An ultrasonic imaging system includes an ultrasonic transducer having an image data array
and a tracking array at each end of the image data array. The tracking arrays are oriented …

4, 712037 12f1987 Verbeek et al., resolution inside a region of interest. The System also
4785, 818 11/1988 Hardin. increases an apparent frame rate within a region of interest …

US6095976A - Method for enhancing an image derived from reflected ultrasound signals
produced by an ultrasound transmitter and detector inserted in a bodily lumen - Google Patents …

A device and method for intravascular ultrasound imaging. A catheter including ultrasonic
apparatus is introduced into and may be moved through a bodily lumen. The apparatus …

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Division of application No. 09/340,542, filed on Jun. 28, 1999, now Pat. No. 6.201900, which …

An ultrasonic imaging system including an aberration correction system uses a harmonic
component of the fundamental transmitted frequency for imaging, or for aberration …

An ultrasound method and system are provided for produc ing three dimensional images.
During an imaging session, a transducer, in response to a transmit beamformer, transmits …

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An ultrasonic imaging system includes an ultrasonic trans ducer having an image data array
and a tracking array at each end of the image data array. The tracking arrays are oriented …

An ultrasound system and method are provided for improving resolution and operation. The
system applies different imaging parameters within and outside a region of interest in an …