EP 2473866 A1 20120711 - ULTRASONIC ELASTOGRAPHIC STRAIN IMAGING WITH FADE CONTROL
Title (en)
ULTRASONIC ELASTOGRAPHIC STRAIN IMAGING WITH FADE CONTROL
Title (de)
ULTRASCHALL-ELASTROGRAFIEBILDGEBUNG MIT FADE-STEUERUNG
Title (fr)
IMAGERIE ULTRASONORE ÉLASTOGRAPHIQUE DE DÉFORMATION AVEC CONTRÔLE DU FONDU
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 23999309 P 20090904
- IB 2010053733 W 20100818
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2011027253A1] An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces a strain image in which a user can delineate a point or region of reference tissue. A strain ratio image is then produced with points in the image being a ratio of the strain value at the point over a strain value for reference tissue. Strain ratio values in the strain ratio image are color-coded in correspondence with the strain ratio values and a color bar indicates the color coding. Strain ratio values above a range or threshold can be distinctively colored to be easily identifiable. A strain ratio image can be overlaid in anatomical registration with a corresponding B mode image, and one or both images faded back and forth to see the B mode image alone, a solid strain ratio image, or a semi-transparent combination of the two images.
IPC 8 full level
G01S 7/52 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01S 7/52042 (2013.01); G01S 7/52071 (2013.01); G01S 7/52074 (2013.01); G01S 7/52084 (2013.01); G01S 7/52073 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2011027253A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2011027253 A1 20110310; CN 102483455 A 20120530; EP 2473866 A1 20120711; JP 2013503680 A 20130204; RU 2012112934 A 20131010
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 2010053733 W 20100818; CN 201080038916 A 20100818; EP 10761066 A 20100818; JP 2012527417 A 20100818; RU 2012112934 A 20100818