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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

May. 09, 2024
Applicant:

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Inventors:

Bo Zhuang, Redmond, WA (US);

Yong Zhou, Woodinville, WA (US);

Jean Tsou, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5246 (2013.01); A61B 8/42 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for panoramic imaging in 2D and 3D ultrasound imaging are disclosed. The techniques disclosed herein use image registration to combine the 2D images into a 3D volume. Ultrasound images collected in different locations are combined using image tracking. When the transducer moves along a lateral direction (in line with a longitudinal axis of the transducer), a portion of the image is overlapped between frames and the overlapping frames can be patched. When the transducer moves along an elevational direction (non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the transducer), there is no overlap between frames and the non-overlapping frames are not patched together but are stored side-by-side to create a volume. The storage and patching processes can be adaptive (e.g., the images are not stored or patched if there is minimal difference between neighboring frames).


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Zhuang, Bo. (2026). Panoramic imaging in 2d and 3d ultrasound images (U.S. Patent No. 12616450). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12616450

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