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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventor:
Michael C. Lalena, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); G01S 7/52098 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4455 (2013.01); A61B 8/4466 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/5246 (2013.01); A61B 8/5276 (2013.01); G01S 15/8979 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for ultrasound imaging detects a region of interest from ultrasound signals of a first imaging mode received along sensing elements of a transducer probe. The sensed data is analyzed and the system responds to the region of interest detection by switching to a secondary imaging mode with the transducer probe at the same position. The transducer probe indexes to a next scan position and sensing and analysis are repeated at each of a number of indexed scan positions.