Abstract: A method and device for processing ultrasonic data from an industrial inspection device. Ultrasonic reflections from a high-resolution phased array are sampled at high-frequency to create a large volume of data. The data are converted to I/Q data and compressed to a manageable size. An external computer can beamform and render an image without restoring the compressed data to raw form. This method may be used for in-line inspection, downhole inspection, or ultrasonic testing.

Abstract: A system includes an imaging system configured to generate an image during an imaging procedure in an examination room and a computing system located remote from the examination room. The imaging system further includes a communication interface configured to transmit the image to the computing system. The computing system further includes a complimentary communication interface configured to receive the image and a processor configured to transmit a feedback signal, which is determined based on the image, to the imaging system. The imaging system receives the signal via the communication interface, and further includes a controller that sets at least one value of one from a group of: a scanning parameter, or a visualization parameter of the imaging system, based on the signal.

Abstract: A method includes constructing a variation image from an ovarian follicle B-mode ultrasound image, wherein the variation image is indicative of local variations in the ovarian follicle B-mode ultrasound image, constructing a binary image from the variation image and the ovarian follicle B-mode image, identifying connected components in the binary image, wherein each connected component corresponds to a different ovarian follicle candidate, constructing a coarse follicle mask from the binary image where each identified connected component represents a mask for a corresponding different ovarian follicle candidate in the binary image, optimizing contours of the follicles in the coarse follicle mask, and segmenting one or more ovarian follicles from the ovarian follicle B-mode ultrasound image with the optimized follicle mask.

Abstract: A method includes constructing a variation image from an ovarian follicle B-mode ultrasound image, wherein the variation image is indicative of local variations in the ovarian follicle B-mode ultrasound image, constructing a binary image from the variation image and the ovarian follicle B-mode image, identifying connected components in the binary image, wherein each connected component corresponds to a different ovarian follicle candidate, constructing a coarse follicle mask from the binary image where each identified connected component represents a mask for a corresponding different ovarian follicle candidate in the binary image, optimizing contours of the follicles in the coarse follicle mask, and segmenting one or more ovarian follicles from the ovarian follicle B-mode ultrasound image with the optimized follicle mask.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of a tissue region from within an endocavity of a patient. The apparatus generally comprises an ultrasound probe, a vibration assembly translationally coupled to probe and operable to vibrate the probe along a vibration plane, and a rotation assembly rotationally coupled to the vibration assembly and operable to rotate the probe and vibration assembly about a selected rotational range. The method generally comprises inserting an ultrasound probe into an endocavity of a patient, vibrating the probe along a vibration plane thereby causing deformational excitement of a tissue region contacted by the probe, capturing a first series of ultrasound images of the tissue region, rotating the vibration plane relative to the tissue region by a selected angular rotation, and capturing a second series of ultrasound images of the tissue region.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing ultrasonic image signals is disclosed. The method involves receiving a plurality of input sample values representing reflected sound waves in a ultrasonic system, exponentiating each input sample to produce a plurality of respective exponentiated sample values, conditioning the exponentiated sample values to produce conditioned exponentiated sample values for receipt by an imageformer, and causing the imageformer to produce an image representing the ultrasonic sound waves in response to the conditioned exponentiated sample values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of a tissue region from within an endocavity of a patient. The apparatus generally comprises an ultrasound probe, a vibration assembly translationally coupled to probe and operable to vibrate the probe along a vibration plane, and a rotation assembly rotationally coupled to the vibration assembly and operable to rotate the probe and vibration assembly about a selected rotational range. The method generally comprises inserting an ultrasound probe into an endocavity of a patient, vibrating the probe along a vibration plane thereby causing deformational excitement of a tissue region contacted by the probe, capturing a first series of ultrasound images of the tissue region, rotating the vibration plane relative to the tissue region by a selected angular rotation, and capturing a second series of ultrasound images of the tissue region.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing ultrasonic image signals is disclosed. The method involves receiving a plurality of input sample values representing reflected sound waves in a ultrasonic system, exponentiating each input sample to produce a plurality of respective exponentiated sample values, conditioning the exponentiated sample values to produce conditioned exponentiated sample values for receipt by an imageformer, and causing the imageformer to produce an image representing the ultrasonic sound waves in response to the conditioned exponentiated sample values.