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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zvi M. Friedman, Kiriat Bialik, IL;
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
Apparatus and methods for use in a diagnostic ultrasound system are disclosed. A display device has a first window for displaying live ultrasound images and a second window for displaying a reference cine image. The reference cine image is an image captured prior to the currently displayed live ultrasound images. The images of the first and second windows are synchronized by ECG gating. The apparatus and methods may be employed to image the heart, providing operators with a way to monitor the heart and detect subtle changes in heart condition from the time that a reference image was captured.