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US 7,921,717 B2Granted
Ultrasonic imaging system
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsJohn I. Jackson, Lewis J. Thomas, Constantine Simopoulos
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Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method of selecting one or more operational parameters of an ultrasonic imaging system. In particular, methods and means are disclosed for automatically or semi-automatically determining a best operating frequency, or for determining whether a system should operate in a fundamental imaging mode or a harmonic imaging mode.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- measuring at least one performance characteristic of a plurality of candidate system configurations of an ultrasound imaging system based, at least in part, upon one or more signals received at an ultrasound transducer with the ultrasound imaging system serially configured and operating in each of the plurality candidate system configurations;
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- automatically selecting one of the candidate system configurations in imaging an object based, at least in part, on the measured at least one performance characteristic.
A method comprising:
- measuring at least one performance characteristic of a plurality of candidate system configurations of an ultrasound imaging system based, at least in part, upon one or more signals received at an ultrasound transducer;
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- displaying one or more of the candidate system configurations based, at least in part, on the measured at least one performance characteristic.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for measuring at least one performance characteristic of a plurality of candidate system configurations of an ultrasound imaging system based, at least in part, upon one or more signals received at an ultrasound transducer with the ultrasound imaging system serially configured and operating in each of the plurality candidate system configurations;
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- means for automatically selecting one of the candidate system configurations in imaging an object based, at least in part, on the measured at least one performance characteristic.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for measuring at least one performance characteristic of a plurality of candidate system configurations of an ultrasound imaging system based, at least in part, upon one or more signals received at an ultrasound transducer;
- and
- means for displaying one or more of the candidate system configurations based, at least in part, on the measured at least one performance characteristic.
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