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Automated ultrasound system for performing imaging studies utilizing ultrasound contrast agents

  • US 6,503,203 B1
  • Filed: 01/16/2001
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ultrasound system comprising:

  • transmit and receive circuitry that, pursuant to a plurality of image settings, transmits ultrasound signals into a patient, receives echoes from a patient and outputs a signal representative of the echo; and

    control circuitry that sequentially adjusts the image settings based on a sequence of stored image settings so as to cause the transmit and receive circuitry to have a sequence of imaging configurations during an ultrasound imaging study using contrast agents.

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