Medical ultrasonic imaging method and system for spatial compounding
US6527720B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/52046
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical imaging system provides increased detectability of targets such as membranes, tendons, muscle fibers and biopsy needles that have strong directional responses. This improved result is achieved by compounding multiple images generated by using only one or two transducer firings per ultrasound line. Speckle variance is also reduced as the result of spatial compounding, and this reduction improves the detectability of soft-tissue lesions.
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