Biplane ultrasonic imaging

US6761689B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

• Ivan Salgo · Andover, US
• Douglas Demers · Haverhill, US
• Mark Ward · Methuen, US
• Janice Frisa · Atkinson, US
• McKee Dunn Poland · Andover, US
• Bernard Joseph Savord · Andover, US
• Paul Detmer · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S7/52046
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ultrasonic apparatus and method are described in which a volumetric region of the body is imaged by biplane images. One biplane image has a fixed planar orientation to the transducer, and the plane of the other biplane image can be varied in relation to the fixed reference image. In a preferred embodiment one image can be rotated relative to the other, and can be tilted relative to the other. An image orientation icon is shown on the display screen together with the two biplane images depicting the relative orientation of the two planar images.