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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Detecting Nuclear, Electromagnetic, Or Ultrasonic Radiation > Ultrasonic > Anatomic Image Produced By Reflective Scanning > Electronic Array Scanning Electronic Array ScanningElectronic Array Scanning patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/23/06 - 20060264754 - Colorflow biplane ultrasonic imaging system and method An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described in which two planes of a volumetric region which are in different elevation planes are scanned in real time. In one embodiment the two planes are scanned with less than the maximum number of scanlines which the transducer can transmit in a single ... 11/23/06 - 20060264753 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which is capable of generating a pulse sound field with high sensitivity and high resolution, particularly in short distances, is disclosed. In the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention, a hyperbola operation section 4 derives the distance from each of a plurality of arranged ... 10/26/06 - 20060241456 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and ultrasonic imaging method An ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of displaying an ultrasonic image clearly representing different tissues by discriminating ultrasonic echoes generated in regions having different reflection characteristics among the received ultrasonic echoes. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe including plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves toward an object to ... 10/26/06 - 20060241455 - Automatically adjusted presets for an ultrasound machine There is a need for a better way of collecting information on adjusting and determining presets in ultrasound machines. The system and method according to various embodiments of the present invention involve automatic collection of data of ultrasound scan settings frequently used and optimized by the operator for various types ... 10/26/06 - 20060241454 - Transmit multibeam for compounding ultrasound data Transmit multibeams insonify an object with multiple noncollinear transmit beams fired substantially simultaneously. The noncollinear beams are along different scan lines of same scan geometry, or they belong to scan lines of different scan geometries. One or more receive beams are formed in parallel in response to each of the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184031 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image acquiring method A measurement data processing device measures a size of a diagnostic region from a tomographic image as two-dimensional information. An ROI width determining device determines a size of a region of interest based on the size (lateral width and longitudinal width) of the diagnostic region. An oscillation angle determining device ... 08/17/06 - 20060184030 - Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for forming a Doppler image, a plurality of partial regions are set within a scan region in which Doppler information is obtained. A partial scan operation is performed a plurality of times in a repetitive manner in each of the partial regions. In each partial ... 08/03/06 - 20060173335 - Ultrasound beamformer with scalable receiver boards A beamformer for an ultrasound system and a method for developing a beamformer are provided. The beamformer includes an RF interface configured to be connected to receiver boards that are connected to a probe. The method includes providing receiver boards, wherein each of the receiver boards is capable of conveying ... 08/03/06 - 20060173334 - Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the ... 08/03/06 - 20060173333 - Two-dimensional transducer arrays for improved field of view A method and system for using two-dimensional transducer arrays for improving the field of view during an ultrasonic examination are disclosed. The ultrasonic imaging system includes a two-dimensional transducer array with a plurality of acoustic elements, a beam controller, a signal processor, and a display. The beam controller controls a ... 08/03/06 - 20060173332 - Detection of small-size defects in medical ultrasonic imaging The invention relates to an ultrasonic medical imaging apparatus intended for analyzing an organic medium potentially including defects within a noisy structure. Ultrasound signals focused at a given depth according to M distinct successive excitations arc emitted and an image formation module makes it possible to obtain an image of ... 06/08/06 - 20060122510 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and data processing method therefor A data processing method for the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, according to the present invention includes: acquiring data corresponding to the same predetermined depth, out of a plurality of pieces of ultrasonic data acquired by performing the plurality of times of ultrasonic transmitting/receiving operations in the same sound ray direction and ... 06/01/06 - 20060116580 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus Disclosed is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can dynamically change a focus position of a phasing circuit installed in a sub-array. A transducer element is two-dimensionally arrayed and constitutes a sub-array. The sub-array is two-dimensionally arrayed and constitutes an arrayed transducer element. An output of the transducer element of the ... 05/18/06 - 20060106309 - Aberration correction beam patterns For imaging, broad transmit beams are used to increase frame rate. Two or more receive beams are formed in response to each of the broad beam transmit operations. For aberration correction, narrow transmit beams are used, such as a beam associated with receiving along a single scan line. By altering ... 05/11/06 - 20060100516 - Efficient architecture for 3d and planar ultrasonic imaging - synthetic axial acquisition and method thereof An improved device and method for collecting data used for ultrasonic imaging. The data is gathered over numerous transmit and echo receive cycles, or iterations and combined into a synthetic acquisition representing a complete echo characteristic acquisition. At each iteration, only a portion, or subset, of the echo characteristic is ... 