Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system for guiding a user to acquire ultrasound image data sets that can be analyzed for the presence of atherosclerosis. In one embodiment, the processor is programmed to analyze ultrasound image data for a vessel of interest and to control a user interface that suggests how an operator should move a transducer to acquire ultrasound image data with the vessel of interest in a desired location. The processor stores multiple ultrasound image data sets taken along a length of the vessel of interest to be analyzed for the presence of an atheroma.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
Atherosys, Inc.
Inventors:
Ram L Bedi, Todor Jeliaskov, Charles D. Emery, Ivan S. Mitzev