Aperture compounding for medical imaging
US6508770B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8995
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Speckle is reduced by compounding data associated with different aperture positions. The data is responsive to transmission and reception along the same scan lines. The data is detected and then combined.
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