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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary L Engle, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Robert W Cribbs, Placerville, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73620 ; 128660 ; 358112 ;
Abstract
Pixel data is selectively updated in an ultrasound scanning system in which the monitor display includes a plurality of addressable pixels. A random access memory holds the intensity values for the display pixels, and the memory is updated in response to rescanning of a patient. Updating is inhibited for a pixel of a vector when the preceding vector included the same pixel. Spurious display effects are thereby minimized.