Segmented 3-D cardiac ultrasound imaging method and apparatus
US5993390A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/916
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Ultrasound image data representative of three-dimensional volume segments of an image volume of interest is acquired in synchronism with corresponding cardiac cycles of a patient. The image data representative of the volume segments is combined to provide image data representative of a three-dimensional image of the image volume. The image data acquisition may be synchronized to a selected phase of the patient's cardiac cycle, so that the image represents the image volume at the selected phase. Image data for a three-dimensional volume segment may be acquired during each of the cardiac phases of a cardiac cycle.
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