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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Inventor:
Kerem Karadayi, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/5246 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system includes a processor programmed to generate an anatomy image and a number of needle frames at different transmit beam angles. The system analyzes the data in the needle frames and selects segments therein that are identified as likely representing an interventional instrument. Data from one or more needle frames are blended with the data for the anatomy image of the tissue to create a composite image of the tissue and the interventional instrument.