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公开(公告)号:US11988640B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-21
申请号:US17198174
申请日:2021-03-10
发明人: Jianwei Liu , Lingyun Miao , Victor L. Pushparaj
CPC分类号: G01N29/2406 , A61B8/4483 , B06B1/0292 , B81B7/007 , B81C1/00166
摘要: An ultrasonic transducer device includes a bottom electrode layer of a transducer cavity disposed over a substrate. The bottom electrode layer includes a bottom layer of a first type metal; a top layer of the first type metal; a second type metal disposed between the bottom layer and the top layer; and at least one intermediate layer of the first type metal disposed between the bottom layer and the top layer, the at least one intermediate layer configured so as to define at least two discrete layers of the second type metal.
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公开(公告)号:US11839514B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US16544058
申请日:2019-08-19
发明人: Nathan Silberman , Igor Lovchinsky
CPC分类号: A61B8/5207 , A61B8/0883 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/565 , G06N3/02
摘要: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to displaying indications of anatomical regions that have been imaged and/or that should be imaged next. In some embodiments, ultrasound data collected from a subject by an ultrasound device may be received, an automatic determination may be made that the ultrasound data was collected from a particular anatomical location, and an indication of the anatomical location may be displayed. In some embodiments, a plurality of anatomical locations may be determined for imaging, an anatomical location from among the plurality of anatomical locations may be automatically selected, and an indication of the anatomical location may be displayed. Displaying an indication of an anatomical location may include displaying or modifying a marker on a frame of a video of the subject such that the marker appears in the frame of the video to be located at the anatomical location on the subject.
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公开(公告)号:US11808899B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-07
申请号:US17548370
申请日:2021-12-10
CPC分类号: G01S7/5273 , G01S7/5208 , G01S7/52026 , B06B1/0292 , G01S15/8959 , G01S15/8979
摘要: Methods and apparatus are described for implementing a coding scheme on ultrasound signals received by a plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The coding, and subsequent decoding, may allow for multiple ultrasonic transducers to be operated in a receive mode simultaneously while still differentiating the contribution of the individual ultrasonic transducers. Improved signal characteristics may result, including improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
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公开(公告)号:US11808897B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-07
申请号:US17493775
申请日:2021-10-04
发明人: Nevada J. Sanchez , Liewei Bao , Tyler S. Ralston
CPC分类号: G01S7/52025 , A61B8/4477 , A61B8/4494 , G01S7/5208 , G01S7/52034 , A61B8/4236 , A61B8/4472 , A61B8/5207 , G01S15/8915 , G01S15/8925
摘要: Aspects of the technology described herein related to controlling, using control circuitry, modulation circuitry to modulate and delay first ultrasound data generated by first ultrasound transducers positioned at a first azimuthal position of an ultrasound transducer array of an ultrasound device and second ultrasound data generated by second ultrasound transducers positioned at a second azimuthal position of the ultrasound transducer array of the ultrasound device, such that the first ultrasound data is delayed by a first delay amount and the second ultrasound data is delayed by a second delay amount that is different from the first delay amount. The first and second ultrasound data received from the modulation circuitry may be filtered and summed. The ultrasound transducer array, the control circuitry, the modulation circuitry, the filtering circuitry, and the summing circuitry may be integrated onto a semiconductor chip or one or more semiconductor chips packaged together.
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公开(公告)号:US20230329676A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-19
申请号:US18141450
申请日:2023-04-30
发明人: David Elgena , Matthew De Jong , Cristina Shin
CPC分类号: A61B8/465 , A61B8/08 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/5223
摘要: Aspects of the technology described herein include a processing device configured to display, on a touch-sensitive display screen of a processing device in operative communication with an ultrasound device, an ultrasound image, a movable measurement tool, and an icon that maintains a fixed distance from a portion of the measurement tool. The icon may be configured to modify the measurement tool, and the icon may not overlap the measurement tool.
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公开(公告)号:US20230267605A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US18133049
申请日:2023-04-11
发明人: Yang Liu
CPC分类号: G06T7/0012 , A61B8/085 , A61B8/463 , G06T7/73 , G06T2207/10132 , G06T2207/30004
摘要: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to receiving an ultrasound image, automatically determining a location of a specific point on an anatomical structure depicted in the ultrasound image, and displaying an indicator of the location of the specific point on the anatomical structure on the ultrasound image. In some embodiments, the anatomical structure is a bladder. In some embodiments, the specific point is the centroid. In some embodiments, a statistical model determines the specific point. The indicator may be, for example, a symbol located at the specific point, a horizontal line extending through the specific point from one edge of the anatomical structure to another, and/or a vertical line extending through the specific point from one edge of the anatomical structure to another.
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公开(公告)号:US11684951B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US16988125
申请日:2020-08-07
发明人: Jianwei Liu , Lingyun Miao , Sarp Satir
CPC分类号: B06B1/0292 , A61B8/4494 , H04R31/006 , B06B1/0629
摘要: An ultrasonic transducer device is provided. In some embodiments, the ultrasonic transducer device includes a substrate having a membrane support layer formed on a bottom cavity layer, and an opening in the membrane support layer so as to form a transducer cavity. In some embodiments, the opening comprises a truncated circle shape.
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公开(公告)号:US20230172584A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-08
申请号:US18104358
申请日:2023-02-01
发明人: Nevada J. Sanchez
CPC分类号: A61B8/5207 , A61B8/42 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/54
摘要: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for performing elevational beamforming of ultrasound data. Elevational beamforming may be implemented by different types of control circuitry. Certain control circuitry may be configured to control memory such that ultrasound data from different elevational channels is summed with stored ultrasound data in the memory that was collected at different times. Certain control circuitry may be configured to control a decimator to decimate ultrasound data from different elevational channels with different phases. Certain control circuitry may be configured to control direct digital synthesis circuitry to add a different phase offset to complex signals generated by the DDS circuitry for multiplying with ultrasound data from different elevational channels.
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公开(公告)号:US11655141B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US16585283
申请日:2019-09-27
发明人: Jianwei Liu , Keith G. Fife , Joseph Lutsky , Lingyun Miao
CPC分类号: B81B7/0038 , A61B8/4483 , B81C1/00158 , G10K13/00 , H04R31/003 , B81B2201/0271 , G10K11/28
摘要: A method of forming an ultrasound transducer device includes bonding a membrane to a substrate so as to form a sealed cavity between the membrane and the substrate. An exposed surface located within the sealed cavity includes a getter material that is electrically isolated from a bottom electrode of the cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US11650301B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-16
申请号:US17088477
申请日:2020-11-03
发明人: Liewei Bao , Kailiang Chen , Tyler S. Ralston , Nevada J. Sanchez
CPC分类号: G01S7/524 , G01S7/52034
摘要: Circuitry for ultrasound devices is described. A multi-level pulser is described, which can support time-domain and spatial apodization. The multi-level pulser may be controlled through a software-defined waveform generator. In response to the execution of a computer code, the waveform generator may access master segments from a memory, and generate a stream of packets directed to pulsing circuits. The stream of packets may be serialized. A plurality of decoding circuits may modulate the streams of packets to obtain spatial apodization.
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