05/04/06 - 20060094962 - Aperture shading estimation techniques for reducing ultrasound multi-line image distortion In an ultrasound imaging system, line-to-line image distortion is reduced by estimating aperture shading caused by the presence of an occlusion in a test subject. A plurality of transmit beams are transmitted towards a subject using an ultrasound transmitter having an aperture (201). Each transmit beam is associated with a ... 04/20/06 - 20060084874 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and control method thereof A combined wave having a plurality of frequencies and phases is transmitted to each of a plurality of scan lines in at least three rates by alternately inverting a phase by 180°. An obtained echo signal is received for each rate. The echo signals are added by using arbitrary weighting ... 04/13/06 - 20060079780 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus An ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of generating ultrasonic images including boundaries between different tissues and regions divided by the boundaries in which property of boundaries and the respective tissues can be distinctly identified. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes ultrasonic transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to output reception signals; ... 04/13/06 - 20060079779 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and image data generating method An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a driving unit, a nonlinear component extracting unit, a first image data generating unit, a second image data generating unit and a control unit. The driving unit drives an ultrasonic transducer to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a subject. The nonlinear component extracting unit extracts ... 04/13/06 - 20060079778 - Ultrasound imaging system parameter optimization via fuzzy logic 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 ... 03/23/06 - 20060064015 - Systems and methods for improved imaging Systems and methods are disclosed for improving the resolution and quality of an image formed by signals from an array of receivers. Multiple receivers introduce variations in arrival times that can be less than the period of an operating signal, and also less than the period associated with a sampling ... 03/16/06 - 20060058672 - Expanded performance phased array transducer for a limited number of channels A single transducer, such as a phased array transducer, is provided for various imaging situations with limited loss of resolution and/or penetration. The transducer includes different groups of elements, such as a center group with a fine pitch and outer groups with a larger pitch. The difference in pitch allows ... 03/16/06 - 20060058671 - Focused ultrasound system with adaptive anatomical aperture shaping A method of treating tissue within a body includes directing an ultrasound transducer having a plurality of transducer elements towards target body tissue, and delivering ultrasound energy towards the target tissue from the transducer elements such that an energy intensity at the target tissue is at or above a prescribed ... 03/16/06 - 20060058670 - Method and apparatus for ultrasound spatial compound imaging with adjustable aperture controls A method and apparatus for ultrasound spatial compounding imaging with adjustable aperture controls is disclosed. The method and apparatus can improve the image quality of all frames by applying different aperture controls on each frame of the spatially compounded image. One or both of transmit and receive aperture controls may ... 03/16/06 - 20060058669 - Ultrasonographic device According to the present invention, provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment which meanders the reception focus position so that the reception focus position is made further away from the transmitted beam at the transmission focus depth d1 and is made closer to the transmitted beam in areas shallower and deeper ... 03/16/06 - 20060058668 - Ultrasound imaging system with a high lateral resolution The invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system for forming an echographic image of a medium, which system includes a set [REC] of transducer elements [EL] which are operative in a transmission mode and in a reception mode for ultra-sound waves, construction means [REB] for constructing echographic signals on the ... 03/09/06 - 20060052703 - Ultrasound probe diagnosing apparatus, ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and ultrasound probe diagnosing method An ultrasound probe diagnosing apparatus which diagnoses an ultrasound probe having an array of a plurality of ultrasound transducing elements on the basis of how the ultrasound probe receives reflected ultrasound waves from a test object placed to face the ultrasound probe, includes a part which detects a posture of ... 02/02/06 - 20060025687 - Ultrasound imaging apparatus having a function of selecting transmit focal points and method thereof The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging apparatus having a function of selecting transmit focal points and method thereof, in which an operator may select at least one transmit focal point, allowing for transmit-focusing ultrasound signals upon the selected focal point to create an ultrasound image of a target ... 01/26/06 - 20060020206 - System and method for a virtual interface for ultrasound scanners A virtual control system for substantially real-time imaging machines, such as, for example, ultrasound, is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a virtual control system comprises a physical interface communicably connected to a scanner/imager, such as, for example, an ultrasound machine. The scanner/imager has, or is communicably connected ... 12/29/05 - 20050288588 - Real-time 3d ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method A method and apparatus for electronic volume data acquisition using ultrasound generates image data in a scanning and imaging process known as coherent aperture combining beamforming (CAC-BF). The CAC-BF technique can be applied in an azimuth dimension and/or an elevation dimension, to form an ultrasound image line, image plane, or ... 