Patents Assigned to KONINKLINKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY ALTERING ULTRASOUND SCAN LINE ORIGIN FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20030236461
    Abstract: A system and method for individually varying the orientation of scan lines in at least two dimensions in an ultrasound scan are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound volume scan, comprising a transducer probe having elements arranged in a plurality of dimensions and a system controller capable of generating a scan line apparently emanating from a location other than the geographic center of the transducer probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: KONINKLINKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventor: McKee Poland