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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles Emery, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Iselin, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
To aid a physician or sonographer in replicating an image of tissue sample, an ultrasound machine performs a comparison of ultrasound images with a stored reference image. The results of the comparison are provided to a user in a visual or audible form to allow the user to alter the position of the transducer to substantially match the position used to acquire the reference image.