An image generation device includes: an image acquirer that acquires a plurality of ultrasound images generated on the basis of a plurality of reception signals respectively corresponding to reflected ultrasound waves of transmission ultrasound waves transmitted in a plurality of different transmission directions; an identification result acquirer that acquires an identification result output from a discriminator by inputting the plurality of ultrasound images that has been acquired to the discriminator, the discriminator identifying an object to be identified included in the input ultrasound images; and an image combiner that generates a composite image on the basis of the plurality of ultrasound images and the identification result.

According to various embodiments, there is provided a device including a processor configured to control a robotic system to autonomously position a transducer at a plurality of locations adjacent a subject's skull and to autonomously locate a window on the subject's skull within which an artery can be located, from which artery a signal can be returned to the transducer, the signal having an energy level exceeding a predefined threshold.

Methods and systems are provided for assessing image quality of ultrasound images. In one example, a method includes determining a probe position quality parameter of an ultrasound image, the probe position quality parameter representative of a level of quality of the ultrasound image with respect to a position of an ultrasound probe used to acquire the ultrasound image, determining one or more acquisition settings quality parameters of the ultrasound image, each acquisition settings quality parameter representative of a respective level of quality of the ultrasound image with respect to a respective acquisition setting used to acquire the ultrasound image, and providing feedback to a user of the ultrasound system based on the probe position quality parameter and/or the one or more acquisition settings quality parameters, the probe position quality parameter and each acquisition settings quality parameter determined based on output from separate image quality assessment models.

A method and ultrasound imaging system includes generating a cine including a plurality of cardiac views based on the cardiac ultrasound data, segmenting a plurality of cardiac chambers from each of the plurality of cardiac images, and automatically determining a cardiac chamber area for each of the plurality of cardiac chambers. The method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying the cine on a display device and displaying a plurality of single trace curves on the display device at the same time as the cine to provide feedback regarding an acquisition quality of the cine, wherein each of the single trace curves represents the cardiac chamber area for a different one of the plurality of cardiac chambers over the plurality of cardiac cycles.

Provided are an apparatus and method for blood pressure measurement using an electroacoustic transducer in combination with a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer. The apparatus and method can provide continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring.

Mandibular repositioning devices have a mandibular piece having a first teeth covering and having a housing proximate each of a left molar portion and a right molar portion, a protrusive flange extending cranially from each housing, and a maxillary piece having a second teeth covering and having a housing proximate each of a left molar portion and a right molar portion. Each housing encloses a power source electrically connected an on-board circuit board and the housings of the maxillary piece further have the power source electrically connected to a motor operatively connected to a drive for anterior and posterior movements of the mandibular piece. The maxillary piece sits on the mandibular piece with the driver operatively engaged with the protrusive flange. The protrusive flange has a concavely-shaped anterior surface mated to a convexly-shaped head of the driver shaped to match the concavely-shaped anterior surface of the protrusive flange.

Methods and systems are provided for improving image quality of ultrasound images by automatically determining one or more image quality parameters via a plurality of separate image quality models. In one example, a method for an ultrasound system includes determining a plurality of image quality parameters of an ultrasound image acquired with the ultrasound system, each image quality parameter determined based on output from a separate image quality model, and outputting feedback to a user of the ultrasound system based on the plurality of image quality parameters.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of image processing, in particular to an ultrasound imaging device and system and a breast ultrasound apparatus. The ultrasound imaging device includes: a memory and a processor, the memory storing at least one program instruction, and the processor loading and executing the at least one program instruction to implement the following steps: transmitting ultrasound pulses and receiving n echo signals in an interleaved transmission and reception manner, wherein n is an integer greater than 1; acquiring a differential signal d(t) of the n echo signals; performing amplitude detection on the n echo signals to obtain an envelope of each echo signal, and acquiring a sum B(t) of the envelopes of the echo signals; calculating image gray intensity of the blood flow imaging mode according to the d(t) and B(t); acquiring B-mode ultrasound echo data; and performing scan conversion on the B-mode ultrasound echo data and the calculated image gray intensity of the blood flow imaging mode, and displaying an ultrasound image according to a conversion result. In this way, the problem of artifacts in the ultrasound image in the prior art is solved. The present disclosure can be used to scan the breast and other organs and tissues.

Various methods and systems are provided an ultrasound device. In one example, a method for ultrasound imaging comprises alternating positive and negative polarity transmits fired from an ultrasound probe at different locations.

A method for two-dimensional sheare wave elastography imaging comprises: a) acquiring B-mode ultrasound images of a target region in a body; b) selecting a region of interest inside the B-mode image; c) transmitting a shear wave excitation pulse focalized on an excitation region; d) measuring displacements of tracking focal points at different depths positions along laterally staggered tracking lines within the region of interest; e) determining elasticity parameters of the regions between two of the tracking focal points at the same depth and on at least two adjacent tracking lines as a function of the displacements caused by the shear wave at the tracking focal points; f) modifying the appearance of pixel(s) of the B-mode image inside the regions relatively to the grey-scale B-mode image as a function of elasticity parameters determined for the regions; and g) displaying the pixel(s) having a modified appearance at the corresponding pixel of the B-mode image.