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公开(公告)号:US20200217940A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-09
申请号:US16648713
申请日:2018-08-30
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , Jun Seob SHIN , Seungsoo KIM , David HOPE SIMPSON , Andrew HANCOCK
Abstract: Aspects of the invention include ultrasound systems that suppress grating lobe artifacts arising due to high frequency operation of an array transducer probe which is operated at a frequency higher than its pitch limitation.
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公开(公告)号:US20200268345A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16798502
申请日:2020-02-24
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , Seungsoo KIM , Jun Seob SHIN , Jean-luc Francois-Marie ROBERT , Andrew HANCOCK , David HOPE SIMPSON
Abstract: Ultrasound systems and devices that perform scan sequences providing controllable and/or increased frame rates are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises an array of acoustic elements and a processor configured to perform a scan sequence comprising a plurality of transmit-receive pairs. The processor is configured to arrange the plurality of transmit-receive pairs into an aperture. The transmit-receive pairs corresponding to each transmit element correspond to only a portion of the plurality of receive elements and/or the transmit-receive pairs corresponding to each receive element correspond to only a portion of the plurality of transmit elements. Accordingly, fewer transmit-receive pairs are activated leading to faster aperture acquisitions, and therefore faster frame rates. Furthermore, the faster frame rates can be achieved without significant degradations in image quality.
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公开(公告)号:US20200077985A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16566398
申请日:2019-09-10
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: David HOPE SIMPSON , Andrew HANCOCK , Jun Seob SHIN , Seungsoo KIM , Jean-luc Francois-Marie ROBERT , Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON
Abstract: Improved ultrasound imaging devices and methods of using the devices are provided. An intraluminal imaging device is configured process imaging data obtained using a single imaging sequence in different processing paths to generate B-mode and flow images. For example, an ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound imaging device comprising an array of acoustic elements and a processor in communication with the array. The processor activates the array of acoustic elements to acquire ultrasound data using a sequence of transmit-receive pairs, generates a B-mode image using the acquired ultrasound data, forms a plurality of sub-apertures comprising a portion of the transmit-receive pairs, groups the sub-apertures into temporally-spaced ensembles, determines a flow estimate based on a comparison of at least one of sub-apertures within an ensemble, ensembles within an aperture, or different apertures, and outputs a graphical representation of the B-mode image and the flow estimate to a display.
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公开(公告)号:US20220354465A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
申请号:US17867997
申请日:2022-07-19
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Jun Seob SHIN , Seungsoo KIM , Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , David HOPE SIMPSON
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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公开(公告)号:US20210196238A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US17055300
申请日:2019-05-09
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Jean-Luc Francois-Marie ROBERT , Sheng-Wen HUANG , Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , Jun Seob SHIN , Seungsoo KIM , Hua XIE , Man NGUYEN , Faik Can MERAL , William Tao SHI , Carolina AMADOR CARRASCAL
Abstract: In an ultrasound imaging system which produces synthetically transmit focused images, the multiline signals used to form image scanlines are analyzed for speed of sound variation, and a map 60 of this variation is generated. In a preferred implementation, the phase discrepancy of the received multilines caused by speed of sound variation in the medium is estimated in the angular spectrum domain for the receive angular spectrum. Once the phase is estimated for all locations in an image, the differential phase between two points at the same lateral location, but different depth, is computed. This differential phase is proportional to the local speed of sound between the two points. A color-coded two- or three-dimensional map 60 is produced from these speed of sound estimates and presented to the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20200081107A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16493149
申请日:2018-03-13
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Jun Soeb SHIN , Seungsoo KIM , Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , Sheng-Wen HUANG , Jean-Luc Francois-Marie ROBERT
Abstract: The invention provides a method for generating a filtered ultrasound image. The method begins by obtaining channel data. First and second apodization functions are applied to the channel data to generate first (610) and second (620) image data, respectively. A minimization function is then applied to the first (610) and second (620) image data, which may then be used to generate third (630) image data. The filtered ultrasound image may then be generated based on the first (610) and third (630) image data.
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公开(公告)号:US20200214681A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-09
申请号:US16733050
申请日:2020-01-02
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Seungsoo KIM , Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , Jun Seob SHIN , Jean-luc Francois-Marie ROBERT , David HOPE SIMPSON , Andrew HANCOCK
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for generating ultrasound images that have reduced or minimized grating lobe artifacts are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an array of acoustic elements, and a processor in communication with the array. The processor is configured to receive electrical signals from the array, determine, based on the directivity of the acoustic elements, a portion of the electrical signals corresponding to on-axis components, generate a weighting mask based on the portion, and apply the weighting mask to an original image to generate a grating lobe minimized image. Because grating lobe artifacts are caused, in part, by reflections from off-axis objects, applying the weighting mask to an original image can reduce the presence of grating lobe artifacts in the original image.
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公开(公告)号:US20200077984A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16560727
申请日:2019-09-04
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Jun Seob SHIN , Seungsoo KIM , Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON , David HOPE SIMPSON
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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公开(公告)号:US20200060642A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-27
申请号:US16466311
申请日:2017-12-08
Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventor: Balasundar Iyyavu RAJU , Shougang WANG , Raghavendra SRINIVASA NAIDU , Seungsoo KIM , McKee Dunn POLAND , Jingping XU
Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasound imaging system configured to identify a target placement of an ultrasound probe for viewing a lung pleural line. In some examples, the system may include an ultrasound probe configured to receive ultrasound echoes from a subject to image a region of the subject and a data processor in communication with the ultrasound probe. The data processor may be configured to identify one or more candidate pleural lines and one or more A-lines corresponding to the candidate pleural lines, compute an A-line intensity of at least one of the A-lines, and apply the computed A-line intensity to indicate a target placement of the ultrasound probe for imaging the region for pleural line identification. The system may also include a user interface in communication with the data processor. The user interface may be configured to alert the user of the target placement of the ultrasound probe.
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