ULTRASOUND IMAGING BY DEEP LEARNING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210265042A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17261608

    申请日:2019-07-19

    Abstract: Ultrasound imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system comprising a processor configured to receive ultrasound channel data representative of a subject's anatomy generated from an ultrasound transducer; apply a predictive network to the ultrasound channel data to generate an image of the subjects anatomy; and output, to a display in communication with the processor, the image of the subjects anatomy. In one embodiment, a system for generating an image, the system comprising a memory storing at least one machine learning network; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to receive raw channel data generated from an ultrasound transducer; apply the machine learning network to the raw channel data to replace one or more image processing steps, thereby generating modified data; and generate an image using the modified data.

    Clutter reduction for ultrasound images and associated devices, systems, and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11484294B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16750223

    申请日:2020-01-23

    Abstract: Ultrasound imaging systems and methods for generated clutter-reduced images are provided. For example, an ultrasound imaging system can include an array of acoustic elements in communication with a processor. The processor is configured to activate the array to perform a scan sequence to obtain a plurality of signals, identify off-axis signals from the plurality of signals by comparing the right subaperture and the left subaperture, and create a clutter-reduced image based on the comparison. Because off-axis signals are more likely to create image clutter, reducing the influence of off-axis signals on the image can therefore improve the quality of the image. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and devices for generating ultrasound images that have reduced or minimized clutter, even for images obtained using arrays that do not satisfy the Nyquist criterion.

    Ultrasound transducer tile registration

    公开(公告)号:US11457897B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16334869

    申请日:2017-09-20

    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system (1) comprises an ultrasound transducer array (100) comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer tiles (101a-d), each of said tiles having an independently adjustable orientation such as to conform an ultrasound transmitting surface to a region of a body (50) including a foreign object such as a pacemaker, a stent, or an interventional tool (200). Using a known spatial arrangement of a plurality of features (201-204) of the foreign object (200), the respective ultrasound images generated by the ultrasound transducer tiles are registered in order to generate a composite image, in which the position and orientation of the foreign object in the individual images is superimposed. The position and orientation of an interventional tool may be determined for each image using object recognition algorithms or using acoustic feedback information provided by at least three ultrasound sensors (201-204) arranged in a known spatial arrangement on the interventional tool.

    Grating lobes reduction for ultrasound images and associated devices, systems, and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12251268B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-18

    申请号:US17867997

    申请日:2022-07-19

    Abstract: Improved ultrasound imaging devices and methods of operating the devices that minimize grating lobe artifacts in an ultrasound image are provided. For example, an ultrasound imaging system analyzes the ultrasound data at different frequency bands and generates a grating-lobe-minimized image based on minimum signals identified for each pixel among the plurality of frequency ranges. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound transducer array configured to obtain ultrasound data, and a processor in communication with the ultrasound transducer array. The processor is configured to receive the ultrasound data, generate an ultrasound image based on a first frequency range of the ultrasound data, generate a grating-lobe-minimized ultrasound image based on a plurality of second frequency ranges of the ultrasound data, combine the ultrasound image and the grating-lobe-minimized ultrasound image to generate a combined ultrasound image, and output the combined ultrasound image to a display.

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