包括耦合到超声换能器(1304)的换能器平移机构,并被配置成扫过超声波换能器穿过膜的第二表面,以在大致向胸部方向压缩的同时扫描乳房。 还描述了基于具有基本上平面扫描表面的可手动操纵的扫描仪(1208,1508)的乳房的系统化和/或标准化的超声波扫描。

    Ultrasound scanning and ultrasound-assisted biopsy

    公开(公告)号:US10561394B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US12299275

    申请日:2007-05-02

    摘要: An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample are described, the apparatus comprising an ultrasound transducer and a membranous sheet, the membranous sheet compressing the tissue sample, the ultrasound transducer contacting the membranous sheet and ultrasonically scanning the tissue sample therethrough, wherein the membranous sheet has a generally arcuate shape and the ultrasound transducer is movable in a generally arcuate trajectory therealong during the ultrasonic scan. Also described is an apparatus for facilitating a medical procedure, comprising a membranous sheet compressing a tissue sample, an ultrasound transducer contacting the membranous sheet to ultrasonically scan the tissue sample therethrough, and a biopsy guide operably coupled to the ultrasound transducer for maintaining a biopsy instrument in a scan plane of the ultrasound transducer to facilitate a percutaneous biopsy of a lesion located in the scan plane.

    THICK-SLICE PROCESSING AND DISPLAY OF INFORMATION FROM A VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND SCAN OF A CHESTWARDLY COMPRESSED BREAST
    7.
    发明申请
    THICK-SLICE PROCESSING AND DISPLAY OF INFORMATION FROM A VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND SCAN OF A CHESTWARDLY COMPRESSED BREAST 审中-公开
    厚片加工和信息显示从一个西门子压缩乳头的体积超声波扫描

    公开(公告)号:US20100076311A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-25

    申请号:US12441975

    申请日:2007-09-21

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14 G06K9/00

    CPC分类号: A61B8/0825 A61B8/523

    摘要: Systems, methods, and related computer program products for acquiring, processing, and displaying breast ultrasound information are described. In one preferred embodiment, a three-dimensional data volume of a sonographic property of a chestwardly compressed breast is acquired, and the data volume is processed to generate a plurality of two-dimensional coronal thick-slice images. Each coronal thick-slice image is representative of the sonographic property within a thick-slice subvolume of the breast substantially parallel to a coronal plane. The thick-slice subvolume has a thickness selected for optimal viewing of terminal ductal lobular unit (TDLU) patterns in a display of the thick-slice images.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于获取,处理和显示乳房超声信息的系统,方法和相关的计算机程序产品。 在一个优选实施例中,获取胸部压缩乳房的超声波特性的三维数据体积,并处理数据体积以产生多个二维冠状厚片图像。 每个冠状厚片图像代表基本上平行于冠状面的乳房的厚切片子体积内的超声波特性。 厚片子体积具有选择用于在厚片图像的显示器中最佳观看末端导管小叶单元(TDLU)图案的厚度。

    Compressive surfaces for ultrasonic scanning
    8.
    发明授权
    Compressive surfaces for ultrasonic scanning 有权
    压缩表面用于超声波扫描

    公开(公告)号:US08721552B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-13

    申请号:US13489091

    申请日:2012-06-05

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: Automated ultrasonic scanning of a chestwardly compressed breast of a supine patient uses a scanning assembly that moves down to compress the breast through a membrane that is secured to the assembly across a bottom opening. A motorized ultrasound transducer moves across the breast while the breast remains downwardly compressed against the patient's chest, sending and receiving ultrasound energy through the membrane. The membrane is porous with respect to an acoustic coupling liquid that impregnates it. The transducer outputs ultrasound information that is processed to form initial planar images and then reconstructed slice images of breast tissue.

    摘要翻译: 仰卧患者胸部压缩乳房的自动超声波扫描使用向下移动的扫描组件,以通过穿过底部开口固定到组件的膜来压缩乳房。 电动超声波换能器穿过乳房,同时乳房保持向下压迫患者的胸部,通过膜发送和接收超声能量。 相对于浸渍它的声耦合液体,膜是多孔的。 传感器输出被处理以形成初始平面图像,然后重建乳腺组织切片图像的超声信息。

    Compressive surfaces for ultrasonic scanning and associated method
    9.
    发明授权
    Compressive surfaces for ultrasonic scanning and associated method 有权
    压缩表面用于超声波扫描和相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US07731662B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-08

    申请号:US11917466

    申请日:2006-07-25

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample are described, the apparatus comprising an ultrasound transducer and a taut fabric sheet compressing the tissue sample, the ultrasound transducer contacting the taut fabric sheet and ultrasonically scanning the tissue sample therethrough. Preferably, the taut fabric sheet is substantially porous with respect to an acoustic couplant. In another embodiment, an ultrasound transducer and a vented membrane are provided, the vented membrane having a first surface contacting the tissue surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the ultrasound transducer contacting the second surface and being translated across the second surface for ultrasonically scanning the tissue volume. An acoustic couplant is applied to one of the tissue surface, the first surface, and the second surface, the vented membrane being provided with a void pattern such that it is substantially porous with respect to the acoustic coupling agent.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于超声扫描组织样本的装置和相关方法,所述装置包括超声换能器和压缩组织样本的拉紧织物片,超声波换能器接触拉紧的织物片并且超声扫描组织样本。 优选地,拉紧织物片材相对于声耦合剂基本上是多孔的。 在另一个实施例中,提供超声换能器和通气膜,所述排气膜具有接触组织表面的第一表面和与第一表面相对的第二表面,超声波换能器接触第二表面并且跨越第二表面被翻转超声波 扫描组织体积。 将声耦合剂施加到组织表面,第一表面和第二表面中的一个,通气膜具有空隙图案,使得其相对于声耦合剂基本上是多孔的。

    COMPRESSIVE SURFACES FOR ULTRASONIC SCANNING
    10.
    发明申请
    COMPRESSIVE SURFACES FOR ULTRASONIC SCANNING 有权
    用于超声波扫描的压缩表面

    公开(公告)号:US20100063396A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-11

    申请号:US11917466

    申请日:2006-07-25

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample are described, the apparatus comprising an ultrasound transducer and a taut fabric sheet compressing the tissue sample, the ultrasound transducer contacting the taut fabric sheet and ultrasonically scanning the tissue sample therethrough. Preferably, the taut fabric sheet is substantially porous with respect to an acoustic couplant. In another embodiment, an ultrasound transducer and a vented membrane are provided, the vented membrane having a first surface contacting the tissue surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the ultrasound transducer contacting the second surface and being translated across the second surface for ultrasonically scanning the tissue volume. An acoustic couplant is applied to one of the tissue surface, the first surface, and the second surface, the vented membrane being provided with a void pattern such that it is substantially porous with respect to the acoustic coupling agent.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于超声扫描组织样本的装置和相关方法,所述装置包括超声换能器和压缩组织样本的拉紧织物片,超声波换能器接触拉紧的织物片并且超声扫描组织样本。 优选地,拉紧织物片材相对于声耦合剂基本上是多孔的。 在另一个实施例中,提供超声换能器和通气膜,所述排气膜具有接触组织表面的第一表面和与第一表面相对的第二表面,超声波换能器接触第二表面并且跨越第二表面被翻转超声波 扫描组织体积。 将声耦合剂施加到组织表面,第一表面和第二表面中的一个,通气膜具有空隙图案,使得其相对于声耦合剂基本上是多孔的。