Phase aberration corrections utilizing color flow processors
US5423318A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8906
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for adaptive phase aberration correction of wave distortions caused by tissue inhomogeneities in ultrasound images. In accordance with the present invention, auto-correlation apparatus in multiple, parallel, color flow processors compute a cross-correlation which is used to correct distortions in real time.
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