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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:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2010
Applicants:

Daniel Buckton, Zipf, AT;

Christian Perrey, Zipf, AT;

Inventors:

Daniel Buckton, Zipf, AT;

Christian Perrey, Zipf, AT;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G03B 42/06 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/145 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5246 (2013.01); A61B 8/5253 (2013.01); A61B 8/5284 (2013.01); G01S 7/52087 (2013.01); G03B 42/06 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of ultrasound imaging includes acquiring plural groups of ultrasound data sets in an imaged volume that at least partially encompasses an object. The groups of ultrasound data sets include ultrasound image data obtained by transmitting one or more ultrasound pulses from one or more transducer elements into different zones of the imaged volume. The method also includes arranging the ultrasound data sets into one or more temporal groups based on when the ultrasound data sets are acquired. The ultrasound data sets in each temporal group are acquired during a common time period. The method further includes constructing a three-dimensional image of the object based on the ultrasound data sets in at least one of the temporal groups.


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