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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry Y. L. Mo, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
In an ultrasound scanner ( ), signals responsive to received ultrasound waves are processed by a B-mode processor ( ) and a computer ( ). The data processed by the B-mode processor ( ) is used to generate a display of a reference image in an area ( ) of a display ( ), and the data processed by the computer ( ) is used to generate a region of interest ( ) of the reference image and an enlarged image corresponding to the region of interest in another area ( ) of the display ( ), thereby improving the spatial resolution and frame rate of the displayed images.