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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:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Brian W. Anthony, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shih-Yu Sun, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/4263 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound scanning system includes a graphical user interface that provides visually intuitive feedback to a user to assist the user in properly aligning an ultrasound scanner to a desired acquisition state. In addition to providing pose information, the feedback may direct the user as to a target contact force applied by the ultrasound scanner to a surface undergoing a scan.