Patent ID: 6450962
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
A medical diagnostic ultrasound system for developing real-time updated images having contrast enhancement, the system comprising:an ultrasonic transducer for receiving, in real-time, ultrasonic information from a volumetric region of a body; memory storing adjacent image lines or planes formed from said ultrasonic information received in real-time from said volumetric region; a rendering box control module defining a thickness of a rendering box overlapping a portion of said adjacent image lines or planes; and a volume rendering processor projecting said rendering box onto portions of said adjacent image lines or planes in real-time while said ultrasonic transducer continues to receive said real-time ultrasonic information, said volume rendering processor processing said adjacent image lines or planes within said rendering box based on volume rendering techniques that enhance contrast.