3-dimensional ultrasonic imaging

US6315724A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Biomerica, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Berman · West Linn, US
• James Gessert · Colorado Springs, US
• Wayne E. Moore · Yacolt, US
• Rachel Nechushtai · Mevaseret Tsiyon, IL
• Hillel Rom · Rekhasim, IL
• Ziv Soferman · Givatayim, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/916
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ultrasonic imaging system including a probe containing at least one ultrasonic transducer and at least one inertial sensor as well as electronic circuitry connected to the probe for causing the at least one ultrasonic transducer to transmit ultrasonic energy into a region and to receive reflected ultrasonic energy therefrom, creating a plurality of generally two-dimensional images whose geometrical relationship is indicated by outputs from the at least one inertial sensor.