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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Ross Williams, Toronto, CA;

Andrew Needles, Toronto, CA;

Emmanuel Cherin, Ontario, CA;

F. Stuart Foster, Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Ross Williams, Toronto, CA;

Andrew Needles, Toronto, CA;

Emmanuel Cherin, Ontario, CA;

F. Stuart Foster, Toronto, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for producing an ECG-triggered retrospective color-flow ultrasound image comprises generating ultrasound, transmitting the ultrasound into a subject at a first location, wherein a first reference point of an ECG signal taken from the subject triggers the ultrasound transmission, receiving ultrasound reflected from the subject at the first location, transmitting the ultrasound into the subject at a second location, wherein a second reference point of an ECG signal taken from the subject triggers the ultrasound transmission receiving ultrasound reflected from the subject at the second location, processing the received ultrasound to form ultrasound color traces, and reconstructing the ultrasound color traces to form the ultrasound image.


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