Apparatus and method to guide ultrasound acquisition of the peripheral arteries in the transverse plane
US11771399B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B8/0858
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system for guiding a user to acquire ultrasound image data sets that can be analyzed for the presence of atherosclerosis. In one embodiment, the processor is programmed to analyze ultrasound image data for a vessel of interest and to control a user interface that suggests how an operator should move a transducer to acquire ultrasound image data with the vessel of interest in a desired location. The processor stores multiple ultrasound image data sets taken along a length of the vessel of interest to be analyzed for the presence of an atheroma.
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