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Ultrasound system for cerebral blood flow monitoring

  • US 8,211,023 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2007
  • Issued: 07/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for monitoring for blood clots in the cranial vasculature comprising:

  • a transducer array headset adapted to maintain a transducer array in acoustic contact with the head of a subject;

    an image data processor, coupled to the transducer array, which periodically produces temporally different image data sets of blood flow in the vasculature of the cranium of the subject; and

    a flow change detector, coupled to the image processor and configured to process the temporally different image data sets of cranial vasculature and, as long as the flow characteristics of successive image data sets appear the same, continues to monitor the cranial vasculature and, if the flow characteristics of successive image data sets indicate the occurrence of a flow blockage, actuates an alarm.

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