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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hua Xie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Grzegorz Andrzej Toporek, Boston, MA (US);
Gary Cheng-How Ng, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Thakur Shamdasani, Kenmore, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present disclosure includes ultrasound systems and methods for imaging anisotropic tissue with shear wave elastography at a variety of angles with respect to the tissue. An example ultrasound imaging system includes a probe coupled to a position tracking system for tracking a position of the probe with respect to a subject, and a processor in communication with the probe. The processor may receive position tracking data from the position tracking system. The processor may define at least one target plane in anisotropic tissue, determine a difference between a current position of the probe and the position of the target plane, and provide a visual indicator of the difference, wherein the processor dynamically updates the visual indicator responsive to a change in the position of the imaging plane with respect to the target plane.