Patent ID: 7591788
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. A system for setting parameters for contrast agent medical imaging, the system comprising: a user input control; a memory configured to store a table of a plurality of transmit sequences and a plurality of transmit levels, at least two transmit levels associated with at least one of the transmit sequences; and a processor configured to select different ones of the plurality of transmit sequences and of the plurality of transmit levels in response to a single input from the user input control, the single input for adjusting a transmit level for contrast agent response during imaging, the processor configured to select, during the imaging, the different ones of the plurality of transmit sequences and of the plurality of transmit levels based on alteration of the transmit level received from the user input control, the selection corresponding to altering the transmit level without altering the transmit sequence for one of the adjusting of the transmit level and corresponding to altering the transmit level and transmit sequence for another of the adjusting of the transmit level, each transmit level being distinct and associated with one of the transmit sequences, and at least some of the transmit levels associated with a same one of the transmit sequences and at least some of the transmit levels associated with different ones of the transmit sequences.