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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Svein Brekke, Askøy, NO;
Hans Garmann Torp, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
Svein Brekke, Askøy, NO;
Hans Garmann Torp, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A trigger extraction system for obtaining an event trigger for an event occurring in a region of interest includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a trigger extraction program stored in the memory for execution by the processor. The trigger extraction program includes instructions for accessing ultrasound trigger data from a trigger region intersecting a region of interest, analyzing the trigger data for a trigger characteristic, and storing an event trigger based on the trigger characteristic.