Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348163000 | Sonic or ultrasonic | 21 |
20100134629 | Strain Image Display Systems - A method of displaying strain image data for an imaged object, the method comprising: capturing strain image data defining deformation of said object over an imaged region of said object; processing said strain image data to determine local image quality data, said local image quality data comprising a measure of the quality of said strain image data varying over said imaged region; and displaying a representation of said strain image data for said imaged region of said object, using said local image quality data to provide a visual indication of the quality of said displayed representation varying over said imaged region or to improve a quality of said displayed representation of said strain image data. | 06-03-2010 |
20100271483 | ULTRASOUND RECEIVING MODULE AND ULTRASOUND DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD AND DOCUMENT CAMERA USING THE SAME - An ultrasound receiving module includes an ultrasonic receiver, an amplifier and a detector. The ultrasonic receiver is used to receive at least one ultrasonic signal. The amplifier is electrically connected to the ultrasonic receiver for changing an amplitude of the ultrasonic signal with a predetermined magnification ratio, wherein the predetermined magnification ratio is increased with time. The detector is electrically connected to the amplifier for capturing a portion of the ultrasonic signal above a threshold level, wherein the threshold level is decreased with time. | 10-28-2010 |
20110187868 | ACOUSTIC-WAVE SENSOR, ACOUSTIC-WAVE SENSOR ARRAY, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An acoustic-wave sensor ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110249125 | Live Feed Ultrasound Via Internet Streaming - The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a system and method for real time evaluation of ultrasound video images taken at a first local location and evaluated at a second remote location. The system transmits a continuous live video feed from a veterinary ultrasound at the first location to a viewer at the remote location for real time study, review, and collaboration. In the method, the ultrasound video images are converted from analog ultrasound video to digital ultrasound video, where the digital ultrasound video is processed into multiple streams and transmitted across multiple broadband channels, each channel carrying a different stream. The multiple streams are aggregated into a reconstituted video and displayed for evaluation at the remote location. | 10-13-2011 |
20120026336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ENHANCED INTEGRATION OF MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGERY - A method and system of enhanced integration of millimeter wave imagery is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes performing a first scan of millimeter wave energy of a target and processing the first scan of millimeter wave energy to generate millimeter wave imagery of the target. The method also includes displaying a video image and the millimeter wave imagery of the target on a video monitor and determining whether the target is still or moving. In addition, the method includes processing a second scan of the millimeter wave energy of the target when the target is still and not moving and integrating the first scan and the second scan to increase a resolution of the millimeter wave imagery. | 02-02-2012 |
20120062751 | CAPTURE OF THERMAL IMAGES OF AN OBJECT - An apparatus with an excitation unit for mechanically exciting an object with a periodic excitation signal and a camera for capturing the thermal images of the object are used to capture thermal images of the object. The thermal image has a plurality of pixels, where a pixel is respectively intended to represent a heat signal acquired from the object. The apparatus matches a capture of the thermal images of the object and the periodic excitation signal in such a manner that thermal images captured in a plurality of periods of the periodic excitation signal can be used to determine information relating to the heat signals respectively represented by the pixels during a period. | 03-15-2012 |
20120105645 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING WITH A VARIABLE REFRACTIVE LENS - The present invention relates to a method for producing an ultrasound image with a variable refractive lens ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120212618 | METHOD OF ULTRASONIC BEAMFORMING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An ultrasonic beamforming method is provided. The ultrasonic beamforming method includes dividing an input ultrasonic signal into a plurality of regions in an observation space, calculating a weight value for each of the plurality of regions, calculating a pixel weight value for each pixel using the weight value for each region, and calculating a beamforming value using the pixel weight value. | 08-23-2012 |
20120281096 | STORAGE TANK INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multi-sensor method and system for imaging and inspecting a storage tank that holds a liquid. The system includes an infrared sensor including a scanning vertical mount positioned outside the storage tank, an ultrasonic sensor array positioned outside the storage tank, and at least one of an ultrasonic sensor positioned inside the storage tank and a phased array radar positioned inside the storage tank secured to an interior top surface of the storage tank. The system further includes a processor coupled to receive multi-sensor data from the infrared sensor, ultrasonic sensor array and at least one of the ultrasonic sensor in the tank and the phased array radar. The processor fuses the multi-sensor data to generate a sludge level image profile for sludge in the storage tank, a liquid level image for liquid in the storage tank, and optionally an integrity profile for a shell of the storage tank. | 11-08-2012 |
20130093901 | SYNTHETIC-FOCUSING STRATEGIES FOR REAL-TIME ANNULAR-ARRAY IMAGING - A method to increase the image formation speed in a digital ultrasound system including annular array of N elements with a plurality of transmit and receive channels. Selectively dropping one or more transmit or receive channels during image formation reduces the amount of data needed to form an image and thus increases the image formation frame rate. The improved frame rate does result in some reduction in resolution, SNR and potentially DOF, but image quality remains at an acceptable level. | 04-18-2013 |
20130113938 | ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a unit that analyzes frequencies of an ultrasonic wave at a plurality of points to calculate a frequency spectrum of the points; a unit that approximates a portion included in a frequency band between a first frequency and a second frequency larger than the first frequency, by a polynomial, in the frequency spectrum of the points to extract first spectrum intensity which is a value of the polynomial in a third frequency included in a domain of the polynomial and second spectrum intensity which is a value of the polynomial in a fourth frequency different from the first to third frequencies, as a feature amount; and a unit that associates the first spectrum intensity, the second spectrum intensity, and/or a function of difference or ratio between the first and second spectrum intensity, to generate a feature amount image to indicate a distribution of the feature amount. | 05-09-2013 |
