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Configuration tool for use in ultrasound imaging device

US6464636B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 2000
Grant dateOct 15, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S15/899
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A software program executing externally to an ultrasound imaging device. The software program enters user control values for the ultrasound imaging device and calculates parameters based on the entered user control values. The parameters are then transferred to and stored in the ultrasound imaging device. The ultrasound imaging device includes parametrically defined machines controlled by the stored parameters to generate ultrasound images.

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