Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc.

Accuray Inc.

Sankaralingam Ramraj

Sohail Sayeh

Gopinath Kuduvalli

Calvin R Maurer, Jr

Charles Dale Emery

Jian Gao

George Asmerom

Aaron J Schuman

Neerja Baru

Scott T Luan

Paul D Frelburger

Stephen D Wilcox

Sundar G Babu

An apparatus includes a portion that moves along a guided path and a displacement gauge that outputs readings based on the portion's position on the guided path. The apparatus additionally includes an intermediate limit switch that is activated in response to the portion being moved to an intermediate position on the guided path. The apparatus also includes a processing device configured to calibrate the apparatus based on a first reading corresponding to a first position on the guided path and a second reading corresponding to a second position on the guided path. The processing device verifies the calibration based on a third reading corresponding to the intermediate position.

Automatic calibration for device with controlled motion range

A method and apparatus for tracking a target by tracking the location of an imaging device while the imaging device is tracking the target is described.

Target location by tracking of imaging device

A method and system for providing an operational command signal to a workstation of an imaging system. The workstation is provided imaging data from a positionable transducer. The method and system convert at least one of a predetermined plurality of motion patterns imparted by an operator of the system to the transducer into the operational command signal.

Method and apparatus for controlling ultrasound imaging systems having positionable transducers

A method and system is disclosed which permits a user to save user defined viewing configuration, also referred to as a bookmark as a separately manipulatable or transferable entity without altering the underlying image data and maintaining, where desired, the association between the bookmarkand the underlying source image data. The disclosed system and method act to save the bookmark by saving the succession of system inputs, which, in conjunction with the system characteristics and system parameters, achieve the desired viewing configuration. Thereby, the disclosed system and method permits review of the inputs used to manipulate the image to confirm the process by which a diagnosis or anatomical measurement was made, permits the replay of a sequence for presentation or training purposes to effectively demonstrate not only the end result, but the methodology as well. The disclosed system and method further permits the user to save the system parameters as set for a desired given viewing configuration of a 4D image sequence in addition to or in lieu of saving the system inputs. In this way, the desired viewing configuration is preserved while maintaining the integrity of the underlying image data. In addition, the disclosed system and method further permit the user to maintain or terminate the association of the bookmarkwith the entirety of the source image data, or just a portion thereof.

Diagnostic medical ultrasound system having method and apparatus for storing and retrieving 3D and 4D data sets

An system and method for incorporating the functionality of a personal digital assistant (&ldquo;PDA&rdquo;) with a diagnostic medical ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. The PDA is capable of controlling the ultrasound system via a wired or wireless communications link. In addition, the personal information management (&ldquo;PIM&rdquo;) functions of the PDA are integrated together and with the system control functionality to permit automated control and configuration of the ultrasound system based on data stored by the PIM applications.

Method and system for using personal digital assistants with diagnostic medical ultrasound systems

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Sankaralingam Ramraj