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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2019
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yilei Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Steven Chu, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); 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 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G01S 7/52038 (2013.01); G01S 15/8913 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8952 (2013.01); G01S 15/8995 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01);
Abstract

Nonlinear ultrasound imaging systems and methods are disclose. In one aspect, a nonlinear ultrasound imaging system includes a first transducer configured to transmit a first ultrasound signal along a scan line, a second transducer configured to sweep a second ultrasound signal along the scan line such that the first and second ultrasound signals intersect at a plurality of voxels, and a third transducer configured to receive echoes associated with interactions of the first and second ultrasound signals at the plurality of voxels. The nonlinear ultrasound imaging system further includes a processor configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the echoes.


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