Methods and systems for automatic control of subjective image quality in imaging of objects
US9743911B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/52046
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to method and system for automatic control of image quality in imaging of an object using, for example, an ultrasound system. The method comprises transmitting image generating signals into the object using selected system parameter sets of the imaging system. The imaging system has a number of different system parameter sets based on an image ranking measure reflecting a subjective expert opinion of a pre-defined set of images. The captured images are analyzed with respect to at least one image quality feature to determine an image quality metric for each image. The respective image quality metric for each image are analyzed to identify an image associated with a highest image quality metric and the system parameter set used for generating the image associated with the highest image quality metric can be selected as system parameter set for imaging of the object.
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