Stephen D Watkins

US Patent:

7656418, Feb 2, 2010

Filed:

Jun 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/559212

Inventors:

Stephen Watkins - Windham NH, US
Steven Araiza - Malden MA, US

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. - Eindhoven

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345620, 128916

Abstract:

A method for interactive adjustment of a 3D ultrasound image of an object includes acquiring a loop of 3D image data of the object, and providing a 3D image of the object on a display for user viewing. The method also includes activating a crop mode via a user interface in response to a user input to generate a cropping plane. The cropping plane may be oriented by the user in relation to the orientation of the image of the object in image space. The cropping plane is displayed along with the 3D image. The user may manipulate the user interface to control the orientation of the cropping plane in the image space with respect to the orientation of the image.

US Patent:

20130066206, Mar 14, 2013

Filed:

Apr 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/699097

Inventors:

David Prater - Andover MA, US
Stephen Watkins - Windham NH, US
William Robert Martin - Westford MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

A61B 8/14
A61B 8/08

US Classification:

600440, 600447

Abstract:

A 3D ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces 3D display images at a 3D frame rate of display which is equal to the acquisition rate of a 3D image dataset. The volumetric region being imaged is sparsely sub-sampled by separated scanning beams. Spatial locations between the beams are filled in with interpolated values or interleaved with acquired data values from other 3D scanning intervals depending upon the existence of motion in the image field. A plurality of different beam scanning patterns are used, different ones of which have different spatial locations where beams are located and beams are omitted. In a preferred embodiment the determination of motion and the consequent decision to use interpolated or interleaved data for display is determined on a pixel-by pixel basis.

US Patent:

20130066207, Mar 14, 2013

Filed:

Apr 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/699149

Inventors:

David Prater - Andover MA, US
Stephen Watkins - Windham NH, US
William Robert Martin - Westford MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

A61B 8/08
A61B 8/14
A61B 8/00

US Classification:

600440

Abstract:

A 3D ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces 3D cardiac images at a 3D frame rate of display which is equal to the acquisition rate of a 3D image dataset. The volumetric cardiac region being imaged is sparsely sub-sampled by separated scanning beams. Spatial locations between the beams are filled in with interpolated values or interleaved with acquired data values from other 3D scanning intervals depending upon the existence of motion in the image field. A plurality of different beam scanning patterns are used, different ones of which have different spatial locations where beams are located and beams are omitted. A sequence of different beam scanline patterns may be continuously repeated, or the patterns of the sequence synchronized with the cardiac phases such that, over a sequence of N heartbeats, the same respective phase is scanned by N different scanline patterns.

US Patent:

20200222025, Jul 16, 2020

Filed:

Mar 27, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/833332

Inventors:

- Eindhoven, NL
Stephen P. Watkins - Windham NH, US
William Robert Martin - Westford MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 8/00
A61B 8/08
G01S 7/52
G01S 15/89

Abstract:

A 3D ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces 3D display images at a 3D frame rate of display which is equal to the acquisition rate of a 3D image dataset. The volumetric region being imaged is sparsely sub-sampled by separated scanning beams. Spatial locations between the beams are filled in with interpolated values or interleaved with acquired data values from other 3D scanning intervals depending upon the existence of motion in the image field. A plurality of different beam scanning patterns are used, different ones of which have different spatial locations where beams are located and beams are omitted. In a preferred embodiment the determination of motion and the consequent decision to use interpolated or interleaved data for display is determined on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

US Patent:

20140358004, Dec 4, 2014

Filed:

Feb 11, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/372029

Inventors:

David Prater - Andover MA, US
Stephen Watkins - Windham NH, US
David Frank Adams - Bradford MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

A61B 8/08
A61B 8/00

US Classification:

600443

Abstract:

An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system scans a volumetric region of a body. A clinician defines a three dimensional region of interest within the volumetric region. The three dimensional region of interest is viewed from two different viewing directions to give the clinician a sense of the structure, makeup, and orientation of the region of interest. The three dimensional region of interest can be viewed from viewing directions in 180 opposition to each other, orthogonal, or at an intermediate angle. Manipulation of one view of the three dimensional region of interest causes both views to change, as if the clinician were manipulating both views simultaneously in the same way.

Address:

160 Birdsall St APT 46, Houston, TX 77007

VIN:

JM1BK12F071644645

Make:

MAZDA

Model:

MAZDA3

Year:

2007