Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging methods for extended field of view
US6364835B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30101
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system aligns substantially co-planar two-dimensional images to form an extended field of view using improved compounding methods. Compounding with a finite impulse response is used for more versatile compositing. The compounding is adaptive, such as through adapting the image regions, weighting, or type of compounding as a function of correlation, location within the image, estimated motion or combinations thereof. A user warning is provided as a function of the correlation between images.
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