Ultrasonic diagnosis of myocardial synchronization
US8187186B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30048
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging method and system are described for detecting abnormalities in the synchronicity of heart wall stimulation. Points on opposite sides of a chamber of the heart are identified in a starting ultrasound image, then tracked through at least a portion of the heart cycle. The changing positions of lines extending between pairs of the points are accumulated and displayed in a color kinesis display in which each color depicts the location of a line at a particular point in the cardiac cycle. In an illustrated example the points are tracked through the cardiac cycle by speckle tracking of the speckle pattern of the adjacent myocardial tissue, tracking specific anatomy, or tracking tissue texture.
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