Coherence ultrasound imaging with broad transmit beams
US10064602B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/52049
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Acoustic reciprocity between transmit and receive is used for coherence ultrasound imaging. Rather than finding coherence across the receive channels, coherence is found across transmit channels. Broad transmit beams are used for different transmit elements or apertures to create beamformed frames of data. The coherence between these transmit channel frames of beamformed data is calculated and used for imaging.
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