Patent · US Expired

Method for generating anatomical M-mode displays

US5515856A · kind A · utility

119Cited by

13References

19Claims

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Assignee

Vingmed Sound A/S · NO

Inventors

Bjorn Olstad · Stathelle, NO
Eivind Holm · Horten, NO
James Ashman · Runcorn, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 1996
Grant date	May 14, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S7/52071
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for generating anatomical M-Mode displays for ultrasonic investigation of living biological structures during movement of the structure, for example a heart function, employing an ultrasonic transducer (21) comprises the acquisition of a time series of 2D or 3D ultrasonic images (22), arranging said time series so as to constitute data sets, providing at least one virtual M-Mode line (23) co-registered with said data sets, subjecting said data sets to computer processing on the basis of said at least one virtual M-Mode line, whereby interpolation along said at least one virtual M-Mode line is effected, and displaying the resulting computed anatomical M-Mode display (24) on a display unit.

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