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Ultrasound color flow display optimization by adjusting color maps

US6017309A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1998
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S15/8979
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasound color flow imaging system is programmed to optimize display images of power and velocity by automatically adjusting thresholds and a color map by using histograms of color flow data.

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