Patents by Inventor Jing-Ming Jong
Jing-Ming Jong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10925585Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are presented in which the balance between image resolution and frame rate (Res/Speed) and the balance between image resolution and penetration (Pen/Gen/Res) are automatically adjusted in response to image content. A motion detector analyzes the relative motion between successive images. If the motion content is relatively high, the imaging parameters are changed in favor of relatively greater frame rate and reduced resolution. A low motion content causes the opposite adjustment. The electronic noise between successive images is also computed with a relatively high noise content (low correlation) in the far field resulting in an adjustment to penetration as by lowering the transmit frequency. A relatively low noise content causes an adjustment in favor of increased resolution.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventor: Jing-Ming Jong
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Patent number: 8852107Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces an extended field of view (EFOV) image. A 3D imaging probe is moved along the skin of a patient above the anatomy which is to be included in the EFOV image. As the probe is moved, images are acquired from a plurality of differently oriented image planes such as a sagittal plane and a transverse plane. As the probe is moved the image data of successive planes of one of the orientations is compared to estimate the motion of the probe. These motion estimates are used to position a succession of images acquired in one of the orientations accurately with respect to each other in an EFOV display format. The motion estimates are also used to display a graphic on the display screen which indicates the progress of the scan to the user as the probe is being moved. The progress may be indicated in terms of probe velocity, distance traveled, or the path traversed by the moving probe.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Yangmo Yoo, James Jago, Jing-Ming Jong, Robert Randall Entrekin, Martin Anderson, Lars Jonas Olsson
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Patent number: 8539838Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces an extended field of view (EFOV) image. A 3D imaging probe is moved along the skin of a patient above the anatomy which is to be included in the EFOV image. As the probe is moved, images are acquired from a plurality of differently oriented image planes such as a sagittal plane and a transverse plane. As the probe is moved the image data of successive planes of one of the orientations is compared to estimate the motion of the probe. These motion estimates are used to position a succession of images acquired in one of the orientations accurately with respect to each other in an EFOV display format. The display format may be either a 2D EFOV image or a 3D EFOV image.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Yangmo Yoo, James Jago, Jing-Ming Jong, Robert Randall Entrekin, Martin Anderson, Lars Jonas Olsson
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Publication number: 20110079082Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces an extended field of view (EFOV) image. A 3D imaging probe is moved along the skin of a patient above the anatomy which is to be included in the EFOV image. As the probe is moved, images are acquired from a plurality of differently oriented image planes such as a sagittal plane and a transverse plane. As the probe is moved the image data of successive planes of one of the orientations is compared to estimate the motion of the probe. These motion estimates are used to position a succession of images acquired in one of the orientations accurately with respect to each other in an EFOV display format. The display format may be either a 2D EFOV image or a 3D EFOV image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Yangmo Yoo, James Jago, Jing-Ming Jong, Robert Randall Entrekin, Martin Anderson, Lars Jonas Olsson
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Publication number: 20110079083Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces an extended field of view (EFOV) image. A 3D imaging probe is moved along the skin of a patient above the anatomy which is to be included in the EFOV image. As the probe is moved, images are acquired from a plurality of differently oriented image planes such as a sagittal plane and a transverse plane. As the probe is moved the image data of successive planes of one of the orientations is compared to estimate the motion of the probe. These motion estimates are used to position a succession of images acquired in one of the orientations accurately with respect to each other in an EFOV display format. The motion estimates are also used to display a graphic on the display screen which indicates the progress of the scan to the user as the probe is being moved. The progress may be indicated in terms of probe velocity, distance traveled, or the path traversed by the moving probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Yangmo Yoo, James Jago, Jing-Ming Jong, Robert Randall Entrekin, Martin Anderson, Lars Jonas Olsson
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Publication number: 20100010352Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are presented in which the balance between image resolution and frame rate (Res/Speed) and the balance between image resolution and penetration (Pen/Gen/Res) are automatically adjusted in response to image content. A motion detector analyzes the relative motion between successive images. If the motion content is relatively high, the imaging parameters are changed in favor of relatively greater frame rate and reduced resolution. A low motion content causes the opposite adjustment. The electronic noise between successive images is also computed with a relatively high noise content (low correlation) in the far field resulting in an adjustment to penetration as by lowering the transmit frequency. A relatively low noise content causes an adjustment in favor of increased resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Jing-Ming JONG
