A61B 8/5246
Combining images from the same or different imaging techniques
Official title: {combining images from the same or different imaging techniques, e.g. color Doppler and B-mode}
A61B8/5246 (Combining images from the same or different imaging techniques) appears on 871 US grants and 1,447 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Ultrasound imaging device including dual mode probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,696 B2Edgecare Inc.
- Ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,134 B2Sonire Therapeutics Inc.
- Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for tissue displacement caused by a shearwave generated by acoustic radiation force29 Sep 2026US 12,745,988 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Diagnostic assistance apparatus, ultrasound endoscope, diagnostic assistance method, and program22 Sep 2026US 12,740,767 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Contrast and b-mode combination for strain analysis in medical ultrasound imaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294385 A1Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Persistent display of biopsy targets17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272403 A1Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Adaptively weighted spatial compounding for ultrasound image contrast enhancement17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272425 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Fluid flow detection for ultrasound imaging devices, systems, and methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263037 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, method, and recording medium3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256445 A1Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Continuous transmit focusing method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging system105US 8,002,705 B1Zonaire Medical Systems, Inc. · 2011
- Methods and systems for tracking and guiding sensors and instruments99US 9,561,019 B2Ziteo, Inc. · 2017
- Intraoral scanning using ultrasound and optical scan data86US 10,453,269 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2019
- Method and system for ultrasound based automated detection, quantification and tracking of pathologies76US 8,777,854 B2General Electric Company · 2014
- System and method for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging70US 8,323,201 B2Orison, Inc. · 2012