SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ULTRASOUND IMAGE QUALITY BY APPLYING WEIGHTING FACTORS
    3.
    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)。

    UNIVERSAL MULTIPLE APERTURE MEDICAL ULTRASOUND PROBE
    9.
    发明申请
    UNIVERSAL MULTIPLE APERTURE MEDICAL ULTRASOUND PROBE 审中-公开
    通用多孔医疗超声探头

    公开(公告)号:US20150045668A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-12

    申请号:US14526186

    申请日:2014-10-28

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61B8/14

    摘要: A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate physical apertures. Construction of probes can vary by medical application. That is, a general radiology probe can contain multiple transducers that maintain separate physical points of contact with the patient's skin, allowing multiple physical apertures. A cardiac probe may contain only two transmitters and receivers where the probe fits simultaneously between two or more intracostal spaces. An intracavity version of the probe can space transmit and receive transducers along the length of the wand, while an intravenous version can allow transducers to be located on the distal length the catheter and separated by mere millimeters. Algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the probe apparatus to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.

    摘要翻译: 多孔超声成像(MAUI)探针或换能器独特地能够从单独的物理孔径同时成像感兴趣区域。 探针的构建因医疗应用而异。 也就是说,一般放射学探针可以包含多个换能器,其保持与患者皮肤分开的物理接触点,允许多个物理孔径。 心脏探针可以仅包含两个发射器和接收器,其中探针同时在两个或更多个腔内空间之间配合。 探针的腔内版本可以沿着棒的长度放置发射和接收换能器,而静脉内的形式可以使换能器位于导管的远端长度上并且分开仅仅毫米。 算法可以解决声音组织速度的变化,从而允许探针设备实际上用于身体内部或身体的任何位置。