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Publication number: 20070276236Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are presented in which the balance between image resolution and frame rate (Res/Speed) and the balance between image resolution and penetration (Pen/Gen/Res) are automatically adjusted in response to image content. A motion detector analyzes the relative motion between successive images. If the motion content is relatively high, the imaging parameters are changed in favor of relatively greater frame rate and reduced resolution. A low motion content causes the opposite adjustment. The electronic noise between successive images is also computed with a relatively high noise content (low correlation) in the far field resulting in an adjustment to penetration as by lowering the transmit frequency. A relatively low noise content causes an adjustment in favor of increased resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2004Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Jing-Ming Jong
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Patent number: 6723050Abstract: Three dimensional ultrasonic images are formed by volume rendering using a 3D ultrasonic image data set. The data set may be acquired by rocking, sweeping, fanning or rotating a 2D image plane through the volume being scanned, or by steering beams in different angular directions from a two dimensional array of transducer elements. The polar data is volume rendered to form a 3D image by means of projected raylines which are warped to account for the angular geometry of the acquisition.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Alasdair Dow, Paul R. Detmer, Jing-Ming Jong
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Publication number: 20030114757Abstract: Three dimensional ultrasonic images are formed by volume rendering using a 3D ultrasonic image data set. The data set may be acquired by rocking, sweeping, fanning or rotating a 2D image plane through the volume being scanned, or by steering beams in different angular directions from a two dimensional array of transducer elements. The polar data is volume rendered to form a 3D image by means of projected raylines which are warped to account for the angular geometry of the acquisition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventors: Alasdair Dow, Paul R. Detmer, Jing-Ming Jong
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Publication number: 20030114755Abstract: A 3-D ultrasound imaging system acquires partially complete image volumes interspersed with substantially complete image volumes. The partially complete image volumes contain speckle that is processed by a cross-correlation algorithm to track the movement of an ultrasound scanhead. By tracking the movement of the scanhead, the substantially complete image volumes can be properly registered with each other and combined to create a 3-D extended field of view image. The partially complete image volumes contain significantly less data than the substantially complete image volumes. Therefore, the partially complete image volumes can be acquired more quickly than the substantially complete image volumes to allow the scanhead to be scanned at a relatively fast speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventors: Jing-Ming Jong, Paul Detmer
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Patent number: 6572549Abstract: A 3-D ultrasound imaging system acquires partially complete image volumes interspersed with substantially complete image volumes. The partially complete image volumes contain speckle that is processed by a cross-correlation algorithm to track the movement of an ultrasound scanhead. By tracking the movement of the scanhead, the substantially complete image volumes can be properly registered with each other and combined to create a 3-D extended field of view image. The partially complete image volumes contain significantly less data than the substantially complete image volumes. Therefore, the partially complete image volumes can be acquired more quickly than the substantially complete image volumes to allow the scanhead to be scanned at a relatively fast speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics NVInventors: Jing-Ming Jong, Paul Detmer
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Patent number: 6554771Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system (1) comprises a transducer probe (2) for supplying ultrasound waves to a subject area (A), for receiving ultrasound waves reflecting from the subject area (A), and for converting the reflecting waves into a first electrical signal, at least one position sensor (3) provided in the transducer probe (2) for detecting positional information on the transducer probe (2) relative to the subject area (A) during operation, and for generating a second electrical signal corresponding to the detected positional information, a processing unit (41) for controlling the transducer probe (2) and for processing the first and second electrical signals into an image. The position sensor (3) comprises a unit (23) for optically acquiring images of a surface of the subject area (A) during operation, for acquiring information from said images, and for processing said information into positional information on the transducer probe (2) relative to the subject area (A).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Vincentius Paulus Buil, Paul R. Detmer, Jing-Ming Jong, Xiang-Ning Li
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Patent number: 5467459Abstract: The present invention provides a unified image and graphics processing system that provides both image and graphics processing at high speeds. The system includes a parallel vector processing unit, a graphics subsystem, a shared memory and a set of high-speed data buses for connecting all of the other components. Generally, the parallel vector processing unit includes a series of vector processors. Each processor includes a vector address generator for efficient generation of memory addresses for regular address sequences. In order to synchronize and control the vector processors' accesses to shared memory, the parallel vector processing unit includes shared memory access logic. The logic is incorporated into each vector processor. The graphics subsystem includes a series of polygon processors in a pipelined configuration. Each processor is connected in the pipeline by a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer for passing data results.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1993Date of Patent: November 14, 1995Assignees: Board of Regents of the University of Washington, Samsung ElectronicsInventors: Thomas Alexander, Yongmin Kim, Hyunwook Park, Kil-Su Eo, Jing-Ming Jong