Atl Ultrasound, Inc.

Jeffrey W Burton

Edward A Miller

Philip V Jones

A digital video recorder is provided which provides digital storage of realtime ultrasonic image sequences, replacing the conventional VCR with a recorder which does not degrade digital ultrasound images by analog conversion and recording. The digital video recorder includes a user control which enables a user to mark real time images as they are acquired or as they are being reviewed from storage. The user can skip directly from one marked image to another, or from one marked cardiac cycle to another.

Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system with digital video image marking

A digital video recorder is provided which provides digital storage of realtime ultrasonic image sequences, replacing the conventional VCR with a recorder which does not degrade digital ultrasound images by analog conversion and recording. The digital video recorder is operated by softkey controls in a displayed toolbar which are familiar to a VCR user. The virtual controls of the toolbar are selected by a video pointing device to stop, start, control replay speed, and skip to various points in a realtime ultrasonic image sequence which was stored by the digital video recorder.

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Bothell, WA, United States of America

Jeffrey W Burton