12/22/05 - 20050283079 - Method and apparatus for medical ultrasound navigation user interface In one embodiment, an ultrasound system is provided that includes a probe having a 2D array of transducers for acquiring ultrasound information along a plurality of scan lines through an object in real time. The scan lines are arranged to define volumetric data corresponding to a volume of interest (VOI) ... 12/22/05 - 20050283078 - Method and apparatus for real time ultrasound multi-plane imaging An ultrasound system is provided that includes a probe for successively acquiring ultrasound information from an object along at least three distinct scan planes. The scan planes intersect one another along an axis extending from the probe through the object. A memory is included for storing data slices corresponding to ... 12/01/05 - 20050267369 - Acoustic disruption minimizing systems and methods Unipolar, bipolar or sinusoidal transmitters may leave the transmitter in any of various states at the end of one pulse. Undesired acoustic energy may be generated to change states prior to beginning another transmit sequence or pulse. For example, phase inversion for tissue harmonic imaging is performed where two sequential ... 11/17/05 - 20050256407 - Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of ultrasound imaging An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam to an object and receive a reflective ultrasonic signal, a controller configured to control the ultrasonic probe such that the ultrasonic beam is focussed on focus positions in at least two directions, each of which is ... 11/10/05 - 20050251045 - Method and apparatus for controlling power in an ultrasound system Methods and systems for controlling an ultrasound system are provided. The method includes receiving scanning information from an ultrasound system, with the scanning information including at least one of image information and spectral information. The method further includes controlling power to a transducer of the ultrasound system based on the ... 09/15/05 - 20050203403 - Pulse detecting device and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus There is provided a pulse detecting device which resists fluctuations in the quality by locating an ultrasound transmitting piezoelectric element and an ultrasound receiving piezoelectric element with high precision. In the pulse detecting device, a detection sensitivity of the pulse is improved. A transmitting piezoelectric element and a receiving piezoelectric ... 09/15/05 - 20050203402 - Digital ultrasound beam former with flexible channel and frequency range reconfiguration A digital ultrasound beam former for ultrasound imaging, that can be configured by a control processor to process the signals from ultrasound transducer arrays with variable number of elements at variable sampling frequencies, where the lowest sampling frequency allows for the highest number of array elements. The maximal number of ... 07/14/05 - 20050154306 - Dort process-based method and system for adaptive beamforming in estimating the aberration in a medium A method and system for adapting a focused beam of focused ultrasound imaging signals from an ultrasound probe (14) for compensating for the presence of an aberration (X) in a medium (OBJ) transmits a focused ultrasound imaging signal (FOC) into a region of a medium using a plurality of focused ... 07/07/05 - 20050148874 - Ultrasonic imaging aberration correction with microbeamforming The present invention combines the benefits of aberration correction with the benefits of microbeamforming in an ultrasound diagnostic imaging system, such that both partial beamforming (in the microbeamformer) and at least some part of the phase aberration detection correction processes are accomplished in the transducer probe proximate the transducer array. ... 07/07/05 - 20050148873 - Ultrasound adaptor methods and systems for transducer and system separation Methods and systems are provided for adapting signals from an ultrasound transducer for an ultrasound system. Where the signal processing in a transducer assembly outputs data incompatible with the ultrasound system, circuitry provided within the transducer assembly converts the data to be compatible with the ultrasound systems. For example, sub-array ... 06/16/05 - 20050131299 - Differential partial beamforming Each transducer element of a transducer array in an ultrasound imaging system has two substantially identical analog delay circuits, the first of which is supplied with the echo signal received by the transducer element, the second of which is supplied with an inverted version of the echo signal received by ... 06/16/05 - 20050131298 - Steering angle varied pattern for ultrasound imaging with a two-dimensional array Methods and systems for varying a pattern as a function of steering angle for medical imaging with a multidimensional array are provided. Transmit waveform, delay, phase or apodization patterns in addition to delays, phases or apodization for focusing are used with a multidimensional array. By applying a periodic variation perpendicular ... 06/16/05 - 20050131297 - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment An ultrasonic diagnostic equipment capable of reducing cost by reducing the number of transmission drive circuits for generating transmission pulse is disclosed. High voltage switches 3-1 to 3-32 for determining an aperture by selecting eight pieces from among transducer elements 2-1 to 2-32 to which transmission pulse is applied, and ... 06/09/05 - 20050124891 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and driving method therefor An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for continuously transmitting ultrasonic signal toward a subject, continuously receiving signals reflected from the subject in response to the transmitted ultrasonic signals, and producing a tomographic image of a subject based on the received signals, comprises transmitting/receiving means for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic signals via a plurality of ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |