High quality closed-loop ultrasound imaging system

US9636083B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Emad M. Boctor · Baltimore, US
• Xiaoyu Guo · Akron, US
• Ralph Etienne-Cummings · Baltimore, US
• Pezhman Forought · Baltimore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2013
• Grant date: May 2, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/378
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A closed-loop ultrasound system includes an ultrasound receiver, an ultrasound transmitter at least one of integral with or at a predetermined position relative to the ultrasound receiver, and a trigger circuit configured to receive detection signals from the ultrasound receiver and to provide trigger signals to the ultrasound transmitter in response to received detection signals. The ultrasound transmitter is configured to transmit ultrasound energy in response to the trigger signals.