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Ultrasound Imaging System With Pixel Oriented Processing - EP1874192

The patent EP1874192 was granted to Verasonics on Jun 7, 2017. The application was originally filed on Apr 14, 2006 under application number EP06750203A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP1874192

VERASONICS
Application Number
EP06750203A
Filing Date
Apr 14, 2006
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
May 5, 2017
Grant Date
Jun 7, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT- XULI ZONG * ET AL, "Speckle Reduction and Contrast Enhancement of Echocardiograms via Multiscale Nonlinear Processing", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (199808), vol. 17, no. 4, ISSN 0278-0062, XP011035766 [A] 8-13,19,33-37,48-51 * pages 532-533 section Introduction *-
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OPPOSITION- XULI ZONG et al., "Speckle Reduction and Contrast Enhancement of Echocardiograms via Multiscale Nonlinear Processing", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (19980800), vol. 17, no. 4, ISSN 0278-0062, XP011035766-
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