Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system with real time spatial compounding processor
US6126599A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/5206
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces spatially compounded images by combining component frames acquired from different look directions. In a first embodiment, the oldest component frame used to form a spatially compounded image is subtracted from the spatially compounded image to produce a partially summed image, and a newly acquired frame is added to the partially summed image to form a new spatially compounded image. In a second embodiment, different groups of component frames are concurrently summed to form multiple spatially compounded images simultaneously. The display alternates between the display of the simultaneously produced spatially compounded images.
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