SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ULTRASOUND IMAGE QUALITY BY APPLYING WEIGHTING FACTORS
    2.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ULTRASOUND IMAGE QUALITY BY APPLYING WEIGHTING FACTORS 有权
    通过应用加权因子改善超声图像质量的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130253325A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-26

    申请号:US13850823

    申请日:2013-03-26

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: Systems and methods for improving the quality of ultrasound images made up of a combination of multiple sub-images include giving more weight to sub-image information that is more likely to improve a combined image quality. Weighting factor information may be determined from the geometry (e.g., angle or path length) of a location of one or more specific transducer elements relative to a specific point within a region of interest or a region of an image. In some embodiments, any given pixel (or other discrete region of an image) may be formed by combining received echo data in a manner that gives more weight to data that is likely to improve image quality, and/or discounting or ignoring data that is likely to detract from image quality (e.g., by introducing noise or by increasing point spread).

    摘要翻译: 用于提高由多个子图像的组合构成的超声图像的质量的系统和方法包括对更可能提高组合图像质量的子图像信息给予更多的权重。 加权因子信息可以根据感兴趣区域或图像区域中的一个或多个特定换能器元件的位置的几何(例如,角度或路径长度)来确定。 在一些实施例中,任何给定像素(或图像的其它离散区域)可以通过以接收到的回波数据的方式形成,该方式对于可能提高图像质量的数据给予更多的权重,和/或打折或忽略 可能会降低图像质量(例如,通过引入噪声或增加点扩散)。

    Method and apparatus for detecting address range overlaps
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for detecting address range overlaps 失效
    用于检测地址范围重叠的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6094713A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-25

    申请号:US940167

    申请日:1997-09-30

    IPC分类号: G06F9/38 G06F12/02 G06F12/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detecting address range overlaps. According to one embodiment, a first mask is generated for a first address range and a second mask is generated for a second address range. A first AND operation is performed on the first address range and the second mask to output a first temporary value. A second AND operation is performed on the second address range and the first mask to output a second temporary value. The first temporary value is then compared to the second temporary value to detect an overlap between the first address range and the second address range. According to an alternate embodiment, a first mask is generated for a first address range and a second mask is generated for a second address range. The first mask is then compared to the second mask to detect an overlap between the first address range and the second address range.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测地址范围重叠的方法和装置。 根据一个实施例,为第一地址范围生成第一掩码,并且为第二地址范围生成第二掩码。 对第一地址范围和第二掩码执行第一AND运算以输出第一临时值。 对第二地址范围和第一掩码执行第二AND运算以输出第二临时值。 然后将第一临时值与第二临时值进行比较,以检测第一地址范围和第二地址范围之间的重叠。 根据替代实施例,为第一地址范围生成第一掩码,并且为第二地址范围生成第二掩码。 然后将第一掩模与第二掩模进行比较,以检测第一地址范围和第二地址范围之间的重叠。

    ULTRASOUND IMAGING USING APPARENT POINT-SOURCE TRANSMIT TRANSDUCER

    公开(公告)号:US20190021697A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US16137221

    申请日:2018-09-20

    摘要: An apparent point-source transmit transducers comprises a substantially constant-thickness shell of piezoelectric material in a shape of a spherical-section. Such transducers may be sized such that a single apparent point-source transmit transducer may produce ultrasound waveforms with substantial energy in a medium to be imaged. Use of such transducers in three-dimensional ping-based imaging may permit deeper and higher quality imaging than may be possible with conventional transducers.

    Method and apparatus for address disambiguation using address component
identifiers
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for address disambiguation using address component identifiers 失效
    使用地址组件标识符进行地址消歧的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5848256A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-08

    申请号:US723271

    申请日:1996-09-30

    IPC分类号: G06F9/38

    摘要: A scheduling unit is described for scheduling an execution order of a first instruction of a first type and a second instruction of a second type in an instruction stream where the second instruction precedes the first instruction. The scheduling unit comprises a table that records address component identifiers corresponding to the second instruction. An address comparator is coupled to the table. The address comparator compares address component identifiers that corresponds to the first instruction with address component identifiers on the table. The scheduling unit schedules the first instruction to be executed ahead of the second instruction when the address component identifiers differ from the address component identifiers on the table.

    摘要翻译: 描述调度单元,用于在第二指令在第一指令之前的指令流中调度第一类型的第一指令的执行顺序和第二类型的第二指令的执行顺序。 调度单元包括记录与第二指令对应的地址分量标识符的表。 地址比较器耦合到表。 地址比较器将对应于第一指令的地址组件标识符与表上的地址组件标识符进行比较。 当地址分量标识符与表上的地址分量标识符不同时,调度单元调度在第二指令之前执行的第一指令。