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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yelena Viktorovna Tsymbalenko, Mequon, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for displaying ultrasound images are provided. The method provides receiving a user input selecting a shear-wave mode for an ultrasound probe and obtaining shear-wave data of a region of interest (ROI) acquired by the ultrasound probe when in the shear-wave mode. The method further includes receiving a user input selecting a strain mode for the ultrasound probe and obtaining strain data of the ROI acquired by the ultrasound probe when in the strain mode. The method also includes generating an image of the shear-wave data and an image of the strain data and receiving a user input to display the shear-wave image and the strain image. Further, the method provides displaying the shear-wave image and the strain image concurrently.