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AssigneeAcuson Corporation
InventorsJohn W. Allison, Lewis J. Thomas, Sriram Krishnan, Gregory L. Holley
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The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method for determining an acoustic output parameter of a transmitted ultrasonic beam. In one preferred embodiment, the ultrasound system determines an acoustic output parameter of a transmitted ultrasonic beam in a user-selected region. In another preferred embodiment, the ultrasound system achieves a specified acoustic output parameter of a transmitted ultrasonic beam in a selected region by automatically adjusting an operating parameter of the ultrasound imaging system. In yet another preferred embodiment, a region is selected in the ultrasound image that does not contain a peak acoustic output parameter of a transmitted ultrasonic beam. The system then determines an acoustic output parameter of the transmitted ultrasonic beam in that region and provides an indication of the determined acoustic output parameter.
For use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system operative to generate an ultrasound image and comprising a transducer operative to transmit an ultrasonic beam, a method for determining an acoustic output parameter of the transmitted ultrasonic beam in a user-selected region in the ultrasound image, the method comprising:
For use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system operative to generate an ultrasound image and comprising a transducer operative to transmit an ultrasonic beam, a method for achieving a specified acoustic output parameter of the transmitted ultrasonic beam in a selected region in the ultrasound image, the method comprising:
For use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system operative to generate an ultrasound image and comprising a transducer operative to transmit an ultrasonic beam, a method for providing an indication of an acoustic output parameter of the transmitted ultrasonic beam in a selected region in the ultrasound image, the method comprising:
For use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system operative to generate an ultrasound image and comprising a transducer operative to transmit an ultrasonic beam, a method for providing an indication of a location of a region in the ultrasound image in which an acoustic output parameter of the transmitted ultrasonic beam is determined, the method comprising:
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