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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
David N Roundhill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Thanasis Loupas, Athens, GR;
Aline Laure Criton, Seattle, WA (US);
David Rust, Seattle, WA (US);
ATL Ultrasound, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Multi-mode ultrasonic images are formed by processing the ultrasonic echoes from a single transmit pulse in parallel to display both tissue and motion. In a preferred embodiment short transmit bursts are employed to produce echo ensembles for tissue motion imaging. At least one sequence of echoes of the ensemble is also B mode processed for display of tissue structure. Preferably both the B mode and motion processing are performed in parallel. A substantially constant pulse repetition frequency reduces artifact development when imaging in the two modes from the same transmit pulse.