AUTONOMOUS IMAGING SYSTEM ON CHIP
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240345233A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18634712

    申请日:2024-04-12

    申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G01S7/52 G01S15/89

    摘要: An ultrasound imaging system integrated on a chip for autonomous scanning includes an on-chip input memory configured to store scan sequence instructions and parameters, an on-chip processor configured to read the scan sequence instructions and parameters in the input memory, and an on-chip beamformer configured to be programmed and timed by the processor according to the scan sequence instructions and parameters. In some examples, the scan sequence instructions and parameters are stored in a nonvolatile input memory programmed at the factory. In other examples, they are received from an external user device. The scan parameters are optimized or minimized to accommodate the limited input memory capacity. In some examples, the scan sequence instructions and parameters include programmable nested loops, and each of the programmable nested loops corresponds to a transmit and/or receive event in a scan sequence.

    Display and export of individual biplane images
    3.
    发明授权
    Display and export of individual biplane images 有权
    显示和导出单个双面平面图像

    公开(公告)号:US09437043B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-06

    申请号:US13812649

    申请日:2011-07-18

    申请人: Michael Schauf

    发明人: Michael Schauf

    摘要: An ultrasound system which is capable of biplane imaging is able to display, store and export independent image frames of only the reference image (90) or only the variable orientation image, or the standard display of both images. The system is also able to sweep through a range of image plane orientations and to automatically acquire a sequence of images (92) comprising an image in each orientation over the range of plane orientations. The system is preferably operable in the biplane tilt mode, the biplane rotate mode, or the biplane elevation tilt mode.

    摘要翻译: 能够进行双面成像的超声系统能够仅显示,存储和输出仅参考图像(90)的独立图像帧,或者仅显示两个图像的可变取向图像或标准显示。 该系统还能够扫过一系列图像平面取向并且自动获取包括在平面取向范围上的每个取向的图像的图像序列(92)。 该系统优选地在双平面倾斜模式,双平面旋转模式或双面平面仰角倾斜模式中可操作。

    Medical system for providing external trigger signal
    6.
    发明授权
    Medical system for providing external trigger signal 有权
    医疗系统提供外部触发信号

    公开(公告)号:US08727985B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-20

    申请号:US12643782

    申请日:2009-12-21

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: There are disclosed embodiments for a medical system capable of providing an external trigger signal. The medical system comprises at least one of an ECG signal providing unit to provide an ECG signal indicative of an electrical change in a target object, a reference signal providing unit to provide at least one reference signal for triggering an operation of the medical system, and a medical image providing unit to provide a medical image of the target object. The medical system may further comprise a processor to form an external trigger signal using at least one of the ECG signal, reference signal and medical image. The medical system may further comprise a signal interface unit to transmit the external trigger signal to an external device coupled to the medical system.

    摘要翻译: 公开了能够提供外部触发信号的医疗系统的实施例。 医疗系统包括ECG信号提供单元中的至少一个,以提供指示目标对象中的电变化的ECG信号;参考信号提供单元,用于提供用于触发医疗系统的操作的至少一个参考信号;以及 医疗图像提供单元,用于提供目标对象的医学图像。 医疗系统还可以包括使用ECG信号,参考信号和医学图像中的至少一个来形成外部触发信号的处理器。 医疗系统还可以包括用于将外部触发信号发送到耦合到医疗系统的外部设备的信号接口单元。

    Imaging with Multiple Aperture Medical Ultrasound and Synchronization of Add-On Systems
    7.
    发明申请
    Imaging with Multiple Aperture Medical Ultrasound and Synchronization of Add-On Systems 审中-公开
    成像多孔医学超声和附加系统的同步

    公开(公告)号:US20140073921A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-13

    申请号:US14078311

    申请日:2013-11-12

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08

    摘要: The benefits of a multi-aperture ultrasound probe can be achieved with add-on devices. Synchronization and correlation of echoes from multiple transducer elements located in different arrays is essential to the successful processing of multiple aperture imaging. The algorithms disclosed here teach methods to successfully process these signals when the transmission source is coming from another ultrasound system and synchronize the add-on system to the other ultrasound system. Two-dimensional images with different noise components can be constructed from the echoes received by individual transducer elements. The disclosed techniques have broad application in medical imaging and are ideally suited to multi-aperture cardiac imaging using two or more intercostal spaces.

    摘要翻译: 多孔径超声探头的优点可以通过附加设备实现。 来自位于不同阵列中的多个换能器元件的回波的同步和相关性对于成功处理多孔成像是至关重要的。 这里公开的算法教导当传输源来自另一超声系统并且将附加系统同步到另一超声系统时成功处理这些信号的方法。 可以从各个换能器元件接收的回波构建具有不同噪声分量的二维图像。 所公开的技术在医学成像中具有广泛的应用,并且理想地适用于使用两个或更多个肋间空间的多孔心脏成像。

    DISPLAY AND EXPORT OF INDIVIDUAL BIPLANE IMAGES
    9.
    发明申请
    DISPLAY AND EXPORT OF INDIVIDUAL BIPLANE IMAGES 有权
    显示和出口个人BIPLANE图像

    公开(公告)号:US20130127845A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-23

    申请号:US13812649

    申请日:2011-07-18

    申请人: Michael Schauf

    发明人: Michael Schauf

    IPC分类号: G06T19/00

    摘要: An ultrasound system which is capable of biplane imaging is able to display, store and export independent image frames of only the reference image (9 0) or only the variable orientation image, or the standard display of both images. The system is also able to sweep through a range of image plane orientations and to automatically acquire a sequence of images (9 2) comprising an image in each orientation over the range of plane orientations. The system is preferably operable in the biplane tilt mode, the biplane rotate mode, or the biplane elevation tilt mode.

    摘要翻译: 能够双平面成像的超声系统能够仅显示,存储和输出仅参考图像(9 0)或仅可变方向图像或两个图像的标准显示的独立图像帧。 该系统还能够扫过一系列图像平面取向并且自动获取包括在平面取向范围上的每个取向的图像的图像序列(9 2)。 该系统优选地在双平面倾斜模式,双平面旋转模式或双面平面仰角倾斜模式中可操作。