EP2097009A4 - System and method for ultrasound harmonic imaging - Google Patents
System and method for ultrasound harmonic imagingInfo
- Publication number
- EP2097009A4 EP2097009A4 EP07870148A EP07870148A EP2097009A4 EP 2097009 A4 EP2097009 A4 EP 2097009A4 EP 07870148 A EP07870148 A EP 07870148A EP 07870148 A EP07870148 A EP 07870148A EP 2097009 A4 EP2097009 A4 EP 2097009A4
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- harmonic imaging
- ultrasound harmonic
- ultrasound
- imaging
- harmonic
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
- A61B8/13—Tomography
- A61B8/14—Echo-tomography
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
- A61B5/20—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons for measuring urological functions restricted to the evaluation of the urinary system
- A61B5/202—Assessing bladder functions, e.g. incontinence assessment
- A61B5/204—Determining bladder volume
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
- A61B8/08—Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings
- A61B8/0858—Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings involving measuring tissue layers, e.g. skin, interfaces
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
- G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
- G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
- G01S7/52023—Details of receivers
- G01S7/52036—Details of receivers using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation
- G01S7/52038—Details of receivers using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation involving non-linear properties of the propagation medium or of the reflective target
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06T7/00—Image analysis
- G06T7/10—Segmentation; Edge detection
- G06T7/11—Region-based segmentation
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
- A61B5/20—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons for measuring urological functions restricted to the evaluation of the urinary system
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
- G06T2207/10—Image acquisition modality
- G06T2207/10132—Ultrasound image
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
- G06T2207/30—Subject of image; Context of image processing
- G06T2207/30004—Biomedical image processing
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US88288806P | 2006-12-29 | 2006-12-29 | |
PCT/US2007/089231 WO2008083386A2 (en) | 2006-12-29 | 2007-12-31 | System and method for ultrasound harmonic imaging |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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EP2097009A2 EP2097009A2 (en) | 2009-09-09 |
EP2097009A4 true EP2097009A4 (en) | 2010-01-06 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
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EP07870148A Withdrawn EP2097009A4 (en) | 2006-12-29 | 2007-12-31 | System and method for ultrasound harmonic imaging |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP2097009A4 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2010514524A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2671708A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2008083386A2 (en) |
Families Citing this family (5)
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EP2155067B1 (en) * | 2007-05-16 | 2016-01-06 | Verathon Inc. | System and method for bladder detection using ultrasonic harmonic imaging |
JP5346990B2 (en) * | 2011-06-03 | 2013-11-20 | 富士フイルム株式会社 | Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment |
JP5823175B2 (en) | 2011-06-06 | 2015-11-25 | 株式会社東芝 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing program |
JP6732476B2 (en) * | 2015-03-04 | 2020-07-29 | キヤノン株式会社 | Object information acquisition device |
KR102591858B1 (en) * | 2021-12-24 | 2023-10-23 | (주) 엠큐브테크놀로지 | Method of calibrating position data for ultrasound signal in a manual-panning-based ultrasound scanner |
Family Cites Families (12)
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US6102858A (en) * | 1998-04-23 | 2000-08-15 | General Electric Company | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using contrast agents and harmonic echoes |
WO2000004831A1 (en) * | 1998-07-21 | 2000-02-03 | Acoustic Sciences Associates | Synthetic structural imaging and volume estimation of biological tissue organs |
KR100406098B1 (en) * | 2001-12-26 | 2003-11-14 | 주식회사 메디슨 | Ultrasound imaging system and method based on simultaneous multiple transmit-focusing using the weighted orthogonal chirp signals |
GB2391625A (en) * | 2002-08-09 | 2004-02-11 | Diagnostic Ultrasound Europ B | Instantaneous ultrasonic echo measurement of bladder urine volume with a limited number of ultrasound beams |
US6676605B2 (en) * | 2002-06-07 | 2004-01-13 | Diagnostic Ultrasound | Bladder wall thickness measurement system and methods |
US8221321B2 (en) * | 2002-06-07 | 2012-07-17 | Verathon Inc. | Systems and methods for quantification and classification of fluids in human cavities in ultrasound images |
WO2006026605A2 (en) * | 2002-06-07 | 2006-03-09 | Diagnostic Ultrasound Corporation | Systems and methods for quantification and classification of fluids in human cavities in ultrasound images |
JP3996555B2 (en) * | 2002-10-01 | 2007-10-24 | 独立行政法人科学技術振興機構 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium storing program for causing computer to execute image processing |
JP2007522884A (en) * | 2004-02-17 | 2007-08-16 | ベラソン インコーポレイテッド | Ultrasound system and method for measuring bladder wall thickness and size |
JP2008511408A (en) * | 2004-08-27 | 2008-04-17 | ベラソン インコーポレイテッド | System and method for quantifying and classifying body cavity fluids in ultrasound images |
JP4470187B2 (en) * | 2004-12-03 | 2010-06-02 | 株式会社日立メディコ | Ultrasonic device, ultrasonic imaging program, and ultrasonic imaging method |
JP2008522661A (en) * | 2004-12-06 | 2008-07-03 | ベラソン インコーポレイテッド | System and method for determining the mass of an organ wall with three-dimensional ultrasound |
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2007
- 2007-12-31 WO PCT/US2007/089231 patent/WO2008083386A2/en active Application Filing
- 2007-12-31 EP EP07870148A patent/EP2097009A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-12-31 JP JP2009544324A patent/JP2010514524A/en active Pending
- 2007-12-31 CA CA002671708A patent/CA2671708A1/en not_active Abandoned
Non-Patent Citations (4)
Title |
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BOUAKAZ A ET AL: "Noninvasive bladder volume measurements based on nonlinear wave distortion", ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, NEW YORK, NY, US, vol. 30, no. 4, 1 April 2004 (2004-04-01), pages 469 - 476, XP004506179, ISSN: 0301-5629 * |
EGON J W MERKS ET AL: "Design of a Multilayer Transducer for Acoustic Bladder Volume Assessment", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL, IEEE, US, vol. 53, no. 10, 1 October 2006 (2006-10-01), pages 1730 - 1738, XP011143293, ISSN: 0885-3010 * |
MERKS E J W ET AL: "A KLM-circuit model of a multi-layer transducer for acoustic bladder volume measurements", ULTRASONICS, IPC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRESS LTD. GUILDFORD, GB, vol. 44, 22 December 2006 (2006-12-22), pages E705 - E710, XP025009264, ISSN: 0041-624X, [retrieved on 20061222] * |
See also references of WO2008083386A2 * |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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CA2671708A1 (en) | 2008-07-10 |
EP2097009A2 (en) | 2009-09-09 |
WO2008083386A2 (en) | 2008-07-10 |
JP2010514524A (en) | 2010-05-06 |
WO2008083386A3 (en) | 2008-08-28 |
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