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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Chris White, Vancouver, CA;
Stanley Poon, Thornhill, CA;
Alex Forbrich, Bothell, WA (US);
Connor Sousa, North York, CA;
Andrew Needles, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G01S 7/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ultrasound systems, methods and other apparatuses for ultrasound parameter selection are disclosed. In some embodiments, the ultrasound system includes a processor system implemented to generate ultrasound images based on the sampled data and candidate sound speeds, generate image scores for the ultrasound images, and determine the speed-of-sound values from the candidate sound speeds based on a ranking of the ultrasound images according to the image scores.