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US08672849B2 Method and apparatus for ultrasonic detection and imaging of hemodynamic information, particularly venous blood flow information 有权
用于超声检测和血液动力学信息成像的方法和装置,特别是静脉血流信息

  • Patent Title: Method and apparatus for ultrasonic detection and imaging of hemodynamic information, particularly venous blood flow information
  • Patent Title (中): 用于超声检测和血液动力学信息成像的方法和装置,特别是静脉血流信息
  • Application No.: US13322544
    Application Date: 2010-08-27
  • Publication No.: US08672849B2
    Publication Date: 2014-03-18
  • Inventor: Fabio AndreuccettiPiero Tortoli
  • Applicant: Fabio AndreuccettiPiero Tortoli
  • Applicant Address: IT Genoa
  • Assignee: Esaote S.p.A.
  • Current Assignee: Esaote S.p.A.
  • Current Assignee Address: IT Genoa
  • Agency: Themis Law
  • Priority: ITGE2009A0070 20090831
  • International Application: PCT/EP2010/062556 WO 20100827
  • International Announcement: WO2011/023797 WO 20110303
  • Main IPC: A61B8/08
  • IPC: A61B8/08
Method and apparatus for ultrasonic detection and imaging of hemodynamic information, particularly venous blood flow information
Abstract:
A method for ultrasonic detection and imaging of hemodynamic information includes the steps of transmitting ultrasonic pulses into a body, which are generated by an array of electro-acoustic transducers arranged in a predetermined order and design; receiving reflected pulses with an array of receiving electro-acoustic transducers, which generate receive signals upon stimulation of the reflected pulses, the succession of pulses transmitted to or received from the body being focused along one or more scan lines; generating a Doppler frequency shift signal resulting from the reflection of pulses transmitted by a blood flow into a vessel intersected by the scan line, in a point and along the scan line, or along a direction of propagation of a pulse; determining the direction of blood flow velocity from the average frequency value of Doppler shift frequencies; and displaying the direction of blood flow velocity by graphical and/or chromatic representation differentiating opposite directions.
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