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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Zoran Banjanin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew Lundberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0245 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 5/0245 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 8/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system performs spectral Doppler processing in a manner that considers a physiological cycle of a subject. In one embodiment, gaps in a spectral Doppler signal are filled taking by a processor that analyzes changes in the spectral Doppler signal caused by a physiological cycle. Spectral Doppler data are scaled to fit with the data occurring before and after a gap. The firing order of an interleaved imaging mode can also be adjusted so that spectral Doppler imaging is not interrupted during pre-defined or user defined portions of a physiological cycle.