20130169818 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic probe, and an image diagnosis apparatus perform an ultrasonic procedure. The ultrasonic transducer includes: a piezoelectric layer; an acoustic matching layer disposed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer; and a plurality of back efficiency layers that are disposed on a lower surface of the piezoelectric layer and have different acoustic impedances. The sensitivity, bandwidth, and pulse length of the ultrasonic transducer may be controlled by appropriately changing acoustic impedances and thicknesses of the back efficiency layers. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182120 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STAIN IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - This ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises: an operation unit with which a time division of a staining commencement time when a contrast agent enters is specified for each pixel of an ultrasonic image which is constructed chronologically with the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus; and an image analyzing unit which determines a color assignment according to the time division of the staining commencement time, and applies a color to the pixel of the ultrasonic image with the determined color assignment, generating a contrast progress image. | 07-18-2013 |
20130215277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAYING ULTRASOUND DATA - An ultrasound data relaying method is performed by an ultrasound data relaying apparatus. According to the method, user information is received from a mobile terminal connected to the ultrasound data relaying apparatus. Ultrasound photographing information is received from an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus. The ultrasound photographing information is transmitted to the mobile terminal based on the received user information. | 08-22-2013 |
20130278776 | AUTOMATIC LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION EVALUATION - A method for automatic left ventricular (LV) inner border detection, the method comprising: performing image mapping on an echocardiogram, to produce a multi-level image map; converting the image map into a binary image, by attributing pixels of one or more darker levels of the image map to the LV cavity and pixels of one or more lighter levels of the image map to the myocardium; applying a radial filter to contours of the myocardium in the binary image, to extract an approximate inner border of the LV; and performing shape modeling on the approximate inner border, to determine the LV inner border. | 10-24-2013 |
20140036091 | INTERFRAME ENERGY NORMALIZATION IN AN OPTOACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM - An optoacoustic imaging system includes a handheld probe and first and second pulsed light sources having a common output. The first and second light sources generate pulses of light at first and second predominant wavelengths, respectively. The handheld probe includes an ultrasound transducer array having an active end located at the distal end of the handheld probe for receiving an optoacoustic return signal. A sensor measures a portion of the light transmitted along the light path. A data acquisition samples the ultrasound transducer array during a predetermined period of time after a pulse of light from the first light source and during a predetermined period of time after a pulse of light from the second light source. The sampled data is stored. An image processing unit reconstructs a first optoacoustic image based on the sampled data corresponding to a pulse of light from the first light source and reconstructs a second optoacoustic image based on the sampled data corresponding to a pulse of light from the second light source. An energy normalizing unit computes a normalization factor based on a measurement from each sensor in the array and applies the normalization factor to data corresponding to the pulse of light. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043486 | Multi-Spectral Imaging Method for Ultraweak Photon Emission and System Thereof - An ultra-weak light multispectral imaging method and an ultra-weak light multispectral imaging system, which can realize multispectral two-dimensional imaging of an ultra-weak light object by constituting a linear array from single-photon detectors of all response wavelengths and combining it with light-splitting technology. The ultra-weak light multispectral two-dimensional imaging system realizes high-resolution optical modulation by adopting the compressive sensing (CS) theory and the digital light processing (DLP) technology and using a linear array single-photon detector as a detection element; the ultra-weak light multispectral two-dimensional imaging system comprises a light filter, a first lens ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140192201 | Passive devices for broadband acoustic acquisition and passive systems for broadband acoustic imagery - Passive device for broadband acoustic acquisition ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140354823 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF SENSING - A method is disclosed, including obtaining an infrared representation based on a detected infrared signal and obtaining a combined representation based on a detected combined ultrasonic and infrared signal. An output representation is generated from the infrared representation and the combined representation. The output representation can be generated from a comparison between the combined representation and the infrared signal representation. | 12-04-2014 |
20150015720 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein are an image processor, an ultrasonic imaging device, and an image processing method. The image processor includes a signal input unit configured to receive an input signal on a channel, a weighting coefficient database configured to store a weighting coefficient wherein the weighting coefficient is part of a weighting coefficient subgroup, and a processor configured to select the weighting coefficient subgroup from the weighting coefficient database, and convert the input signal by selecting and using the weighting coefficient from the weighting coefficient subgroup. | 01-15-2015 |
20150351719 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE AND CART FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE - An ultrasonic imaging device has a cable that is prevented from being dragged on a floor surface during examination and when a probe is not in use. The probe slides in and out smoothly and the cable can be pulled out without excessive force during examination. The ultrasonic imaging device includes a cart portion mounted with an instrument body, a table supported by the cart portion and configured to mount the instrument body, a support mechanism for the table, and a housing to house the support mechanism. A probe holder is provided on a side of the table. A base seat of the cart portion includes a raised portion surrounding an outer periphery of the housing fixed to the base seat, and a storage recess is provided to store a probe cable and is formed between the raised portion of the base and the outer periphery of the housing. | 12-10-2015 |