Jack H Richbourg

US Patent:

62315102, May 15, 2001

Filed:

Apr 16, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/293370

Inventors:

Irv D. Negrin - Ringwood NJ
Jack H. Richbourg - Marysville WA

Assignee:

ATL Ultrasound - Bothell WA

International Classification:

A61B 800

US Classification:

600443

Abstract:

A digital video recorder is provided which provides digital storage of realtime ultrasonic image sequences, replacing the conventional VCR with a recorder which does not degrade digital ultrasound images by analog conversion and recording. The capacity of the digital video recorder is extended by the ability of the digital video recorder to compress ultrasound image data prior to storage and the ability to decompress compressed image data retrieved from storage for realtime display.