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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Olivier Gerard, Viroflay, FR;
Odile Bonnefous, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Pascal Allain, Saint Cyr l'Ecole, FR;
Eric Denis, Yerres, FR;
Eric M. G. Jp. Saloux, Saint Manvieu-Norrey, FR;
Cécile A. M. Marboeuf, Sèvres, FR;
Olivier Gerard, Viroflay, FR;
Odile Bonnefous, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Pascal Allain, Saint Cyr l'Ecole, FR;
Eric Denis, Yerres, FR;
Eric M. G. JP. Saloux, Saint Manvieu-Norrey, FR;
Cécile A. M. Marboeuf, Sèvres, FR;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging system for evaluating and displaying a deformation of a body organ. A sequence of image data sets comprising at least a first image data set and a second image data set of echographic data is acquired. A motion vector field is calculated between image points of the second image data set and image points of the first image data set. A reference point is chosen within or outside the first and second image data sets. A first scanline is defined, which comprises said reference point. A motion vector of an image point is projected onto the defined first scanline, which provides a projected tissue velocity along the first scanline. The projected tissue velocity is used for evaluating a ID component of a deformation of the body organ at the image point along the direction of the first scanline. Such a ID component of a deformation of the body organ, for example a strain rate or a strain, is further rendered in a graphical representation of the sequence of image data sets.