Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for tissue displacement caused by a shearwave generated by acoustic …

M Watanabe, Y Kanayama, T Kawagishi… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodi ment includes a transmission
unit, a reception unit, a gen erator, and a display controller. The transmission unit causes an …

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method of ultrasonic imaging

Y Kanayama, A Kakee, T Kawagishi - US Patent 10,342,514, 2019 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a setting unit, a
transmitter, a signal processing unit, and an image generating unit. The setting unit sets a …

Systems and methods of reducing ultrasonic speckle using harmonic compounding

S Srinivasan, EA Gardner, S Murphy - US Patent App. 15/066,854, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003 Ultrasound imaging is an important and attractive tool for a wide
variety of applications (eg, diagnostic medi cal imaging, non-diagnostic medical imaging …

Method and system for automatic estimation of shear modulus and viscosity from shear wave imaging

T Mansi, S Rapaka, A Kamen, D Comaniciu… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
US9814446B2 - Method and system for automatic estimation of shear modulus and viscosity
from shear wave imaging - Google Patents US9814446B2 - Method and system for automatic …

Quantitative viscoelastic ultrasound imaging

Y Labyed, L Fan - US Patent 10,376,242, 2019 - Google Patents
Viscosity is included in the quantification by an ultrasound imaging system. The log of a
spectrum of displacement as a function of time is determined for each of various locations …

Variable focus for shear wave imaging

L Fan, SJ Rosenzweig - US Patent App. 15/498,877, 2018 - Google Patents
In shear wave imaging with an ultrasound scanner, multiple frames of shear wave data
representing the same region of interest are acquired in response to a respective multiple …

Ultrasonic tomogram generation method, ultrasonic tomogram generation apparatus, and program

H Hasegawa - US Patent App. 17/427,989, 2022 - Google Patents
Provided is a technique for improving spatial resolution contrast of an ultrasonic tomogram
compared with a method based on a coherence between echo signals. The present …

Adaptive weighting for adaptive ultrasound imaging

GW McLaughlin, A Gee, DJ Napolitano - US Patent 12,025,754, 2024 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are disclosed for performing ultrasound imaging. Channel
domain data can be received from an ultrasound transducer to form one or more channel …

Adaptive weighting for adaptive ultrasound imaging

GW McLaughlin, A Gee, DJ Napolitano - US Patent 11,125,867, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are disclosed for performing ultrasound imaging. Channel
domain data can be received from an ultrasound transducer to form one or more channel …

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and probe used for the same

Y Igarashi, S Kajiyama, Y Nakamura… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Provided is a probe which transmits an ultrasonic wave to a diagnostic site and receives a
reception signal which is a reflected wave. The probe includes: a plurality of transducers; a …