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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2023
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Ankur Kapoor, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Rickard C. Loftman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tommaso Mansi, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Kutay F. Ustuner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Helene C. Houle, San Jose, CA (US);
Ismayil M. Guracar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
For quantification of blood flow by an ultrasound system, B-mode images generated with a multi-transmit, coherent image formation produce swirling or other speckle patterns in the blood regions. These patterns, as represented in specially formed B-mode images, are tracked over time to indicate two or three-dimensional velocity vectors of the blood at a B-mode resolution. Various visualizations may be provided at the same resolution, including the velocity flow field, flow direction, vorticity, vortex size, vortex shape, and/or divergence.