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US4205687A
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Color coded blood flow velocity display equipment
Assignee: Diagnostic Electronics Corp
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Filing: 1977-07-29
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Granted: 1980-06-03
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Expires: 1997-07-29
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a picture of a portion of a blood vessel by a color coded display of normal and increased blood flow peak velocities at a plurality of locations within the blood vessel portion from ultrasonic doppler velocity signals proportional to blood flow velocity within the blood vessel. Velocity signals below a predetermined minimum are rejected. Velocity signals above the predetermined minimum are separated into a plurality of selected ranges representing normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges. Each of these normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges is then displayed as a discrete color.
Inventors
- 👤 Denis N. White
- 👤 George R. Curry
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 04:47
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B8/00; A61B8/06; G; G01; G01S; G01S7/00; G01S7/52; G01S7/52017; G01S7/52053; G01S7/52057; G01S7/52071
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
Equipment for providing a picture of a portion of a blood vessel by a color coded display of normal and increased blood flow peak velocities at a plurality of locations within said blood vessel portion, comprising ultrasonic doppler scanning means including a probe providing a beam of ultrasound, said scanning means providing probe location signals relative to said blood vessel and blood flow velocity signals proportional to blood flow velocity at a location in said blood vessel peak velocity means for rejecting said velocity signals below a predetermined minimum and separating said velocity signals above said predetermined minimum into a plurality of selected ranges providing a plurality of independent filter means output signals representing normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges color coding means for providing a discrete color signal for each of said filter means output signals, and color display means responsive to said probe location signals and to said color signals for providing said color coded picture with each of said normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges displayed as a discrete color.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
Equipment for providing a picture of a portion of a blood vessel by a color coded display of normal and increased blood flow peak velocities at a plurality of locations within said blood vessel portion, comprising ultrasonic doppler scanning means including a probe providing a beam of ultrasound, said scanning means providing probe location signals relative to said blood vessel and blood flow velocity signals proportional to blood flow velocity at a location in said blood vessel peak velocity means for rejecting said velocity signals below a predetermined minimum and separating said velocity signals above said predetermined minimum into a plurality of selected ranges providing a plurality of independent filter means output signals representing normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges color coding means for providing a discrete color signal for each of said filter means output signals, and color display means responsive to said probe location signals and to said color signals for providing said color coded picture with each of said normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges displayed as a discrete color.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
Equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said peak velocity filter means predetermined minimum is selected to represent less than normal blood flow peak velocity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
Equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein said peak velocity filter means ranges are selected to represent normal, moderately increased and markedly increased blood flow peak velocity ranges, and said display means displays each as a discrete color, said less than normal blood flow peak velocity being characterized by the absence of a display.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
Equipment as claimed in claim 3 wherein said probe is mounted for scanning movement relative to said blood vessel portion in a plane generally parallel to the long axis of said blood vessel portion and said beam is inclined at an angle to said long axis.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for providing a picture of a portion of a blood vessel by a color coded display of normal and increased blood flow peak velocities at a plurality of locations within said blood vessel portion from ultrasonic doppler velocity signals proportional to blood flow velocity at a plurality of locations in said blood vessel, comprising the steps of rejecting said velocity signals below a predetermined minimum separating said velocity signals above said predetermined minimum into a plurality of selected ranges representing normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges, and displaying each of said normal and increased blood flow peak velocity range signals as a discrete color.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for providing a picture of a portion of a blood vessel by a color coded display of normal and increased blood flow peak velocities at a plurality of locations within said blood vessel portion from ultrasonic doppler velocity signals proportional to blood flow velocity at a plurality of locations in said blood vessel, comprising the steps of rejecting said velocity signals below a predetermined minimum separating said velocity signals above said predetermined minimum into a plurality of selected ranges representing normal and increased blood flow peak velocity ranges, and displaying each of said normal and increased blood flow peak velocity range signals as a discrete color.
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