Medical diagnostic ultrasound system using contrast pulse sequence imaging
US6494841B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8981
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging method fires a sequence of pulses into a body and then receives, beamforms, weights and sums the resulting echo signals to suppress first order echoes. The sequence of pulses includes at least two pulses that differ in amplitude and phase. In one form, no two pulses of the sequence have the same amplitude and opposite phase. In another form, only linear echoes are suppressed. In a third form, second and third order echoes are preserved while linear echoes are suppressed.
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