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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:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2005
Applicants:
John I. Jackson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lewis J. Thomas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Constantine Simopoulos, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
John I. Jackson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lewis J. Thomas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Constantine Simopoulos, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/30 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method of selecting one or more operational parameters of an ultrasonic imaging system. In particular, methods and means are disclosed for automatically or semi-automatically determining a best operating frequency, or for determining whether a system should operate in a fundamental imaging mode or a harmonic imaging mode.