Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for speckle reduction in ultrasound images by compounding sub-images associated with different receive angles
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Application No.: US17617374Application Date: 2020-06-11
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Publication No.: US12201481B2Publication Date: 2025-01-21
- Inventor: Sheng-Wen Huang , Changhong Hu , Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon , Jun Seob Shin , Unmin Bae , Neil Reid Owen
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/066153 WO 20200611
- International Announcement: WO2020/249651 WO 20201217
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; G06T5/50 ; G06T5/70

Abstract:
Systems and methods for reducing speckle while maintaining frame rate are disclosed. Multiple sub-images associated with different receive angles are acquired for a single transmit/receive event at an observation angle. The sub-images are compounded to generate a final image with reduced speckle. In some examples, multiple sub-images from multiple transmit/receive events are compounded to generate the final image. The observation angle and/or the receive angles may vary between transmit/receive events in some examples.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220249064A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPECKLE REDUCTION Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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