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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marek Belohlavek, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128916 ; 600450 ; 600441 ;
Abstract
An ultrasonic transducer acquires a series of ultrasound tomograms as it continuously rotates through a range of angles. When positioned in a left ventricular long axis view, serial sectional slices are acquired within 6 seconds from which a 3D image is reconstructed. The boundary of the left ventricle is identified in this 3D image using a reference database produced by a learning process that captures expert knowledge of left ventricle cavity shapes.